We Need Miracles NOW! & This Will Help Us Get Them - HANUKKAH 2024

we have connected with Kaneka a beautiful custom which really is the law it's a and we follow it we light candles each night of Kaneka and each night of Kaneka we make a new blessing on the candle lighting because each night was its own miracle and we say beautiful blessing when we light these candles we say blessed are you God King of the our god king of the of the World King of the universe really king of all worlds so it's again blessed are you our god king of all universes all worlds that did miracles for our ancestors for our forefathers in those days B that in this time okay that's the blessing we say we say it eight nights I want to look at this blessing for a moment and and really bring out a beautiful interpretation of of Hope of Hope and really a prayer in end of itself to Hashem who is really the source of all of our hope he is our Rock he is our Salvation And so here's the interpretation I want to bring out from the language of the blessing we say you know that did miracles for our ancestors in those days so what that means is in the time of Kaneka when we fought against the Greeks and they were trying to annihilate us physically and intellectually and religiously so Hashem did miracles for our ancestors he did M great Miracles and the the few conquered the many the weak conquered the mighty theot is that God did miracles for our ancestors in those days right Bay Mah in those days mean the days of hisory those historical days where we were fighting against the enemy means in this time period okay the simple meaning is in the month of kislev meaning right now we are approaching the month the month of kislev in the year TPA taspa sounds like a garbage can but you know cuz we got cuz we're taking out the garbage this is what this is the final years where hashem's got to take out the garbage how appropriate T sounds like a garbage is an ASA in is in the Hebrew so God's taking out the got to take out the garbage and Mah will come very soon hopefully in this wonderful Miracle month of kisb and so TPA and the numerical value was just a p is is 85 so it's uh 5,7 85 what amazing I love it when I get the numbers right anyway so this is the wonderful year of taspa so what the literal translation of this blessing means is that God did miracles for our ancestors Once Upon a Time in in in those days for our ancestors when in this basman in this time of Kev you know thousands of years ago but what I would like to add to the to the way to appreciate this blessing is this God did miracles for our ancestors once Upon a Time and God also does Miracles Bas in this time now now 2024 kle 2024 Jewish people right now and this whole world we are witnessing the Miracles of hem B and I think this is a beautiful interpretation for that blessing when we stand up there and say the blessing we can also have in mind this is not aov I'm not creating a obligation but I'm saying a nice thought certainly when you give over an idea and even you know not connected with the actual lighting but before after God that did Miracles amazing Miracles and we know he did them we celebrate them every year and they're written in our history and those people don't make up stories they tell only the MS Moshe Renu saw Miracles we saw miracles in when God took us out of Egypt and we saw Miracles when God saved us in the time of Kaneka against the Greeks God that did miracles for them in those in those days in those in the past is doing for us Miracles right now Bas that's what I think when I think about kanaka that the god that made miracles for them is making miracles for us right now right now Miracles now what kind of Miracles is he making so till now we've seen mostly hidden Miracles and some semi semi revealed Miracles I mean certainly when we were attacked by Iran twice there's a level of Miracle there that we all have to thank Hashem for you know we were attacked and and and many people could have been hurt and hasem shielded us and Hashem is shielding us right now you know how many enemies there are you know how much anti-Semitism is ignited without Hashem like it says a sheep cannot survive between 70 wolves and certainly the nation of Peace p ice how would we survive around a billion Muslims and if you even if you remove the moderate ones or the even extremely moderate ones you have radical Islamic Jihad Muslim people and Nations that would love to see us disappear and not just like by snapping their finger because they want to actually kill us they want to come and get the knives and see our blood and tear us to Pieces that's what they really want we've seen it we know it we don't have to assume it we know it if they have the chance we know what they want to do and so the fact that we're here is an absolute Miracle God does Mir Miracles B man God is making a miracle right now that Israel is is is alive and sustained despite everything that's happening in the world so this is the kavana of the bra God is making us Miracles right now especially in the month of kisb we have to tap into this we have to tap into our real protection is Hashem now I must say I'm saddened and I'm going to make this point what can we do to fight the fight to fight the battle against evil and darkness what's the