9 days Chanukah

9 days Chanukah The טורי אבן (R.H.18b) & מנחת חינוך  (#301: 6) both claim  that in the early days when they were מקדש החדש ע"פ  ראיה, in those places where the שלוחים couldn't make it on time to notify when Rosh Chodesh was they kept 9 days Chanukah. (מספק) The פרי חדש gives 3 reasons why today we don't keep 9 days Chanukah in Chutz La'aretz. 1) Chanukah is דרבנן 2) 8 days of מילה the Yevonim tried to stop 3) We want to be מפרסם נס חנוכה which was 8 days & not 9 days.