Chanukah 2025 YCQ - Dec 9, 2025 - Why are Purim and Chanukah the only two holidays from Megilas Ta'anis, that we observe today? Is the kedusha of a shul, biblical? Do we declare a holiday on the occurrence of a miracle? Was King David a better posek than King Shaul? What was the nature of simcha, on the holidays in Megilas Ta'anis? How was the kavod of the latter temple greater than the earlier temple? Can one use the left over oil in the menorah, after the last day? Is there a biblical kiyum upon lighting a Chanukah menorah? Why did the rabbis wait one year before declaring the holiday of Chanukah? Why did Zecharia not understand his prophesy? Why did Hashem want there to be a temple in this world? Can one recite a blessing when lighting in city hall? Why do we light in shul with a bracha if no one is yotzei with that lighting? Can one light in shul before mincha on erev Shabbos, if one fears that mincha will end after sunset? Should married women light for themselves? Where should students in a dorm light?