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0:02 The Beis HaMikdash, the Holy Temple, is the completeness of prayer of the non-Jews, and of the Jews, and of all of creation entirely "For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples" That is to say, it is a house that is the totality of all the prayers and of all the souls of Israel together, and of all of creation entirely When the Temple was destroyed, that is to say, divisions were made in creation that there came to be disputes and wars And the very fact that the Temple was destroyed is because of war that there was no peace, and through this the Temple was destroyed On Chanukah there is a revelation of the building of the future and eternal Temple For the light that we kindle the Chanukah candles, they are candles and light of the Future to Come
1:03 for there is a light from one end of the world to the other, and everyone sees by this light And all of a person's holiness depends on the Chanukah candles and all the Tikkun and all the light is found in every flame that a person can contemplate and look, and he sees a great and immense light And all this, in fact, is the light that was in the time of the Temple For when the Temple was destroyed, the lights of fire prevailed over the lights of light And when we kindle the Chanukah candles we strengthen the lights of light over the lights of fire For there is a fire that is in the world until today which is the fire of the Temple for every day the Temple goes up in fire anew because it was not built today
1:49 so it is burned today once again And on Chanukah the lights of light - it is the only time in the whole year that these lights of light rise above the lights of fire for the menorahs of all the Jews in the world, and the candles that are lit so the light of the menorah prevails so much with all the more force and all the more power over the lights of fire that are in the world And through this one sees a very, very, very great light that the lights of fire are as if not counted at all, at all because they are not seen at all because of how much of the great light of the menorah there is for the great light of the menorah that is lit on Chanukah so through this all the judgments are sweetened
2:30 and through this the Holy One, blessed be He, has mercy on us and desires to redeem us and to bring us the salvation and the complete and eternal geulah The wicked kingdom of Greece, at whose head was Antiochus, the wicked king who decreed upon the Jewish people the terrible decrees of Shabbos, Rosh Chodesh and Bris, whose initials spell 'shevach', praise Their whole goal, of Antiochus the wicked and all the wicked ones who were with him was that the whole Jewish people should not say praise to Hashem, blessed be He and their whole matter was that there should be no praise to Hashem On Shabbos we laud and praise Hashem we do not say the confession, Vidui, on Shabbos On Rosh Chodesh we laud and praise Hashem The Bris Milah is an act that is praise to Hashem
3:34 that we have a covenant with Hashem, blessed be He, and we praise Him The decree was that the Jewish people should not praise Hashem, blessed be He that the Jewish people should not laud Hashem, blessed be He And on Chanukah, precisely, we laud Hashem more and praise Hashem more And all this is drawn from what Antiochus the wicked wanted to do And on Purim, Haman the wicked wanted to destroy and abolish those who say the praise - that is the Children of Israel He did not want to cut off the praise he wanted to cut off whoever says the praise, which is the Jewish people And on Purim the Jewish people were saved, and on Chanukah not only were the Jewish people saved, but the praises were saved too that is to say, the miracles and wonders
4:18 That is why on Chanukah the Holy One, blessed be He, made a miracle for us for the whole matter of Chanukah is the praise, it is the praises And on Chanukah a person can bring about all his wishes through praise that a person should only praise Hashem, only praise Him On Chanukah only to laud and to praise, and to laud and to praise the more he will laud and praise Hashem on Chanukah then through this the Holy One, blessed be He, will fulfill for him all his heart's wishes and all the things that he needs both in spiritual things and in material things The whole matter of Chanukah is only praises to laud Hashem and to praise Hashem, and to laud Hashem and to praise Hashem and to laud and to praise, and to laud and to praise
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4:55 The Temple - at its head stands David, King of Israel and after him King Shlomo; they are the kings that the whole Temple and all the work of the Temple they are the kings who stood at its head, and they are also the kings who will stand at the head of the last Temple that will be built That is to say, there had to be a kind of war in Heaven among the supernal ministers, between Antiochus the wicked and King David and King Shlomo In order for him to make darkness to such an extent there must be a war in Heaven against King David and King Shlomo between Antiochus the wicked and David and Shlomo King David - I explained last week that his aspect was 'those who dwell above' and 'those who dwell below' he had to understand and bring close