number one thing we can do is first of all fight with yourself I have this guy annoying me all the time next to me over here I mentioned him before if I'm going to fight with somebody it's him him that guy that keeps following me it's a joke obviously but no one's laughing I feel really weird now and and I didn't mean to insult you I'm sorry uh the point is this you want to fight with someone fight with yourself the sages teach us a a mighty man a real strong man a real a real king is a man that knows how to conquer himself Conquer The Evil Within you want to see a beautiful world create a beautiful you within you'll see a much more beautiful world regardless of how it how it looks because it all starts with you so first of all we have to know that spread light spread goodness spread love starts with yourself and and the only enemy that you have to fight at at the the first battle is the battle Within You The Evil Within you once you get rid of that now you're in a much better position now what about the The World At Large so I think unfortunately the Jewish people are their own enemies their worst enemies because think about it little things just we're not looking at big things we're not talking about nuclear explosion we're talking about little little little things that we miss and I'll share with you an example maybe made up whatever but like this this is the type of an example we want God's compassion we want God to to overlook our our flaws our mistakes we want God to save us well what are we doing to help facilitate that right now Israel and and and and again it's only a reflection of the greater world the bigger World Israel is about to explode from inner conflict Espionage conspiracies you know this the left against the right the again not against but against the we you it's insane we are we are going to self-destructive we continue with this gen this direction when we fight with each other over stupidity over who's right who's wrong you not like me I'm not like you the so the the worst thing and and our our biggest fall right now today is not how religious we are that's not the biggest problem I'm not saying that we should all go to the beach and have a have a nesty plunge I don't I'm not saying we should all go to the beach and have a have a party we have to know that we're here for purpose we have to have enjoy our lives we have to have a purposeful life and accomplish what God put us here to accomplish we have to know Hashem we have to do what Hashem wants and we have to be real Jews but but the level of Rel religiosity today I don't think is what's going to cause or or not cause the the destruction how God's going to be on our side when we're on our when when our when we're on our side when we are for our fellow even though he's the opposite of me even though he represents the opposite of what I represent when I despite all that I say he but he's my brother he's one of me I'm one we're we're one you're hating yourself that's what you're doing you're hating yourself you're cutting your own hand off your own fingers off who would do that only an insane person what makes the person insane hate the the feeling that that person is my enemy so you think you're cutting off you think you're cutting off your enemy you're cutting off your left hand you're cutting off your right hand we are not each other's enemy there are people that are less confused more confused think they're right know they're right above all that matters when a when a parent walks into a room and the kids are fighting and the kids are hurting each other and the kids are screaming and it's a mess the first thing and only thing that parent wants is one thing stop stop who's right who's wrong who started it who who's ending it all that is secondary the only thing that matters is one thing stop and it's not our job to blame the people fighting he started I start that's not what the parent wants to hear and that's not what Hashem wants to hear Hashem wants to hear one thing Hashem we stopped we're not fighting anymore and there are sources for this all over the Torah I'm not here to come and give you an encyclopedia type of class but it's very clear in even in the times of the most wicked Kings in Israel when there was Unity God protected us more than we were righteous when we were righteous in the times of of the righteous Kings and we fought our enemies God protected us protected us less when there was disunity when there was quarreling and fighting and and and and hate between each other even though we were righteous more much more righteous he protected us less and more of the soldiers died when there was unity and love and acceptance even though we were Wicked tremendously more wicked God protected Our Lives more and that means something it's a very important point today you want to help protect your child your child then then then look at your neighbor's child as your child when we look at each other as one unit with love and acceptance and tolerance regardless of of the evils we believe and feel that the other person is partaking of and how dare you be on the right side how dare you be on the left side well listen I don't know how you can argue with some people on the right side it's he's on the right side after all I I don't see what the point is