FROM TODAY’S CHASSIDUS CLASS
“Chanukah is the celebration of the miracle of G-d because that is the miracle of the Jew. The winning is a human thing, even though it was beyond…Yes we won but that’s not what the Jew is about, the victory,…But Jews and Judaism it’s about our connection to G-d. It’s about being an eternal people. The eternity is not in winning the war…what do we celebrate? We celebrate our Divine connection. And therefore we celebrate this one jar of oil that a miracle happened. Because what was the miracle bought about? The miracle of the Jew that we rise above the human condition and we become G-dly people, which we are but we reflect that, and express that and live that in the defeat against the Greeks and in the lighting of the menorah and the miracle that happens. So we are about G-d’s miracle, that’s who we are and that’s what we celebrate. That’s the Jewish people.”
— RabbiRonnie Fine Rabbi Ronnie Fine of Chabad Zichron Kedoshim
Words and Passion 