Friday, December 2, 1977 19

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Length of Hanuka Explained

By RABBI SAMUEL J. FOX

(Copyright 1977, JTA., Inc.)

The festival of Hanuka is
only eight days in duration
while the festival of Sukkot
is nine days, because of the
additional day added to fes-
tivals in Diaspora commu-
nities.
A variety of explanations
are offered for this phenom-
enon. One reason given is
that the festival of Sukkot,
like other major festivals, is
one that is ordained in the
Bible as : equiring eight
days. The rabbis added one
day, in addition to the To-
rah's eight days, for Jews in
the Diaspora. The festival of
Hanuka is not mentioned in
e Torah and its origin is
rabbinical decree, which
originally established it for
an eight-day period world-
wide.
Another source, however,
states that when the month-
ly establishment of the first
day of the month will be
restored to Israel when the
Temple is re-established, it
is possible that a ninth day
might be added to the cele-
bration in the Diaspora.
A third source explains
that the other festivals, like
Sukkot, mentioned in the
Bible, were established by
Divine Providence as a re-
minder to the people. The
---Hanuka festival, on the oth-
er hand, was initiated by the
people through their heroic
stand. The heroism of the
people is universal and

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equal between the Jews of
Israel and the Jews of the
Diaspora.
This argument claims
that the extra day of a
festival in the Diaspora for
other holidays indicates the
lesser holiness that exists in
the Diaspora, while the her-
oism of Diaspora Jewry is
not less than that of the
Jews of Israel.
Hanuka candles are lit in
the synagogue as well as in
the home, and some rabbin-
ic authorities questioned
this practice and sought to
eliminate it (Shibole ha-Le-
ket). Our practice of light-
ing Hanuka candles in the
synagogue has been accept-
ed, however.
One reason given is that -
the candles are lit for trav-
elers who have no home and
spend the night in the syna-
gogue. Others claim that
since the miracle of the
lights occurred in the
Temple of old, it is fitting to
light the candles in- the
synagogue which is a rem-
nant of the Temple.
Still others claim that this
is done because besides the
actual lighting there is a
religious requirement to
"publicize the miracle -
(Pirsumay Nisa). This is
accomplished by lighting
candles in a public Jewish
place (i.e., the synagogue)
while a public quorum (min-
yan) is in attendance.

New JNF President Seeking
Support for Five-Year Plan

NEW YORK (JTA)—Rab-
bi William Berkowitz, who

was elected last week as
president of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund of America at
the biennial meeting here of
the JNF board of directors,
urged American Jewry to
play a major role in imple-
menting a new five-year
plan adopted by the board
for the sweeping expansion
of land development in Is-
rael.
He noted that 25 new set-
tlements, already approved
by the Israeli government
and the Jewish Agency, will
be prepared by JNF heavy
equipment teams this year.
Long-range plans call for 80
new settlements in the next

five years and 180 by the
end of the decade. -
During this coming year,
41,000 dunams of land
(10,000 acres) for agricul-
ture will be reclaimed and
75 kilometers of roads will
be cleared at 160 different
development sites, 18,000
dunams of forests amount-
ing to 2.7 million trees will
be planted in Israel.

Berkowitz, spiritual lead-
er of Cong. Bnai Jeshurun in
New York City, and an au-
thor and lecturer, is cur-
rently serving as national
president of Bnai Zion and
as chairman of the execu-
tive committee of the New
, York Board of Rabbis.

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this year.
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cent of Uganda's export
eariiings come from coffee,
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Coffee experts say the
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and is used basically to hold
down the cost of South
American coffee.

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