Chanukah Posts & Dreidel
…and related aspects including: the “Bet Yosef’s” question, why there is no tractate devoted to Chanukah, the name Machabee, various Chanukah customs and their origins, this book review on a…
The Meaning of the Name “Maccabee”
…brothers in battle. -In its dating of the story of Chanukah, it erroneously assumes that the retaking of the Temple coincided with the beginning of Hasmonean rule in Palestine. In…
Chanukah Posts
The posts related to Chanukah can be found here….
A Forgotten Work on Chanukah: חנוכת הבית
…מספר 732 ו734; והמבוא של הטל אורות באריכות שיצא לאור בירושלים תשנ”ו Appendix: Title Page from Chanukat Ha-Bayit (Prague, 1616) Ship Illustration from Shaul ben David’s Tefilat Ha-Derekh (Prague, 1641)…
The Books of Maccabees and the Al HaNisssim prayer for Hanukah
The Books of Maccabees and the Al HaNisssim prayer for Hanukah. Reuven Kimelman The Al HaNissim prayer inserted in the Amidah for Hanukah is a purposeful combination of 1…
Book Review: ‘After Revelation: The Rabbinic Past in the Medieval Islamic World’, by Marc D. Herman
…relation to the prohibition of bal tosif at all.[6] Hanukkah from Where in the Torah? Rav Saadya Gaon’s discussion of Hanukkah provides a clear illustration of a broader geonic tendency:…
