CLD #461

For the Ilui Neshama of Avraham ben Ester ZT’L.

Guess what? We can still continue to learn things from the full 8 days of lighting Chanukah Candles. Baruch Hashem, we follow Bet Hillel from the Gemara in Masechet Shabbat that states to go and add a candle every night. What can we learn from this?

Everyday in our lives is completely different. As we say in Shacharit every morning before Shema Yisrael,  HaMechadesh BeTuvu Bechol Yom Ma’aseh Bereshit, the one who renews in His goodness everyday the creation of Bereshit!

So what does this have to do with Chanukah Candles? We are all like candlesticks in hundreds of thousands of Menorahs all over the world. We are all renewed every single day. Even if G-d forbid we have reached low levels of Tumah (impurity) from the sins we have done, we need to know that TOMORROW IS A NEW DAY. Tomorrow is a day of Teshuva (repentance). At the same time we need to know to use up the day with the appropriate flame (the actual fire the burns the wax), which is with the appropriate Torah.

Baruch Hashem, as it says in Prikei Avot: Ezehu Chacham? HaRoeh Et HaNolad (Who is the smart one? The one who sees the created.) The Nolad (created) here is the actual creation of the world that occurs everyday, the actual OPPORTUNITY and CHANCE we get from Chasdei Hashem (the mercy of Hashem) to come back to Him and return with no problems whatsoever! Again we see Hashem’s great Rachamim through Chanukah.

Chanukah is a time of deep thought and relfection of where we are at. For the past three months we had a spiritual ‘halt’ from Chagim and general big-time connections with Hashem. But Hashem gave us this time to work on ourselves. Look how fast it disappeared before our eyes! No worries. Chanukah is here to gain this time back by working on ourselves. This eight days are eight days of Simcha and Avodat Hashem.

Why is Chanukah during the shortest days of the year and the deepest part of the winter? Because in every dark location/setting (and every other situation), Hashem is always controlling everything. We just need to see it. The Menorah symbolizes Hashem’s presence in the darkest times of our lives.

Judaism=Think.

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