TT4T#897 - Is Chanukah Really Sukkot? - 12/21/22

 

Beit Shamai is famous for holding that the proper way to light the menorah is to light eight candles on the first night and then descend each night so that we light only one on the final night. This Ten explores the reason for their position, particularly in how it references a surprising Chanukah-Sukkot connection.