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The Recurring Illumination of Chanukah

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this torah class is brought to you by torahanytime.com there's a question that's raised in the acharyanam it's raised by the bush the bracha that we're going to make us we use the same bracha when it comes to reading the megillah sha'asan is saying that he made miracles for our forefathers in those days at this time what does that mean at this time it's not happening now it happened then and because of this question the lavish suggests that the correctness of should be and at this time but the kadusa slavery says no this is not our custom we don't say was also is bothered why is it that we have a yamcha to commemorate the victory of hanukkah there are many miracles that happen throughout our history we were victorious in a war against sisra we were victorious in a war against sanchez and that was perhaps a greater miracle after all say that wanted to make so why do we not commemorate those miracles and we commemorate instead the miracle of chanaka there's another terminology that we say in the tv in the alhanism we say israel to so your nation israel you made a great salvation forgone and redemption as of today what does that mean as of today what's that supposed to mean actually there's a very interesting shirt check it out anytime that we have from rav shalam kluger of the meaning of these words but the simple explanation what does it mean it's like a bardichev there's a concept of the arizal that any light any aura that was redeemed that was revealed in the days of yore when the banja made miracles for us that light reappears and re-illuminates and comes down to the world and as much beyond the world again when that time of the year comes we know the jewish calendar is a living calendar it's not a linear calendar it's a living calendar when a certain date comes the ha'ara of the original miracle repeats itself again anahanaka the miracle of chanukah the lights in the hasadam that showed to matasiahu come again when we light the neros of chanaka we re-experience the harass of hanukkah on purim the miracle the lights the shafa of purim are revealed as it was in the times of murder in esther and likewise on shibuyas we re-experience the iris and the hashma of kabal satora on rosh hashanah the ha'ara of bria-sa ilam re-illuminates our lives that's the meaning of the brah says hashem made miracles for our forefathers by you in those days and then they re-illuminate and re-effect us at this time as well slave every year is a time of the miracle of the nisim of chanaka we don't say uv is we say basman therefore who instituted purim they recognized that these were miracles that were living miracles that their hara that their light and their influence reappears every single year and therefore they instituted yaman told him to commemorate those miracles not so the miracle of sanchez not so the miracle of sisra khazal understood that these were one time miracles but their kayak and their illumination did not reappear and would not reappear for all time and therefore we do not commemorate those miracles with the yamtha if this too says the believer yitzhak is the meaning of the words that every year comes the eight days of chanaka we can access we can feel we can be margin the same the same illumination and the same hashbah so let us be zaika to appreciate some of these the rise of chanaka the ha arise of the yamtif the harass of the miracle by yama mahim of his manhatta wishing everyone a failure you've just experienced another torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com