CLD #468

For the Refua Shlema of Mordechai ben Shoshana & for the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.

Being above nature is something that we take for granted.

We need to understand what the 8 days of Chanukah is. It is something that is just multiplied exponentially just because of the Miracle that happened over 3,000 years ago at this exact time. It is something that we overlook and just seem to forget. It is something that the Yetzer Hara (evil inclination) wants us to REJECT and even PROTEST AGAINST! Hashem is always with us. It is as simple as that, but yet it is the most difficult and complicated fact and piece of truth that we tend to ignore.

Sadly, when one distances him/herself from this truth and from the way of the Torah, they seem to believe that they in fact are in control of the world, of their lives. We (me included) need to know that we are mere messengers of the plan of Am Yisrael. We are simple in the hands of Hashem at all times. Even if you are reading this from your mobile device on the LIRR or from your home computer or iPad by some Starbucks. We are all connected in the fact that we are HUGE pieces of Hashem’s puzzle in life.

In Chanukah, Am Yisrael was done. They were finished. There was no future for the Torah to really gain entry into people’s hearts to change and bring to the world more Kedusha (purity). The Greeks thought they succeeded.

With what began as a 13 person army, the Maccabim eliminated tens of thousands of Greek soldiers in a miracle. NO. THAT IS WRONG! It was not a miracle. It was Hashem.

If we believe in Hashem, we know everything He does is good for us. If we believe in Hashem we must believe that He can change anything! Unfortunately, we do not let ourselves surrender to Hashem’s power and let Him take control.

Hashem is in control. No matter what we do, where we go or what our plans are Hashem’s plans will always prevail.

What does He want in return? Nothing. He only wants whats best for us, which we are told by the Gemara and the Torah verses themselves that what’s best for us is a life of Torah.

B’H we will take Chanukah’s key ingredient into our heart’s and everyday’s actions and realize nothing is up to us and everything is in His hands. And not only to say it and say “that’s cute,” but to really act upon it.

I hope this Chanukah opened your eyes up to realize Hashem is in control, like it did in mine.

CHANUKAH SAMEACH!

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