It’s Shovevim Man
You’ve got hostages to rescue
Millions
Possibly billions
One week down
How many have you freed?
Some say it requires an army
בצה“ל
Reb Elimelech says
צריך האדם להיות בשמחה
Salvation
Is built on subtleties
איה=חבו
Chanuka Celebrates The Menora
Or maybe the entire Beis Hamikdash
Why then do we emphasize חנוכת המזבח of all things
Both in today’s Kriyas HaTorah and in Ma’oz Tzur?
Zos Chanuka Sameach
Start The Darkest Month
With a candle
For רבי מאיר בעל הנס
Say אלהא דמאיר ענני
Birchas Kohanim
Beyond time and space
להדליק בעל הנס
שעשה נסים ענני
Chanuka For Real
What if you only have eight lights for the entire Chanuka?
Most say, light one each night.
Some say, save all eight for the last night.
Rav Shteiman says, one the first, two the second, three the third, and trust in Hashem.
Chanuka Sameach!
Chanuka Blowout Made Easy
1-Loshon Hora
2-Goyish Books
3-Or Music
4-Or Culture
5-Or Recreation
6-Tumah
7-Use Goyish Name
8-Get Drunk
9-Oversleep
10-Bitul Torah
11-Dreidel With Peh
12-Unfiltered Devices
13-Partial Bowing In Davening
14-Tzitzis Tucked In
15-Pegam Bris
16-Ingratitude
17-Turbo Shema
Chanuka Victory List available upon request.
Chanuka Sameach!
On Chanukah We Celebrate
The miraculous menorah activity
At least the Rambam feels that way
Most Jews do too
All other holidays
Are based on miracles
That were critical for our survival
Chanuka doesn’t fit
Celebration seems unwarranted
We don’t create holidays
For all our miracles
We’d never have any down time
Yaakov Avinu Had His Reasons
Bowed to Esav
And called him master
Mordechai was Yaakov
And Haman Esav
Didn’t bow
And not his master
Why not?
Love At First Sight
Yaakov Avinu falls for it
Right?
Check again
ויהי כאשר ראה יעקב את רחל
Vayehi is an expression of pain
Love came later
What brought it out?
Another One Bites The Dust
Marriage and burial
Equalized by chesed
Long Live The King
