Can Midrash Determine Halakhah? (2)

 

Listen to this morning's class, "Can Midrash Determine Halakhah? (2)" here.

Follow along with the sources here.

For further research:

Listen to Part 1 and Part 3 of "Can Midrash Determine Halakhah?"

Hanukkah: Laws of Lighting

Listen to this evening's class here.

Follow along with some of the sources: a) Masekhet Shabbat (21b), b) Maskhet Shabbat (23a), c) HaRambam (Hil. Hanukkah 4:2-3), d) Shulhan Arukh (671:2), e) Mikra'ei Kodesh (Hanukkah pg. 28-9), f) Shu"t R. Akiva Eger (2:13).

Hanukkah: "Mehadrin Min HaMehadrin" (Shabbat 21b)

Did you ever wonder why Sepharadim and Ashkenazim differ on how many candles to light each night of Hanukkah? Listen to our class here to learn why!

Follow along with the sources: a) Shabbat 21b, b) HaRambam (Hil. Hanukkah ch. 4) and c) Shulhan Arukh (no. 671).

Hanukkah: Lighting After Nightfall

Listen to our mosa'ei Shabbat class on "Lighting After Nightfall" here.

Follow along with the sources: Shabbat 21b, Harambam (MT Hanukkah 4:5), Shulhan Arukh (672:2), Yehaveh Daat (3:51), Hazon Ovadia (Hanukkah pg. 64-7).

See, as well, part of the weekly shiur of R. Yisshak Yosef.

Hanukkah: Lighting at the Synagogue

Listen to this morning's class, "Lighting at the Synagogue," here.

Follow along with the sources here.


For further research: 

1) See the full text of R. Ovadia Yosef's teshuvah in Yabia Omer 7:57 here.

2) See R. Michael Taubes's article for YU's Torah to Go, on this topic, here.

3) See R. David Brofsky's summary of this issue in his Hilkhot Mo'adim here.

4) See R. Dovid Lichtenstein's related analysis of "Making a Beracha on Chanukah Candles at the White House," in his Headlines, here.

Hanukkah: Origins (Shabbat 21b)

Listen to our class on the topic of Hanukkah's origins here.

Follow along with our analysis of Shabbat 21b here.

For further research: Ready R. Ezra Schwartz's related article, for YU's Torah to Go, here.

Lighting an Electric Hanukiyah

1) Listen to this evening's class on the topic of "Lighting an Electric Hanukiyah," here.

Follow along with the sources here.

2) See the major sources in their original context: a) Mayim Hayim, b) Ner Missvah, c) Yehaveh Da'at.

3) Read R. Daniel Z. Feldman's survey of this issue, with a special emphasis on contemporary poskim, in his brand new Binah BaSefarim - Inyanei Hanukkah.