Week 44 · The Jewish Year
Chanukah
Questions 757–780
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Objectives
Explain this week’s central concepts accurately, respectfully, and in clear language.
Answer Questions 757–780 in complete sentences and correct them after discussion.
Connect belief and law to observable practice in home, synagogue, and community.
Core content
Historical setting; rededication; oil; lighting order and location; Hallel; Al haNissim; publicizing the miracle.
Required reading
Siddur and machzor; Haggadah; practical festival guide; selected Tanakh and rabbinic sources for each season.
Practical observance
Learn placement, timing, and household custom by observing or practicing only as directed by the sponsoring rabbi; explain the procedure accurately.
Hebrew strand
Practice 10–15 minutes daily: festival texts, Haggadah, and calendar terms. Record one passage that became easier this week.
Homework and reflection
Complete written responses for 757–780; mark every answer that depends on local custom or rabbinic ruling.
Write 150–250 words: “How should this week’s learning change the way I live?”
Record attendance, practice completed, uncertainties, and one question for the sponsoring rabbi.
Rabbinic checkpoint
Separate the halakhic festival from later cultural additions while welcoming family participation.