On Chanukah we mention in our prayers that God gave the many into the hands of the few, the impure into the hands of the pure, and the wicked into the hands of those who toil in Torah.
Chanukah is a time when we have the opportunity to have these same successes within ourselves as well. Do you have any internal struggles? Who doesn't?! Do you often feel that success in your internal strife is difficult or impossible?
Chanukah is a time when we have the opportunity to have these same successes within ourselves as well. Do you have any internal struggles? Who doesn't?! Do you often feel that success in your internal strife is difficult or impossible?
Chanukah is the time when we have the ability to change that. Even if you feel that most of you is drawn to activities that are spiritually detrimental and that there is only a small part of yourself that is protesting those behaviors, Chanukah is the time when the many can be overcome by the few. The impure parts of your psyche can be overcome by the pure parts. The parts that are drawn to wickedness can be subsumed by those drawn to Torah.
Every holiday offers us opportunities for spiritual growth. But they don't just come by themselves. By consciously working on them during the holiday we take advantage of the spiritual power of the holiday to make strides in these areas.
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