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# One should make sure to prepare one’s oil and candles for [[Chanukah]] Candles before [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>Nitei Gavriel 1:11-13 </ref> | # One should make sure to prepare one’s oil and candles for [[Chanukah]] Candles before [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>Nitei Gavriel 1:11-13 </ref> | ||
===Learning laws of Chanuka=== | ===Learning laws of Chanuka=== | ||
# One should learn the laws of [[Chanukah]] before [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>Nitei Gavriel 1:15 quoting the Shlah at end of Maasechet [[Shabbat]] | # One should learn the laws of [[Chanukah]] before [[Chanukah]]. <Ref>Nitei Gavriel 1:15 quoting the Shlah at end of Maasechet [[Shabbat]] s.v. Tochechat </ref> | ||
==Having a festive meal on Chanuka== | ==Having a festive meal on Chanuka== | ||
# Some say there is a mitzvah to eat a festive meal on [[Chanukah]], while some say that there is only a partial mitzvah in commemoration of the Chanukat HaMizbe’ach of the Mishkan, and some say that there’s no obligation at all. <Ref> Gemara [[Shabbat]] 21b states that the days of [[Chanukah]] were instituted as days of “[[Hallel]] VeHodaah”. Rashi | # Some say there is a mitzvah to eat a festive meal on [[Chanukah]], while some say that there is only a partial mitzvah in commemoration of the Chanukat HaMizbe’ach of the Mishkan, and some say that there’s no obligation at all. <Ref> Gemara [[Shabbat]] 21b states that the days of [[Chanukah]] were instituted as days of “[[Hallel]] VeHodaah”. Rashi s.v. VeAsum explains Hodaah as Al Hanisim in birkat hoda’ah of amidah. However, the Rambam (Hilchot [[Chanukah]] 3:3) explains Hodah as Simcha. The Yam Shel Shlomo b”k 7:30 writes that the Rambam holds that meals of [[Chanukah]] are a mitzvah and not voluntary (see Moed Katan 9a). However, both the Tur and S”A 670:1 rule that festive meals on [[Chanukah]] are only optional. Lastly, Rama 670:2 writes that there is a partial mitzvah to have a festive meal on [[Chanukah]] as a commemoration of the Chanukat HaMizbe’ach in the desert. | ||
* Why didn’t Chazal institute a festive meal on [[Chanukah]]? 1)The Levush 670:2 explains that there is a meal on [[Purim]] because the miracle was that Jews lives were saved from a physical threat, whereas on [[Chanukah]] the threat was a spiritual one against the Jewish soul. 2) The Taz 670:3 asks on the Levush, isn’t a spiritual threat greater than a physical one?! Therefore, the Taz offers another explanation; since the miracle of [[Purim]] was made famous and brought happiness in this world, whereas on [[Chanukah]] the famous miracle of the oil only benefited the Jewish people in the next world and so there’s no institution of a festive meal.3) The Chochmat Shlomo 670:2 says that since the spiritual threat of [[Chanukah]] was more dire, the miracle Hashem performed deducted from the merits of the Jewish people. 4)Halichot Shlomo (pg 320 note 32) explains even though we won the war and returned to the Mikdash we continue to fight the culture of the Greeks to this day and so there’s no festive meal. </ref> The minhag is to sing zemirot and say divrei Torah and then certainly the meal is a Seudat Mitzvah. <ref> Rama 670:2, Yalkut Yosef (Moadim, pg 193). Kaf HaChaim 670:16 writes that the practical application of this is that since it’s a Seudat Mitzvah a Talmid Chacham is permitted to benefit from it. </ref> | * Why didn’t Chazal institute a festive meal on [[Chanukah]]? 1)The Levush 670:2 explains that there is a meal on [[Purim]] because the miracle was that Jews lives were saved from a physical threat, whereas on [[Chanukah]] the threat was a spiritual one against the Jewish soul. 2) The Taz 670:3 asks on the Levush, isn’t a spiritual threat greater than a physical one?! Therefore, the Taz offers another explanation; since the miracle of [[Purim]] was made famous and brought happiness in this world, whereas on [[Chanukah]] the famous miracle of the oil only benefited the Jewish people in the next world and so there’s no institution of a festive meal.3) The Chochmat Shlomo 670:2 says that since the spiritual threat of [[Chanukah]] was more dire, the miracle Hashem performed deducted from the merits of the Jewish people. 4)Halichot Shlomo (pg 320 note 32) explains even though we won the war and returned to the Mikdash we continue to fight the culture of the Greeks to this day and so there’s no festive meal. </ref> The minhag is to sing zemirot and say divrei Torah and then certainly the meal is a Seudat Mitzvah. <ref> Rama 670:2, Yalkut Yosef (Moadim, pg 193). Kaf HaChaim 670:16 writes that the practical application of this is that since it’s a Seudat Mitzvah a Talmid Chacham is permitted to benefit from it. </ref> | ||
==Dairy, Sufganiyot, and Latkes== | ==Dairy, Sufganiyot, and Latkes== | ||
