 | Praying for Miracles
Chanukah is the only festival when we pray for a miracle.
If one forgets to say Al HaNissim in bentching, there is a HaRachaman to say where we ask Hashem to do miracles for us just like in the time of the Chanukah story. Why are we asking for miracles? We are not supposed to rely on miracles! Because Chanukah is unlike any other festival: we light up the night in the darkest time in the world.
It is a time of miracles, when we should pray for unnatural miracles. We pray for all the hostages, along with all the soldiers, Hashem should perform a miracle this Chanukah for them to all return home safe and sound. | | 8️⃣ STORIES OF HEROIC SELF-SACRIFICE FOR AM YISRAEL
🕎 This Chanukah, be inspired by these recent stories of heroism providing light in the darkness of war.
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What are the Candles Telling Us?
By Sivan Rahav-Meir According to a famous Chasidic saying, "We need to listen to what the candles are telling us." Here is a portion of what the Lubavitcher Rebbe learned from the candles:
1. The importance of tradition. As opposed to the other holidays, the events of Chanukah do not appear in the Bible. They took place later on and therefore the Sages found no passages to explain our celebration of Chanukah. It was only over many generations that its celebration was fixed in the Talmud. Thus, the essence of the holiday teaches us about the importance of tradition, the words of our Sages, and the oral Torah.
2. To be ready for darkness. We do not light the candles in the morning but rather when darkness falls. We know that life brings periods of darkness and so we need to be prepared and exert every effort to bring light.
3. To light up the world. We light the candles inside our home with the candles facing outwards. Our home is a source of light that shines more brightly than any outside light.
4. To add light. The manner of lighting on Chanukah increases light since we add one
candle each night. It does not matter how much we did yesterday, we must go forward and do a little bit more each day.
5. To be immovable. The candles are set in a certain place and it is forbidden to move them. A Jew who is preoccupied with lighting up his surroundings needs to know that this mission is established in his soul, is part of his everyday life, and that he is immovable in fulfilling it.
6. To give light to others so they can shine on their own. The candles continue to shine on their own after we light them. When we educate and influence, we need to make sure that what we teach is meaningful. If we do this, our students will shine on their own throughout their lives.
Sivan Rahav-Meir is the World Mizrachi Scholar-in-Residence and an Israeli journalist and lecturer. | | | Besorot Tovot, Chanukah Sameach, and Shabbat Shalom! | | | | |
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