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    Two great rabbis, Hillel and Shammai, disagreed on how to light the Chanukiah each night of Chanukah. Rabbi Shammai believed lights should decrease each night from eight on the first night to one on the last, while Rabbi Hillel believed lights should increase each night from one on the first to eight on the last. When their students asked for guidance, Hillel argued lights should increase to remind people to always increase holiness, and the students decided to follow Hillel's instructions.

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    Two great rabbis, Hillel and Shammai, disagreed on how to light the Chanukiah each night of Chanukah. Rabbi Shammai believed lights should decrease each night from eight on the first night to one on the last, while Rabbi Hillel believed lights should increase each night from one on the first to eight on the last. When their students asked for guidance, Hillel argued lights should increase to remind people to always increase holiness, and the students decided to follow Hillel's instructions.

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    Two great rabbis, Hillel and Shammai, disagreed on how to light the Chanukiah each night of Chanukah. Rabbi Shammai believed lights should decrease each night from eight on the first night to one on the last, while Rabbi Hillel believed lights should increase each night from one on the first to eight on the last. When their students asked for guidance, Hillel argued lights should increase to remind people to always increase holiness, and the students decided to follow Hillel's instructions.

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    Two great rabbis, Hillel and Shammai, disagreed on how to light the Chanukiah each night of Chanukah. Rabbi Shammai believed lights should decrease each night from eight on the first night to one on the last, while Rabbi Hillel believed lights should increase each night from one on the first to eight on the last. When their students asked for guidance, Hillel argued lights should increase to remind people to always increase holiness, and the students decided to follow Hillel's instructions.

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    HILLEL&SHAMMAI

    Onceuponatime,thereweretwogreatrabbisnamedHillelandShammai.
    Bothrabbisweresogreatthattheyeachhadtheirownschoolwithmany
    students.RabbisHillelandShammaioftendisagreedwitheachotheron
    mattersofJewishlawandpractice.IntheTalmud,manyoftheir
    disagreementsarerecorded.Often,RabbiHillelsopinionistheonethat
    theTalmudinstructsustofollow,buteveryonceinawhileweare
    instructedtofollowRabbiShammaisopinioninstead.

    Whentheirstudentswerelookingforinstructionsonhowtolightthe
    Chanukiah
    (theChanukahlamp),HillelandShammai,ofcourse,had

    differentopinions.FromtheTalmudsrecordoftheirdisagreement,wecan
    imaginehowtheirconversationmighthavegone:

    Students:
    Weknowthatthereisa
    mitzvah
    toforeachhouseholdtolike
    Chanukiah
    butwearenotsureexactlyhowitissupposedtobedone.
    RabbiShammai,canyoutellushowmanycandlesshouldbeliteach
    night?

    RabbiShammai:
    Onthefirstday,alleightcandlesshouldbelit.Oneach
    ofthenextsevennights,lightonelesscandlethanthenightbefore(7
    candlesonthesecondnight,6candlesonthethirdnight,andsoon).

    RabbiHillel:
    Irespectfullydisagree.Onthefirstnight,onlyonecandle
    shouldbelit.Oneachofthenextsevennights,anadditionalcandleshould
    belit(2candlesonthesecondnight,3candlesonthethirdnight,andso
    on).

    Students:
    Inordertodecidewhichofyouropinionstofollow,weneedto
    understandalittlebitmoreaboutwhyeachofyouthinksitshouldbedone
    inthewayyouhavedescribed.

    RabbiShammai:
    BylightingthecandlesinthewayIhavedescribed,you
    willberemindedofhowmanynightsofChanukahareyettocome.

    RabbiHillel:
    BylightingthecandlesinthewaythatIhavedescribed,you
    willbeabletotellhowmanynightshavealreadypassed.Moreimportantly
    though,increasingthelightseachnightwillremindyouthatwheneverwe
    aredoingsomethingholy,weshouldmakesurewearealwaysincreasing
    theholiness(thelight)andnotdecreasingorlesseningtheholiness.

    Students:
    Increasingthelighteachnightremindsustoincreasethe
    holinessinourlives.WewillfollowRabbiHillelsinstructions.

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