<div>From: <a href="mailto:Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org" target="_blank">Saul.Z.Newman@kp.org</a><br>1--was it agreed previously that outside of all chasidim, no other<br>community holds from nittel? </div>
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<div>I doubt that that is correct. AFAIK it was kept in Greater Hungary and the CS talks about it - and he hailed from Fafdam.</div>
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<div>>>> ie i believe eidot hamizrach, </div>
<div>who of course lived in countries where kratzmach wasn't known/observed.</div>
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<div>>>> , OU, YU , MO, DL communities do NOT avoid torah learning on that night . .... when nittel falls during chanuka, do those who hold from it do anything different? eg light earlier, refrain from chanukka parties, say no divrei torah at channuka gathering etc?</div>
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<div>I would think that 'Chanuka parties and chanuka gatherings' are generally popular in "OU, YU , MO, DL communities", thus this would not be relevant to them.</div>
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<div>(No such issues here in Oz, where Chanuka is in summer and most kids are already in pyjamas when the candles are lit...Especially with us who light only after Maariv.)</div>
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<div>SBA</div>
<div>(Who last night and tonight will be lighting the candles in Beth Chabad Bangkok, And BEZH Wed night be'ir hakodesh Yerushalayim.)</div>
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