Rebbi Meir Baal Haness Yahrtzeit Event: The Salvation of Chanukah & the Manuscript of the Chida

and the Cav of hearing from the rabbi Rabbi gladstein I'm sure you all know tonight is the Asar ofes um actually I think there are two different opinions uh and one of the opinion is that tonight is Hisar it's a big big Z that not only that Rabbi glin is here but that he's here on the earth side of I can't tell you the the miracle that have happened to people that have prayed at his K that give it's brought down in the zoh it's brought down in many many in Le of that we have the Minh the have the minhag of lighting a n lighting a candle at the Asar sadik and they say that those that people that not only light the candle but who purchase that n of thead see also greatness and how aopo is it that tonight is the sixth night of Hanukah and if you do the gatria it's six time 66 I'm kidding with you that part of but but uh we're going to now auction off the candle ofes if you ask where those proceeds are going to go to it's going to Torah it's going to be given to the Torah of sh and also to the Torah of Rabbi gladstein um programs that he does for for the for the cloud of of Tor so therefore let us begin and then and then we'll hear the beautiful words of Tora from gladin I have $500 for lighting of the candle tonight here in front of everyone of R Bal $500 looking for $600 I have $600 $600 over here looking for 700 700 looking for $800 go have8 $800 $800 $800 $800 I have $700 over there $800 in the back over there oh 1,000 I'm sorry $1,000 $1,000 for that come with that do you hire yourself out to other about absolutely we can speak about that I have $1,000 in the back over there looking for $1,100 for on the sixth night of do I have $1,100 $100 for $1,000 for the Tora and $1,000 for the candle of going once $1,000 for of going twice $1,000 for the candle of the I'm going to get you you're you make wish huh say say like [Music] this Ela Ela de Mayor de mayor anini anini alaa the mayor mayor an anini ala the mayor the mayor an anini an anini ala Al the mayor the mayor anini an an advise people in the Holocaust to now you light it that's it just light it yeah okay done you're good thank you want me to clear the whole place yeah yeah over [Music] there mayor we're on come come come come good I need I need somebody who looks K someone who is K come okay how much how much what per do you get oh how the clost you [Music] nothing okay thank you very much for having me uh this evening tonight's learning also so who else who else sponsored Dr Dr Michael yak and family of his family and CLA Isel also [Music] also tonight's share is dedicated by ra uh Mr David Cohen all the names that are mentioned on the flyer you could take a look over there and um thank you everybody for joining us tonight for me personally tonight is a very special evening we know that the benai writes without giving any reason benai writes that tonight you should light a candle okay I'm here I'm here all the time so usually I speak but tonight we're going to switch it up it's okay once in a while because I have my kahila here and they're going to get jealous they're going to think that ra first I want to thank uh Ronnie benjamini and uh and ra MIT who um raos and also you know we we started our Kila here in your backyard in m in the parking lot we started our sh on R about a year and a half ago and you were to us aril at a time of our really our need and uh We've remained close ever since we're across the street so we're like you know brother and sister kilot so we're we're all Oneil especially uh this evening and I thank Ronnie for all of his help and a continuous assistance in helping our kahila flourish and it's really a very big honor for me to have any association with uh B here in this wonderful as you know anybody who knows me know knows that the of the of the are very very dear to my heart tonight you're going to have a little bit of an Insight even more than perhaps in the past benai writes that ones we should light this is codified by no reason is given Ben doesn't say why to light a candle what does have to do with he doesn't say he just says light the candle in the quotes his Soni I had this to be at ri's now I also want to thank my dear friend ra Morgan Stern all the way from Bar Park and we also we go back probably even Generations CU we have a lot of deep Kar and I I have to say as I was studying The Works of uh of um about R Balan I discovered a number of ptim about R so I called Raa a few times over the years if he could compose a nigon for the P ra now these are nunum written by andali and ra composed original nunim that we're going to sing tonight soon after the Tora so you're in for a very special treat and we thank Raa and the ofi for coming all the way from Bar [Applause] Park but I want to share with you a question of the this is a wondrous question and you're going to see this question bring brings tremendous Miracles everybody asks the following question on Kaneka this is probably the most famous question in all of Jewish literature question is why is Kaneka 8 days it should be seven days after all they found the flask of oil there is enough oil to last for one day it miraculously it lasted for eight days that means there were only seven days of a miracle so why would we celebrate eight days when the miracle was only seven days whose question is this the B's question so I always say over when I was a kid they had a saer with a 100 answers