Fwd: Parshat Mikeitz/Chanukah - With the Light of Rebbe Nachman

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View this email in your browser BRI WEEKLY PARSHAH VIDEO Parshat Mikeitz with Reb Chaim Kramer (with subtitles) Chanukah with Reb Chaim Kramer (with subtitles) BRI WEEKLY UPDATES Chanukah Miracle! Baruch HaShem, thanks to all your prayers Reb Chaim had a successful second surgery, and is well on the way to a full recovery! The Chanukah sale has begun! Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your Chanukah with the light of Rebbe Nachman's teachings! On the US store, discounts will be automatically applied in the cart and at checkout.   CLICK HERE TO GET 25%-50% OFF ALL OUR BOOKS We hope you enjoy this free BRI Chanukah PDF, which features a Chanukah-related lesson from Likutey Moharan and several prayers relating to Chanukah from Reb Noson's Likutey Tefilot. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD BRI PARSHAH TIDBITS "And they gathered all the food of the good years, etc." (Genesis 41:35). Reb Noson teaches that these words contain one of the most profound pieces of advice on how to fight the darkness that pulls us into despair and depression. Storing grain during the seven years of plenty for the seven years of famine serves as a strategy for our existential battle with the evil inclination. For us, the practical advice is this: when we have "years of plenty"—moments of closeness to HaShem, such as Rosh Hashanah in Uman, soulful hitbodedut or other uplifting spiritual experiences—we should channel that pleasant feeling into generating more prayers and good deeds for others. For instance, during hitbodedut, ask HaShem: "Please, my dear Father in Heaven, bring redemption to the Jewish people, send healing to the sick, etc." When you're in Uman and feel close to HaShem, add a short prayer for others. Remember those Jews who still need to draw closer to God. By doing this, even when the "seven years of famine" come—times of darkness and hopelessness—the pleasantness from those moments will sustain us and prevent us from falling into utter despair. With certainty, we will overcome the challenges and merit our spiritual rectification. In essence, when we feel divine closeness, we should remember others. Then, when we face our own challenges, we will draw on that light to overcome the darkness and merit true rectification, Amen VeAmen. Shabbat Shalom, Chaim Kramer BRI CHANUKAH TIDBITS During the Greek rule, their leadership was divided into two parts: philosophy (the wisdom of inquiries) and the culture of the body (sports, body sculpting, etc.). We must understand that all their wisdom, acquired through years of deep investigation and philosophy, was ultimately aimed at fulfilling their desires—promoting the culture of the body, sensations of pleasure, gaining honor or achieving a sense of victory. This legacy was something they sought to impose on the entire world, including the Jews. Rebbe Nachman teaches that the strength of the Jewish people lies specifically in Torah study. As he writes in Likutey Moharan, Torah 71, Part II: "Fortunate is he who merits to feel the pleasantness of the Torah because there is a sweetness in Torah, and this is the essence—to merit feeling the pleasantness within it." It's no coincidence that the Greeks' decrees targeted Torah study. They tried to seduce us with the culture of the body, temptations and fleeting pleasures. Yet, all these "pleasures" are merely sensations—momentary enjoyment that leaves the intellect and the mind with a sense of emptiness. True pleasantness for the human mind cannot come from the culture of the body—it can only come from the Torah. May it be HaShem's will that we strengthen ourselves in Torah and merit to feel its sweetness until the complete redemption, Amen. Chanukah Sameach, Chaim Kramer TAP HERE TO BE THE FIRST TO FIND OUT ABOUT OUR SALES THE BEST OF BRI BRESLOV.ORG Creating Chanukah Memories written by Yardena Slater View Online Print Article Chanukah, Olive Oil & Food written by Meir Elkabas View Online Print Article Come Chanukah we play games of dreidel and cards written by Chaim Oliver View Online Print Article Dvar Torah for Chanukah written by Ozer Bergman View Online Print Article Forge On! written by Yehudis Golshevsky View Online Print Article The Spiritual Light Switch written by Yossi Katz View Online Print Article Moseif V'Holeich: Illuminating the Depths written by Yaakov Klein View Online Print Article Parshat Mikeitz: Storing Up the Good written by Chaya Rivka Zwolinski View Online Print Article Weekly Likutey Moharan – Reb Moshe Rubin – Lesson 22 – Part #7 given by Moshe Rubin Listen Online   Chanukah – Shining the Infinite Light into the Darkness of Exile - Meir Elkabas The Menorah – How High? 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