The Powerful Energy of the Chanukah Light

this torah class is brought to you by torahanytime.com tells us someone who trains himself someone who accustoms himself to light thin air rashi says it's also referring to hannika we'll have children who are torah scholars that's what the gemara says if you're careful to light you will have children you'll have sons very interesting statement of the gemara that's a pretty big promise a pretty big haptaka that if you're careful in air hanukkah you'll have to make a comment and i'm pretty confident in saying that we're about to feature for the first time in mara makon that we have never featured before that's because i simply was not even aware that the safer existed it's a safer for one of the re-shining and the safer i do not think is printed by itself but in the back of the memorial book the safer has a car in front of hutner in the back of that safer there's a little safer that's published from manuscript form from the son of the private his name was rabbenu yitzhak rabbino ben and rabbin arrived wrote a five-page safa and the name of the safer is countris conscious it's a little booklet a pamphlet about the secret of lighting the hanukkah candle and rabbenu yitzhak the son of the rivet asks the question that we all dare to ask or we dare not to ask we're all thinking the question but we don't we would never bring ourselves to ask that question and rabbenu youtube asked the question and asked take a look on your sheet of number two tamiya shrek the son of the arrived the son of the private ass hare kulei alma mad like everyone likes nero's hanukkah who which jew doesn't like nerf hanukkah but not every person not every jew has children and even those who have children don't necessarily have sons and even those who have sons not everyone not even most people could make the claim they have bonham tamil in coulomb so that's a pretty strong question on the gemara the gemara asks yeah the gemara says that if you're careful trying you're going to have children and yet look around do most people have vanilla says the son of the arrived this is not a question you know why because if the gemara tells us this then it's true every word of the ham is true says the son of the arrived yes most people like hanukkah and most people get it right it's not like people are not getting it right it's not like people are buying those candles that don't last 30 minutes or they're lighting it 20 almost up in the air most people are getting them it's all right says most people are not lighting according to all the specific details of the mitzvah but if you're careful to fulfill every detail of narcanica you could take it to the bank you're going to have banim tamil but why why sorry we don't have a chance for the interaction but what is the goal what's the answer to the question the question is not everybody has everybody likes what's the answer not everyone fulfills all the details there are many details first of all you have to use the right oil you have to have the right kind of wicks you have to have the right kind of menorah you have to make sure it's not too high you have to make sure you know the menorah is supposed to be below 10th now most people 99 percent of people do not put their menorah below 10 so what do we do 10 falcon is pretty low right 10 we rely on the fact that if it's a choice between the lower than 10 falcon and or putting it by the window it's better to put it by the window where people outside could see but if you're not putting it by the window or if you're living in an apartment building very high up anyway where nobody could see it anyway then you're supposed to put it below okay so that is the statement of rabbenu yitzchak then arrived why are people not zoika yes there you'd say they're doing the mitzvah pretty well but not perfectly if you were to do the mitsub perfectly you would have children by the way you should know having children means not only will you become atomic you'll even have children so we could ask even more if the gemara is saying that anyone who likes hanukkah properly they will become atomic we're hoping that you're going to become uh right but um most most people most people are not becoming tamik by lighting the narcan why not so so what is saying is most people are not really doing the mitzvah perfectly now by the way who is this ben arrived what do we know about him we know a few things about him we know the khida in the shaymag dalem the khida gives us what we do no but we know that then arrived first of all tells us he was blind he was blind number two says he had gilo right again he's not a tana he's not he's a resigner right and number three he was the rebbie of rabbenu ezra and was real who are they the rabbem of the ramban so again rabbenu yitzhak then arrived was a pretty pretty big person right the son of the private the rebbie of the rebbe of the ramban he had guillotine and he's telling us that if only we would fulfill narcanica perfectly we would all have