[Avodah] Yom ha'atma'us etc.

[Michael Makovi]

> R' Micha Berger wrote:
>
>> Purim and Chanukah were partial yeshuos, commemorated without
>> Hallel (this is explicit in the gemara - no Hallel because we
>> were still under shibud Achasheveiros at the end of the story)
>> but where was a recognized supernatural event on each of those
>> dates.

> Is there a typo in that paragraph? I think you did not intend to include Chanuka there, as we *do* say Hallel on Chanukah.
>
> R' Akiva Miller

Phew, I'm not the only one! AFAIK, with Chanuka, we say Hallel *davka*
because we were delivered from gentile rule. Rambam waxes about 200+
years of Jewish independence, and therefore we say Hallel.

My Rav Kookish rabbi said, "150+ of those years were Tzadukim, and yet
we celebrate Jewish independence!" (Notice the connection to today's
rulers?)

Mikha'el Makovi