Halacha:

Chanukah 

Machshava:

Chanukah 

Parsha:

Vayeishev 

Collections: Vayeishev and Chanuka

Description

Chanukah lights must be visible, teaching that spiritual illumination depends on being seen. Chazal link this to Yosef’s pit to show that light and brotherhood are intertwined. True spiritual light and dispelling societal darkness requires that we truly see and care for one another.