Shira Smiles - Chanukah

AR to let's learn a little bit about uh let's learn a little bit about Kaneka tonight um we have one question for tonight very very simple question and that is based on the famous idea that an Source number one GES shab there were many decrees by the but here's the sheet but the uh the main decree was to abolish three different major mitzvos and those mitzvos were the KES the sanctification of the new moon deciding when theim the holidays would be shabas and bris so the our obvious question for today and it's it's clear is if they wanted to in source to they wanted to uproot the foundations of yish so understand why shabas and Mila are clearly on the top chabas represents our connection to Bon shalum it's a bris it's a it's a covenant it's a sign Brisa is clearly the sign between us and Hashem and back to Sesame Street which of the follow where's the St go one of these things does not belong you got the idea and um in in simple English what is getting rid of roses the kides how is this connected that's our one question for tonight our secondary question for tonight it's on our question but our secondary question is a question that a young lady asked me in uh in school last week she says I get it we like Kaneka candles and we've spoken about over the years that the Kaneka candles repr present the oros the concealed light of creation they are continuation of the manura it is mish having we just see these candles we are connected with the B mdash we're connected with the or the concealed light it is a galic timeos to thank the shal and then afterwards andate Ruto a time of favor to mamish implore that ask for whatever you need so the time of candle lighting and we know for women of not to do the first half hour it's really a focused time of meditation and daving and praising Hashem I get it she said but then what about the rest of the day like you know like during the day okay so we say hallo in the morning but how isaha like if we go to sh we have a su it's like like you feel Yanti but Kana doesn't feel so Yanti do you hear her question and that is the secondary question that I'd like to deal with tonight because I think it's a valid question so again in the past years we focused on the lighting of the candles as being a tremendous spiritual power of connection tonight I'd like to more focus on something which is less spoken about is how do we tap into the day of Kaneka the experience of Kaneka not only the lighting so far so good um just as as an introductory idea before we begin there a beautiful piece that theam quotes from the Baka and he says when you want to uproot something it's Source Four told you have to be able to uproot it at the source if we take a look at the formation of the Jewish people we were formed as a people in Egypt the medish tells us that CL Israel kept shabas when we were in Egypt one of the things most shenu instituted if we take a look at the Zone we Zone into the time we left Egypt the first national Mitzvah that we got wases and at the same time there was the command to do bris so obviously isn't because it's very what limited to a week during the year so if I want to uproot something I need to find something that's a little bit more Universal for the year so they they honed in on that which was the formation of the people The KES and the a very fascinating idea thaten from points out and he says we know our relationship with there should be sheets downstairs no more sheets no sheets fine so so if you want I have plenty of my car does that help you fine okay whatever makes you happy okay so the the connection between Hashem and CLA Isel is relationship of husband and wife we we have that Shir there are two stages in relationship one stage is called Kushi literally the engagement betrothing somebody and one is theing which is the marriage under the we do both you're engaged and then you have the the which is the marriage says may something what is kishes it was the kin the engagement of Cl with Hashem when was the marriage between us and Hashem M receiving the Torah the tor the mountain over their head the that was the marriage but the moment of Engagement to a certain degree there's a a certain Simka an engagement that is unparalleled you found the what right you found the right one okay we have to go through marriage and building a house but that moment it's like an electric moment ah we're connected we're committed that moment is the the moment of clel with in the mitvah ofes the sanctification of the mo can I help you yeah yeah I do so yeah so my keys are somewhere in my coat pocket and it's in the back seat of the car yeah I am why is so that gets us back to our original question what is it about R KES there's a lot of Torah on this question we're going to answer some of it tonight I don't mind leaving you with discovering it for yourself I I I don't believe in in as the philosophy of answering all the questions it leaves it that that that it's not healthy you with me yeah yeah okay good so you work it through I'm going to go on the can be like the moon you know yeah waxing waiting I want to use the structure for tonight the structure I want to use for tonight is in Source number seven let me just present the structure and then we'll actually begin again this is an idea we've spoken about when Yu sends Yehuda to set up a Bas before they get into MIM the P says that Yuda is sent go and point out it's not to Goan it's that points out it's the same as Masia it's not not just sending Yehuda to a place called Goan to medes it's sending Yehuda the P says to meet yose Yehuda represents the mashia Ben David ysf represents mashia Ben Ys this is a meeting of the