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==Erev Chanuka== | ==Erev Chanuka== | ||
===Tachanun=== | ===Tachanun=== | ||
# There is no Tachanun at mincha on Erev Chanuka (eve of Chanuka) and if Erev Chanuka falls out on Shabbat, at mincha Tzidkatcha isn’t said. <Ref>Rama 683:1, Nitai Gavriel 1:2-3</ref> | # There is no Tachanun at mincha on Erev Chanuka (eve of Chanuka) and if Erev Chanuka falls out on [[Shabbat]], at mincha Tzidkatcha isn’t said. <Ref>Rama 683:1, Nitai Gavriel 1:2-3</ref> | ||
===Fasting on Erev Chanuka=== | ===Fasting on Erev Chanuka=== | ||
# Many authorities permit fasting on Erev Chanuka. <Ref>S”A 686:1 </ref> However, some hold that it’s forbidden to fast on Erev Chanuka. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 686:1 quotes that Bach and Pri Chadash who forbid fasting on Erev Chanuka. Nonetheless, Mishna Brurah writes that one shouldn’t protest those who have the minhag to fast on Erev Chanuka as a makeup for a fast on Erev Rosh Chodesh Tevet. </ref> However, it’s forbidden to decree a public fast on Erev Chanuka. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 686:1 </ref> | # Many authorities permit fasting on Erev Chanuka. <Ref>S”A 686:1 </ref> However, some hold that it’s forbidden to fast on Erev Chanuka. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 686:1 quotes that Bach and Pri Chadash who forbid fasting on Erev Chanuka. Nonetheless, Mishna Brurah writes that one shouldn’t protest those who have the minhag to fast on Erev Chanuka as a makeup for a fast on Erev Rosh Chodesh Tevet. </ref> However, it’s forbidden to decree a public fast on Erev Chanuka. <Ref>Mishna Brurah 686:1 </ref> | ||
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# One should make sure to prepare one’s oil and candles for Chanuka Candles before Chanuka. <Ref>Nitai Gavriel 1:11-13 </ref> | # One should make sure to prepare one’s oil and candles for Chanuka Candles before Chanuka. <Ref>Nitai Gavriel 1:11-13 </ref> | ||
===Learning laws of Chanuka=== | ===Learning laws of Chanuka=== | ||
# One should learn the laws of Chanuka before Chanuka. <Ref>Nitai Gavriel 1:15 quoting the Shlah at end of Maasechet Shabbat D”H Tochechat </ref> | # One should learn the laws of Chanuka before Chanuka. <Ref>Nitai Gavriel 1:15 quoting the Shlah at end of Maasechet [[Shabbat]] D”H 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 Chanuka, 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 D”H VeAsum explains Hodaah as Al Hanisim in birkat hoda’ah of amidah. However, the Rambam (Hilchot Chanuka 3:3) explains Hodah as Simcha. The Yam Shel Shlomo b”k 7:30 writes that the Rambam holds that meals of Chanuka 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 Chanuka as a commemoration of the Chanukat HaMizbe’ach in the desert. | # Some say there is a mitzvah to eat a festive meal on Chanuka, 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 D”H VeAsum explains Hodaah as Al Hanisim in birkat hoda’ah of amidah. However, the Rambam (Hilchot Chanuka 3:3) explains Hodah as Simcha. The Yam Shel Shlomo b”k 7:30 writes that the Rambam holds that meals of Chanuka 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 Chanuka 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 Chanuka 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 Chanuka 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 Chanuka 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 Chanuka 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== | ||
