Zot Chanuka - This is Chanuka

Zot Chanuka - "this is Chanuka" - the eighth and final day of Chanuka - the day of greatest illumination. Making ourselves into pure vessels in order to dedicate (mechanech) and educate ourselves to serving G-d. The first day of the new month of Tevet - the birthday - and day of passing - of our patriarch Avraham. The three fast days of the month of Tevet. Nebuchadnezzar's seige on the walls of Jerusalem. Fasting in order to elevate ourselves. Waking up at midnight because the Holy Temple is not built. This week's Torah parasha of Vayigash: the reuniting of Yoseph, his brothers, and Yaakov, in Egypt. How long was Yaakov aware that Yoseph was alive? What were the hidden messages that they exchanged? Whay did Yaakov send to Pharoah's second in command zimrat ha'aretz - literally, the 'song of the land' - or as the midrash tells us - the techelet producing snail called chilazon? The wearing of the blue!

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