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Today’s daily dose is dedicated to the hatzlacha of the entire Last family. May they be blessed with health, happiness, joy and an abundance of spiritual and material bracha amongst all of Am Yisrael in the zechut of Chanukah, Amen!
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Today, is Rosh Chodesh Tevet. Today is the day to daven for coming back to teshuva. Today is the day when Yismael did teshuva and we can tap into this spiritual energy. Ask Hashem to enlighten the eyes of Klal Yisrael especially those who have strayed from the path of Torah. It is praiseworthy to also light a candle in the merit of Rabbi Meir Ba’al HaNess.
The Greeks’ mindset was simply, “Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you may die” – meaning focus on here and now – there is no future plan, only the present. However, there is nothing further from the truth as the Jewish people are instructed to believe in the World to Come and eternal life.
If the concept of eternity is not placed at the forefront of our minds on a regular basis, we will fail to properly make our way through life in this world. Eternal life is what makes this world worth living and investing effort in. Without considering this fundamental piece, this world seemingly fails to serve truth and justice or reward and punishment.
How can we understand the odds and ends of this world when we only live through a chunk of it? It is likened to coming into a movie a half hour after it has begun and leaving a half hour before it ends and expecting to understand the entire plot! Yet there is a before and after, though we are not privy to see it all right now. We will though in due time, B’H.
With that in mind, it is much easier to live with the advice of Rebbi Nachman ztk’l – accustom yourself to give thanks to HaKadosh Baruch Hu. We must work towards illuminating our words with gratitude since this will connect us to Hashem’s truthful light. How? Measure for measure by uttering words of truth and expressing appreciation for the goodness we believe that Hashem is constantly bestowing upon us, we eradicate falsehood and create an opening to faithfulness.
Honesty with one’s self is another powerful way to experience Hashem’s truthful reality. I must see myself for who I really am; an eved Hashem (servant of Hashem). This is my truthful place and the sooner I accept my role, the clearer my path in life will become.
Zot Chanukah tonight, the eighth day of Chanukah, is the day that seals the judgments that were made in the Higher Heavenly Courts on Rosh Hashanah. It is an auspicious day for beseeching our endless list of requests and wishes while building on our emuna to see and accept that it is all good.
Tonight is a special night to daven for zera bar kayama, children. We ask Hashem that in the merit of the eight day’s of Chanukah women around the world should merit celebrating the bris of their newborn children soon. It is also a segula to daven for one’s zivug, soul-mate.
The lights of Chanukah will accompany us throughout the year and illuminate our eyes to see through emuna glasses. Take as much time as you can to gaze at the lights tonight. Allow your vision to become blurry with tears as though it is a bonfire while staring at the glow of the candles. There is no clearer way to see life!
