ת"ר מצות נר חנוכה, מוצאי ש"פ מקץ, חנוכה, אדר"ח טבת, ה'תשל"ח (מוגה)

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True, the performance of all the mitzvos have the potential to bring redemption, but how much more so does this apply with regard to increasing in the observance of the mitzvah of kindling Chanukah lights, i.e., not only to perform the mitzvah, but to inc...

As mentioned, the Chanukah lights are kindled after sunset. Metaphorically, “After sunset” specifically refers to the darkness of exile,The series of maamarim entitled Matzah Zu, 5640, sec. 64; see also sec. 59. and in particular to the compounded darknes...

One of the questions raised in the beginning of the maamar was: Why does the School of Shammai draw a comparison between the bulls offered on Sukkos and the Chanukah lights? The sacrifices offered on the Altar and the lights of the Menorah represented two...

When victory in war is achieved through the Divine service of mesirus nefesh, it is a complete victory. Not only does tapping the essential power of the soul through mesirus nefesh make victory over the opposing forces possible, it brings about several ef...

In the previous sections, the maamar describes the spiritual darkness with which the Greeks sought to envelop the Jewish people. In this and the following sections, the maamar describes the spiritual potential the Jews possess that enables them to combat ...

On this basis, we can understand the wording of the Gemara,Shabbos 21b. “When the Greeks entered the Sanctuary, they imparted impurity to all the oil in the Sanctuary.” The implicationThe maamar entitled Mai Chanukah, 5701, ch. 2. of that wording is that ...

The above – i.e., that the Greeks’ endeavor “to cause [the Jews] to transgress the statutes of Your will” encompassed even the mitzvos of eidos and mishpatim – can be understood on the basis of the well-known conceptThe maamar entitled L’maan Daas, 5690, ...

In the previous section, the maamar emphasized that in order to combat and illuminate the spiritual darkness brought about by the Greeeks, it was necessary to tap a light that transcends the structure of the Spiritual Cosmos. In this and the following sec...