5:50 but to go down to the very bottom - that is what King Shlomo merited for King David built a Temple in Heaven, in the upper worlds to bring it down to the aspect of below, he could not This is what King Shlomo merited that his father built a Temple above and King Shlomo drew it down below which is, as I said, 'Shlomo' which is 'who goes down to the filthy places', as initials Just as he went down to this world he brought the Temple down to this world so, all the more so that he can bring down still more G-dliness to the places the lowest and most material, where a person can sin and fall and there too to reveal to him that there is an aspect of a spark of the Temple in his place and on his level
6:30 and to reveal to him a great light and from there to bring him back to Hashem, so he can sing and praise Hashem Antiochus the wicked wanted to reveal that in every single place and place and point that there is - there is no G-dly wisdom in it There is wisdom of the Sitra Achra, the other side; there are two aspects of wisdom there is wisdom of the Sitra Achra, and there is wisdom of holiness The wisdom of holiness is drawn from the wisdom of King Shlomo "And he was wiser than all men" who are on the face of the earth and with his wisdom he would bring back and draw the souls of Israel near to Hashem and his wisdom stood against the Adversary and the Sitra Achra for all the Sitra Achra, and the lusts, and the bad traits
7:10 are drawn from the wisdom of the kelipah, the husk, the wisdom of the Sitra Achra for the Adversary is cunning, for the serpent - he was more cunning than all men That is to say, the wisdom of the kelipah, and the serpent it surrounds all the minds of all human beings and there is no human being who has no husk of the serpent on him which puts into him cunning, and mistaken reasonings, and wisdoms of the kelipah philosophies and all kinds of things until he already strays from the straight path, and he thinks he has no remedy but it is all drawn from the wisdom of the kelipah - which is Antiochus the wicked And by the time he already wants to return in teshuvah, he cannot because all kinds of philosophies have entered him
7:48 and his mind misleads him so much that there is no wisdom with him on the level he is at, G-dly wisdom cannot be And what is this G-dly wisdom? G-dly wisdom is a wisdom that brings a person to contemplation As I said, that wisdom according to the Alter Rebbe is contemplation The Alter Rebbe explains that wisdom is contemplation on the greatness of the Infinite Light, blessed be He, in every reality Contemplation is wisdom that a person can contemplate every reality that he goes through he is called wise; about King Shlomo it is said "And he was wiser than all men" who are on the face of the earth because he could contemplate every reality that he went through and he had the contemplation to see the G-dliness in every reality so he was wise, whereas Antiochus the wicked
8:27 wanted to reveal the wisdom of the kelipah, because he was so adulterous and wicked And all the members of the household of Antiochus the wicked were very, very great adulterers, and they are wicked that the more they blemished through this they revealed even more wisdom of the kelipah That is why the Greeks were learned in all kinds of wisdoms and all their philosophy came from there Antiochus the wicked wanted to lower the G-dly wisdom so that there would be no remedy, and that there would be no Jew in the world who could connect to the G-dly wisdom, to the supernal wisdom to connect him to the sefirah of Chochmah, wisdom He did not want such a reality to exist at all Not that he believed in this, but this is what Hashem directed him to
9:05 for this too was from Hashem, blessed be He, that this is what he would do And his whole war was specifically on Shabbos, and on Bris, and on Rosh Chodesh I will explain to you what this aspect is of Rosh Chodesh, Shabbos and Bris He was a very great wise man - Antiochus He was also stupid and a fool, and he has no understanding at all But this insight that he wanted to fight against these three aspects this is very great understanding, for these three aspects are the aspect of Chabad wisdom, understanding and knowledge Each one of these three aspects includes, in a certain way there is the aspect of wisdom, and there is understanding, and there is knowledge Holy Shabbos is the aspect of knowledge that is why on Motzaei Shabbos we say over it 'Atah Chonantanu', You have graced us
9:55 this is the aspect of knowledge; we say it on Motzaei Shabbos Rosh Chodesh is the aspect of understanding, and wisdom is the aspect of the Bris when a person merits guarding the Bris in holiness then he merits the aspect of clean wisdom; this is the Tikkun of the Bris The Bris is drawn from the aspect of wisdom when a person has wisdom of holiness, and he merits supernal wisdom then he merits the aspect of the Bris And when a person merits keeping Rosh Chodesh properly to make a great joy on Rosh Chodesh, and to receive the Rosh Chodesh then through this his whole Rosh Chodesh is in holiness and in purity, in the way of the service of Hashem And if a person begins his Rosh Chodesh, Heaven forbid, not for the good then through this he has no intention in anything