two Messianic Kings Yehuda and Yosef they are Paving the way for the ultimate Redemption of G of mashia and that's really the way to learn all ofish is to be able to see there's a lot more depth that meets the eye now the B sasar points out that the Egyptian Exile in the bracket was about to begin was the source of the four major Exiles that the Jews would endure throughout history going down to Egypt was going down into Exile this would be the umbrella Exile of the four gal the Babylonian exile the Persian median Exile the Syrian Greek Exile and the Roman exile now listen closely these four Exiles each dominated a different aspect of our nature the these four aspects which are known as our nephesh our spiritual side our gof our physical side our SE intellectual side and all of them together are each linked to a different exile let me put this into English we have something that's called a Dro so let me um dispel a myth and I hope I I'm not going to be uh ruining anything for anybody as far as I know and you can prove me otherwise there is no such thing as a pay on the drle Loa VRA there's no such thing there's only one next what is the aspect oh gosh listen to me then then look in the trunk it's somewhere in my car just keep on looking I have three shears in the car would you believe I've T this is my fourth kanaka in two days that I'm teaching so like have mercy on it's okay I'm I'm I'm focused work with me my friends the letters on the dro are not about or the letters on the D represent GNA giml it rep so the Americans are right the it represents the different it represents the different aspects of the Nations that ruled us let's work through this the Babylonian Empire destroyed our bigdash which is our nephesh our spiritual side then you have the P story to physically destroy us that's our goof y Greece they blinded our eyes it was all about our our intellect and edome is about hak all aspects they destroyed our B mdash the hoca the Crusades and the assimilation rate that we have until today is the intellectual aspect spinning of the Dr all spins on an AIS and that is the pinted leid on the bottom and the imagery is in the future that all all the nations will be calling in the name of Hashem it's almost like you know a drele that keeps on spinning and doesn't land and that's the vision that we're looking forward to that continuous drle until then we fall on different Sid so understand when you're playing the dro that it's not just a children's game it's really the en it encompasses the entire Jewish history in one little peace and the benar goes on in his footnotes and says that the optimim is to use a wooden drle because of the haor in parash of the Stick of Yehuda and the Stick of Yosef will come together the vision of the two mashia and that is the wooden aspect of the drle so that is it's fascinating we've learned something new tonight it's worth coming now we can leave no everything in yish kite has depth why I'm mentioning this is that this is I'm using the dral model as the four levels of the Moon and relating Kaneka to our lives I want to talk about the moon from the intellectual aspect I want to talk about the moon from the physical aspect from the spiritual aspect and then all-encompassing and that will be the structure that we're using tonight with hashem's help so far so good let's begin on the intellectual level we'll begin we'll do some inside some outside and that way we'll move we gave up on my trunk and that's I would too if you saw my trunk that's 8 to 10 is the idea of the AR what is the moon about so the Moon The KES is knowing the exact moment when the moon is actually being seen these calculations are very hard to make when what we call the molad when it's actually born indeed when the PUK says in the squiggly and8 this is your wisdom and your understanding among all the nations Rashi says what is this wisdom that even the Nations say wow so for many thing the nation says we're not impressed what is the one thing that impresses the nation the way we calculate the moon and that is clearly the the wisdom of the Nations the wisdom of Judaism to the point in the in 10 when you figure out when this time of the new moon is he ow this is a a sign of Prophecy for the Jewish people they have to understand something Yan Prides itself on what on its intellect and if everything that you can see you can measure the fact that we have something that is a Godly understanding of the intellect was something they couldn't handle what they themselves on knowing everything that they could see it they could measure it they could figure it out here they couldn't figure it out and they recognized the only way we could figure it out is using God but they were it was anathema to them to use God because they believed that everything had to be something you could what me you could measure and see that was rational so when they're getting rid of r Kesh what they're really getting rid of is that understanding that we have a Godly understanding we have a rues we have n we have something that goes beyond the intellect that higher the intellect and for them that went counter to the whole essence of what they were about that's why they needed to get rid of not because of what Roes represented but the fact is the way we calculated it made them feel uncomfortable in the way they viewed what was Primary in their lives a little different but along the same lines Rabbi Roberts from England points out in 13 He talks about the Miga and shabas and then he says finally roses which is another major example of our distinctiveness all other nations reckon their years yearly calendar according to the movement of the sun which