The construction of the Sanctuary represents not only a physical
building, but also a spiritual one:
That G‑d shall have a dwelling place in the heart of every Jew.

The sixth Lubavitcher Rebbe was once gazing out of the window,
when his teacher approached him.

"Always remember Yosef Yitzchak," he said, "it is better to be
on the outside looking in, than on the inside looking out."

The Baal Shem Tov loved light.
When candles were scarce, he instructed his disciples to collect icicles from the branches, place them in candleholders and light them.

The third Lubavitcher Rebbe said,
"For the Baal Shem Tov's Chassidim, ice burned and yielded light.
Today you sit in heated and well lit rooms, and yet it's cold and dark."

Man is a line. Woman is a circle.

Marriage is the art of making a oneness out of these two,
mingling the directed, mission-oriented linear energy of the male
with the nurturing, embracing circular energy of the female.

Combine a line and a circle and you get a spiral.
When both man and woman transcend themselves and open up to the divine power that unites them,
they create an infinite spiral, twirling upward in a dance of love.
(Words compiled by Rabbi Aron Moss, Sydney Australia)

Chanukah commemorates a spiritual battle.
The Greeks fought to make Judaism a culture void of G‑dliness.
Lighting the menorah is our battle emblem - the victory of light over darkness.