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The essence of the story of Chanukah is not the finding of oil, but the celebrating of a holiday that would have otherwise been lost on the battlefield. The Chashmonaim insisted that all Jews now celebrate this 'festival of Sukkot celebrated in the month of Kislev.' For Beit Shammai, the Chanukah menorah continues to retain the memory of that first Sukkot-Sheini. The first Chanukah was an eight day-long celebration of Sukkot, a Sukkot-Sheini, deferred because of the exigencies of war. Mazal Tov to Robin and Howard Adelsberg on the birth of a grandson. Mazal Tov to Jessica (Adelsberg) and Shimmy Pianko on the birth of their son. Mazal Tov to Melissa and Irwin Benzel and to big brother Eli, on the birth of a baby girl. Mazal Tov to Toby and Gerald Wolf on the marriage of their daughter Amanda to Daniel Ebbin. While they dared to fight during Yom Tov, they refused to letДў For more information please contact Leslie Gang at Announcements: Mazal Tov to Mark and Deedee Honigsfeld on the marriage of their daughter Dahlia to Jakey Berman. The Maccabees won the war and when they recaptured Yerushalayim they braved one last heroic act, arguably their greatest. Matityahu ben Yochanan Kohen Gadol, father of Judah, made the controversial decision to stand up and fight even on Shabbos and Yom Tov. Initially, certain rebel units refused to fight, but the decision proved tragic as the ruthless Syrian-Greeks massacred them as well as the towns they were charged to protect. The Syrian-Greeks had strategically attacked the Jews on their day of rest. How might we understand this latter understanding of Beit Shammai's view? What does Chanukah have anything to do with Sukkot? The story is told that Judah the Maccabee commanded 6,000 soldiers to fight against the oppressive regime of Antiochus and his Syrian-Greek Empire. Thirteen bulls were sacrificed on the first day of Sukkot, twelve on the second, and so on, one less each succeeding day. But according to Beit Shammai, the lights correspond to the parei ha-chag, the bull-offerings sacrificed on Sukkot. Hence, we start with one, then two, then, three. According to Beit Hillel, maalin b'kodesh v'ein moridin - we go up in holiness, we do not go down. But an alternative explanation is offered. On one view, the dispute is whether the lights correspond to the days that remain (Beit Shammai) or the days that have passed (Beit Hillel). The Gemara records a dispute as to their respective rationales. Beit Hillel says that we light in increasing order: one the first night, two the second, and so on-which is how we pasken l'halacha.

Beit Shammai says that we light in decreasing order: eight lights the first night, seven the second, and so on.

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D'var Torah: By Rabbi Avi Miller Parshat Miketz Chanukah or Sukkot? The Gemara in Shabbos 21b cites the famous dispute between Beit Shammai and Beit Hillel as to how to light the Chanukah menorah. 1 HAFTR Happenings Issue 10 Volume 4 Miketz- Chanukah Candle Lighting 4:10 PM Happy Chanukah! Upcoming HAFTR Early Childhood and Lower School Tours: Tour Dates: Tuesday, December 18th 9:30 AM Tuesday, December 25th 9:30 AM If you have any friends who would like to learn more about HAFTR and may be interested in joining us for a tour or parlor meeting, please share these dates with them.

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