Halacha:

Chanukah 

Collections: Rabbi Fridman Chaburas in Chanukah

Description

This shiur deals with the sugya in Shabbat 21b which indicates that the mitzvah runs from shekias hachamah until the market place is empty. The shiur opens with a discussion of the precise definition of an empty marketplace, focusing on the positions of Rif, Rambam, and Ritva. The shiur proceeds to discuss the nature of the requirement of lighting when there are individuals who remain in the marketplace- pirsumei nisah- and whether there would be any mitzvah to light in the absence of these conditions (a matter of dispute between Rambam vs. Rashbah/Meiri, and Ri Porat cited in Tosfos)the essential question being analyzed is whether pirsumei nisah is one dimension of neros chanukah or absolutely definitional to the mitzvah.