Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: The Tefilah Podcast
Episode: Chanukah 5781: Asking for Miracles on Chanukah
Description: Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!This morning's shiur (12/18/20 at Lomdeha) was an adventure in "tefilah archaeology" focusing on a curious addition to the end of Al ha'Nissim involving a request for miracles. After surveying the evidence which establishes that this is the authentic version of Al ha'Nissim, we investigate the reason why most Ashkenazim don't include this request. We then analyze the ideas behind each of these approaches and conclude with practical tefilah advice for how to frame our davening during the last tefilah of Chanukah 2020/5781, when our need for miracles is...