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Ask any child, “What do we do on Pesach?” and he will reply, “We eat matzah.” Ask him, “And what do we do on Hanukkah?” and his immediate response will be, “We light the Hanukkah candles.” However, ...

Al HaNissim concludes by noting that “your sons came and lit candles in the courtyards of your sanctuary.” Note the terminology. The tefillah does not say that Chazal imposed a takanah on klal Yisrael ...

As we prepare for the festival of Hanukkah – which commences at the conclusion of the upcoming Sabbath – it behooves us to revisit the significance of the lights of the hanukkiah, as well as the Al ...

On Purim, as on Chanukah, we recite Al Hanissim. In this thanksgiving prayer, the stories of the miracles of both festivals are related in a short and concise synopsis. There is, however, an obvious ...