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‫מקץ‬ ‫בס"ד‬

The ‫ מדרש‬brings from ‫ איוב‬the phrase ‫קץ שם לחשך‬, which means an end
to the darkness. Yosef comes out of prison, the dungeon he was in for
ten years. As we saw before, ‫ חשך‬stands for the Greek empire, which
also came to an end with the ‫ נס‬of ‫חנוכה‬. This is always the ‫ פרשה‬of
‫ שבת חנוכה‬-‫ =קץ חשך‬518= ‫להדליק נר חנוכה‬.
The ‫ ארי‬says that the ‫ קץ‬of ‫ גאולה‬is hinted in ‫ויהי מקץ שנתיים ימים‬, when
the ‫ אור הגנוז‬will be revealed- ‫=עת קץ‬660=‫ את האור כי טוב‬which Rashi
says is the light that is ‫גנוז לעתיד לבא‬. On ‫ חנוכה‬we enter into the world
of ‫קץ‬, the end of ‫=קץ המשיח– גלות‬553=‫ לעתיד לבוא‬In ‫ז‬:‫ שה"ש ב‬it's
written ‫ ואם תעוררו את האהבה עד שתחפץ‬- The “awakening” of the ‫ קץ‬is
when Hashem wants -‫שתחפץ‬. Chanuka is a time of awakening.
Miketz has 146 ‫ פסוקים‬in it. The only other ‫ פרשה‬with 146 ‫ פסוקים‬is
‫בראשית‬, hinting to us that ‫חנוכה‬, where in it we always read Parshas
‫מקץ‬, is a new and fresh beginning. Also, both ‫ פרשיות‬have the same
‫ סימן‬of ‫ יחקיהו‬and ‫אמציה‬, intimating that this is a time to be ‫חזק ואמץ‬.

The ‫ פסוק‬in ‫טו‬:‫ תהילם צב‬- - ‫ עוד ינובון בשיבה דשנים ורעננים יהיו‬means that
when we get old in years, and it's very easy and justified to Kvech,
‫דשנים ורעננים יהיו‬, we must stay young and enthusiastic, as is said in
‫ ספרי רבי נחמן‬- "‫אסור להיות זקן בעבודת ה‬. On ‫ חנוכה‬we are rejuvenated and
renewed ‫= דשנים ורעננים יהיו‬861= ‫מתתיהו‬. The word ‫ קץ‬is also a ‫לשון‬
of awakening- - ‫=שתחפץ‬878 =‫הדלקת נר חנוכה‬. Also, ‫ משיח‬comes when
Hashem wants, ‫=שתחפץ‬878=‫ ממ שין יוד חית‬. When we light ‫חנוכה‬
candles we find ourselves in the time that Hashem wants to reveal the
‫קץ‬. In ‫גלות‬, it’s as if Hashem is sleeping. The ‫ בני יששכר‬says that
Chanuka is a ‫ י"ט‬from above as opposed to Purim which came through
our efforts. The dreidel is spun from the top, and the grogger (Purim)
from the bottom.

