Machshava:

Chanukah 

Description

Rav Yitzchak Hutner was one of the most significant Jewish thinkers of the 20th Century. Here we learn a classic piece of his on Hanukah from his work Pahad Yitzchak - in which Rav Hutner connects the period of Hanukah with the origin of mahloket (dispute) in Israel, and advances the intriguing thesis that sometimes ביטולה היא קיומה - the annulment of Torah can in fact lead to the greater glory of the Torah