makes sense because that is the basis of Our Lives it provides light and heat in the world in contrast the moon has nothing of its own it merely reflects the light which he receives from the Sun the Gentile Nations place the Reliance on human reason and therefore follow the solar calendar we however bow to the superior intellect of Hashem and accept un reservedly his command to conduct their lives according to the lunar s system which is again not logical it doesn't make sense and that's what makes us special that's what makes us unique the fascinating thing is the way we like the way we celebrate the Kaneka is through lighting the oil so obviously it's because of the one oil good on a deeper level the oil is the liquid which separates from Water by Rising higher when we light the Kan and in fact the bells and others have a Min to put water and then oil to make that distinction that we are R We rise above the nations of the world I'll just add parenthetically I grew up I don't know about you with this blue box from TS Yesa of of Han candles yeah different colors so if any of you would like that touch of the olden candles so this is a tip of the trade you take water you take food coloring you make it the water different colors then you add the oil and then you have your colored candles without and without compromising on using oil that was the tip of the trade for tonight my friends take it or or leave it now this is what it's okay it's okay it's okay it's okay this is what the OSHA speaks about what do we say in the Alan that the Nation Israel listen to the language you know sometimes we just go through daving you know one thing after another and and we don't stop and think we are referred to as what the bu this should fill us with pride it should fill us with joy this is what what what what this is all about and that's why kekah is referred to as G we're living in AR is but if we're not acting in the way of is we're not acting as bu is the divine presence is distant from us and hence the whole idea of kanaka and this is answering our secondary question why the moon because the moon represented our Godly intellect that we're following something that doesn't make sense follow the sun you see it it's the power you're following the Moon that receives it doesn't make sense they couldn't handle that we were following something that they didn't understand what is the upshot for our lives kah has to be a time of feeling that we're feeling rejoicing that we are aem's children one of the placees to focus in on this is saying the BR of Shalo Assan go thank you Hashem for not making me a non-jew and the way of the in in Source 18 speaks about it he says we were created to be bottom of the right hand side of this page we were created by the B to be's beloved Nation we were created to be the to have the special relationship with this Joy this Pride this feeling of connection and relationship we so often forget and he speaks about and it's something to think about when we are the future Generations we so often focus on the knot don't touch that smoke up don't turn on the light right everything is don't and if you're going to raise children with all these don'ts so it's no wonder that they say what like hello part of raising children and it's about raising the children inside of ourselves clearly is to be able to focus in on the yes I have the ability to talk to Hashem whenever I want I love I have the ability to say a right we spoke about this T right that I I have this Joy of of of of saying hashem's name and he asked at the end of have we ever felt this joy that we have this relationship with hem is a time of Celebration which means that just that feeling of I'm close to hem I'm the that seeing that oil Rising above the water and obviously it comes with responsibility it's not just you know you're the captain of the ship have a good time no there's responsibility every action we do every bro we make impacts the entire world around us but walk around on Kaneka with more of an awareness and a sensitivity of what it means the the weren't NE for their yish just to have a holiday called Kana it was rather to ensure that the people wouldn't totally assimilate which is what was going on at that time and to be able to maintain our identity and therefore that is our Focus number one on Kaneka idea number two let's focus in if that was the SE let's focus in in Source number 20 on the goof Yan's whole resident in life was about physicality the body the Olympics right and the prowess of the body the Aesthetics of the architect they were very into the physical Beauty in this world it's very fascinating that Yovan is descended from which son of Noah ye Yeet we know that Noah had three sons and and their names are their Essence as all of our names aream is hot it's passion they were into the passions of this world shame is a name which is the root of n the soul and Yeet is from Beauty yaet and and the beauty of yaet is to be able the BR that Noah gives to yeed is that the beauty of yeed should be found where but where the Beauty has to be couched within spiritual terms and not just left as physical beauty yeffet doesn't do that yeffet stays in the outer world and you know where you see this so beautifully continuing in the asteris in 20 perhaps the word yavan it's self represents their approach to the world the three letters that spell yavan are yud v yud v and nuni are basically lines with no framework to contain anything representing a total external Outlook of the world with no inner content wow you take a look at so many letters in the Jewish alphabet a base a hey a shin doesn't matter right even a race there's what there's content