This week’s parsha is (almost) always read during Channukah, and it’s one of the few hataros mentioned in the Talmud:
בַּחֲנוּכָּה — בַּנְּשִׂיאִים, וּמַפְטִירִין בְּנֵרוֹת…

This week’s parsha is (almost) always read during Channukah, and it’s one of the few hataros mentioned in the Talmud:
בַּחֲנוּכָּה — בַּנְּשִׂיאִים, וּמַפְטִירִין בְּנֵרוֹת…

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