For the Refua Shlema of Mordechai ben Shoshana & for the
Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.
Today is the Seventh day of Chanukah! Chag
Sameach.
What does Seven represent in the Torah? Seven
represents completion, perfection, shlemut.
There are seven days of the week, seven continents, seven seas, seven weeks of
the Omer, seven days for each Chag (Sukkot & Pesach), Seven is Shabbat,
Seven is Malchut in Kabbalah which
represents the son of David HaMelech (Mashiach), and on and on. What can we
infer from this and how can we relate this to Chanukah?
In Masecher Berachot 8a the Gemara brings up
the Pasuk from Tehillim 32:6, “Al Zot
Yitpalel Kol Chassid Elecha Le’Et Metzo Rak LeShetef Mayim Rabim Elav Lo Yagi’u.” "For this let every pious man pray to you at the time that You are found, only about a flood of vast waters that should not reach him."
The Gemara brings many De’ot (opinions) on what one needs to pray for all his life. The
first De’ah says Metzo in the Pasuk (verse) means a wife, because there is a Pasuk
from Misheli that says “Matza Isha Matza
Tov…” The one who finds a Women finds ‘good.’
That’s beautiful but what does this have to do
with Chanukah?
We know from previous CLDs that women play a
major rule in the Torah and Jewish History, their Kedusha is crucial for our
lives. So where does the man come in? In order for this Kedusha to be embraced
and spread throughout the world (causing Hashem’s name to spread throughout the
world as well), a man and a woman need to get married.
This big question is what does one need to do
to find a wife? What does he need to look for? The most important factor by far
is Yirat Shamayim, Fear of Heaven. It
is known that the woman is the Akeret
Bayit (the foundation of the Home). Also in the Gemara the wife is named “Beta” (literal translation=home).
In Chanukah we see the power of Women, from
Yehudit and the daughter of Yochanan the Cohen (who’s sons later became the
Maccabim from the war of Chanukah).
We need to ask ourselves? What are we in this
world for? Who do we want to live with for the rest of our lives to start a Mishpacha (family) and build a Bayit Ne’eman Le’Yisrael (A Home of
Emunah for all of Israel)?
Do we look at Yehudit and the daughter of
Yochanan the Cohen (look at previous CLDs for refernace) as examples or do we
look at the celebrities and the actresses on TV and in movies in what we want
from a women. And no, some from both never
works out. If you believe it does then you are just living in a lie.
CHAG SAMEACH & CHODESH TOV!
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