Chanukah. How can we invite miracles to our lives. By Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

week we are celebrating the holiday of hanukkah the question of the week is how can we invite miracles to our lives so in reference to the miracle of chanukah that we celebrate for eight days and the question is why do we celebrate for eight 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 drug and they needed it for eight days they took it and divided up into eight equal portions and they burned 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 and it lasted so long the second opinion is that they emptied out the whole full jog into the menorah and when it came the next day guess what happened a miracle took place the jug was refilled a straight out miracle the third opinion is that they pour the the full jug into the menorah and the manoa burnt as if it was burning from that oil and at the end of the day the oil was still left in the minority so the rubbish says the first and second miracle that's a straight out miracle now we know god doesn't want us to do mitzvoth a miracle means if you use an eighth it should it should only burn a little bit and the fact that it burns so much it means it burned from a miracle when they went ahead the second opinion is that the jug got refilled that's a straight miracle the third opinion is no we did the mitzvah 100 because we put in oil it so 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 miracle is when you're doing your part in nature but nevertheless god comes and makes a miracle that the oil should not be consumed so robbie asks how do they merit such a great miracle that they they should have enough oil the oil should look like it's burning and it's not burning and the ruby says they merited that miracle because they went on the serious message they went and self-sacrificed they could have easily given up judaism but no they said we're going to be jews even if it's hard even if we put our life on the line and when a person goes and puts his life on the line they merit great miracles so they answer the question how can we merit 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'll achieve and receive great miracles in your life