Machshava:

Chanukah 

Collections: Rabbi Weinberger: Oros HaTorah

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From Rav Kook's Ein Ayah - 21b The mitzvah to place the Chanukah candles outside and show the whole world the truth. The clash between the ru'ach (spirit) of Yisrael, which is inner purity, against the culture of Yavan (Greece), which is external beauty, is eternal. The pure light which gives light to all existence demands a life of holiness. The world's hatred for the holy root of the Jewish nation. The beauty of modesty. When our own homes are infiltrated to such an extent by the external, fraudulent beauty of Greece, that we can't "go and light outside." All it takes to bring Jews back to Torah is to be on fire ourselves and let others see it.