tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post116679798994581306..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Chanukka: Is the Beit Yosef's Question So Good?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-89726332894681750252011-01-05T06:25:15.219-05:002011-01-05T06:25:15.219-05:00sorry, i don't find your objections credible. ...sorry, i don't find your objections credible. and sometimes, once a question gets encoded and becomes famous, people treat it seriously rather than questioning the assumptions underlying the question -- questioning the assumptions, which is something i do over and over on this blog, is often outside the realm of discourse, and instead it is used as a launching pad for further shaleshudes toirah.<br /><br />kol tuv,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-1852809892185625192011-01-04T18:56:31.497-05:002011-01-04T18:56:31.497-05:00They would simply state their infoand peshatim on ...They would simply state their infoand peshatim on chanukah without bringing down any question.Besides you don't see anyone arguing on the kasha at all.There would have been at least a few seforim saying the question is no question.Also,many of the answers given clearly are to answer the question.Not to teach chanukah info.p.s.the question was asked by a rishon.Complete.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-74771045278629896712011-01-04T18:51:23.574-05:002011-01-04T18:51:23.574-05:00You really think he gives 4 answers on 1 specific ...You really think he gives 4 answers on 1 specific question to teach us general basic information on chanukah?If he didn't hold it was a real question he wouldn't have posed it.As for all the other meforshim who answer the question,it's clear they took it seriously.Otherwise why would they deal wth it as a question to give info on chanukah?bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-85443427235568978182011-01-04T18:37:54.903-05:002011-01-04T18:37:54.903-05:00What are you talking about?the gemara says it was ...What are you talking about?the gemara says it was supposed to burn for 1 day and it burned 8 days.So we made a 8 day yom tov.The point being clearly that the purpose of chanukah is to remember the miracle of the oil.That's why there is no celebration on the previous days even though it was great das in yisrael.I find your point that the beis yoseph really didn't think it was a question just out of touch.bnoreply@blogger.com