[Avodah] Hanukkah I and Hanukkah II

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Here is one post in an earlier incarnation:

Avodah: Volume 6, Number 83
http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol06/v06n083.shtml

See posts by R Eli Clark and R Moshe Feldman...

Avodah: Volume 3, Number 63
http://www.aishdas.org/avodah/vol03/v03n063.shtml#13


Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 08:52:27 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Turkel <tur... at math.tau.ac.il>
> Everyone seems to agree that Chanukah today is based on the miracle
> of the oil. However, this is not true. Many have pointed out that Al
> Hanissim stresses the military battle. While many answers have been given
> one possibility is that different communities stressed various parts of
> Chanukah even in ancient days and Al Hanissim and the Gemara in shabbat
> represent two different outlooks.

Or AISI
    Two Eras

Hanukkah I
    Pre-hurban nationalistic and BhM-centric

Hanukaah II
    Post-hurban
    Spritual and Oil-centric

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