Al ha-Nissim: Additional Prayer for Hanukkah
Greco-Roman Period ‘Al ha-Nissim, inserted in the Amidah and the Grace after Meals on all eight days of Hanukkah, is only preserved in medieval texts. Yet its concentration on the military victory—not on the miracle of the burning of the oil for eight days—testifies to its antiquity. We thank thee for the miracles, for the […]