what is yavan empty it's just the external framework with nothing inside wow additionally these three lines are parallel representing the fact that the physical world has no Unity it's made up of individual items have no point of connection only the spiritual ual realm unites all physical things into one Unity under Hashem it's not by accident then y spelled backwards is noi Beauty it's beauty that has become distorted and turned around this is what we're speaking about here's the problem when you have a world that's not connected so then you've lost what we would call the Nisha the soul aspect which is what gives it life force and vitality the N yesah talks about when CL Israel lose their focus in Aus hasem it describes it as the Jewish people are involved inav a line here a line there a command here a command there and again is it any wonder that if you're raised in in just doing this Mitzvah or that Mitzvah but without seeing that it's connecting you to the Reon sh that again you'll feel what empty depleted the mitzvos are from the word sa in arama doesn't mean grandmother that's Hebrew with is connection the Mitzvah are about connection to Hashem to do a Mitzvah without thinking that's Hashem who commanded me so I'm missing that feeling of B of your children of the kadushin of the relationship therefore in the arrow in 23 During the period proceeding Kaneka Jews were weak in their aod Torah observant became mere external compliance to the command the implication of the lifestyle to be created by those command the creation of a nation of the Holy kohanim would come the actual mikdash of hashem's presence was ignored shabas was observed but did not impart a lifestyle that strove for the spir spiritual World represented by shabas rather though sh shabas spent their six work days expanding their materialistic goals and that's what formed their life's ambition and influenc all their decisions and conduct not Torah not chabas they observe the letter of the law but failed to be imbued with the Holiness and Purity that those laws implied yite was was dark external and the preciousness of the chosen nation was diminished and that's why he says we may have been connected to the externals of the land in the temple but we were millions of miles away from their inner spiritual Essence that's what yevan wanted yevan wanted to take us away from spiritual meaning from spiritual connection and that my friends is what Ros is about Andes has the same word as renewal what is the beauty of the inion of Kes KES that every month I'm rejuvenated every month I'm renewed it's not the same old I have to find the newness and the meaning in that which I do let's move to the next page yes yes yes then you're missing it out you're missing good yeah that we can take as if we're United we're standing by United very nice is the same letter with the of raising with unity the Jewish people to a higher level excellent both nice ideas why was this the first Mitzvah when we left Egypt in the squiggly in 25 is we were no what's the first Mitzvah as a nation that hasem gives us he says I want you have KES why because the whole essence of the Jewish people is about Rejuvenation and renewal that you never get stuck in the three parallel lines you find meaning what you're doing you find newness like if you start like if you would look at a cup of water if you would look I'm fine I'm great so far if you would look at a cup of water and you would say wow with this cup of water I am able to declare sh everything happens with the word of hasem that I am making a spiritual statement about the reality of hashem's relationship with me over this cup of water are you getting the picture here if I were to think about this it's not just a cup of water it's a spiritual experience of connection to God it's not just that it's a spiritual connection to what the whole world is about it's a statement of amuna it and then that cup of water becomes transformed not only does the cup of water become transformed I become transformed and that's really our challenge as as Yim is to be able to bring this this renewal into our vem and that we know in 27 was about IR every time that Lit the candles every time he L it he Liv it differently he had a different intention he had a different mindset my friends that's the message for us for kekah do what we're doing it's a weekday it's normal business and at the same time as you mentioned correctly it's the B of eight it's the only Jewish holiday that is eight days no other Jewish holiday is eight days I don't count them in it's just doesn't really it's a different existence why because the goal is to take the tea to take the routine to take that which we are doing and elevate it to laal which means to move Beyond myself into the world of connection into the world of meaning listen to this Source story they always say that there are a few things that we can walk away with put in our pocket and then you meet somebody let me just share with you a you know great oneliner do you know those what I'm saying there are a few but this is one I I want you to share with you and I want you to use as a meditation this is s in the arrow sh he sh we're all sitting by the candles and two days from that know that the flame a this is a fancy Hebrew word stati which is otherwise known as static he when I look at it a flame in my mind because you you know in an initiated mind I say oh this flame is the exact same flame that was here when a minute ago five minutes ago an hour ago wrong every second that flame is what different because it is pulling new fuel in order to light it how do I know that because when the fuel's gone what happens to the flame it