Chanukah: Pulling Away The Veil of Superficiality To Have Graditude {Kollel Network Torah Sheleima}

okay how long am I speaking for as long as you want yeah [Music] more hold it going hold it yeah hold it close to everyone I didn't know where he was going with the l n we called Rabbi gladin to speak daa on l n some people have not to learn I wasn't sure where he was taking that but it's a great honor to be here and I feel a close family connection to this important event my family my wife's family has a special idos with mishas Davis gisi and actually you know this year when I was in Greece and Malta one of the alltime great gum that is is almost unknown someone who is a prolific writer he wrote on all of many of them are unpublished many are not aware one of the greatest of the who wrote the I want to share with you a question tonight that we're all aware of but upon further analysis is very difficult not I don't like to say in all probability definitely the most well-known question in the entire gamut of all is of all Jewish literature the question that's attributed to the B they found enough oil to last for one night it miraculously lasted an additional seven nights so why were theya for 8 days they should have established Kaneka for seven days why would you make an 8 day yam for a 7day miracle if only the yanim would have known what would have happened you know the came If Only They would have known that because of them there would be a Kasha of the B that already when I was a kid there was a safe for n 100 answers to the B's Kasha and now in Lakewood you could pick up 500 answers to the BHA the Greeks got to be kicking themselves they are the instigators of more toyra than any other um that ever lived they came they were more than any other one of the most familiar and widely answers to this question is the answer of the alar of come and to me the most Troublesome of all the answers the alar of K famously Marshals I didn't realize you'll never forget now you know what on Theus yeah you won't forget that now andus where thear tells us the daughter of R they were very poor and she was very despondent and he says why are you upset she said tati I accidentally lit vinegar instead of the oil whereupon issued the following Proclamation what's the know what's the difference he who says that oil should burn should say that vinegar should burn there's no difference between oil and vinegar you're just used to it you take it for granted there's this phenomenon called combustion called confguration so when you light oil you just take it for granted that it's going to burn but is that natural is that rational is there logic to it it's miraculous you can't explain it scientists can't explain it so he who said that oil should burn tonight will say that vinegar should burn says the alar of kelm we have seven days to commemorate the miraculous extension of the burning of the oil there's only enough oil to last for one night it last in miraculously in additional seven nights but can we take for granted the fact that oil burns in the first place place that itself deserves our wonderment our excitement we should commemorate that we need to celebrate the everyday common miraculous kindnesses of hasem that we've labeled nature I know you all know that answer you've been hearing it since you're a little kid that is the go-to answer to the you need you want you're re in a class you want to give over a message you can take nature for granted but upon further analysis you buy it you buy this answer this is a good answer to theha that we tack on a day to celebrate nature what in the world does that have to do with Kaneka why would we tack it on after seven days of Kaneka you could do this to any how about P we have seven days to commemorate you then we have oh don't forget about water you're taking water for granted you just open up a bottle of water on your table and you think you know you're thirsty so you could take two atoms of hydrogen one atom of oxygen these are two gases that if you would Infuse either gas into your system when you're thirsty you would faint and the rebun the master chemist is able to combine these two gases to produce a liquid you're taking it for granted let's have an eighth day of pesak or how about sukus we have 8 days to commemorate Clouds Of Glory that's great but my friend you're taking clouds for granted why do you take clouds for granted evaporation condensation precipitation we need a ninth day of sucus to commemorate cloud cloud day an and regular an but we don't do that to p and we don't do that to sukus so why are you just sitting there and accepting the answer the alter of but we do it to because we need another answer to the we don't need another answer to the B Kasha 499 would also be good by the way I thought of a 500 if we take out the alter of km's answer I never realized until yesterday Mish yesterday I counted the lines in the gar of there eight lines in the gar by the way this answer is as good as at least 230 of the other answers so what exactly is the out there of T teaching us what does it have to do with Kaneka by the way at some audiences you see I like to speak to you know why they sense of humor they P they get it some audiences they're looking at me they they don't you know you you need a little L you know by the way ra gives the same answer in Alan says you know in Alan we talk about the victory of the war what about the simple miracle that they only found oil enough for one night and it lasted for eight nights why don't we mention that in the Alan instead all we say is what do you mean they they let the now say the emphasis is that through the lighting of the seven days we came to recognize that even the first day was a miracle so the not the but the fact that oil could burn period by the way this is very reminiscent of perhaps the most famous words ever written by the r we're all familiar with these words ran writes from the open and obvious Miracles a person acknowledges the hidden Miracle the hidden Miracles what we call nature recognizing there is no nature is the foundation of the whole says we do