10:36 in the prayer of Rosh Chodesh for Rosh Chodesh is an aspect of a spark of Rosh Hashanah and Rosh Hashanah is the sparks of all the years together which is a spark of the Fear of Yitzchak This Rosh Chodesh on which a person prays then through this he sanctifies the whole entire month and so, when Rosh Chodesh comes, he connects himself even more That is to say, each one is an aspect of wisdom, understanding and knowledge And Antiochus the wicked wanted to cut them off that they should have no connection at all not with wisdom, not with understanding, and not with knowledge For when a person has the keeping of Shabbos according to halachah, which is the aspect of knowledge then through this he merits an aspect of complete knowledge in the service of Hashem
11:15 he has understanding, which is the aspect of Rosh Chodesh which is the great renewal - that each time he can be renewed afresh and be in the joy of a new beginning, to serve Hashem another month as if there is nothing in the world, only this month And when he merits the aspect of guarding the Bris in holiness which is the aspect of wisdom then he merits contemplation of reality - in every situation, that Hashem is with him then he merits the aspect of wisdom, understanding and knowledge And on Chanukah they wanted to blemish the wisdom too the understanding too, and the knowledge too and through this to make them fall - so that they would have no 'shevach', praise which is the initials of what Antiochus the wicked wanted to abolish And then came the soul of King Shlomo and fought against Antiochus the wicked
11:59 and through this the Holy One, blessed be He, brought us out for the whole matter of Chanukah is that the Holy One, blessed be He, made a miracle with us and a great kindness, that we could merit the aspect of praise For King Shlomo - why was he so wise? It is written, "A flowing stream, a source of wisdom" that the stream, just as it is down, down, down all the wisdom flows from the place that is down, down, down, down And Antiochus the wicked thought that if he would make the Jews fall away from Hashem, blessed be He, he would distance them then they would have no connection to wisdom because he assumed that wisdom is drawn from above he did not know that wisdom is drawn from below so he tried to cut them off from all the highest things
12:41 from Shabbos, from Rosh Chodesh, from Bris He said, I will cut them off from this then they will have no connection to what is above they will not be connected But he did not know that this connection comes from below it comes from the "flowing stream, a source of wisdom" for the stream flows from beneath it comes from below, it does not come from the heavens And the moment he erred in this, he did not succeed in prevailing against it for we had great fighters who fought against him the Chashmonai, and Yehudah the Maccabee, who gave his life and that each one of them is an aspect of a broken heart that each one died for the sanctification of Hashem's Name, as it is written in Megillas Antiochus As I told you, read it, especially on Chanukah
13:24 And now, before Chanukah, read it several times so that each one will be well-versed in it, and read everything that was done there things that the mind cannot bear at all the stories that are there at all - what shocking things that King Shlomo came and revealed that wisdom is found in the places down, down, down so this is, in fact, the lighting of the Chanukah candles for on Chanukah we light each day a candle, a candle and another candle and another candle, and another candle; each day we add another candle and another candle and another aspect of light, and another aspect rather than if we would light the candles from above to below that is to say, we would light the whole menorah and each day reduce a candle, reduce a candle that is to say, we would be revealing that the wisdom goes and departs
14:12 which means that the abundance comes from above, going down to below And we held like King Shlomo who held that one must light the light from below to above that is to say, according to King Shlomo one must light the menorah as we light it today That is why 'Shlomo' is also the initials of 'who raises the wisdom from below to above' these are the initials of King Shlomo and this is the greatness of King Shlomo and because of this he abolished all the kelipos and the Sitra Achra and he was the aspect of the Temple, for he merited the aspect of "For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the peoples" for on Chanukah the revelation of the kings shines very, very, very much this is especially King Shlomo and King David
14:51 for all the light of Chanukah is drawn from them from King David and from King Shlomo for Chanukah is song and praise to Hashem, blessed be He for they drew down this praise King David drew down this praise the song - that is the Song of Songs, that is King Shlomo and the whole aspect of David and Shlomo was praise and glory and song and praise to Hashem, all of which they drew from the low places both King David and King Shlomo to redeem from there all the souls, everyone who fell down, down Antiochus the wicked, who wanted all the Jews to have no connection at all to wisdom erred and fell and stumbled, and could not rule at all over a single Jew for this was his mistake for truly his wisdom was a wisdom of the kelipah