disappears both side that's our lives we have to have that same momentum as the candle as the flame we have to feel that level of newness that Hees it's the same ding people you know my girls tell me my students you know we same every day I have a little secret to tell you the is the same but we're different I'm different from this morning I'm different from this afternoon I'm different from this evening I'm a different person if you're keyed in to that aspect then your whole life is like that flame El that's the idea of being a a candle of God or Nisha that I'm constantly new I'm constantly rejuvenated kekah is the time to work on this and hence in 31 when K say one who's habituated with candles will have children well I have a little secret to tell you many people have are habituated with candles I they like candles and their children are not necessarily Scholars listen haril means one who understands the message of the candles that it's not rugel in terms of hergel same old but able to break that hagale that same old and find newness and hence the lighting of the candles in the dot is from the time the sun goes down literally until the feet Travelers are are are you know are stopped in the marketplace people aren't walking around deeper theic interpretation is until we eradicate the reg the hairgel the habituation from our Marketplace of our life this is what Kaneka is about Kaneka is about passion rejuvenation for each and every one of us on a Shah on any aspect of Our Lives live with a A Child brings a cup of water to a parent different than a stranger does could you hear that here EMA would you like some with the water it's it's a different it's a different relationship now I want to take this idea just to drop deeper before doing levels three and four we know this is around the year with r mik El Beerman 32 the pich refers to the structure of this world as HED with Seven Pillars there are seven directions to this world and seven notes on the musical scale the physical world was created in seven days this world of seven is a world governed by laws and rules rules which refer to as nature the moral reveals that the number eight represents the power to go above nature let's flip the page in the s-day world there's a pattern the poper doesn't sound to become a millionaire the handicapped individual doesn't unexpectedly start to dance that's within nature but then there's the world of eight the world above nature and this is the world that we can enter into anhah we have the ability to enter into a different dimension it's a Time built for miracles but there's a catch 34A you don't get to access this kak this power of the number eight just by walking through like a tourist looking around you have to live it you have to feel it deep inside the gar says that K they established this Yan and that means that we have to establish it within ourselves and the way we establish it within ourselves is that we have to be able to be people who are ready to go above and beyond as well if eight means going above and beyond we need to go above and beyond what does that mean I'm bringing it right down to earth here we go 35a the nature of most people is that if something doesn't directly affect them they don't get too excited about it people are naturally lazy and not eager to get involved I don't need to prove that to you social scientists have proved that to you and probably most of us have experienced this continuously in our lives so when a Jew goes against his nature for Hashem when he acts with passion he's breaking his nature this is mysterious nefes he's subjugating his nature to Hashem and for whom will Hashem perform miracles for whom does he break nature for person who breaks his nature for hem this is mid let's just put this in English before going on to the the third level it's not easy to be passionate it's not easy to get excited over a cup of water it's very nice to talk about it it's not easy to go against my nature to do the will of Hashem you know it's like I have this great oneliner but it's really a little bit I don't know whether I should say it or not for me to hold back and not say it that's M Rish so you know sometimes we think my nees is you know dying Alem which it is but there's even a harder level my sfish and that is living a Godly life not getting angry not being stingy being patient doing a that's difficult for us when I break my nature my nature is I don't want to really invite this person for shabas and I do it anyway that's for neish let's go against my nature when I show that passion in that or in that when it's not my nature that's my and to the extent that we push Beyond ourselves during Kaneka we are opening the gates of the above natural world to impact us as well wow yes ma'am beautiful going against your nature Brisa eth day I love it I wasn't going down there but it's great it's great perfect so my friends we've brought this down a little bit I want to add one idea on this second level and then I'm going to summarize and then move to the third level there are different versions welcome to judism of what the broa on the lighting of the candle is some some people say you singing it in your head now yeah the WR that which makes sense I am lighting the the candle ofah the right that you want to have 13 words in this BR because the time ofah comes from the word of God is bestowing kindness on us that we don't deserve and the eight days of Kaneka arouse and each day has a different me not for tonight A aspect of God's beneficence and mercy upon us so we want to have 13 words paralleling the 13 mid in the BR if I have 13 words what word has to be taken out sh sh so there are those who put