The ‫ ספר יצירה‬says that the mode of ‫ חודש כסלו‬is ‫שינה‬, sleeping, which
doesn't mean that we should sleep a lot, but that it's the month that we
have lots of ‫בטחון‬. Someone who has ‫ בטחון‬can sleep, like the story of
‫ חזקיהו‬who went to sleep, even when he was surrounded by hundreds
of thousands of soldiers of ‫סנחרב‬. The ‫ ב"ך‬says that ‫ גלות יון‬came about
due to the ‫התרשלות‬, the lack of enthusiasm of the yidden. On ‫ ר"ה‬we
are awakened by the ‫שופר‬, and ‫ חנוכה‬is another ‫ י"ט‬of awakening,
beside the fact that ‫ חנוכה‬is the ‫גמר חתימה‬, to the ‫ כתיבה‬of Rosh Hashana
‫ =ראש השנה‬861= ‫ מתתיהו‬In ‫א‬:‫ תהילם קכו‬it says
‫ את שיבת ציון היינו כחלמים‬....‫ שיר המעלות‬- when ‫ שיבת ציון‬takes place,
‫ שיבת‬is ‫תשבי‬, when ‫ אליהו‬comes - eight x ‫=חנוכה‬eight x 89=712=‫שיבת‬
we will realize that all our life in ‫ גלות‬was a dream, an illusion.
‫ויהי מקץ‬, when the end of life takes place, ‫ שנתים ימים‬all the years pass
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like days, that is life passed by fast, ‫ופרעה חלם‬, it'll be revealed that it
was all a dream ( ‫ פרעה‬is a ‫ לשון‬of revelation). Galus is a dream that
could only be interpreted in the ‫ זמן‬of ‫קץ‬. After ‫ יוסף‬was released from
prison, he was ‫ נקי‬in ‫ שמירת הפה‬and thus was able to interpret dreams.
We see all throughout the ‫ פרשה‬that ‫ יוסף‬is trying to unite with
Binyamin - ‫=בית נון יוד ממ יוד נון‬744= ‫נר חנכה משמאל‬. The ‫ י"ט‬of ‫חנוכה‬
is both ‫ יוסף‬and ‫בנימין‬. When they are united, the yidden are not afraid
of anybody. In ‫וישב‬, because ‫ יוסף‬was not together with ‫בנימין‬, the
‫ ישמעאלים‬were able to sell ‫יוסף‬. The only time in ‫ חומש‬that the word
‫ חנוכה‬is hinted, is when ‫ יוסף‬sees ‫ בנימין‬for the first time, in
‫טז‬:‫ פסוק מג‬where ‫ יוסף‬tells his servants to prepare a meal for his
brothers - ‫ וטבח טבח והכן‬spelling ‫חנוכה‬. Amalek could only have a
downfall through the descendants of Rachel – ‫יהושע בן נון‬, ‫שאול המלך‬
‫מרדכי‬, ‫משיח בן יוסף‬. When ‫ יוסף‬joins with ‫בנימין‬, we have ‫ חנוכה‬and
‫פורים‬. After they sold ‫יוסף‬, and the brothers saw that their father
Yaakov couldn't be consoled, ‘‫’וימאן להתנחם‬, they took an oath not to
drink wine. But in ‫לד‬:‫ פסוק מג‬we see that they did get drunk on wine
‫ ישתו וישכרו עמו‬The ‫ שפת אמת‬says that here ‫ פורים‬was revealed. On
‫ חנוכה‬and ‫פורים‬, we are experiencing the future world, where there are
no restrictions. It says that the brothers were shown that the meat was
shechted kosher. They were shown the ‫ קנה‬and the ‫ושט‬. The ‫בני יששכר‬
says that the ‫ קנה‬is ‫חנוכה‬, where the ‫ ענין‬is to ‫ להודות ולהלל‬which is done
with our windpipe ‫=קנה‬155=‫בכה בכסליו‬. Also ‫ חנוכה‬is a ‫ גלוי‬of
‫ תורה שבעל פה‬- Chanuka is the 85th day of the year ‫ = פה‬85. The ‫ ושט‬is
‫פורים‬, the ‫ י"ט‬where we feast and drink wine (since we were threatened
with physical annihilation) using the foodpipe- ‫ושט‬+‫= קנה‬470= ‫ עת‬as
it says ‫עת לעשות ה" הפירו תורתך‬. The ‫ שבטים‬were shown Chanuka and
Purim, when the ‫ ג שבועות‬of Galus, at least in a spiritual sense, do not
apply -‫הפירו תורתך‬.

On ‫ חנוכה ופורים‬we have to ‫ מבטל תורה‬in order to light candles and read
the ‫מגילה‬. Yosef showed his brothers the ‫גיד הנשה‬. There are 365
negative commandments ‫לוים‬, parallel to the 365 days in the year. The
‫ מצוה‬of ‫ גיד הנשה‬corresponds to ‫ט" באב‬. The ‫ שטן‬wished to prevent the
building of the ‫ בהמ"ק‬by maiming the left thigh of ‫יעקב‬. The left thigh
represents ‫הוד‬, which is the ‫ בהמ"ק‬as it say in Gemorra ‫ברכות נח‬. The
‫ ספיר‬of ‫ הוד‬is the fifth, representing ‫ חנוכה‬which is the fifth ‫י"ט‬. Others
say the ‫ שטן‬affected both the left and right ‫גיד‬, which by doing so he
was trying to prevent ‫ חנוכה‬and ‫פורים‬. When it says that the ‫ שטן‬tried to
injure the left thigh of Yaakov, one ‫ פשט‬is he was trying to prevent
future children from being born. The nations, all under the banner of
‫ עשו ישמעאל ועמלק‬desire that ‫ בנימין‬not be born. ‫ ישמעאל‬is the ‫חמור‬, the
‫ שור‬is ‫עשו‬, and the ‫ כלב‬is ‫עמלק‬. The birth of ‫ בנימין‬was extremely
difficult- ‫= בהקשתה‬812= ‫חמור שור כלב‬.
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Yosef, in showing the ‫ גיד הנשה‬to his brothers, were also hinting to
‫ חנוכה‬and ‫פורים‬. In pasuk ‫כו‬:‫ לב‬it says in ‫וישלח‬- ‫ויגע בכף ירכו‬
‫= ויגע‬89= ‫ חנוכה‬and ‫= כף ירכו‬336=‫ פורים‬and-
‫= כף ירך יעקב‬512= ‫להדליק נר חנכה‬. The ‫ י"ט‬of ‫ חנוכה‬is not complete, not
‫ שלם‬w/o ‫בנימין‬. By ‫יעקב‬, he had a ‫מיטה שלמה‬- twelve ‫שבטים‬. Yosef and
‫ בנימין‬were ‫ שלמות‬together in that they also had twelve children
between them, two from Yosef and ten from Binyamin.

