Thursday
25 Kislev; 1st Day of Chanukah 5771
December 2 2010
1)There are different opinions amongst the Poskim if the Mishnayos of Perek "BaMeh Madlikin" which are usually said each Friday night before Maariv , is said on Shabbos of Chanukah.
One of the reasons given for not saying it is because these Mishnayos discuss the many types of oils which aren't acceptable for lighting the Shabbos candles. The Gemara (Shabbos 21b) says that the oils that are not good for Shabbos lights are indeed acceptable for Chanukah candles.
Therefore, according to these opinions, we don't want people to think we are referring to the Halachos of the Chanukah candles, so we refrain from saying "BaMeh Madlikin" altogether. (See Shulchan Aruch Siman 270:2 and Ram"a and Mishna Berura ibid.)
Many Minhagim exist regarding this, and each Kehilah should follow their individual practice.
2) There is a Minhag to say the Mizmor of "Mizmor Shir Chanukas HaBayis L'Dovid" (Tehillim 30) each morning of Chanukah after Shacharis.
Some have the minhag to say it "instead" of the regular Shir Shel Yom (SheYarei Kneses Hagedolah quoting the "Minhag" of many places, Pri Chadash, and Gaon of Vilna [besides for Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh of Chanukah, when he holds only the Shabbos or Rosh Chodesh Mizmor is said.]
Others maintain that both the regular Shir Shel Yom is said, as well as the additional Mizmor for Chanukah. (ShYarei Kneses Hagedolah's own Psak, quoted in the Be'er Heitev Siman 132:7 and others)
Each Kehilah should do according to the Minhagim they follow.
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Reader's Question:
Is there any type of Chiyuv (obligation) to make a siyum on a mesechtah that you finished?
Can someone say the Hadran(text recited upon making a siyum) without a minyan and no kadish?
Also is there some sort of halachah about specifically not learning the last couple lines of a mesechtah until the time of the siyum?
Answer:
It is a Mitzvah to make a Siyum upon the completion of a Mesechta (tractate of Mishna or Talmud) or certain other complete sections of Torah books. (See Talmud Shabbos 118b-119a.)
The Steipler Zatzal ruled that one who starts a Mesechta and doesn't finish it [if he has the ability to do so] has disgraced that mesechta and may also have made a false promise. (See Sefer Hadran Alach page 143:4 and page 166)
It is a Mitzvah to celebrate with a Seudah on the occasion of finishing a Mesechta. (See Yam Shel Shlomo Bava Kama Perek Merubah Siman 37, Rama Yoreh Deah Siman 246:26 and Aruch Hashulchan Yoreh Deah Siman 246:45)
If no minyan is present, the Hadran can be said, but not the Kaddish.
Indeed, the minhag is to leave over the final piece of the Mesechta for the actual siyum. (See Shach Yoreh Deah Siman 246:27)
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וכל יצר מחשבת לבו רק רע כל היום (בראשית 6:5)
"And that every product of the thoughts of his heart was but evil always." (Genesis 6:5)
We have no idea of the hold the Yetzer HaRa, evil inclination, has on us, as the following story demonstrates:
The Sanzer Rav, HaRav Chaim Halberstam, z"l, once stood by his window and gazed at the people walking by. He saw a certain Jew and motioned for him to come inside. When the man entered, the Rav asked him, "What would you do if you discovered a wallet filled with money in the street, and you were aware of the identity of its owner?" The Jew responded, "I would immediately return it." Hearing this response, the Rav rebuked the fellow and called him a fool.
Another Jew went by, and the Rav called him in and asked him the same question. The second Jew answered, "I would keep it; I am no fool to 'give away' so much money." The Rav scolded him for being a rasha, wicked.
The Rav kept on looking outside until a third Jew walked by. He called him in repeating his question. This Jew's response was carefully worded, "I do not know what I would do. I guess I have to wait till I am faced with the challenge. My Yetzer HaRa might overwhelm me and 'convince me' that I need the money. On the other hand HaShem might help me to break the Yetzer HaRa's grasp. As long as I am not confronted with the situation, I cannot give an intelligent response."
This time the Sanzer Rav said, "You gave the correct answer. You possess common sense. We must know the enemy. Only a fool goes into battle without prior knowledge of who it is that he is fighting."
Submitted by C.S; Taken from Peninim on the Torah #12 by Rabbi A.L. Scheinbaum
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