sh one word sh that's what my son-in-law does okay and that is a Minh our Minh is and that way you have 13 words but that doesn't make any what sense I'm lighting candle kanah well what is candle Kana mean it's it's it doesn't make sense unless you understand understand things a little bit deeper look at the not lighting candle on buta candle why listen closely it's so deep there is in heaven Hashem waiting to Source 36 waiting to give us salvation that's the Kaneka candle in heaven when I light my kanah candle down here with all that it entails my mysterious neph my passion giving over everything to Hashem feeling hashem's child I am lighting kanaka I'm lighting the Dynamics called haneka in heaven which means is I'm setting into motion salvation and blessing in my life I'm lighting the candle of the concept called Kaneka that candle is being lit in Shay to just bring down a tremendous amount of blessing down here on Earth and I will make mention this is just a parenthesis other so much on Kaneka I could go for hours don't worry I'm not this the thetics firms speak about that once's parents grandparents great grandparents are with you when you like Kaneka candles it's a time of going back it's a spiritual connection a a and it's such a rich time it's such a rich time of connection of opening the heavens at this particular time okay my friends let's see what we see in intellect they couldn't couldn't handle The KES because that was what made us unique in Divine wisdom they were only into wisdom you could touch and feel and measure message for our life being able to focus the second level is the Goof the physical body is about the physical beauty of this world and we have to understand that this physical beauty is beautiful if you put it into a spiritual context you have to have meaning they like to have three parallel lines go through the motions without meaning what does the idea of haneka represent for us the the rededication the moon renewal my NE pick a Mitzvah any Mitzvah you want over kanah and invest in it choose one choose the shahak choose the DAV doesn't matter choose the Mitzvah and what idea number three and four we'll do it very briefly the time it's late let's take a look Source 37 the Mah speak the SE speaks throughout first that the idea ofma wisdom is made up of two words the strength of what now generally we understand as like it's the of complete B complete negation of self a deeper way of understanding this or a different way of understanding this is the greatest is being able to see the in a ma what does this mean asteris in 37 to be able to see what' you say h good good to be able to see when something is very small the potential that is found there and in fact we say who is the wise one who forsees what will come from something that my friends is exactly what the KES is about to be able to see from this sliver of the Moon that what will come from this a moon a month holidays the kishes is a representation in a very real way of of a wisdom of the wisdom of being able and that's the molar when is the moon born it's such a deep concept what does it mean the Moon is born it means is I'm able every month to see the potential inherent in the month when I decide when the molot is it's not just a mathematical equation it's so much richer and so much deeper than [Music] that why what The KES Lana white said by men is a great question generally the answer given is it has to be set outside and women usually don't stand outside congregating together that's the general answer I've heard if you have another answer I'm open to hear it time bound it's time bound she argues it's time bound anyone else want to argue anything else you're able to argue it come back and give me a good answer okay there we have two answers here that's the answer well that's why we're all here now yeah um what about the con to women it is our holiday it is definitely our holiday because women there is there is but but this the holiday yes yes this is really the women have the ability to see from something small what's going to come from it that's the really the Bina of women the of women you are right there is a lot about women and and the Kaneka story I didn't go down that road cuz that's for you to take further remember I said I just begin and I allow you to good now there's a flip side to small things on the one hand it's something small but I'm able to foresee it's going to be great source 40 the flip side is you can start off with something small and it's a slippery slope and that's what Yovan wanted from us they wanted us to be able to start sh in the bracket of 40 shz just you know not be so careful about this Mitzvah not be so careful about that Mitzvah and slowly and surely we become a helist and that my friends is found again in the word yavan you start with a yud and then you just move down a little bit and it's above and then you just move that line down just so a little bit more and you're in the te High oven you're in the mud itself small things can work on both ways it's interesting in 42 what is unique about kanaka and again people have different Customs I know by this far name only one person lights in your house I'm well aware but in most ashkanazi homes little boys I'm not getting to girls here sometimes well so little girls light Kana candles most little boys don't make kidish under vermin's pH right sometimes they do some but most little boys under most don't tell me my third cousin fourth time remove do I'm not interested yeah why Isa different they don't make like a lot of Mitzvah we don't do why because this is what kanak is about about being able to see from a young age where you are going that's