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Project Likkutei Sichos — Chayei Sarah 5783

Выпуск: Project Likkutei Sichos — Chayei Sarah 5783. Темы: не определены автоматически. One of which was “a candle burned And if the natural olive oil had its potency from one Shabbos eve to the next…” (Rashi intensified and was consumed at a slower to Bereishis 24:67) pace, then it follows that the Menorah’s The miracle of Sarah and Rivkah’s enduring cups were not full after the first night, Shabbos candle is reminiscent of the defying the regulation that the cups of the miracle of Chanukah. aftereffects of this devotion are not This miracle of the impossible conflation of noticeable in the person’s “natural” nature and the supernatural is qualitatively service of mind and heart that comprise different, and deeper, than the miracle of his actual daily service. miracle took place once, at the moment of its chemical rearrangement, yet, its The Deeper Dimension: miraculous quality remains noticeable In spiritual terms, “nature” alludes to the for one can see that the oil is burning at normative service of G-d with our natural a much slower pace than expected. True, the conviction and devotion to G-d required the oil that continues to burn does so Jews of the time to consciously choose to miraculously, but no outside observer live “miraculously,” with immovable, can detect anything different about the irrational devotion to G-d, every moment of oil. we celebrate the Chanukah miracle so According to both explanations, therefore, extensively, it is clear that that miracle is the miracle did not result in a proper quantitatively greater than the matriarch's fulfillment of the lighting of the Menorah. If the miracle was that the quantity of This third paradigm corresponds to the the oil was replenished, then the theme of the Chanukah struggle: the miracle only took place once, at the antagonism of the Greeks to Jewish moment of the replenishing. “Miracles” spiritual terms this means that a allude to the suprarational devotion of the person’s miraculous devotion is soul that transcends the limits of normative persistently recognizable in their daily, human intellect and emotion. terms this means that the person is The three possible mechanisms for the constantly renewing their radical Chanukah miracle represent three possible devotion to G-d, at every moment of answers to this question: consciousness. A third explanation for the miracle is as The Explanation: follow

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Project Likkutei Sichos

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18 ноября 2022 г.

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