to this question now they have a saer with 500 answers to the BET y's question that's the question of the B but I'm here tonight to ask a totally different question the question of wants to know should be nine days who let's let's take a vote yeah who thinks should be n days why should be n days says very simply we don't have seven days of P we have eight days we don't have eight days of of we have nine days we have two days of so why don't we have nine days of that's the question of so I know what you're thinking you're thinking you can have because not true the M asks why don't we have two days of p and the says because it says which means you can't go past the 14th and the 15th but by there's no such restriction asks the there should be nine days of Kana that's the question of the in the sa Ro okay and I'm going to share with you something tonight you're not going to you're not going to know what to do with yourself okay the wanted to three what are the threez actually you know we have two sources in the T what theim tried to abolish in in it says that the tried to abolish but if you look in the med the med says something else entirely the medish says that on the made a Gaz right on the Horn of an ax you have no share in so the question is as it's a it's a yeah what was it what did theim try to do did they try to abolish and or did they make us ride on the Horn of an ax which one was it and why in The Horn of an axe what what do they have with an axe why the horn of an axe we all know that R's famous is El de mayor by the way of you ever hear the great old time heal that in the month of T there are forces of impurity you know in M by the of MK they're very scared of T the M was very frightened of T all the Gaz were always in T the was not relaxed until T was over all the are in the month of T owns the month of T says that's why is in the month of T what happens in t there are forces of impurity what are these forces of impurity called dogsim how many dogs he brings alala either 94 44 dogs or 134 dogs you could count them seriously go up to the shamay and if you want to count the forces of impurity in the month of T it's either 944 or 1304 he so where where do these numbers come from I'm going to tell you in one minute we know R mayor has a special where does this come from the says that R mayor's sister-in-law was captured she was held hostage she was put in a bait zote a broth and he went to rescue her and he tells the jail Warden no get her out I need to get out my sister-in-law the jail Warden said no I'm very scared to get out my sister-in-law soor said no problem if anybody uh attacks you just say so the guy says well you making this up who says it does anything Rome says watch Rome incites dogs they start to attack R says and the dogs Dro dead so we see works specifically against dogs yeah says is 944 ked the spiritual dogs of impurity of and according to the opinion that it's 134 is 134 okay so you shouldn't have any problems with dogs if you ever had problems with dogs de an de an fine but the mar asks a very simple question God does not associate his name with the living with the living yeah it's El Abraham only when Abraham is not alive anymore if Abraham is alive God says I can't associate with the living does anybody know why doesn't God associate with the living cuz anybody could go off at any time even at sadik nobody should ever be surprised if they hear that somebody did not remain on the straight and the narrow even the author of you know there are 124 words in Al he wrote it according to many even he went off according to kenberg Raba him him he didn't stay on the so God says until a person is buried I can't associate with the living so asks the how could may say an he's alive how could he say God is the god of Mayor how could say such a God does not associate with the living answers the mar this is the basic you must know this M does not mean the god of Mayor answer me Al means this is what R would think the god that illuminated our lives in the times of Kan the God that he illuminated for the Jewish people in the times ofah he should answer us El not deor the guy the person mayor Ela deor The God Who illuminated name that's comes and the says why did theim want to bees shabat thank you why did want to be why did the want to says you know what the most important principle in the whole Tyra is the most important principle now I love this principle so much in the Hebrew saare on the inside I put it on the inside these are the words of this is the matter it is known the Cornerstone principle of the T from the day we left Egypt until now that were the children of hem if somebody were to ask you what is the central principle of the T that we are the Beloved children of Hashem only am is not the nations of the world what proof is there that we're the children of hasem says three proofs number one rodes if the bzden declares today's rosesh and the heavens say what are you talking about you're making a mistake tomorrow ises the heavens defer to the Earthly Court why God loves us so much we're his children he defers to us that's one proof proof number two who rests on Shabbat God God rested on Shabbat Shabbat is God's special object it's like his scepter is a regular citizen allowed to pick up the scepter of the king no if a regular citizen picks up the scepter of the king so how are the Jewish people allowed to keep Shabbat it's because we're the child of the king is allowed to pick up the scepter