There is an opinion, the ‫ בנין שלמה‬that says that in the future there will
be no ‫ איסור‬of the ‫גיד הנשה‬, since the ‫ בהמ"ק‬will be built. Maybe, when
‫ יוסף‬showed the ‫גיד הנשה‬, he was saying to take the ‫ גיד‬and eat it, since
it was now ‫ימות המשיח‬. Chanuka is a ‫ תיקון‬for the ‫חורבן בהמ"ק‬, as it says
‫ כל היום דוה‬where ‫ דוה‬is ‫ הוד‬. We lost the ‫הוד‬, the ‫ בהמ"ק‬and on ‫ חנוכה‬we
have the ‫תיקון‬. The ‫ משכן‬was completed on ‫ חנוכה‬but not dedicated
until the next Nisan. In the actual time of ‫ חנוכה‬which took place 214
years after the second ‫ בהמ"ק‬was built, this was the ‫ חנוכת בהמ"ק‬since
before this, they were still under ‫ פרס‬and ‫ יון‬rule -
‫= בת המקדש‬861=‫מתתיהו‬. The ‫ ארי הקדוש‬says the ‫ קץ‬of ‫ גלות‬is hinted
here in the first Pasuk- ‫= ויהי מקץ שנתים ימים‬1167= ‫כנור של שמנה נימין‬.
The first Rashi of ‫ ויהי מקץ‬is - ‫= כתרגומו מסוף‬861= ‫מתתיהו‬. In the time
of ‫מתתיהו‬, we experience the ‫ קץ‬of the darkness- ‫קץ שם לחשך‬.

The ‫ בני יששכר‬says ‫ גביע‬is composed of ‫יג עב‬, the 13 ‫ מדות‬of ‫רחמים‬
‫= עב‬72 =‫חסד‬. The number 13 refers to both ‫ חנוכה‬and ‫פורים‬. The ‫ שבט‬of
Levi is considered the 13th tribe, since Efraim and Menashe are
considered two of the twelve tribes. Purim was on the 13th of ‫ אדר‬and
‫ המן‬cast lots on the 13th of ‫ניסן‬. Sometimes there is a 13th month -
‫אדר ב‬. When lighting ‫ חנוכה‬candles, some have the ‫ מנהג‬to recite the
13 ‫ מדות‬of ‫רחמים‬. The ‫ יונים‬made 13 breaches in the ‫ סורג‬around the
‫בהמ"ק‬, aiming to bring a ‫ כפירה‬in the ‫ שלשה עשר עיקרים‬of ‫אמונה‬. The
‫ חשמונאים‬restored them and instituted 13 ‫השתחויות‬. The ‫ גביע‬was placed
in the sack of ‫ בנימין‬who according to the ‫ הארי הקדוש‬represents
‫ חודש כסלו‬and in whose portion the ‫ בהמ"ק‬is found. Binyamin was
‫ נקי‬in ‫שמירת הפה‬. His stone on the ‫ חשן‬was ‫ ישפה‬which stands for
(‫יש פה )ושותק‬. Binyamin could have told his father ‫ יעקב‬that the bothers
sold ‫יוסף‬, but he remained quiet- ‫= גביע‬85= ‫פה‬.

The ‫ בני יששכר‬says ‫ גביע‬is 13-‫ יג‬x 72-‫= עב‬936. As we stated previously
this number represents both ‫ חנוכה‬and Purim. A ‫ פסוק‬in ‫ מיכה‬that says
‫כי אשב בחשך יהוה אור לי‬. This refers to ‫ חנוכה‬exactly, that when we find
ourselves in the darkness of ‫ לילות ארוכות‬of ‫ טבת‬or the ‫ חשך‬of the ‫יונים‬
or the thick ‫ חשך‬of ‫ גלות‬that we find ourselves in, - Hashem is with us.
Even when a yid finds himself below ten ‫ טפחים‬or on the left or in the
‫חוץ‬, he's still ‫ זוכה‬to the ‫ אור‬of Chanuka -
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‫וה אור לי‬-‫= כי אשב בחשך יה‬936= ‫=אשר ישלטו היהודים‬936=‫אשר על כף הירך‬
On ‫ חנוכה‬and ‫פורים‬, the yidden rule even in ‫גלות‬. The left and right
thigh of the ‫ גיד הנשה‬are ‫ חנוכה‬and ‫ פורים‬- ‫= אשר על כף הירך‬936. Yosef
tells ‫מנשה‬- (‫ )שמנה‬to put the ‫ גביע‬in the sack of ‫בנימין‬. This is where it
belongs. The 13 ‫ מדות של רחמים‬are revealed on ‫חנוכה ופורים‬. The word
‫ גביע‬is written five times at the end of ‫מקץ‬, and ‫ כוס‬is written five times
at the end of ‫ וישב‬and ‫ אור‬is written five times at the beginning of
‫חומש‬. This is all a connection to the five parts of the ‫ נשמה‬which are
revealed on ‫ חנוכה ופורים‬- ‫= בימי יוחנן בן מתתיהו‬1099 = ‫נפש רוח נשמה חיה יחידה‬.
Chanuka is the ‫ גמר חתימה‬of the ‫ חתימה‬that was on ‫יה"כ‬, when we daven
five tefillos, there are five ‫ענויים‬, and the ‫ כהן גדול‬changed his clothes
five times and was ‫ טובל‬five times. Yosef has the ‫גביע‬, the ‫פח שמן‬, the
‫אור הגנוז‬, put in the portion of Binyamin-
‫= הי גימל בית יוד עין‬660=‫וצונו להדלק נר חנכה‬. In ‫ג‬:‫ פרק מב‬it says
‫ וירדו אחי יוסף עשרה‬the brothers went down below ten ‫ טפחים‬and now
are looking for ‫יסוף‬. The ‫ תיקון‬of ‫גלות יון‬, which is the ‫ תיקון‬of ‫מכירת יוסף‬
is ‫אחדות‬. Now the brothers are joined together as one, ‫אחי יוסף‬, in order
to redeem ‫ יוסף‬at any cost- ‫= פדה‬89=‫ הנוכה‬and
‫= פדיון שבויים‬518=‫להדליק נר חנוכה‬

