2021-01-08 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaMazon 4 – Para. 9-10 – Hashem Takes Pride in the Chanukah Lights; פרשת הנסיאים – Offerings of the Princes of Israel; Holiness of Eretz Yisrael; Gemstones of the Choshen Mishpat

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Likutey Halakhos presented by R’ Nasan Maimon. Hashem takes pride in the Chanukah lights of His People, Israel.

This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 40. Through lighting the menorah, a Jew activates the holiness of Eretz Yisrael. Offerings of the Princes of Israel. The colors of the tribal flags and gemstones of the Choshen Mishpat (breastplate of the Kohen Gadol).
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 9.
13:00 – It’s a mitzvah just to look at the Chanukah lights.
17:08 – Why Chanukah follows Yom Kippur.
19:57 – Oil of the Chanukah lights.
20:00 – The holiness of Eretz Yisrael is hidden, but lighting the Chanukah lights activates the holiness of Eretz Yisrael.
24:56 – QUESTION: How can we find the hitpa’arut (reason for Hashem’s pride) in every Jew?
*27:23 – PARAGRAPH 10. Torah reading of Chanukah: פרשת הנסיאים – Offerings of the Princes. Tiferes indicates diversity and combinations of spiritual “colors”. The colors of the tribal flags and gemstones of the Choshen Mishpat (breastplate of the Kohen Gadol).
32:27 – Eretz Yisrael is attained through the hispa’arus of Hashem, which generates the holiness of Eretz Yisrael. Gemstones of the Choshen Mishpat: each of the twelve princes of Israel donated the particular gemstone of his shevet (tribe).