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| | Hallel - "Praise of G-d" - OU.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11) |
 | | On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Hallel is not said at all, because as the Talmud explains in Masechet Arachin 10b, "Is it seemly for the king to be sitting on His Throne of Judgment, with the Books of Life and Death open before Him, and for the people to sing joyful praises to him?" |
 | | Full Hallel, that is, all six Psalms, in their entirety, is recited on all nine days of Sukkot (including the "eighth" and "ninth" days, Shmini Atzeret and Simchat Torah), on Shavuot, on the first two days of Pesach, and on Chanukah. |
 | | No Hallel, neither Full nor Partial, is recited on Purim, despite the fact that there occurred at that time a miraculous salvation, albeit by a "hidden" miracle, aided by the valiant actions of Mordechai and Esther, from a premeditated full-scale attack on the Jewish People, by Haman and his cohorts, for several reasons. |
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