Why is ‫ יוסף‬giving his brothers such a hard time? The ‫ אלשיך‬says that
if this was revenge, Yosef would have revealed himself before the
revenge- “This is payment for what you did to me !!!” Here ‫ יוסף‬is
giving his brothers a ‫כפרה‬. Putting the ‫ גביע‬in the sack of ‫ בנימין‬was
giving the brothers a chance to display ‫ מסירת נפש‬for a son of ‫רחל‬,
which would result in their tikun. The last ‫ גביע‬is written, is in the last
‫פסוק‬, which begins- ‫ויאמר חלילה לי מעשות זאת‬. This last and fifth time,
represents the fifth and hidden ‫ גלות‬of ‫גלות ישמעאל‬, and the fifth level
of the ‫ נשמה‬or the ‫ יחידה‬the level the ‫ משיח‬will reveal. Rashi says on the
words ‫ חלילה לעבדיך‬in ‫ז‬:‫ פסוק מד‬that ‫חס מאת הקב"ה יהי עלינו מעשות זאת‬.
These words of the last pasuk ‫חלילה לי מעשות זאת‬, are hinting to the
great mercy that Hashem shows all yidden on ‫זאת חנוכה‬. The word
‫ חלילה‬is ‫ לילה ח‬and ‫= חלילה‬83= ‫חנכה‬.

Even the lowest yidden will merit ‫)כל ישראל ( יש להם חלק לעולם הבא‬,
whose acronym make up the word ‫ חלילה‬or ‫לילה ח‬. In ‫ז‬: ‫ תהילם צב‬it
says ‫וכסיל לא יבין את זאת‬, implying that a fool doesn't understand the
great power of ‫זאת חנוכה‬. When they took ‫ יוסף‬out of the ‫בת הסהר‬, it
says he was given a haircut- ‫ ויגלח‬where ‫ רשי‬says ‫מפני כבוד המלכות‬.
We wouldn't know that he needed a haircut after twelve years, w/o
‫ ?רשי‬Yosef went free on ‫ר"ה‬, the day of "‫מלכות ה‬. The first Rashi, on
the words ‫ ויהי מקץ‬is ‫= כתרגומו מסוף‬861= ‫ראש השנה‬. For the
‫ כבוד הלמוכת‬a haircut is permitted even from a goy. In the ‫ תפילה‬of the
‫ יבנ יששכר‬on ‫ ר"ה‬is- -
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‫= הויה אלוהי ישראל מלך מלכותו בכל משלה‬1638=‫בימי מתתיהו בן יוחנן כוהן גדול חשמונאי‬
The Ari Tzal says that the ‫ מילוי‬of the "‫ שם ה‬for ‫ חנוכה‬is ‫ סג‬or 63.
Chanuka is the letters ‫ חנה כו‬where ‫ חנה‬is 63, the name ‫סג‬, the ‫ מילוי‬of –
‫ הויה‬that the ‫ ארי הקדוש‬says is connected to ‫חנוכה‬, and ‫ כו‬is the pashut
name ‫הויה‬. Multipying 63 x 26 = 1638. Chanuka is the ‫ גמר חתימה‬of
the ‫ כתיבה‬of ‫ראש השנה‬- ‫= ראש השנה‬861= ‫מתתיהו‬. Rosh Hashana is
known as the ‫ יום הזכרון‬and Chanuka is the ‫ י"ט‬of ‫ שמן זית‬which the
Gemorra says is a ‫ סגולה‬for memory. Chanuka is the ‫ י"ט‬that the ‫יונים‬
attempted ‫ להשכיחם תורתך‬and on ‫ חנוכה‬we were remembered and were
‫ זוכה‬to a ‫ ריבוי‬of ‫תורה‬. At the end of ‫ וישב‬the ‫ שר המשקים‬forgot- ‫וישכחהו‬,
and in ‫מקץ‬, Yosef is remembered- ‫קץ שם לחשך‬. When a yid forgets, his
mind is darkened- ‫ שכח‬is ‫חשך‬.

