Whatever the Halachic Justification May Be for Meals on Chanukah, This Is Not It…

The Mor Uketzi’ah at the beginning of the Laws of Chanukah (from HebrewBooks):

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What does some metaphorical “Yoma ka garim” have to do with anything? What does the inauguration of the Mikdash have to do with Chanukah? Didn’t Chazal know Chaggai, and nevertheless omit “meals”?

 

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