Yahrtzeit Yomi #849!!
ז כסלו
Death of King Herod
יום שמת הורדוס
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Shalom u’vracha Rabboisai!!
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In light of today’s Yahrtzeit Yomi edition, I am sharing a very illuminating and insightful “Q&A” from HaRav Avigdor Miller ZTL.
His approach is in complete agreement what we presented today from the Maharsha (as the editor points out at the bottom of the text)!!
I found it very encouraging to learn that our Rebbi ZTL approached the topic in the same way as we had presented, and I thought that the oilam would likewise find it enlightening.
זייט געבענשט!!
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Rav Avigdor Miller on Why We Say Half-Hallel on Pesach

Q:
On the last days of Pesach we say only Half-Hallel. Isn’t that because of מעשה ידי טובעים בים ואתם אומרים שירה (Megillah 10b)? Aren’t we sad that Egyptians were drowned and we therefore don’t want to sing to Hashem? 

A:
The answer is no, it’s not because of this; it’s not because of מעשה ידי טובעים בים. There is no gemara that says that this is the reason for not saying Hallel on Pesach. I know that it’s frequently quoted and people think it’s a Gemara, but there is no Gemara to that effect. And even if you show me a medrash that says it, you’re misinterpreting the medrash.
The reason why we say only half-Hallel is because there was a takana that on the first day of Pesach – for us the first two days – that we have to say Hallel. There is no reason, no takana, to say Hallel on the other days. The other days it was only a minhag to say Hallel. And therefore, because there was no takana, they couldn’t say the whole Hallel, so they said half-Hallel. Half-Hallel is only a minhag –  the takana was only the first day.
Now, on Sukkos the takana was to say Hallel every day, because on Sukkos every day there was a different korban tzibur brought in the Beis Hamikdash. Because every day was something new and special, like its own Yom Tov, so each day was also made special with the whole Hallel. Pesach, however, has the same korban every day and that’s the difference, that’s why we say only half-Hallel on all the other days of Pesach.
But this reason that you give, you heard it from others, and I’ve heard it as well many times, but there is no real talmudic authority that says that. Maybe in some sefer it’s written, but we have a right to discount it.
TAPE #26 (April 1973)
(Additional sources shared on WhatsApp group)
Editor’s Note: In private, the Rav told talmidim that although the reason of “maaseh yadai toiv’im ba’yam” is quoted by the Beis Yosef, the Mishna Berura and others, it is only a drush and the actual reason is the one brought in the gemara in Arachin. The Maharsha (Sanhedrin 39b) clearly says that the gemara in Arachin rejects the angel paradigm as the reason for half-Hallel. The Aruch Hashulchan (490:1) also makes note of the the fact that the actual reason is the Talmudic one as does his son in his Torah Temimah (Shemos 14:20) and many others.
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