Venue: Young Israel of Forest Hills Young Israel of Forest Hills

Machshava:

Chanukah 

Collections: Rabbi Schachter: Chanuka

References: Shabbat: 21b  

Description

What issurim are on Chanukah and why? How does one fulfill the mitzva of simchah on yom tov and chol hamoed? On which days does one recite hallel? Is hallel biblical? Why is shabbos not mevatel aveilus? Can the issur of getting benefit from the chanukah oil be bibilical? Is the etrog of a minor muktzah biblically? Who authored the blessings of the hallel? What is the difference between ya'aleh ve'yavo and al ha'nissim? Should one answer amen to the chazan's blessing of hallel? Why are issurei de'rabbanon issurei gavra? If one forgot ya'aleh veyavo in shacharis, and remembered after saying musaf, does he need to daven shacharis again? Can one make a tenai, that one's succah not become muktzah? Should one light outside or inside the home?