Venue: Yeshiva of Central Queens Yeshiva of Central Queens

Machshava:

Chanukah 

Description

Which was the last holiday to be recorded in tanach? Why was the torah shel ba'al peh mostly developed after Purim? Why did Matisyahu start a war which needed a miracle to succeed? What are the five parts of torah shel ba'al peh? How can we recite in the bracha that Hashem commanded us to light? Does a psak have to make sense? Were the Chashmonaim correct in assuming the malchus? Why was Jerusalem divided between two tribes? What direction should the rabbi face while praying? What can we learn from the gentiles? Why does Greek culture lack Jewish values? Why does it say in v'al hanisim that they lit in the chatzer, when the menorah was in the heichal? Who defiled the temple? How did the temple lose it's kedusha? Is temple mount holy today?