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Chanukka in Iyar — A Rooted Understanding of Hallel on Yemei ha-Atzmaut and Yerushalayim

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: May 26 2025

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Series: Five Minute Halacha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Arachin, Berachot, Megillah, Taanit

Halacha:

Chanukah, Purim, Tefillah, Yom Ha'atzmaut

Machshava:

Israel, Religious Zionism, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah

Holidays:

Yom Yerushalayim

Collections: Berachot Perek 2 Haya Koreh

References: Taanit: 28B , Arachin: 10B , Megilla: 14A , Berachot: 14A

Description

A discussion at the close of the Beth Abraham seudas hoda'a on Yom Yerushalayim 5785, beginning with the halachic correspondence of Yom ha-Atzmaut to the category of Chanukka and Purim.

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Chanukka in Iyar — A Rooted Understanding of Hallel on Yemei ha-Atzmaut and Yerushalayim

Series: Five Minute Halacha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara:

Aggadeta, Arachin, Berachot, Megillah, Taanit

Halacha:

Chanukah, Purim, Tefillah, Yom Ha'atzmaut

Machshava:

Israel, Religious Zionism, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah

Holidays:

Yom Yerushalayim

Collections: Berachot Perek 2 Haya Koreh

References: Taanit: 28B , Arachin: 10B , Megilla: 14A , Berachot: 14A

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Chanukka in Iyar — A Rooted Understanding of Hallel on Yemei ha-Atzmaut and Yerushalayim

Series: Five Minute Halacha

Venue: Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ) Cong. Beth Abraham (Bergenfield, NJ)

Gemara: Aggadeta, Arachin, Berachot, Megillah, Taanit Halacha: Chanukah, Purim, Tefillah, Yom Ha'atzmaut Machshava: Israel, Religious Zionism, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah Holidays: Yom Yerushalayim

Collections: Berachot Perek 2 Haya Koreh

References: Taanit: 28B , Arachin: 10B , Megilla: 14A , Berachot: 14A

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Gemara:

Aggadeta, Arachin, Berachot, Megillah, Taanit

Halacha:

Chanukah, Purim, Tefillah, Yom Ha'atzmaut

Machshava:

Israel, Religious Zionism, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah

Holidays:

Yom Yerushalayim