Parsha Behaalotecha Chasidic Torah thought from Lubavitcher Rebbe by: Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

[music] >> Welcome to this week's Torah lesson. This week's Torah portion is Parshas Behaaloscha. The question of the week is, why are the seven candles in the menorah in the temple? So, in this week's Torah portion, Parshas Behaaloscha, we learn about the menorah. They kindled the menorah and there were seven candles. And the question Rebbe asked is, why aren't there 12 candles? Why 12? Cuz there were 12 tribes, one for each tribe. And the Rebbe explains and he says something very powerful. When the Jewish people left Egypt and we had our redemption, God split the sea. And it split into 12 paths. Each tribe went on their path. However, when you look in the future, the prophet says, when the Messiah comes and God's going to split the water then, there's going to be seven paths. We're not going to have 12. So, the first redemption was 12, but the future redemption is seven. And since to So, the So, the question is, why is it seven? But right now we're still in exile. And the answer is cuz the Alter Rebbe teaches us in Tanya that through doing our work in galus, in exile, we're going to merit the future redemption. And since the ultimate goal is to for the future redemption, so therefore we have seven candles in the menorah that represents the future redemption, which also represents the different Sefiros of Chesed, Gevurah, Tiferes, Netzach, Hod, and Yesod, and Malchus that we have to transform to prepare ourselves for the ultimate redemption in the future. Thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson. This week's Torah lesson is dedicated to the memory of Boruch ben Aryeh Leib, Yosef ben Rochel bas Leah, bas Tzina bas Sarah, and my father, Avraham ben Tully Hertz, of blessed memory. May their souls be elevated by the Torah we're studying in their memory. For more information, please see our website chabad.org. Have a great and blessed week. Shabbat tov.