[Avodah] shemen zayit in suka

[saul newman via Avodah]

http://ladaat.info/showgil.aspx?par=20141009&gil=654
see page one for the suka-chanuka connection
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[Micha Berger via Avodah]

On Sun, Oct 05, 2014 at 08:41:21PM -0700, saul newman via Avodah wrote:
: http://ladaat.info/showgil.aspx?par=20141009&gil=654
: see page one for the suka-chanuka connection

I heard R' Aharon Soloveitchik talk about Sukkos and Chanukah and "ger vetoshav".

Chanukah's connection to Sukkos is in Sefer haMakabiim -- on the first Chanukah,
everyone who was frustrated about missing aliyah laregel the prior Sukkos came
on Chanukah with their 4 minim. And this is why, RAS suggested, Beis Shammai
thought that the decressing number of cows in each day's qorban mussaf on
Sukkos should be precedent for decreasing the number of Chanukah lights each
day.

And Chanukah is the completion of the sanctification of the land for Bayis
Sheini and "qudeshah lesha'atah vequdeshah le'asid lavo". Because the
acquisition of Bayis Sheini was through yishuv ha'aretz, unlike Yehoshua
who sanctified it through kibbush. Thus, leisheiv basukkah is part of
the concept of Chanukah, and its reconsecration of Sukkas David hanofales.
The chazaqah of the ger vetoshav.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha