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December 18, 2011 4:27 pm at 4:27 pm #601175Emunas ItechaMember
While I was holding the havdalah candle this Motzai Shabbos, I thought, If you look at a candle, any candle, you’ll see that the bottom of the flame is solid, burning strong and bright. But
as it makes its way up, the flame dances back and forth, never stopping until
you put it out. This flame is the Jewish neshama. The strong, solid part of the
flame is our Eloka Mimaal. There is a piece of Hashem in each of us that is
ALWAYS burning, whether you or not you feel it. Sometimes we feel it, other
times we don’t, but it NEVER goes out. It is up to each one of us to kindle that
flame, to strengthen it and make it move like the top of the flame on a candle,
dancing with every ounce of koach it has.
You know how you walk out of a shuir, or yom kippur davening, or after working hard on yourself in avodas Hashem, and you
feel “on fire”? Or if you see a Tzadik saying a bracha and you get that feeling
that his neshama is mamesh “on fire”? THAT is what YOU can accomplish on
Chanukah! Chanukah has the koach of being lmaalah min hateva! Beyond the
confines of nature! You can step up and rise up that flame, to raise up your
neshama, and burn with ahavas Hashem, Yiras Hashem, Torah, simcha, ahava, and to
dance with all of the energy you have build up in your holy neshama! You can
mamesh GLOW and be LIT up with kedusha! The world tries to put us out just like
the yevanim (greeks) tried to do, but YOUR flame can never, ever die out because
that piece of Hashem is ALWAYS inside of you! Embrace that light! Raise it up
this Chanukah! And you will see nissim!
December 18, 2011 7:44 pm at 7:44 pm #836023moishyParticipantBeautiful!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
December 18, 2011 7:46 pm at 7:46 pm #836024supergirl613MemberWow! Thank you so much for those inspirational words!
December 18, 2011 9:28 pm at 9:28 pm #836025aries2756ParticipantEmunas Itecha +1 ?
December 19, 2011 2:34 pm at 2:34 pm #836026BaalHaboozeParticipantWow, that was such a nice thought!! Do you write for Mishpacha or Binah magazines? you should at least have a blog with your talent, you’re reeealy good!!
December 19, 2011 3:46 pm at 3:46 pm #836027miritchkaMemberThat is so powerful! Are you related to MiddlePath?! 😉
December 19, 2011 6:42 pm at 6:42 pm #836028MiddlePathParticipantEmunas, thanks for this beautiful piece! You have given me a new appreciation for the lighting of the menorah. I really love everything you write here, it’s so inspiring!
miritchka, thanks, that’s a huge compliment because Emunas is clearly an amazing person! But I don’t think we’re related.
December 19, 2011 6:45 pm at 6:45 pm #836029tzaddiqMemberterrific!
ever wonder how people stare at fire. it can be the neiros chanuka, a fire place, a bon fire, but for some reason we’re attracted to it, and can stare at it for hours. i know i do.
December 19, 2011 9:51 pm at 9:51 pm #836030Emunas ItechaMemberBaalHabooze: Thank you so much. No, I do not write for any magazine, but I do have a facebook (gasp!)that I share my thoughts on.
miritchka: Thank you! I am not related to MiddlePath, but he definitely has an amazing talent for putting his heart on paper.
MiddlePath: I am waiting to see more pieces from you! Thank you for the compliment!
Tzaddiq: There is definitely something powerful about fire. Maybe its because a neshama is compared to a flame. I learned once (I think in Lekutai Moharan, but im not positive) That the flame has four colors. Each color is kneged the name of Hashem.
December 20, 2011 2:33 am at 2:33 am #836031MiddlePathParticipantThanks, Emunas! I actually put up a new thread a few hours ago called “Faith and Positiveness”. Hope you enjoy it!
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