1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/mj-ravtorah December 1998, week 3
2 93 39_Shiur HaRav Soloviechik ZTL on Chanukah0_10_jr@sco.com26_Thu, 17 Dec 1998 11:12 EST650_- chanuka1.98<br><br>Shiur HaRav Soloveichik on Chanukah<br><br>(Shiur date: 12/10/74)<br><br>The Rambam begins Hilchos Chanukah by telling the story of the Macabbes victory over their Greek oppressors and the Hellenizers among them, and how they entered the temple sanctuary (Heichal) and found a single undisturbed jar of undefiled oil that burned for 8 days. The Rav noted that when introducing Hilchos Megillah for example, the Rambam does not preface the laws with the story of the victory of Mordechai and Esther over Haman. Instead he begins with the laws concerning the reading of the Megillah. Likewise, in Hilchos Chametz Umatzah, the [...]