The Chanukah Menorah: Gratitude, Continuity, and the Light of the Beit HaMikdash

Speaker:
Ask speaker
Date:
December 17 2025
Length:
37min 33s
Downloads:
0
Views:
68
Comments:
0

Venue: Cong. Adat Yeshurun (La Jolla, CA) Cong. Adat Yeshurun (La Jolla, CA)

Halacha:
Machshava:
Parsha:

Collections: Mikeitz and Chanuka

Description

Chanukah is more than a miracle of oil — it is a declaration of gratitude, faith, and Jewish continuity. In this class, we explore the deeper meaning of the Chanukah Menorah through the Rambam, Rashi, Ramban, and Chazal, uncovering how the Chanukiah is deliberately patterned after the Menorah in the Beit HaMikdash. From placement and timing to oil, wicks, and prohibition of benefit, each detail reinforces a timeless message: Hashem’s presence remains with the Jewish people, even in dark times.

    More from this:
    Comments
    0 comments
    Leave a Comment
    Title:
    Comment:
    Anonymous: 

    Learning on the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site is sponsored today in memory of PRZ, Reb Zeilig z"l and Bobby Lola z"l, & Zeidy Benci z”l and Bubby Perla z"l, Yosef Malachi Geudalia HY"D, Ben Zussman HY"D, and Oma Els z"l and by Debbie Nossbaum in loving memory of her father, Nathan Werdiger, נתן בן שלמה אלימלך and in loving memory of Dr. Felix Glaubach, אפרים פישל בן ברוך, to mark his first yahrtzeit, by Miriam, his children, grandchildren & great grandchildren