During the festival of Chanukah we insert into the Shemoneh Esrai a special declaration of thanks to Hashem. The main emphasis of this prayer, the “al hanisim”, is the expression of gratitude for the Maccabees’ miraculous military victory over their Syrian-Greek foes. Careful analysis of the text of the prayer reveals phrases which require further […]
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