What's missing ‫ בזמן הגלות‬is ‫מלכות‬. The world doesn't recognize that
Hashem is king. On ‫ ר"ה‬we say ten ‫ פסוקים‬of ‫מלכות‬, the tenth being
‫שמע ישראל‬. The ‫ תקוני זוהר‬says the 25th of ‫ כסלו‬represents the 25 letters
in the first pasuk of ‫שמע‬, that is on ‫ חנוכה‬the ‫ מלכות‬of Hashem is
revealed. After 214 years into the second ‫בהמ"ק‬, the ‫ חשמונאים‬brought
the ‫ מלכות‬back to the yidden. The ‫ רמב"ם‬considers this a very positive
act, however the ‫ רמב"ן‬says that the ‫ חשמונאים‬all died out because they
took the ‫מלכות‬, which only belongs in the hands of ‫בית דוד‬-
‫לא יסור שבט מיהודה‬.

In ‫ ישעיה‬there is a ‫ סתירה‬in ‫פסוקים‬. One ‫ פסוק‬says that the ‫ מלאכים‬have

six wings and another ‫ פסוק‬says they have four wings. The Gemorra
says - - ‫ כאן בזמן שישראל עושים רצון הויה‬is when there are six wings,
and when the yidden are not doing Hashem’s will, the ‫ מלאכים‬have
only four wings. The ‫ ספרים‬say that the six wings represent the six
words of ‫ברוך שם כבוד מלכותו לעולם ועד‬. The ‫אפטער רב‬, the ‫אוהב ישראל‬
says the two words missing from the ‫ ברוך שם‬when the yidden are not
doing ‫ רצון הויה‬are ‫ כבוד מלכותו‬- ‫= כבוד מלכותו‬534=‫המלך המשיח בן דויד‬.
When ‫ משיח‬is not here, the ‫ כבוד מלכות‬is missing. On Chanuka there is
a revelation of ‫כבוד מלכותו‬.

In ‫ פרק ה‬of ‫ שקלים‬the ‫ משנה‬says ‫מי שאבד חותמו ממתינין לו עד הערב‬. The
ones collecting money for bird offerings gave a ticket or ‫ חותם‬with
which to receive the birds. If one lost this ticket, at night they would
check the cash register, and see if he had really lost the ticket, and then
give him another. The ‫ פנימיות‬of this Mishne is ‫מי שאבד חותמו‬, one who
didn't get a ‫ חתימה טובה‬on ‫יה"כ‬, that is, he didn't do the proper ‫תשובה‬,
then ‫ ממתינין לו‬we wait till the ‫ י"ט‬of ‫חנוכה‬, that is ‫( עד הערב‬the ‫ י"ט‬that
is performed in the ‫ ערב‬and dispells the darkness (‫ ) ערב‬of Galus) with
‫לו נרות‬. There are ‫=עד‬74 days between ‫ יה"כ‬and ‫חנוכה‬. In ‫ שמע‬the letters
‫ ע‬and ‫ ד‬are larger than the rest. ‫ עד‬is also ‫ – עוד‬there is always hope.
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The word ‫ ויגלח‬is ‫גלוי ח‬, the revelation of the ‫שמיני‬, the eight days of
‫חנוכה‬. Yosef is now ‫ זוכה‬to ‫רוח הקודש‬. Just like the ‫ פך שמן‬was hidden
underground and then revealed, ‫ יוסף‬was underground in the ‫בת הסהר‬,
and then revealed. What ‫ רשי‬says ‫כבוד מלכותו‬, is the ‫ גלוי‬of Chanuka -
‫= מפני כבוד המלכות‬713= ‫מהדרין מן המהדרין‬. Yidden, in the last
generations, or yidden that didn't have the time or the ability, to rectify
the ‫ כבוד המלכות‬of ‫ ר"ה‬and ‫ יה"כ‬and ‫ סוכות‬are given a chance to do so on
Chanuka - ‫= גלי כבוד מלכתך‬586=‫ירושלם‬

Yosef said to his brothers in pasuk ‫טו‬:‫ מד‬- ‫כי נחש ינחש איש אשר כמוני‬.
This is a ‫ לאו‬in the Torah. How could Yosef say about himself
something that is a sin, even if he had a different agenda? Yosef was
preparing the ‫ י"ט‬of ‫חנוכה‬. ‫ נחש‬is the acronym and hints to ‫נר של חנוכה‬.
When ‫ יוסף‬put the ‫ גביע‬in the sack of ‫בנימין‬, he was putting the ‫פח שמן‬,
the ‫ אור הגנוז‬into the portion of ‫בנימין‬, the future ‫בהמ"ק‬, and so Yosef
did see into the future (‫)ינחש‬.