15:37 and all our vitality was that we have a wisdom of holiness a wisdom that is truth, the wisdom of truth that the Holy One, blessed be He, had mercy on us and gave us a faithful shepherd, gave us faithful leaders who knew, with their wisdom and with their straight sense to know all the ways, and all the contemplations and all the thoughts, and all the deeds that are to be done and through this to abolish all the wisdom of the kelipah all the wisdom of the Sitra Achra On Chanukah it is possible to merit going to Jerusalem and to the Temple On this Chanukah - Chanukah is truly a revelation of the Shechinah Chanukah is a revelation of all the souls of Israel In every single candle you can see all the tzaddikim that is to say, souls are truly brought down to the world, on Chanukah
16:18 Chanukah is a very, very, very immense thing And on Chanukah is the main Tikkun of praise Everything that a person, Heaven forbid, did not praise Hashem during the year and he distorted and spoke lashon hara about Hashem, blessed be He and spoke bad things, Heaven forbid for everyone has denial and heresy in the heart so that he disgraces Hashem and does not praise Him And all the praises with which a person praises Hashem during the year it is altogether a disgrace, it is not praise, it is forced praise he does not want to praise at all; and Chanukah is the Tikkun of all the praises And then we merit to break the kelipah of Antiochus, on Chanukah and we merit true praise, and through this the minds are uplifted they are raised from the wisdom of the kelipah to the wisdom of holiness
17:00 and we merit a new intellect and a new mind, and wisdom of holiness and all the kelipos separate and are nullified from the mind and a person merits straight sense he merits true wisdom, understanding and knowledge he merits a revelation of the souls of tzaddikim and he merits to rise higher and higher May it be His will that the Holy One, blessed be He, grant merit to each and every one that each and every one merit to rise from below, upward and that you merit to contemplate on Chanukah and increase in praises and in lauding Hashem, blessed be He, on Chanukah for this is the purpose of everything On Chanukah it is only to laud, and laud, and laud...
17:45 without end, Hashem, blessed be He, at this time for at this time, when everyone will laud and praise Hashem, blessed be He then through this the geulah will come And the more, Heaven forbid, they do not praise Hashem then through this especially - all the more so since on Chanukah it is forbidden to blemish the praise it is not enough that all year, Heaven forbid, it was blemished all this praise must be repaired on Chanukah And that is why, as I explained to you, this is the aspect of the decrees of Antiochus the wicked who wanted to accomplish what he wanted to accomplish but all the wisdom was ours - the Jews' for we have a wisdom greater than his his wisdom of the kelipah was nullified before our wisdom of holiness and through this he went down and fell
18:22 and there was no importance at all to his kingdom for the Jews, and at their head the true leaders and at their head King David and King Shlomo, who merited to accomplish what they accomplished and to guard and to abolish all the evil decrees until the coming of Mashiach For what the Holy One, blessed be He, is waiting for is only that there be a Tikkun of praise that all creatures simply praise Him The Holy One, blessed be He, wants all the Jews to praise Him simply from small to great, simply praise Him without end, true praise only praise Him truly; He wants only praise Hashem does not need anything from anyone He wants only the true praise, that there be a Tikkun of praise that there be a Tikkun of true praise; then the Holy One, blessed be He
19:06 will bring up for remembrance before Him all the souls that gave their lives in that generation, at that time, gave their lives for Shabbos for Rosh Chodesh, for Bris Milah gave their lives through all kinds of tortures and strange deaths and all that they went through Do you know what Chanukah is? Chanukah is self-sacrifice Every day of Chanukah is a day of self-sacrifice That time is the hilula of all the holy ones who were in that generation it is the hilula of yet another righteous woman who gave her life of yet another tzaddik who gave his life for Shabbos yet another one who gave his life together with his son for Bris Milah What would Antiochus do? He would hang whoever performed a Bris he would hang him in the light of the sun with harsh tortures he would torment him, whoever performed a Bris
19:51 And with all this he wanted to blemish, with the blemish of praise We will indeed laud and indeed praise and then this wisdom of the kelipah of Antiochus will be completely nullified and the Holy One, blessed be He, will be exalted and magnified and He alone, blessed be He, will reign over the whole entire world and all will see the kingship of Hashem, blessed be He the whole entire world will see the kingship of Hashem May the Holy One, blessed be He, grant us the merit that we all see His kingship, blessed be He and that we merit to laud and praise Hashem without end, every single moment And may it be His will that the Holy One, blessed be He, grant us the merit that we merit to go up to Jerusalem, and to merit the Torah of Jerusalem
20:34 and may we merit to be redeemed with an upraised hand, and a complete recovery, and all good, selah!
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