Rabbi Minkowicz Weekly Torah Lesson Holiday of Chanukah 5778

[Applause] it's time for rabbi mankiewicz weekly Torah lesson a place where life's most difficult questions are answered here with his spiritual perspective and insight rabbi megawatts welcome to this week's Torah lesson this week we are celebrating the holiday of Hanukkah the question of the week is how can we invite miracles to our lives so reference to the miracle of Hanukkah that we celebrate for eight days and the question is why do we celebrate three days and the answer is because they found one little jug of oil that was pure and that lasted for eight days but there's a debate what does it mean it lasted for eight days so one opinion was when they saw they only had one jug and they needed for eight days they took it and divided up into eight equal portions and they burnt every night a one little one little amount which should have not lasted the whole day and miraculously it lasted the whole day which is a pure miracle a little amount than it lasted so long the second opinion is that they emptied out the whole full jug into the menorah and when it came the next day guess what happened in miracle took place the jug was refilled a straight out miracle the third opinion is that they poured them the full jug into the menorah and the menorah burnt as if it was burning from that oil and at the end of the day the oil was still left in the menorah so the Rebbe says the first and second miracle that's a straight out miracle now we know God doesn't want us to midslope down a miracle means if you use an eighth it should British would only burn a little bit and the fact that it burns so much it means a burn for a miracle when they went ahead the second opinion is that the the jug got refill that's a straight miracle the third opinion is no we did the midst of our hundred-percent because we put in oil it's or happens to be that the God made a miracle that the oil should burn but it should not burn out and that is the greatest miracle the greatest miracles when you're doing your part of nature but nevertheless God comes and makes a miracle that the oil should not be consumed so W asks how did they merit such a great miracle they they they you should have enough oil the oil should look like it's burning and it's not burning and the Rebbe says the merit that miracle because they went on a serous nefesh they went and self-sacrifice they could have easily given up Judaism but no they said we're gonna be Jews even if it's hard even if we put our life on the line when a person goes and puts his life on the line they merit great miracles so the answer the question hackling they're great miracles do what God wants even and maybe specifically when it's hard up to the point where it's very very hard and you will achieve a receive great miracles in your life this week's Torah lesson is a memory of bora pandari leave and Ben Yosef may their souls be elevated to the Torah that we're studying in their memory thanks so much for joining us for our weekly Torah lesson for more information on Habad please see our website [Music]