Shiurim Categories: Chanukah

by Rabbi Ben Greenberg JLIC @ Harvard Hillel 1. Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 23a אשה ודאי מדליקה, דאמר רבי יהושע בן לוי: נשים חייבות בנר חנוכה, שאף הן היו באותו הנס A woman definitely lights as R. Yehoshua ben Levi said: Women are obligated in Chanukah lighting, for they too were within the miracle. 2. Rashi, […]

JLIC mini-GUIDE TO CHANUKAH WHO should light? Everyone should light: men, women and children according to the Ashkenazi custom. – In some communities women have the custom not to light, especially married women. – Many Sefardim also do not light, as they rely on the lighting of their parents WHERE should one light? – On […]

by Rabbi Rothstein