really what is about you know I want to share with you before we get practical here and then briefly do the last idea I want to share with you a story that I just read recently in reiton noad saer and and and and it's it is a very very powerful story it was about an elderly woman who's in an old age home so far so good not Jewish and she is reverting back to her youth which is very common and she's repeating something over and over again that nobody understood and they were curious what is she saying so somebody who heard her says it sounds Jewish to me so they called up a Jewish J how do you pronounce it gerant okay whoever you're not pronounce it okay whatever it is okay that's what they called up and he came thank you very much he came with a smile he came to the uh to this person's room and she was sing songing and shuckling two words tanu raban tan raban means our rabbis of to it's a gar language tan raban from this woman who's not Jewish and they looked into it when she was a baby she was carried by her mother who worked as a cleaner in a rabbi's house and this is what she absorbed that time from the smallest age this is our challenge in life you know sometimes we just write people off we don't see potential we don't see the potential and doesn't matter how old you are we're all children we're all growing we're alluka what's the message for our lives r43 Anda take a small cabala take something really small and have that as your connection a deeper connection to Hashem and it's not about big that's yava we need to do major things it's about the sliver of the moon it's about K it could be about you know they say that r the story they say is that a boy took on um having kavana in all of and he wasn't successful and he went to ra and said I took the son he says way too big iav and half too big one too big too big too big okay so what should I have kavana on the word in one of that that's the sliver of the Moon that's the K that's the nees that's the soul of what the Jew is about yes ma'am it could be through that small cabala or could be that and a small cabala it could be one and the same or it could be in two different dimensions for every person you have to know where you're holding and what you're up to okay you following me yes ma'am I just want to share a personal story when he came to my father this mon I wanted his number from the show to be listed my sister was admin absolutely not the number was 18484 three if you add it up it comes down to 28 which was Co-op and I was adant that that had to be highlighted on the Mona to show that that the strength wow wow thank you for sharing that that she wanted her father's number on the Mata from uh the war and you add up the number together came to 28 which is kak and that's the strength that they were he was able to overcome my friends our final idea for tonight what happened I can have a final idea okay I'm sorry my final idea for tonight and I'm out of here I'm history and that is I'm over time I know I know I'm always over I have two minutes I'm using it is the final idea when a person does KES tell us it's it say if you're greeting Theon what is this abouton shal is referred to as K he's the hidden God we don't see him it's hard to see him and yet every month even though it's natural when he comes out in the dark part of the month and that little sliver of moon comes that's our way of acknowledging I see you hasem and it's hashem's way of connecting with us it's hashem's way of telling us this is making it easier for you for your goof your NE and your to be able to connect with me and he quotes here the the idea when we say the it's a very awward in those days in these days so the explained the Sab says something very powerful Hashem didn't need to do a miracle for them they lived with hashem's Miracles all the time the B of mikdash was a place of miracles hasem did the miracle then for when we are living in a Time time of Darkness of Hashem has Mercy on us the ability of the khaka story is living the message of Kes Kesh I'm here for you I'm with you while KES AES happens every month as a continuous reminder that Hashem is here Hashem has set up in the Jewish calendar year periods of time where we feel with more intensity hashem's presence in our lives khah has to be and particularly with what we're going through right now currently in in our state of being we have to feel B that Hashem is that sliver of the Moon and Roses always happens on Kaneka always I'm with you I'm there for you in the darkest of nights I'm present with you and that message of Kaneka as our final idea is what our job is official at the end of 49 you're supposed to light the near Kaneka in your house where you live because the whole purpose of Neos Kaneka is you should not dream of a different house or a different life it's taking your house your life and improving your situation without changing anything about it how by letting in the light and letting in the light is really about letting in hashem's presence into your life exactly that's what teach us Neah takes the most difficult moments in life lights him up we have to feel in our hearts that there is that there is that concealed light let the light seep in and you'll see that we're opening ourselves up to be a conduit of blessing and and ready for the yeshu of Hashem kanah is a time of amuna a time of feeling Hashem presence a time of instead of saying I wish I wish I wish to be able to thank and appreciate what I have to appreciate hashem's presence in my life the more I appreciate the more I show that appreciation is the more I connect with Hashem the more I connect with Hashem I open myself up for the blessings from above i'c