okay so this year i i got my hands on a new safer a beautiful safer it's called yara mayadam from the roshi shiva of lakewood review and he asks well wait a second is saying that if you were to light the menorah perfectly with every hidden every humra and every small detail you would be zaika says i am privileged to see thousands and thousands of bine torah binay aliyah and they're all lighting the menorah perfectly they learn the mishna brewer every detail in the misha brewer is being fulfilled without exception is every bentaira uresha mayam zoita to have children sons no so what's rabbenu arrived saying that if only we would be uh fulfill the mitzvah of narchanica perfectly we would be zakah a lot of banane tara fulfilled the mitzvah perfectly they have the most expensive oil the most beautiful menira they know exactly where to put in era not too high not too low they have the perfect wicks they light it exactly between 25 and 30 minutes after ski according to evaron cutler and if you want to go like a moisture between 13 and 18 minutes after whatever it is whoever your pistol is they are not lacking in even the most minor detail he's not saying that what he does he's just you know that's his observation you know him blind he saw more than we see with our eyes right but that's the question of your in other words what do you mean and the reason why people are not zorka to me is because they're not fulfilling all the details i'll find you 10 000 people 100 000 jews who are lighting their hanukkah with every small detail and yet and yet very rare to find someone to do this the author of kelm kazissa he makes a shocking statement look at number five says the author of kam ani right this is a a personal statement very uh personal information he gives us what's he meant what exactly didn't he do you know you get in the mail from tells you shiva the box of candles right you get the you get the matches and you light it what's the what's the problem what was he missing he didn't have the candles he didn't have the matches what didn't he have what didn't he fulfill and he's saying not only me but anybody that i know so you know he was one of the adore so not only is he incriminating himself he's basically incriminating all the good ideas of his time nobody fulfills narconica properly that's a pretty heavy statement what does he mean what what is he trying to say then the rambam the rambam takes us even further we know we have two hundred and forty-eight mitsubishi yeah flowing the shaipha rule of an esrig talis fillin sukkah dal and meenam the rambam does not comment on any mitzvah in the torah that you know this mitzvah is a very beloved mitzvah this is a great mitzvah you ever hear the rama member say you know the mitzvot what a wonderful mitzvah doesn't say i'm just do it and yet when it comes to the midsole it's a beloved mitzvah so already if we were ranking the mitsubishi you have 248 and they're all basically the same and then there's mitzvos kaneko which is variable which is beloved and then the random says admoid very very much very very much what it's only drab on it's only it's only rabbinic the other mitsubishi what does around that mean and then the ramen goes further somebody is very poor do they have to sell their shoes or their pants or their shirt to buy dal and meenim no do they have to sell their clothing to buy lula vanessa to buy a fill in no you have to sell your clothing to buy a shopper absolutely not you have to sell your hat your belt to to buy a matzah no you don't have to sell your clothing to do mitzvos there is a missile you have to sell your clothing for hanukkah if you don't have enough money to purchase narcotica you have to sell your clothing so you're clothing what's so special about that what's this whole to do that why do we make such a big deal about it as god cares very much about human dignity not if it comes to narcan so all your belongings to buy near hanukkah you know if you're a store keeper and you light a fire now you're um you work in a store you're smoking something you throw it outside and it causes damage you got to pay for your damage if you light a fire outside if you light a candle one night outside the store and the and the fire gets knocked over you have to pay for damages but if for hanukkah we exempt you if you light your hanukkah outside even in a close proximity to the public thoroughfare you're exempt from damages because so important we don't want you have to we don't want you to have to pay for the repercussions of your act you're exempt what's so special about narcanica not only that you got to sell your clothing you're exempt from damages the rambam says it's mitzvah viva admiral astro on the last line of number seven what's the big deal you light the candle you don't light the candle what's the big deal it's a bigger deal than filling thomas shaipha what's the big deal okay so we have to see the well-known gemara the famous gemara in this aftershaves the gemara tells us exactly