Hallel on Chanukah

There are two indirect references to Chanukah from פרשת וישב. The first is related to Yosef being thrown into the pit. When the Torah says that the pit was empty, we are told that it did have snakes and scorpions. The Talmud in מסכת יבמות says that if a woman hears that her husband fell into a pit filled with snakes and scorpions, she can assume that he passed away and she can remarry. This proves that Yosef was miraculously saved. Perhaps he was saved in the merit of ארץ ישראל. This is why we say Hallel on Chanukah and not on Purim. The other reference is related to Yosef and his overcoming the temptations of Potiphar’s wife. The Torah says, “וינס החוצה”, that Yosef ran outside. Part of the Hallel prayer has the words, ״הים ראה וינס״, that the sea saw and moved (split). So we see the word וינס is mentioned in the Parsha as well as in Hallel. On Chanukah, we say a full Hallel for eight days. There are only ten other days in the year, when a full Hallel is said: Eight days of Succot and the first day of Pesach, and Shavuot. And don’t forget that this Shabbat we read three Torahs for Chanukah, Rosh Chodesh, and Shabbat. Chanukah Sameach