Chanukah & The Secret of Jewish Survival - Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser

and now we have a special message from our guest Rabbi doid goldwaser from New York Shalom Rabbi Glazer what a great Sim it is for all of us to be together at such a special occasion what is your opinion of the main message of Kaneka it's an excellent question we know that Kaneka is a celebration of the great rededication of the basa mikos of the Holy Temple it took place of course surrounding the miracle of that one p of the flask of oil how wonderful it was that that little bit of oil lasted bik tahara with great Purity and Holiness for eight days until New oil could be brought to the B mikos we know that the KHAK was a very special vessel in the basa mikos we learn that mosh was the one that was in charge of making sure that all of the Kim all of the various vessels were in place there were many different vessels the manora was one however we learned that mosh raenu could not grasp he could not understand how the manur was supposed to be made it was difficult for him until finally Hashem had to tell mosh raenu take the gold throw it into the fire and then the manora emerged by itself the asked the question why is it that some of the other Kim mhu was able to understand the the table the why did mosh raenu know how to do those but when it came time for the manora he couldn't comprehend it he couldn't understand it the truth is that the Aron represents the greatness of Torah symbolic of the wisdom of Torah of Prophecy we also know that the is symbolic it alludes to parosa livelihood for all of us also for food food has its source in the higher Realms Heavenly eating for instance eating on chabas eating on yum eating with a br with a special blessing that's a greatness they're all great all the cim but why is it that the presented this great difficulty to Moshe the says because the manora represented nitus eternity the fact that the Jew is eternal mosenu was shown every generation mosh Renu was shown the Inquisition mosh Renu was shown unfortunately the Crusades and then Siberia and all the places where the Eden the Jewish people are going to be persecuted in Iran and in Syria and in all different places that we were going to be expelled from Spain and all the various things that we went through finally the Holocaust and then the terrorists and then those Wars against the holy land and all that CLA Israel was going to have to endure and moshu said I can't understand it how will it be possible that the Jew will survive I can't comprehend it through all of that through all the trials and tribulations through all the persecutions to all the slaughter to all the blood that's going to be spilled it's an impossibility Hashem said I will explain it take the gold throw it into the fire and the man emerged MOS Renu was taught a very valuable lesson that it's going to be the fire that's going to refine the gold it's going to be the fire that will perfect the gold it's going to be the fire that's going to produce the gold no matter how many times we were threatened no matter how many times CLA isel's existance was on Shaky Ground we always emerged Victorious we always emerged stronger than before we went from the Holocaust we marched From the Ashes we went and built up AR Israel we went all over the world and built up all the things that were destroyed the Great yeshivas and the great centers all all of it was rebuilt we emerged a stronger people it was going to be the fire that was going to cause us to become even greater and that was the lesson that mhu was taught by hasem how interesting it is that Aon a Aon he complained why did he complain because Olden theim had a special part they had special carbonos special SA sacrifices that they took part in however his shave and he himself did not have a part he said to Hashem why are we left out why don't we also have this Hashem said I will give you something that is even greater something that will always be around you will light the manora you will have that privilege the asked the question we know that just like the coronus they stopped when the B mikd was destroyed so too the manora was no longer lit the ramban tells us something very enlightening it was talking about the KHAK Manar the KHAK Manar that would continue the kukia that we would all continue to light for all the years in the worst times and in the best times that manura that will continue to light at B go until the Redeemer will come AR a coin was shown that that is the nitus that that is the eternity that we're all a part of and that Aon would have a special in the lighting of that manur how unbelievable it is when we go to light theak man we realize it's just not lighting the manora for today it is lighting the light of Torah that has been in existence from the beginning of time even before it's the light of t that will continue to shine through our life it's the light of Torah that heut spreads on every continent in such a special way bringing everybody closer to their father in Heaven that's what we celebrate when we light the manora Abraham aino said when he was about to go to the a to the sacrificing of of Isaac I and the young man will go until there what does that mean the great scal said was saying I and the young man were now going to do a the greatest sacrifice that anyone has ever been called on to do the sacrifice of his own son that inspiration that r that impression will be for all timesco until the 25th of klave until the manora is lit from that point on until be mesiah until mesiah will come it will be the light of manora that will continue to shine the way for you and I it was a few years ago in ER is there was an international Gathering of Holocaust survivors of Sher they all gathered together for the very first time many people that were pulled apart during the Holocaust that were sent to different places after the Holocaust was over they found each other for the first time best friends were United cousins were United uncles and aunts and people that had not seen each other for years and decades finally saw each other each day it was unbelievable the emotions ran so high the crying and the laughing and the dancing and the singing was something otherworldly and there were sessions that were held every day on the very last night of the international Gathering of Holocaust Survivors it was a special program it took place in a huge Stadium all the survivors were together the last part of the program were going to be individual survivors that were going to tell over stories of gura of great might stories of people that stood up to the challenge stories of people that were able to show superhuman kak power and strength in the face of the greatest adversity in the face of the greatest challenge the last speaker the last night the last person to talk at the international Gathering was a woman she went up to the stage and the spotlight was on her and she began to talk about her experience as an inmate in aitz she said that the there was one night freezing cold night everybody was trying to sleep inside in the middle of the night they heard the Whistle the Nazis began to sound off the whistle and everybody knew as soon as that whistle sounded everybody had to go outside for lineup and stand straight even though they had thin garments on in the freezing cold winter temperatures each of them were freezing but they had to stand straight a Nazi commant came walked down the line of all the women and each one he would hurl and insult each one he would try to debase and degrade that's how he got his great excitement and happiness well there was one woman that he began to insult and in fact he began to insult the the entire Jewish people she couldn't take it she couldn't stand there and listen she gathered the spit in her mouth and spit directly onto the face of the Nazi kodan immediately they blew the whistle the dogs came the siren went off they dragged her away never to be seen again that was gavura with that the Spotlight was turned off the international Gathering was over maybe the only time that would happen in this world and everyone was then to go home all of a sudden there was a scream a shriek the lights went up the woman who had just spoken was standing staring into the face of the woman that spit into the face of the Nazi commandant that's the nitus of CLA Israel that's the eternity of the Jewish people that's the kanuka miracle