what hanukkah is all about says the gemara what happened on chanukah on the fourth line in number eight when the greeks entered they defiled all the oil and when the kashmir nym prevailed right you ever go on a tour in israel and you're like half asleep right the tour guide is talking and no one's paying attention and that over that's from the hasmonean dynasty you know right whatever right that's where those are prevailed they found one jug of oil that jug of oil was sealed with the cygnet of the kangaroo everybody knows the story there's only enough oil to last for one day a miracle happened and it lasted for eight days okay now pay very close attention the next year they made now if you have a pen make a line under the next two words what is hanukkah what's the yamthafer and so now let's understand the gemara is saying what's the definition of hanukkah are you allowed to do malacca and hanukkah of course right you drove here you could write you're allowed to do malacha so how is hanukkah yamcha so gemara says what's the hallow what's hallow very simple everybody knows i'm hanukkah you say the whole hallow you don't need explanation for what halal is and they establish hanukkah for haida what is haida thanksgiving right okay what is haida what what is haida says rashi ella lich rice hallel take a look i magnify the rashi 220 times okay look at number nine ella liquorice halal to read hollow that's what hallow means hallow means to say hallo and what's haida the loimar alhanis in bahida so if i were to ask you what is the definition of hanukkah the definition is to say hal and according to rashi haida to say al-anism that's the definition of of hanukkah there's no easter to do how is hanukkah and al-anism so we have over here on the sheet a very important hara from the safer country run of the pace given lakewood of shmoe felder it's a very beautiful hara imagine if you forget to say alanis do you have to impeachment yesterday no so we all think ah al-anism is not that important because anyway if you miss it you don't have to dive in over ah says rabsham felder you know you see from rashi what's the definition of hanukkah saying hal and saying al-anithin so if you have a guy who said hello and missed al-anism he doesn't have to repeat shimanasre but he missed kanaka he didn't have hanukkah this year he didn't have hanukkah the same way imagine someone who didn't hear megillah on on purim it's not a purim not a purim if you don't hear the magillah you don't give the shahman it's not a purim so the same way what is hanukkah according to rashi how well you say hello so if you don't make it to shul you got to say hello you better say hello if you don't have halal it's not hanukkah just a regular week there hanukkah is a yomtif only in terms of halal and nissan so you if you even know if you miss it you don't have to repeat over schweinsteiger you miss hanukkah so you see a very big kiddish from rashi what is hanukkah hello say hello and it's quite remarkable just imagine for a moment you were the rambam and you were writing about all the things that you need to do on chanukah the rambam you know what the rambam says you need to do on hanukkah take a look at number 12. the ramam says because of the miracles that these eight days which begin from the 25th day of kiss life there are days of simcha now we could give a whole shirt where did the rambam get you the gemara doesn't say that the gemara says where did the rambam get that chanukah is the day of simcha there's no obligation to meet on channel or to drink wine what does the ramadan mean okay what else is hanukkah the hallel and to say hello um the rambam doesn't mention one word without saying alanis isn't that strange rashi learns the definition of hanukkah is to say halal and and the rambam who's supposed to be telling me what i need to know what to do on hanukkah he says you know you better you better say hello you better light the candles he doesn't say a word about alanisim what happened to al-anisim does anybody know where the rambam says that you have to say alanis in of whenever you have a special day of the year so we know that you say i'm pesach you say man you know what that implies you know what that tells us that according to the rambam the only reason you say al-anisim is because whenever you say ishmael to be relevant to the day you're davening so whenever you have a special day on the calendar you have to mention that in this way that you have to mention if a guy doesn't say all of y'all the reason you have to say it's not that rosh obligates you to say al it's really obligates you to say you hear the distinction most inserts that you make in sri it's not because it's not because the day obligates you the definition of that day is to mention and respond yes right no one would say the definition right if i were to ask you what's the definition of pesach to say of course not the definition of pesach has eaten your matzah it happens to be if you're going to bother damn so you