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Chabad Research Unit — Vayeishev 5783

Выпуск: Chabad Research Unit — Vayeishev 5783. Темы: holidays. Поисковые термины: пурим, песах, ханука, суккот, yom tov, פורים, פסח, חנוכה, סוכות. CHABAD ‫ב"ה‬ RESEARCH UNIT Free Summaries of the Rebbe’s Chassidic Discourses ‫בלי אחריות כלל וכלל‬ ‫ד"ה להבין ענין נרות חנוכה תשכ"ו מוגה‬ Published for Shabbat Sedra Vayeshev 23 Kislev 5783, 24 December 20221 MAKING THE DARKNESS SHINE LET US UNDERSTAND THE CHANUKAH LIGHTS. Now this radiance which is above the downchaining of the worlds, which shines during the days of Chanuka and especially through the Chanuka lights, was drawn from the Mesirut Nefesh (dedicated self-sacrifice) of Mattityahu and his sons. '‫בברכת רפואה שלמה וקרובה בשביל האשה העניא בת ברכה דבורה לאה תחי‬ Praying for a Refuah Shelemah for Henya bas Brochah Devorah Leah '‫תחי‬ 1 Extract from Maamer Lehavin Inyan Nerot Chanuka 5726 (1965). The battle of the Greeks, trying to make the Jewish people forget G- d’s Torah and transgress His Commands, and then entering the Temple and defiling the oil, expressed the force of an impure darkness. ALTHOUGH THE CHANUKA LIGHTS were instituted by the Sages in memory of a miracle which took place with the Menorah in the Temple, there are several differences between the Chanuka lamp and the Menorah. That is why they are lit after sunset, and they are placed towards the outside, the public domain, which relates to the ‘left side’ which spiritually represents the realm of negativity and unholiness. Chabad Research Unit – www.chabadresearch.net – cru@lubavitchuk.com This also explains why the lights of Chanuka, and the days of the festival, are eight in number. Because of the great darkness of the time, their inner power of self- sacrifice was aroused, which is beyond the ‘downchaining’, the rational structure of a person. The radiance of Chanuka transforms this spiritual aspect of negativity so that instead of it signifying being ‘rebellious’ it expresses yearning for the Divine. Their power is to transform the darkness, so that it too radiates the Essence of the Divine, which is revealed with the wellsprings of the inwardness of Torah.

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Chabad Research Unit

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16 декабря 2022 г.

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Темы: holidays