of the king nobody else says br proves prove we the children of hem you know who was mes that you know how important it is that we're the children of Hashem trivia question does anybody know how many years we're going to auction this off you could and if you bought it you get a deduction on the on the yeah canle you get you save $3 okay anybody how long were we supposed to be in Egypt 430 God said 430 430 years does anybody know how long did we actually work in Egypt so we were physically there 210 how many years was the intense bondage 86 years 1th of 430 how could we get out so early then how how did we do that says because we're God had on us said you worked over time you worked very intensely the work was very intense so I'll consider the excessive labor to get you out early now would would any Master ever make Ain and say well you know you worked extra hard I'll let you I'll let you at early no master would do that only a father would do that to his children the only reason we got out of Egypt early is cuz we're the children of hem so y comes down to this week's what does y Sayes shat because y says if you don't keepes Shabbat you'll never get out of here so I have to establish you have the status of and then you'll be able to leave now listen carefully theim did not want us to be therefore they made us right on the Horn of an ax does anybody know what it means what does it mean we the children of hem what does it mean we're the children of hem could go God is Not physical how could we say that we're the children of hasem the answer is we're lit our the soul of a Jew is literally a piece of we're a what the wanted was that we should not feel that we're children of do not feel like you're a child of hem the way they went about doing that is they were Shabbat okay you ready for this by the Miracle of which three mitv did we get back says that is why if you look in the AL the focus in is what do you mean the beginning of says why all of a sudden do we become because the whole purpose of the miracle of kanah is to restore and demonstrate so therefore we say now why do you think RAB mayor he's the if he's talking abouta right doesn't mean the god of Rabbi mayor means the God who performed the miracle of Kaneka so why is May the only Rabbi who's saying why didn't why didn't say why didn't say why didn't any other say does anybody know the of May there's a big at what is our relationship with now my kids I'm going to stand up a little about yeah so my kids always behave no matter what I could take them shopping for hours for hours no matter what they always are compliant and it's not because of me it's because my wife knows what she's doing but some people tell me that when they take their children shopping they don't always behave which is a very big mistake never take your children shopping it's a very big mistake now I always thought I have a very good technique I have a very good trick if if you take your kids shopping and they don't behave and somebody asks who are these kids you should say I no idea their mother asked me to watch them for the day right that would be but you can't do that your kids are your kids are your kids but did you know that Ruda holds that we're not always the children of hasem Ruda holds when we do mitv when we learn Tor then we're the children we're not the children of we're what is Mayor no matter what what we're always the Beloved children of hem which yam demonstrates we're always the Beloved children of hem so what that's why reab mayor would always invoke El de mayor an The God Who illuminated Our Lives TOA and he demonstrated where the Beloved children of hem please answer us okay now I want to I'm just going to cut to the Chase and I want to share with you something that I haven't really fleshed out in public yet but because I love this Kila so much you're going to be the first to actually see this inside you're you're not going to believe this here please please give this out okay I'm going to tell you a little story I'm going tell you a little story uh many of you know that during the course of the year I do I sometimes uh speak on trips Jewish history trips we've went to we went to many different locations many we hope President's Day maybe he'll join us February 21st you ready for this you should all come we're going to visit abar benel zeron raav Val R Arina Rao Ramos zako Italy okay Italy now I want to tell you a little story so I have a friend who joined me uh on one of the trips he came with us to France he came with us to Morocco and right after we went to France in Morocco he was his daughter with a very young man a French Moroccan hear this he comes he goes to France he goes to Morocco and uh his joke was it's a good thing that she got married before we went to to Alaska okay now we're very good friends and thean has a friend you ready for this his name is Yi Y mrai is one of the big dealers in the world and he came over to me at the he said RAB GL you know what could I get you so I'm not really a collector so I told him you know what you could what could you get me you could get me the I want the signature you know that like saying what could you get me take me to the Moon you know that I'm not a collector that's not in my league I said get me the signature why do I want the signature first of all I love the after the Holocaust my grandfather published the first farm for the survivors the first safer he published for the survivors was the LA D of the when I was