better mention the fact that it's pesach but the the insert of that is not because on the definition of pesach is you have to mention pesach rashi clearly learns that when hazal enacted hanukkah they enacted it halal to say halal and haida to say alanis but the rambam clearly holds that that saying alanis is not a critical part of the umph it's just something you have to do if you're going to dive in and all the acharyan point this out with the tsalov jyoti and the mishna and we have here on the sheet number 14 to say for conscious hanukkah megillah where they're madayak the fact that rambam omits ala nissin and implies al-anison is not one of the fundamental aspects of hanukkah no maybe halal is a fundamental aspect rashi holds alanis in as a definition of the day the rambam doesn't say a word about al-anism so now we have to ask ourselves the following question if the rambam does not hold alanisim is a critical part of hanukkah so how does the rambam read the gemara the gomorrah says they establish hanukkah so that the ramen agrees to the random says you have to say hello he makes a big deal about the hallow and then the rama says and then the kumar says you have to thank hashem how does the rambam read the gemara when the gemara says how does the rambam read that word rashi says it's referring to alanisim but the rambam doesn't bring down the islam so how does the rambam understand the gomorrah's statement hala yeah but he doesn't yeah beautiful but he doesn't say al any sin the random doesn't mention the word so if he doesn't hold the valani sim if al-anism is not the fulfillment of haida what is the fulfillment of according to the grandma i'll ask you another question okay best question you ever heard in your life or at least today okay listen to this question the gemara says look at number eight look back in the game the gemara says the next year kavam they established hanukkah vasam yamam toivim and they made hanukkah so what's hanukkah two things to say hello that we're good with rashi and the random everyone agrees you have to say hello hi da we know arashi holds he does anybody have any questions on that the gemara left out the main mitzvah of chanukah what's the main myth of hanukkah lighting the menira guess how many words the gemara says about lighting the menorah on hanukkah zero the gomorrah does not say that hazal made a mitzvah of lighting the menorah on hane why does the gemara omit it entirely that's a good question no that's the question that's the question of the sm wrote footnotes on the smug look at number 22 and all the way at the end all the way at the end [Applause] excuse me i'm sorry look look at number 17 excuse me just joking look at number all the way at the end look in the hidden lihis sk why does the gemara mention rak villoi why does the gemara omit the main mitzvah of hanukkah what are we going to do with that it's like a pure channel of chuva the gemara is telling us what you have to do on hanukkah and the gamora says rashi is what alanisim what is it according to the rambam we have absolutely no idea but why does the gemara completely omit hadlockas i'll ask you another question look how the rambam copies over the gemara back at number 12. right if you were a matec if you were copying over the words of the gemara and you were writing what's hanukkah so you would write hanukkah is hallel look at the rambam the rambam says look at number 12. and instead of hoidaw the rambam puts in the mitzvah the gomorrah forgot about the ramen puts in the midsole of mount liquid so isn't that strange the gemara says hello hi da and omits so there's there's some either there we have right something ran in denmark over here what's going on why would the gemara omit the main myths of hanukkah why would the rambam omit the word from the gemara so what do we have to say just a brief musical interlude so what do we have to say what do we have to say what we have to say is take a look at number 18. one of the rishonim the pisgahz you finish hollow so far so good right the the gemara says hello the rambam says how well the pisgah reacts to everything wonderful but our question is why does the gemara omit lighting nervous and what is the rama moment that's the clue says riyaz what is the mitzvah of lighting there hanukkah the mitzvah of lighting near hanukkah is we thank hashem for the miracle by lighting the near hanukkah is different than any other myth from the torah every other mitzvah is you do the mitzvah why so you could be guaranteed the rambam when he says he's explaining what haida means he argues on rashi rashi learns no he does not the thanksgiving of hanukkah how do you express thanks not by saying the words by lighting the hanukkah that is the expression of that is a very beautiful clear glap shot and what the ram is saying the gemara omits the main mitzvah no you know what the answer is the gemara is not omitting their hanukkah when the gemara says hal el it refers to the myth of halal when the gemara says it refers