Why do we say SheAsa Nisim all 8 nights? Shouldn't we only say it one night, the first?
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Why not say it all 8 nights? We say it by the night and day time megillah reading! – Double AA Dec 20 '11 at 02:27
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We'll that's the same reason we say birkot haTorah every day because it's a new day. However, here it was ONE miracle. – Hacham Gabriel Dec 20 '11 at 02:28
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I don't follow... Each night lighting candles is a new day too. – Double AA Dec 20 '11 at 02:31
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Tell you the truth, this is a question on a Halacha sheet for someone I know for school... I don't like the question either but we need the answer so he can study. – Hacham Gabriel Dec 20 '11 at 02:34
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Please [edit] the question to explain why you think it should be only one night. – Isaac Moses Dec 20 '11 at 02:36
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I don't think it should only be one though. It's a question on a Halacha sheet. I don't even understand the logic. – Hacham Gabriel Dec 20 '11 at 02:36
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@H'Gabriel | Seems to me that this is the same as "Why do we light candles for 8 nights if the miracle was only on the first?" In which case, any of the many answers to that question would apply here. – Shmuel Dec 20 '11 at 02:36
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4Why post a question that you don't understand the point of? – Isaac Moses Dec 20 '11 at 02:38
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Because maybe someone will understand the logic. I don't understand the logic. – Hacham Gabriel Dec 20 '11 at 02:39
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If someone understands and inserts logic into the question, I'll consider re-opening it. – Isaac Moses Dec 20 '11 at 02:41
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1I understand your closing of the question and I respect it. Tell you truth I was thinking of deleting it myself. – Hacham Gabriel Dec 20 '11 at 02:42
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@IsaacMoses The hava amina to only say sheasah nissim only on the first night is a hava amina in the gemara on shabbat 23a. see my answer below for the gemara's response. – Double AA Dec 20 '11 at 02:46
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1though I can't say i see that much value in the question... – Double AA Dec 20 '11 at 02:49
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@double aa I don't either it's a Halacha sheet for a child in 4th grade... – Hacham Gabriel Dec 20 '11 at 02:50
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The Gemara gives an answer in Shabbat 23a
נס כל יומי איתיה.
which rashi there interprets to mean that the miracle continued happening the entire 8 days so we say the bracha over the course of the entire 8 days.
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