In ‫ספר דניאל‬, Nebuchanetzer had a dream, but forgot what the dream
was. Daniel had to recall the dream and then interpret it. There was a
golden head, silver hands, and copper torso and thighs, and brass toes.
Daniel interpreted the dream as the different empires, where copper
‫ נחשת‬was ‫ יון‬.The ‫ נחשת‬is associated with ‫עזי פנים‬, arrogance. Rashi
says the ‫ מזבח‬was covered in ‫ נחשת‬to ‫מכפר על עזות מצח‬. In the ‫ מעוז צור‬it
says ‫חנוכת המזבח‬. Chanuka is the ‫ י"ט‬of the ‫ מנורה‬and not the ‫מזבח‬, but
we mention the ‫ מזבח‬since the ‫ כהנים‬took fire from the ‫ מזבח‬to light the
‫מנורה‬. When the ‫ יונים‬entered the ‫בהמ"ק‬, they destroyed the ‫מזבח‬. Since
their ‫ מדה‬was ‫עזי פנים‬, their intention was to eradicate the object of
‫תיקון‬, the ‫מזבח‬. The ‫ משנה‬says ‫יהי עז כנמר‬. The ‫ ספרים‬say that the ‫ נמר‬is a
‫ממזר‬, a mixture of two animal, the ‫ אריה‬and the ‫חזיר הבר‬. One of the
‫ סימנים‬of a ‫ ממזר‬is its ‫עזי פנים‬. It says they knew ‫ אותו האיש‬was a ‫ממזר‬,
due to his arrogance. Daniel saw in a ‫ נבואה‬that the ‫ יונים‬were
compared to the ‫נמר‬. It's written that the ‫ פלשתים‬were ‫ממזרים‬, and this
is why ‫ דוד המלך‬killed Goliath, who was completely covered in armor
of ‫נחשת‬, with a stone to the middle of the forehead -‫מצח הנחש‬. This
humbled the ‫ טומאה‬of the ‫ פלשתים‬- arrogance. The Plishtim lived in
'‫'עזה‬. Daniel saw that there would be an arrogant king - ‫אנטיוכס‬.

The ‫ י"ט‬of ‫ חנוכה‬displays the exact opposite trait- ‫עזות דקדושה‬, by

pushing its way into ‫טבת‬, the left side, under ten tefachim, and in the
‫רה"ר‬, all in order to ‫ מתקן‬the ‫ עזי פנים‬of ‫יון‬. An arrogant person does not
thank and praise Hashem, whereas Chanuka is the ‫ י"ט‬of ‫להודות ולהלל‬.
Chanuka enters into ‫טבת‬, which is connected to ‫ שבט דן‬according to the
‫ארי הקדוש‬. In ‫פרשת ויחי‬, Yaacov says ‫יהי דן נחש‬. The ‫נר של חנוכה‬
extends into ‫ טבת‬-‫ דן‬and is ‫ מתקן‬the ‫נחש‬. When ‫ יוסף‬said ‫ נחש ינחש‬he
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meant that he was able to affect the yidden who were most affected by
the ‫נחש הקדמוני‬. The ‫ משיח‬will complete the task ‫=משיח‬358=‫נחש‬
The ‫ מגלה עמוקות‬says that ‫ גלות יון‬was a direct result of ‫מכירת יוסף‬,
which was rooted in ‫קנא‬, the brothers having jealousy of ‫יוסף‬. The
‫ בעל הטורים‬many times connects various places in ‫ חומש‬where the same
word is used. The word ‫ מקץ‬is also found in the Parsha of ‫קין והבל‬,
where ‫ קין‬displayed a ‫ קנא‬toward ‫הבל‬, in that Hevel was born as a
triplet, one more sister than ‫ קין‬had. Also Hevel's ‫ קרבן‬was accepted,
where Kain's wasn't. The very root of this ‫ מדה‬of ‫ קנא‬was the moon
toward the sun, resulting in ‫מיעוט הירח‬. The ‫ פרי צדיק‬says the three
‫ גזירות‬of the ‫ יונים‬represent the three major character flaws that the
‫ משנה‬says- take a person out of this world- ‫ חודש‬is ‫קנא‬, and ‫ שבת‬is ‫כבוד‬,
and ‫ מילה‬is ‫תאוה‬. The ‫ פרי צדיק‬says these three are the ‫אבות נזיקים‬. He
says the ‫חמור‬- ‫ ישמעאל‬is ‫תאוה‬, the ‫שור‬- ‫ עשו‬is ‫קנא‬, and the ‫כלב‬- ‫ עמלק‬is
‫כבוד‬. Chanuka, with the new revelation of ‫תורה‬, the ‫אור הגנוז‬, helps us
rid ourselves of these character flaws - -
‫= הקנא תאוה וכבוד‬606= ‫מעלין בקדש‬. When we are ‫ מתקן‬these character
traits, we elevate the ‫קודש‬.

