{"id":8511,"date":"2016-02-23T04:00:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-23T02:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/?p=8511"},"modified":"2018-05-27T09:11:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T06:11:30","slug":"03-23-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph.yhb.org.il\/en\/03-23-04\/","title":{"rendered":"04. \u201cThey too Participated in that Miracle\u201d \u2013 Pesa\u0125, Purim, and \u0124anuka"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Yehoshua b. Levi said: Women must drink four cups of wine on the night of the Seder (<em>Pesa\u0125im<\/em> 108b), read the <em>megilla<\/em> (<em>Megilla<\/em> 4a), and light \u0124anuka candles (<em>Shabbat<\/em> 23a) \u201cfor they too participated in that miracle.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There are two interpretations of this dictum: According to Rashi and Rashbam (<em>Pesa\u0125im<\/em> 108b; <em>Shabbat<\/em> 23a) women\u2019s obligation stems from the fact that they participated significantly in those miracles. Regarding the Exodus the Sages said: \u201cIn the merit of the women who lived in that generation the Israelites were redeemed from Egypt\u201d (<em>Sota<\/em> 11b). Despite the terrible slavery, the women did not lose hope of redemption; they reassured their husbands and gave birth to the next generation. The miracle of Purim, of course, transpired through Esther. The miracle of \u0124anuka began with a woman named Yehudit, who heroically beheaded the enemy governor and led to the abolition of the Greek decree of <em>jus primae noctis<\/em> (see <em>Peninei Halakha: Zemanim<\/em>, ch. 11 nn. 12-14). Thus, from a certain standpoint, women\u2019s connection to these <em>mitzvot<\/em> supersedes that of men.<\/p>\n<p>However, most commentaries understand that the words \u201cthey too\u201d (\u201c<em>af hen<\/em>\u201d) indicate the primary obligation applies to men (who are obligated in time-bound positive <em>mitzvot<\/em>) and that women are obligated in the mitzva secondarily because \u201cthey too participated in that miracle\u201d (<em>Tosafot Pesa\u0125im<\/em> 108b and <em>Megilla<\/em> 4a, Rashba, Ritva, Ran, Me\u2019iri, and others).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yehoshua b. 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