Q&A: Ba’al Halakhot Gedolot on Hanukkah and Purim
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Ba’al Halakhot Gedolot on Hanukkah and Purim
Question
The view of Ba’al Halakhot Gedolot is that the commandments of Hanukkah and Purim are Torah-level. And assuming that the count of the 613 commandments is fixed and exact, would it follow according to his view that no further miracles could occur, since we already have 613 commandments?!
Answer
See Nachmanides’ critiques on the first principle. At most, it would mean that no additional holidays could be instituted to commemorate miracles, but miracles themselves could certainly still occur. After all, even before Hanukkah and Purim there were other miracles that did not make it into the Shulchan Arukh (Megillat Ta’anit).