In ‫נח פרשת‬, there's another ‫ מקץ‬-

‫ויהי מקץ ארבעים יום ויפתח נח את חלון התיבה אשר עשה‬. Rav ‫פנחס ברוך‬, the
Skoyer Rav, says that this ‫ פסוק‬is ‫ מרומז‬to Chanuka. When the 40 days
from ‫ ר"ח אלול‬to ‫ יה"כ‬are over and a yid feels he hasn't really done
‫תשובה‬, there's still another ‫פתח‬- - the ‫ נר חנוכה‬-‫נח‬, and he still has the
‫לו נרות חנוכה‬- ‫ חלון‬where he says ‫ אשר קדשנו במצותיו‬and ‫שעשה נסים‬.
There's also a ‫ מקץ‬by ‫ הקהל‬where the yidden were united with no ‫קנה‬,
and by ‫ שמיטה‬where there are no debts, ‫שמיטת כספים‬, and therefore no
‫קנה‬. All the references of ‫ מקץ‬are connected to ‫חנוכה‬.

Chanuka destroys the ‫ מדות רעות‬and the ‫ אומות‬that these evil traits are
rooted in. The only Rosh Chodesh that we say ‫ הלל שלם‬is ‫ר"ח טבת‬
which is on Chanuka, as all other Rosh Chadashim are not complete,
since there is still ‫ חטא‬in the world. The month of Teves is the lowest
month of the year, when the beginning of the ‫ חורבן בהמ"ק‬took place
on ‫י טבת‬, the Torah was translated into Greek on ‫ח טבת‬, and prophesy
ended with the death of ‫ עזרה‬on ‫ט טבת‬. Also on this date, according to
the historians, is the day when ‫ נצרות‬began (Dec. 25), the sign being
the ‫שתי וערב‬, the day of their false ‫ משיח‬was killed -
‫=עשרה בטבת‬988=‫=שתכלה רגל‬988=‫שתי וערב‬.

The only ‫ הלכה‬of ‫ חנוכה‬in all the ‫ ששה סדרי משנה‬is in ‫ – ב"ק‬if a ‫ חנוני‬puts
a candle or fire outside, and a donkey filled with flax passes by, and
the flax catches on fire the ‫חנוני‬, store owner, is ‫חייב‬. Rav Yehuda says
‫נר חנוכה פטור‬. Chanuka affects all, even those we would think have no
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‫תיקון‬, even ‫דתן ואבירם‬. The ‫ תפארת שלמה‬argues with the ‫אור החיים‬, and
says that there is a ‫ תיקון‬even for ‫דתן ואבירם‬. At the end of ‫ פרק ז‬of
‫ שה"ש‬it says ‫הדודאים נתנו ריחו ועל פתחינו כל מגדים‬. The ‫ מדרש‬says
‫ הדודאים נתנו ריח‬this refers to ‫ ראובן‬trying to save ‫ יוסף‬from the ‫בור‬, and
‫ ועל פתחינו כל מגדים‬refers to ‫נר חנוכה‬. What's the connection? The simple
connection is that Yosef represents Chanuka. Reuven tried to save ‫יוסף‬,
even though the ‫ בכורה‬was taken away from him and given to ‫יוסף‬
(who is ‫)חנוכה‬. This was a tremendous display of no ‫קנא‬.
On Chanuka, if a yid lit the candles, but the candles went out after a
few minutes, if he didn’t put the Menorah in a windy place to begin
with, he would be ‫ פטור‬and doesn’t have to light them again-
‫אם כבתה קודם שעבר זמנה אינו זקוק לה‬. This is similar to Reuven, who
placed Yosef in the pit with the intention of coming back later to take
him out and bring him to his father Yaakov. Reuven did what was
necessary to save Yosef’s life, and if after this, his plan to bring him
back to his father could not be fulfilled, he still gets the credit for
saving him. We have to do our part, and whether we succeed is in the
hands of Hashem.

Reuven was clean of jealousy ‫= קנא‬151= ‫כה כסליו‬. Reuven claims that
in his ‫זכות‬, his decendants should have a ‫תיקון‬- ‫דתן ואבירם‬. Chana
which are the acronym of ‫הדלקת נר חנוכה‬, davened for those that were
swallowed up ‫… קרח‬Her ‫ תפילה‬was ‫מוריד שאול ויעל‬. On ‫ חנוכה‬there is a
‫ תיקון‬for all- ‫= מוריד שאול ויעל‬713=‫= דתן ואבירם‬713=‫מהדרין מן המהדרין‬