to the mitzvah okay rashi that's a good question what is rashi according to rashi what do you do with the fact that omits so if you want an answer to that look in the hiddushim of yeshua mila kutna or you could buy this cd it's called the eternal menorah if they're anywhere okay but that's that's a good question what's do that but says rabjolti what is the rambam what is the wrath the ramban moments the answer is nobody's leaving anything out the rambam by saying um is explaining the establishment of haida of chanukah so rashi says hallo al-anisim says beautiful [Applause] the says same shot as ravjolti like we mentioned as episky riyaz that is clear from the rambam the fact that the rambam omits hoidaw and the fact that gemara omits the rama mavis is explaining it is clear from the song that we sing from the peas mine that this is definitely the shot in the ramadan what do we say we say we're not allowed to use the narcanica you can use it to read you can't lose it use it to see all you could do is look at it why do we lighten up hanukkah well you guys it's as clear as they the reason we lied nakhanika is that is the expression of thanks to hashem so says let's just think for one added minute you ready for this why would the gemara say the mitzvah of chanukah is haida why wouldn't the gemara say clear straight out you have to light candles on hanukkah why would the gemara speak in this veil term you know you have to do a hanukkah you have to thank hashem and now we have to have a rambam who comes and explains what is haidamin lighting the candles why wouldn't the gemara say straight the mitzvah of hanukkah is lighting the candles you ready for this says the gemara is teaching me a big hadith that if you go ahead and you light the ner hanukkah and you just think i'm doing a mitzvah you're not you'd say the mitzvah you know why because the mitzvah chanaka is re banished i thank you for the miracle and this is how i thank you i light the candle if you don't think that you're thanking hashem and the expression of thanks is by lighting the candle says rabjolti you're not yo i we hold that midsoles don't necessarily need kavanaugh as long as you do the mitzvah it's self-evident that you're doing it for the mitzvah says ravjoti that's by every other mitzvah in the torah except for ner hanukkah but when it comes to narcanica if you just light the candle and you're thinking this is a wonderful mitzvah and you're thinking i love this mitzvah and you're thinking we banish some thank you for giving me no you're not yo mitzvah until you think i'm lighting the hanukkah as an expression of thanks to hashem that's a big physician yeah no only the first eight nights of hanukkah after that no more coming right that why does the gemara stay why does the gemara say da and not straight out you have to lighten their hanukkah you know why to teach me a tremendous hiddles that if you fulfill the mitzvah and you have big havanas in the meaning of the yud kevke bikshivasa you know the cavanaugh and you have in mind this this cabana that kavanaugh your eyes are on the back of your head and you're you're up in the shamayim the only problem is you were not you'd say the mitzvah why because you didn't think that lighting is an expression of thanks what is right about this he agrees but he says it a little bit more moderately he says if someone lights narchanica and he doesn't think this is an expression of haida he is not say the mitzvah that's a little bit you know but result he writes if you don't have this kavanaugh you're not going and rosham zalman takes it further you ready for this everybody knows what if you can't make it home one night what if uh you know you have an all-nighter at work you can't make it home so you know your wife is a lot of life for you at home fun right your wife could lie for you but it says absolutely if your wife lies for you but if you're not having the thought of hashem technically you're you'd say but you don't really get the mitzvah and then he says further when you lighten you make a bracha why do you make a bracha because it's a minogue you don't make a rock on every single minogue not every ninety-nine percent of men hug him you don't make abraham does anybody know one minogue you do make abraham besides nathanica it's one of the only minhagen we make abraham so as for salman why would you make abraham the min hug of narchanica do you know what the answer is because it's the only other minhog which is like halal it's haida that's what shamazalman says so we're learning not only a beautiful idea but also an important idea and that is that thanking hashem through the hanukkah is not just a nice thing to do it's the ichira mitzvah when the gomorrah says they establish hanukkah for halal and for according to the rambam that means to say halal and to thank hashem through the vehicle of lighting their hanukkah says shalita many many people could be lighting their chanaka and they're buying the most expensive oil and the most beautiful