# 1986 Tell the Intel of Nittel

There is indeed in Nitei Gavriel and other seforim ample material regarding Nittel. (See also Vedorashto Vechokarto Y.D. 15, and questions 242, 960 and 1567 in this forum).

On question 241 we wrote; "On the prior question, (240) it was mentioned that Nitey Gavriel (End of

the Chanukah volume) quotes eight different reasons for not learning

Torah on Nit’l Night. One of the reasons (p. 245, #2) cited in the name

of Korban Nessanel, is that it is due to mourning.It is similar

to the prohibition on learning Torah on Tisha Beav, as Torah learning

effects happiness and those are occasions of grief, loss and

anniversaries of persecution for us. It would stand to reason, that just

like in Tisha Beav you may learn the laws that pertain to that day or

about the sad experiences, stories and happenings related to the date,

so it would during Nit”l.Indeed the Zichronos L’ben Yerushalaim

(R’ Y . Yelin – Tome II p. 19) relates that the Zais Raanon (The Gaon of

Kutnah) would gather all his talmidim and use the occasion for exactly

that purpose."

Horav

Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is that even one who keeps this minhag, is permitted to learn the

halochos of Nittel on that night.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller Shlit’a