not believe in at all everything that we call tea water clouds precipitation condensation traffic it's a miracle a 2-hour drive to T town because of l n could take 35 minutes it's all there's no say this is the meaning of what we say means from the seven days of the miraculous burning of the man they had there were Maven that even the first day was a miracle they had to use as raanes but what in the world does it have to do with Kaneka but if we could uncover the depth of what the alter of K is saying we can uncover a revolutionary understanding of what the OFA is and we could really Elevate our perception about life in general without getting too complicated there's an idea aala they're spher there 10 mystical emanations thear is these SP are not there are ways in which is Manifest in the world that is how Hashem reveals himself in this world they are which is Das gura Tes n says when the says the 10 with which created the world are the says the the eighth is hi say says the SPH which is prevalent on Kan you know every Y is associated with a particular SP so is is is the eighth says the reason why Kana is eight days is because it's associated with h what exactly is H what is the meaning of h what does it mean Kana is associated with h you know Ines there's a very controversial terminology it's called sh in English it means synonyms in English there's something called a synonym synonym means you have two words they're different words they mean the same thing they're synonymous there's are there synonyms says Al there are many synonyms the Mal the Mal argues vly there is no such thing as a synonym Ines the Mal wrote AER called car lexicon where he tells you the Nuance of difference between seemingly similar words and then there's and what's the difference between the word h and they both mean Beauty they both mean Splendor no says the word Hadar refers to external beauty preat it's a beautiful as it has a nice color it has nice shape it has nice bumps it has a nice Crown it looks appealing its external features are beautiful that's go over to a Zak and give him external honor but h means something else entirely h means means internal Splendor you could have an individual objectively maybe they don't look appealing objectively you wouldn't say they have objective good appearance but there's something about them that transcends the actual appearance that makes them very appealing maybe it's their wisdom maybe it's their mid maybe it's their maybe it's their humility that is H says not you can't give to someone Hadar is an internal Splendor that could transcend the external beauty of something that's Hy Hy is the internal Splendor of someone's personality the central difference between yavan and isra is the difference between H and the yanim worshiped the body the yanim glorified muscle tone mus Body Sculpting the yanim said if somebody looks beautiful they're worthy and if somebody is unappealing they're unworthy that's how the yanam looked at man the IIM judged the person by the way it appears to the eye they lived in the world of H by the way yavan looked at the world in the same way if you could measure it if you could computate it if you could calculate it if you could add it up if there's a scientific formula they accepted it and they believed in it but they did not believe in the intangible Supernatural the ran writes muzzle the mouths of theim who said that if they can't understand it it does not exist not so CLA we don't say that a person's worth is determined by how they look a person's worth is dependent on their mid on their wisdom on their on on anos a person is valued based on their H yes H could enhance H the IM had but that's only an enhancement of a it didn't have internal inherent value you and clao looks at the world differently we look at the world that what happens in aratus is not dependent necessarily or at all on rally it's not dependent on ammunition there's a secret behind the scenes mechanism of the universe that even though you don't see it and you can't measure it and you can't calculate it when come to a there and they learn it affects the security of you can't measure it there's no scientific formula but we believe in the height of the universe there's an internal working where the way the world operates is based on the Divine hand of a which you can't measure you can't calculate you can't computate that if you DAV in with kavana it affects the weather it affects the economy that the stock market is affected by how could you prove that could you measure that could you do a study on that we don't need to do a study on that we live in a world of HDE we don't have to measure things we don't have to calculate things the yanim looked at the external superficiality of the world how it looks how you could value it how could you measure it how you could add it up that's how people are valued and that's how we View events we are a nation of [Music] H the central battle between Isel and yaban is what is the dominant philosophy in this world is it h is it only We Believe oil could light or do we understand that at the root of it there's really no nafina between oil and vinegar that's the central b battle between Yan and isra that extra day do we believe only oil or even vinegar that's the is and the entire purpose of is from the miraculous seven days is to come to the hakara pull away away the veil forget about what we call nature forget about what we call science internally how does oil burn it's the so you must come to the realization that that is why is associated with that was the victory of Kaneka that was the Insight we gained on Kaneka but here's the real winner comes the and the says in that the word and the word are connected H comes from the word h and this is a great treasure do you know why we have a hard time thanking what is longer our or our what do we add more to what we need or what we're thankful for so if you're honest the answer is obvious moves rather quickly could be it's all the things we want why do we have a hard time thanking Hashem do we thank him for water do we spend time every day thanking for