giving Shum and queens myab the Young Israel they presented me with I could not stay away from the in fact one time I went to is and I needed a Minion for president Trump came to Israel that day all the roads to Jerusalem were closed and I need a Minion from Men I'm coming from the airport I need a Minion from men there's nowhere to go all the roads were closed there's only one road that's open har where am I going to get a Minion from I'm looking I'm looking at the the brought president Trump to Israel just so I could visit him okay so I told you I would like the signature of the now the has a very special signature he signs his name in the shape of a boat because rulai his great great grandfather was saved from a boat he writes about this in the so I tell me now in the past I've seen signatures of the before but I know it it wasn't perfect and it's a very big purchase and there's there's no way I could justify purchasing the signature of the unless it's Immaculate I want the whole boat with the mask everythingi tells me I was hoping you know he would say ah it's it's no Cas signature it's not a perfect signature so I I would have an excuse not to get it he tells me this is the most beautiful signature of the you've ever seen I said show me he shows me it's leatherbound safeair beautiful signature not only only that two signatures of not only that inside their published in the's handwriting the owned the of one of the he signed his name twice and on the inside he wrote biographical information about in his own handwriting I asked him how much oh I'm I said oh I'm sorry I can't you know it's but I have a good friend and he found out that I was interested and youi called me back he said there's a new price and I couldn't refuse it and I have it wow and I made a copy for you you're holding it okay I I I I didn't bring it in this is a but I'm the story is only beginning this is a was one of the of Lun France the first signature of the you see the word under it is Ys David aul Sak you know what s stands for tahar yeah you deserve it you deserve it you deserve it real Sardi what does by the way what does real Sardi mean that um they didn't convert from a family that didn't convert in the time of the Inquisition okay then on the left side the top signature in the boat is the next two signatures were rabbis who we know bought the's Library the bottom left is a rabbi from jalter who bought the library of the rabbi who bought the K's library and I said prove it to me how do I know this is the so I have a Letter's son verified that this in fact is the signature but this is only the beginning of the story can I have one of the book books books this book yeah so this past shabas I was in Chicago yeah just I'll give it back to you don't worry this past shabas I was in Chicago I Was preparing to give the shear and I'm reading I'm opening up why ask the why is kanah eight days it should be nine says the since the wanted to bees Milat every Kana has a shabas so we remember the chabas every kanuka hases but not every Kana has mil so says Thea is only eight days as a Remis to mil this way every we remember kesat and by the way it comes out you know ashm do something very interesting on Kana do you know that by our we read let's say tomorrow is the sixth day we read K Le the sixth day is the seventh day why there's no but according to the it's beautiful there is it's just we can't go to the ninth day but every day there is a sa it comes that amazing according to the and we know is the only time that follow the so we follow the and we do and the follow to and only one person Li so we follow the now get a load of this I'm preparing the shear in the book that just came out and I'm reading where did the see this that kanah is only eight days as a remes to he saw it in the and I could not believe it the sent me the very volume that the himself used and saw this and wrote it in the sent me the with his signature so if you look I I photocopied where the says it in the saer that I have it was owned by the if you look over here it's over here so this I considered it a very uh very special gift and that's why ra specifically always said the of because we know his world view was always to focus on the fact so even though it's said the doesn't tell us why we write why we light a candle for RAB mayor on Kana Andi doesn't tell us the reason it is suggested friends that the real reason we we light a candle for a mayor on Kaneka is because the true yard side of RA is tonight on the that demonstrates that were always so what better day thanes on by the wayes could sometimes also be shabas what better day to be Ra's yard site than the Yum that demonstrates ones that demonstrates and this is really a very special and the Reason by the way that theim don't say that Ra's yard side is today because many traditionally observe it on P however this says there is no that his yard side is p the reason they kept p is because Jews were up there in the Galilee for L and they wanted to pump into the economy inia nearby really nearby and they didn't want to do it on a day that that you usually say because they were afraid that that by visiting R they would they would not say so they picked a day near that you don't say t anyway but there's no basis that that is his yard side but it is suggested in fact that tonight is the yard side of R Balan so we hope in this of our getting together this evening should answer all of our all of us with good health okay now I wna