Does the rabbi think my claim is historically correct?
I have an interesting solution to the problem of the House of Yosef. The House of Yosef asks: “Why do we celebrate Hanukkah for 8 days? If the oil was enough for 1 day, that means it burned naturally for 1 day, and then the miracle was only for 7 days, and therefore we must celebrate 7 days.” (Rishoni like the Rosh and the Meiri asked this before him, but it seems he didn’t have it.)
Countless excuses have been given for this question, but I have put forward a historical hypothesis that I think solves the problem, but I am not sure it is accurate. I would love to hear your opinion:
“It seems to me, without in-depth research, that the question of Beit Yosef points to a deep gap in perspective between the perception of reality during the time of the Sages and that of the Rishonim, and especially Rabbi Yosef Karo. It is not at all clear that the concept of “the way of nature” was clear and understandable to the Sages; for them, all of reality was one continuous miracle. From this view emerged blessings such as “He who brings forth bread from the earth” and “He who creates the fruit of the tree,” which attribute natural and human actions to God. In contrast, the view of the Rishonim and Rabbi Yosef Karo is based on the philosophy and natural sciences of the Greeks and their successors, according to which there are laws of nature that are disconnected from divine intervention, and any such intervention is considered a deviation from the way of nature. Therefore, it seems to me that the difficulty stems from the gaps between the two views, but this issue requires more in-depth and careful research.”
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It seems to me that the answer is simple, we don't celebrate the miracle, we celebrate because there was a miracle. In fact, what we celebrate is the will of God that He expressed in the event, and God's will was that the menorah would burn for eight days, after all, if He wanted it to burn for seven days, He would have performed a miracle to burn for another six days... The reason we only celebrate a holiday when a miracle happens is that the miracle is an indication that what happened here was God's will - enough to pay the price for breaking the laws of nature (and therefore it is worth noting the event, just as we do when God makes it known in the world). In other words, if the oil was enough for four days and the miracle was only for four more days, we would still celebrate eight days. The reason we don't celebrate things that happen naturally and that are God's will is that God would not "bother" to perform a miracle to make it happen if it didn't happen. A miracle actually indicates - This happens at all costs, whether it was possible in reality or not. And perhaps God even makes sure that this does not happen in reality itself, in order to testify to us (just as He hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that we would reach the plague of the firstborn and celebrate Passover and a few other commandments).
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