menorah and the most mahudara dikka wicks and they're putting it exactly in the right place at exactly the right time but if people's hearts are not inflamed with thanksgiving to the rebel islam if they're not thinking that by lighting the menorah is an expression of thanks they're not fulfilling the mitzvah musa this is not just an added beautification of the mitzvah this is a fundamental aspect of narcan is different than any other myths from the torah you don't eat matzah as an expression of thanksgiving to hashem you ain't matzah because hashem told you to yes whenever you do a mitzvah it's always a form of gratitude but we don't have any mitsun the torah which is specifically formulated as an expression of gratitude according to the ram we do we have one mitzvah but is an unspoken form of the expression of thanksgiving hashem and if we were to say today if we were to ask today what is the job of a jew in this world so you say yes to learn to dive in to put on tallest filling yeah of course but an overarching principle if we were to say what is the main mission of a jew in this world so david says no you say what is good in this world to thank hashem you want to know what's good in this world is food good there's only one good thing if dublin says he's saying this is good nothing else is good so what is it that is what is truly good in this world the ramban tells us take a look at number ramban says that hazal that a person should be careful in a small mitzvah like a great mitzvah why should a person be careful in a small mitzvah like a great mitzvah says ramban they are all very beloved why are they so beloved because every mitzvah is in effect because any time you do a mitzvah you are in effect acknowledging and thanking hashem says ramban the kavanagh hamid's voice the purpose of all six hundred and thirteen midwives are okay we're about to say something very important what is the purpose of all 6 number one shanna min bella keno to believe in hashem the noida a love shehu bhuranu and to thank him that he created us the purpose of mitzvos in the torah is to thank hashem bansham you put me here on this world thank you i put on talos i'm saying thank you i put on filling i'm saying thank you i'm blowing shauper i'm saying thank you i'm saying thank you i'm learning tom saying thank you says ramban not only is it the purpose of all the myth voice that's the purpose of creation in other words what does god want from us what does hashem want from us that we should put on to fill in yeah but more that we should learn torah yeah but more there's a principle that god is looking to squeeze out of us more than anything else says ramban what there is no other reason for creation other than to thank hashem there is no other purpose in mitzvos there is no other purpose in creation than to thank hashem that he created us so while every mitzvah is very beloved in the eyes of hashem it is an indirect way of thanking him we're thanking him because hashem told us to do a specific mitzvah so we acknowledge hashem wants us to do this and we know every hashem does everything for us so we do the mitzvah as a form of thanksgiving but there's only one mitzra that we have that is a direct expression of thanks to hashem that the way we thank hashem is expressed through the performance of the mitzvah and according to the rambam that mitzvah is now hanukkah so if we were to ask what act do we do in this world that most directly fulfills the purpose of mitch voice and the purpose of all of creation the answer is the act of lighting is an unspoken expression of thanks to hashem which thramban tells us is the purpose of everything the purpose the reason we're here the reason hashem created us the reason hashem gave us smith's voice is that we should thank him and while all the mitzvots are an expression of thanks hanukkah was enacted as the most direct open explicit expression of thanksgashing and that is why says rabbi russell moshe of all the mitzvahs in the torah the rambam says the most beloved mitzvah doesn't mean it's the most important sense but in terms of fulfilling the fundamental objective of creation nathanica is the most beloved mitzvah that we have and that is why yes many people perform their hanukkah but not everybody is zoeka to the mitzvah to the school of harage because this achievement this accomplishment of being able to express has infinite levels has infinite levels but one thing we could say for sure is that if a person is able to bring out the latent natural feelings of thanksgiving that are ready in our hearts because every jew naturally has feelings of tremendous gratitude to rebun islam just a matter of bringing it forth it's a matter of expressing it it's a matter of being in touch with it but if a person is able to bring forth his feelings of thanks to hashem through the vehicle of lighting thank you evan for coming and uh thanks for listening you've just experienced another torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com