Likkutei Sichot, Volume 2 - בהעלותך

The tribal princes did not include Aaron when they brought their offerings for the inauguration of the Altar. G d reassured Aaron by noting that he had inaugurated the Candelabrum, which was just as important – if not more so – than inaugurating the Altar...

The lighting of the menorah should be done by the Kohen Gadol. In this sicha the Rebbe compares the lighting of the menorah to the lighting up of Jewish souls, and the dissemination of the wellsprings of chassidus

This Parshah opens with the command to Aaron to light the lamps of the menorah, the seven-branched candelabrum that stood in the Sanctuary. The symbolism of the menorah and the act of lighting is the theme of the sicha, together with the example which Aar...