Weekly Hashkafa Shiur #119 - The Essence of Chanukah and its Tikun

What’s said in this shiur

The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Mendel Kessin’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

we are next week actually we are six days away from Hanukkah so uh it's very important uh you know to really just speak about Hanukkah because Hanukkah in itself is what's called a paradigm it's a model for in many ways how their bonus film does things you see and why things happen and why things happen so Hanukkah in many ways is a tremendous example of what many events that happened to the Jews why they happened even though history looks at them well they happen because you know the way history moves no well we're going to begin to see something is very very different but in any case right again I just want to say that this year should be a merit for the health and success be a merit for the health and success of the families of Regina basio safe Roofing and yeshive in Israel Benjamin wolf and sweetheart wolf uh so it's really what was that I I have to I just have to say it louder so and back Sarah okay good thank you in any case so the first thing we can think about is like I say what is the essence of Hanukkah you know and most people when they think about the essence of a holiday right so they think about the storyline so they think about the storyline and of course we know what the storyline is you see but we're going to see that throughout the history of the Jews there are always spiritual necessities now an event actually in many ways is brought about because it allows the Jews to do a deacon through the event in other words the Jews are tested all right the Jews are tested and when

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1. 0:00we are next week actually we are six days away from Hanukkah so uh it's very…
2. 6:11Antiochus epiphanies he took over the Middle East basically you see which included you know Syria…
3. 12:17and he says because on that day it was one day because the only thing that…
4. 18:31see so it says and the horns of the aim karnov is the horns of this…
5. 24:41of the Kabbalah satura specifically the cabolo the reception of the all primi which means the…
6. 30:54and therefore earns his Spirit was revived you see and that will restore what Aaron was…
7. 37:11to be slaves that's what they really refer to who are they the first one is…
8. 43:21almost of all civilization you see and then I put it and his by the way…
9. 49:33everything is orchestrated by God and you see he had them find a vial right only…
10. 55:43wants he can have the oil burn for eight days because that is our belief and…

The sources this shiur stands on

Cited by Rabbi Mendel Kessin in this shiur — open a source in the beis medrash, or the time to hear it brought.

• Rashiat 11:47
• Rambanat 29:18

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