Holiday of Chanukah Chasidic Torah thought from Lubavitcher Rebbe by: Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz

happy Kana from 77 the Eastern Parkway the re [Music] synagogue welcome to this week's Torah lesson we're celebrating this week the most powerful holiday of Kaneka today's also rodes and I'm in one of the holiest places in the world I'm right here in the Reby synagogue in 770 Eastern Parkway so the question of the week is what powerful lesson can we walk away with from this holiday of Kaneka so in Kan in one of the prayers we say the AL it talks about what the Greeks tried to accomplish and what does it say they wanted they wanted us to go ahead and deviate from the statutes of the will of hem so what does that mean so rebbi explains and he says as follows the Greeks they didn't mind that we did the M the type of MIT that makes sense logically they didn't mind that we did the adus the testimonies the ones that are commemorating certain events even theim as long as you're doing it with some kind of logic but the Reber explains what was their goal their goal was we shouldn't do the will of Hashem why why do they want that so one of the things they wanted the Jewish people to do was they wanted them to take a horn from an ax and inscribe inscribe on it we do not have any part of with the god of Israel now why a horn and the re explains because the opposite of Holiness the cipot they get their energy not from a place of energy know a horn is basically a part of the animal which has the least amount of energy and that's the relationship they wanted us to have with hem but they didn't realize there's something more powerful than a horn because we know King David and King Solomon when they were anointed as a king they were anointed from the horn through oil why the horn because we know the intellect is our brain that's the most highest part we have in our body but there's something above it the horn the horn represents a relationship Beyond logic deep than logic and because they were anointed from the horn which is above logic and deeper than logic that's why their Kingdom lasted forever and when you connect to God from a place of lasting forever you connect to God from a place of above logic then you have the most powerful relationship with God and never goes away so to answer the question what is the powerful lesson from Kaneka to reconnect to our deepest connection with God not what yeah true we have to understand and we have to learn we have to meditate and all that powerful stuff but the most important thing is to connect to God Beyond logic in Hebrew it's called merus neish we're willing to do anything that God wants and even the simple Commandments that make sense and testimonies why are we doing it we're doing it because we're connected to God and we love God and that will give us the greatest and Powerful connection that's something no one can ever take away from you because logic you can argue with but above logic and the essential connection that's something that lasts forever thanks so much for joining joining us for our weekly Torah lesson this week's Torah lessons dedicated to memory of May their souls be elevated by the Torah was studying in the memory for more information please see our website kabat sf.org have a great and blessed week Shu May the light and the energy of Kaneka permeate us and last us for a whole year happy Kaneka happy kanah and good KES