water do we thank him for air do we thank him for children do we thank him for panasa what do you mean thank him for children you know I have children cuz I got married get married you have children you go to work or you go to co you get some money what should I be thankful for everything in this world they processes that explain you know why it rains there's water in the ocean The Sun Shines on the ocean the water evaporates it condenses in the clouds and it falls the reason why our mm list is very short is because we are affected by the philosophy called why do why do I need to have gratitude what should I be grateful for all the things in my life I have because of there's a process there's an explanation there's a science behind it there's a name for it I'm doing better than my friend I work harder than him I'm more successful than the next guy because I that's just the way the world operates because we are affected by the philosophy of yavan and had but in a world of just because you got married that doesn't necessarily mean you definitely have the blessing you need the Divine hand of the almighty in his infinite kindness to shower you with the broa of children just because you do things to geta you need the Y of and his benevolence to shower you with how can you take anything for granted do you believe in h do you believe that nothing is entitled nothing is automatic there no processes there's no T there's nothing you can put in your back pocket it's all it's all doesn't the ran if we believed in the words of the ran that everything in our life was miraculous if we believed in a world of H then H would overflow from us at all times and that's why the of which is connected to the SP of is the and this is a very powerful idea and this makes the inside of the alar of K not like you know an outside good by the way we have an extra day because don't forget about the fact that oil burns in the first place this is the essence of Kana thear tells usun I know you were supposed to do the first tickle but just in a nutshell connecting it with what we just learned the gamar gives us an amazing promise that anyone who lights the candle anyone who lights will be to the greatest of all and the the asks everybody lights near not everyone is to this however if you look carefully in the the says what's they establish to sing Hal and to thank hasem the gamar seemed to have left out the most important Mitzvah ofah what happened did you realize the left out the reason the G left is because they didn't make a Mitzvah to light the until 200 years later later after the B MDES was destroyed that's why the gar leaves it out but simply that's not the simple understanding of the so why the leave it at and if you look in the r the r ra mentions we the r left out says based on thei that if you go home and you go to your mana and your got you a really nice man and you had every in the world you but it didn't dawn on you that there is no Mitzvah to light the Mitzvah is to thank has the way you fulfill thanking Hashem is by lighting the man says if you don't think that this is an expression of gratitude and you just light them in like you shake a there's no Mitzvah to light the the Mitzvah is to Express gratitude to the almighty through the act of lighting the man says if you don't think it's you're missing the main point and therefore yes everybody liks the Mana but if it's done with this understanding if it's done realizing that the purpose of khah is to recognize we don't live in a world of there's no there's no such thing as there are no processes there's no evaporation respiration digestion parosa children it's all that's the essence of Kaneka so there's a guy Usher Usher fell in very hard times Usher had four girls from age 23 to 29 couldn't move any of them out of the house couldn't find a for any of them to add insult to injury he has AA who had a daughter and she got engaged right away and is you buy the son-in-law a nice apartment in so asked user would you mind being the co-signer on the lease sure enough Usher is the co-signer the the loan defaults and they come and they take away Usher's home so now he four kids he can't marry them off and he doesn't have a house so he's old so his friend says why don't you go to the Gabba maybe he has some advice for you go to the Bas is so Asha goes to the Bas is and the B looks him in the eye and he says excuse me do you DAV and as insulted that's what I came to the rebba for he wants to know if I D that's that's what I need a rebba for so the rebba said no do do you thank Hashem so Asher is all insulted you know I have problems I didn't come here for you to tell me to thank Hashem I need you to help me with my problems and then the rebba gave him a formula the rebba said most people they have a long laundry list for and is like here's the ratio here's the proportion 60% gratitude 40% B meeting over Usher comes back to his friend his friend said what the rebba say I can't even talk about it he's he's he's Bagus said what did the rebba say he gave me this formula 40% 60% I don't know what he wants from me I have problems in life so Spence a look you have problems you're healthy though you have a home you have a bed you have a pillow you have a toothbrush you have clothing be grateful to thank hasem the next morning it waser looked at the of he looked at the and he realized where this formula comes from six times we're going to say four times we say that's the formula of Hal six times we thank four times we ask sure enough the story ends happily ever after as you could imagine right after that minutes later everything turned on a dime whether it did or not the eite is that we don't live in a world of Hadar by the way in the book it says it did and if it says it did it did we live live in a world of H we live in a world where there are no processes and there's no such thing as nature and we don't take anything for granted everything is the miraculous hand ofes and the entire purpose of kanah is to take seven days of the open miracle and come to the realization that everything in life is a gift from Hashem thank you very much