I never I never understood this like you know being against the right side right means the right side right just kidding he's looking me like am I I have I lost it in kanaka the the the the there was it's nothing new in the time of khek we had the same war going on there was a war between Jew and Jew not only between Jew and Greek here very simp to right now there's a war between Jew and Jew and as a result manifest is also a war between our external enemies in our and the Jewish Nation the Jewish people that is exactly what happened in Kaneka Kaneka there was a civil war a civil split in ideology there were hellenists which we could equate to basically secularism today you know the idea of every of this this this American Way secular continuation of of Greek and American and European philosophy and the idea of a Melting Pot system and and and this all this extreme Freedom that's what they were fighting for in the time of Kaneka literally it's in the history books it's in the kazal mention it the helist were were were killing killing you know what they felt were backwards you know prehistoric Jewish stubborn people that wouldn't let go of Jewish tradition they they they they they were they were bringing them to the Greek government to to kill they were killing them themselves there was a terrible disgusting civil war between Jews and then there was this the as a result there was also a war against the Greeks there were two two things happening at the same time and so let's appreciate Kaneka is happening right now 2024 is khaka because the civil war between the Jews right now in Israel and abroad this is the real war this is the real problem because as we said the Bible tells us the the prophets tell us the the tell us when we get along Hashem protects all of us Hashem wants all his children safe not one of them not part of them he wants all of his children safe but when we're divided then he has for some reason he he he doesn't he says I I can't protect you all now because you're divided when we're hating each other and wanting to to unfortunately cancel each other and God forbid thank God in this day and age the 20 24 version nobody's killing each other but when we're in this condition Hashem says I'm I'm not going to protect you the same way that if you make peace when we when we get along like like like in khaka well no Kan not but when we see from the kazal that when we do get along has protects us so he will protect us now so the problem today is the problem of Kaneka that's that Civil War is a continuing Civil War the secular Jew versus the the more religious Jew and again what's the solution so if you if you if you're on either side you think the solution is so we all have to become secular you're on the religious side you think the solution is we all have to become religious that's that's wrong and it's also impossible whether it's right or wrong it's impossible that cannot be the solution to gain God's favor and protection right now because we're not going to convince every single secular Jew to become religious today and we're not going to convince every single religious Jew today to become irreligious it's just not going to happen so how do we bring Hashem into our lives and and how do we gain his protection and his acceptance right now the answer is to accept each other the way they are right now that's the solution that is the secret solution is to accept them unconditionally right now the way they are and stop cutting off your right and left hand that's the solution because and and as soon as we do that it says that really means the way we treat each other is the way God will treat us cu the second reference of Adam in that P is is really talking about God in this high place in heaven that is that we're created in the likeness of God this Adam that's created in the likeness of a spiritual likeness and it's on that level that Hashem will then take care of us it's a deep CIS concept I don't want to confuse anybody with just giving you a one liner but that's that's what's going on and so the solution and and and the remedy for our safety and protection and to see miracles in our lives right now in Kaneka 2024 in right now in to see hashem's Miracles is to accept every single one of our brothers and sisters the way they are as they are no conditions and it's only from that point that we can start to heal and recover and bring the positive results that we all want and are praying for that's that is the way because the other way is just impossible it is impossible so that's it that's our that's the solution I don't want to overdo it but everyone understand the the the beautiful KES when we look at our fellow without condition and accept him then Hashem will look at us without condition and accept us that is the way to Redemption the the the way of fighting is another kanaka it's just another khaka a civil war killing each other yeah in the end hashem's going to do what he does but but if we want to Merit as the clis for the ultimate Redemption a msah Redemption and that we shouldn't have to hear another story of a soldier dying of a person being attacked somewhere around the world because he had a Jewish star on his face or rocks were thrown on him it all will and can end when we stop fighting with ourselves that's