Chanukah: Finding Light In The Darkness | Rabbi Aaron Pessin

the first night of hanukkah in the concentration camps they really wanted to light the hanukkah candles so some people were able to get a few drops of oil from here and from there somebody took his shirt off ripped it apart to make wicks for the candles hundreds of people gathered around to hear the blessings and to see the lighting of the grand rabbi the bubba for rebecca this was so dangerous because if the nazis would catch him it would kill him so he says the first blessing hashem we thank god king of the universe that commanded us to light the candles the second blessing hashem we thank god miracles for our forefathers back then and we asked that he should do the same for us today but then there was a small hesitation the first night we say three blessings and before the third blessing a pause the rabbi didn't say the blessing and only after a few seconds he continued and said we thank hashem kept us alive sustained us and brought us to this special happy season after the lighting people asked him what was that hesitation why did you pause and he explained i was about to say thank you hashem for bringing us to this special happy season normally we say when it's a happy time how can you say chef how can you be happy now when brothers and sisters are being butchered so i was thinking can i say this blessing now then i looked around in the room and i saw hundreds of people hundreds of jewish brothers and sisters willing to risk their lives to fulfill hashem's commandments and for that you have to say i was married that i merited to see the jews are willing to risk their lives just to do the right thing just to fulfill the commandments man demands a shaykh thank god they have such a beautiful nation that just wants to do the right thing at all costs i said the shadriano for that in our times we have no problem saying thank god it's not dangerous to light the hanukkah campus with what great happiness in our hearts tremendous joy we should be able to say hashem kept us alive sustain us and brought us to this special special happy season we should always cling to hashem cling to god into his midfields and do it with a tremendous tremendous joy in our hearts you