The Light of Chanukah - The Light of Giving

this Tower class is brought to you by torahanytime.com the beginning of this week's parisha Joseph finds himself in a pit he's in a dungeon he's in the jail of Egypt he's wallowing he's languishing in Egypt by the end of the parisha he's King of the the Civilized World he's second in command to paroi without him nobody lifts up his arm in the entire land of Egypt Joseph had sadik has an amazing elevation last week's parisha parishes by Isha of just the opposite he starts off on top of the world he's wearing his colored sinus possum he's wearing the Royal garments that his father gave him he's learning with his fathers and he's his father's prized disciple by the end of the Parsha he's wallowing in Egypt what a dramatic turnaround last week partial from the top of the universe to the bottom of the pit this week's parisha parishes me Cates the bottom of the pit to the king of the world how do we account for such a dramatic turnaround well the darshay rasumaist the grape expounders of the Torah teach us that in last week's parasha yo is going around telling his brothers you want to hear about my dreams you want to hear about my aspirations you want to see what I anticipate and I'm aspired to it's a recipe for disaster Joseph starts on the top of the world he ends up in the jail in Egypt but now Joseph does a turnaround instead of telling others about his dreams he goes to the butler he goes to the the Baker and he says let me hear what you're dreaming about let me hear what's on your mind what can I do to help you that's a recipe for success and therefore Joseph becomes what is known as the ish matsuliak how do we say a successful person in Hebrew matsuliak means to make others successful the letter mem in front of a Hebrew word indicates to cause to give to others or is light ma' or is to give off life how do we stay successful in Hebrew giving success to others that is a definition of success in the eyes of the Torah to be able to give success to others does this dramatic turnaround he now asks others what he could do to hear about their dreams and their aspirations and therefore yes metallic is propelled to one of the mightiest people who ever lived that is the secret of chanukkah look at the word it's composed of the letters means the mouth now the pay in park is a closed pay that indicates your mouth should be closed means your palm means your palm should be open the light of Hanukkah the energy of Hanukkah is don't talk about yourself don't tell others what you want open up your hand open up your calf and give to others share with others give them assistance that will bring the True Light of chanukkah and that will bring the True Light of success wishing everyone and a wonderful Shabbos parshas and a wonderful foreign [Music] class brought to you by torahanytime.com