In order to understand the Al Hanisim prayer of Hanukkah better, it pays to contrast it with the Al Hanisim of Purim. Both texts open with a similar phrase, “Bimay . . . ” “In the days of” and then ...

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It behooves us to try and understand the important messages being sent in the brilliant compositions of our Sages. After the introduction of Al Hanisim, the prayer re-tells the story of the Greek ...

This week I wrote a prayer, a special version of the “Al Hanisim” for Hanukkah 2024. I will recite this prayer every night. I will light the traditional Hanukkah candles, and I will add a special ...

The prayer begins Al Hanisim -"for the miracles, the redemption, and the victories, and liberation that you did for our ancestors in those days and today." The miracle of the jug of oil does not ...