Chanuka is the only ‫ י"ט‬that the ‫ מצוה‬starts off one way- ‫איש וביתו‬, and
then a little more- ‫מהדרין‬, and then more- ‫מהדרין מן המהדרין‬. Because
the generations get lower and lower, more light is needed and more
‫ נשמות‬need a tikun- - ‫= והמהדרין מן המהדרין‬724= ‫אחרית הימים‬.
When the brothers were confessing that they shouldn't have sold ‫יוסף‬,
Reuven said 'I told you not to sell him' -
‫= וגם דמו הנה נדרש‬713= ‫מהדרין מן המהדרין‬. We're lacking ‫ מהדרין‬w/o
Yosef. The ‫ גם‬is ‫ מרבה‬all the ‫ נשמות‬that could have a ‫תיקון‬. Aharon's
stick sprouted ‫שקדים‬. The ‫ בעל הטורים‬says ‫= שקדים‬454= ‫חשמונים‬. The
‫ חשמונאים‬come out of ‫אהרן‬. Korach's ‫ חטא‬was rooted in ‫קנא‬, and ‫אהרן‬
was chosen because he was free of jealousy- ‫ שמח בלבו‬and therefore he
was ‫ זוכה‬to wear the ‫ חשן‬over his heart ‫ חשן‬is ‫נר של חנוכה‬. At the
beginning the eighth parsha of ‫ שמות‬-‫תצוה‬, it says ‫ויקחו אליך שמן זית זך‬
refering to ‫( חנוכה‬Rokeach). Then comes the ‫ שמנה בגדים‬of the
‫ בגדי כהונה‬symbolizing a lack of ‫קנא‬. The ‫ נס חנוכה‬happened through the
‫ כה"ג‬because they lacked in ‫קנא‬.

Korach claimed he was a ‫ חנוכה‬Jew, since his father was called ‫יצהר‬
(olive oil), but he had ‫ קנא‬which disqualified him from being the ‫כה"ג‬.
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Hashem said to ‫ אהרן‬not to be distressed in not contributing to the

‫קרבנות המשכן‬, since his ‫ עבודה‬would be greater-
‫= חייך שלך גדולה משלהם‬861= ‫ מתתיהו‬Hashem told ‫ אהרן‬that he has
Chanuka, which through his ‫ עבודה‬he is going to ‫ מעלה‬all the ‫נשמות‬,
even the lowest. The ‫ קרבנות‬are brought during the day and
‫בזמן שהבהמ"ק קיים‬, whereas Chanuka is lit at night and will last forever.
Rashi says ‫ חלון‬is ‫ צהר‬or ‫שמן זית‬. There is a question of how we could
say ‫ אשר קדשנו במצותיו‬on ‫ ?חנוכה‬One answer given is ‫שאל אביך ואגדך‬
and the second ‫לא תסור מן הדבר אשר יגידו לך‬. The word ‫ יגידו‬is a ‫ לשון‬of
‫גילוי‬, and so ‫ חנוכה‬is a ‫ י"ט‬of revelation- ‫= יגידו לך‬83= ‫חנכה‬.

On the last day of Chanuka, the laining is ‫ זאת חנוכת המזבח‬and so this
day is called ‫זאת חנוכה‬. The ‫ בית שני‬never really had a ‫ חנוכת המזבח‬since
for 34 years the yidden were still under Persian rule, where
immediately after the Greeks took over for 180 years. Another reason
we call the last day ‫ זאת‬is that on the last day we all see ‫ זאת‬that this is
Chanuka in its fullest, with eight candles. The ‫ נס‬is now complete and
connected to the world of eight. When there are two Shabbos
Chanukas, then on the second we lain the ‫ הפטרה‬which speaks of ‫חירם‬
who finishes all the ‫ מלאכה‬for ‫שלמה המלך‬- the water basins, the shovels
and the pots etc. The ‫ נביא‬stresses that all these ‫ כלים‬were made from
copper ‫נחשת‬. The mother of ‫ חירם‬was from ‫ שבט דן‬and the father from
‫נפתלי‬, the two lowest tribes. The ‫ משכן‬was constructed by ‫ בצלאל‬from
‫יהודה‬, the greatest of the ‫שבטים‬, together with ‫ אהליאב‬from Dan, the
lowest tribe. Hashem wanted to show that all of ‫ כלל ישראל‬are one
unified nation, with no difference between the greatest and the lowest
among them.
In ‫כא‬:‫פסוק מב‬, after ‫ יוסף‬asked his brothers to bring ‫ בנימין‬and he’ll keep
‫ שמעון‬as collateral, the bothers said "‫ " על כן באה אלינו הצרה הזאת‬The
‫ שבטים‬said this in reference to ‫ מכירת יוסף‬. This ‫ צרה‬was manifested on
the tenth of Teves - ‫=על כן באה אלינו הצרה הזאת‬988=‫עשרה בטבת‬, the
rectification being on Chanuka- ‫=הצרה הזאת‬713=‫מהדרין מן המהדרין‬.
The ‫ צבי לצדיק‬says ‫ ועת צרה היא ליעקב וממנה יושע‬- that
‫=וממנה יושע‬527=‫ טבת כסלו‬Chanuka, which connects ‫ כסלו‬to ‫טבת‬, is a
‫ תיקון‬for the ‫ עת צרה‬and enables us to endure ‫ גלות‬until ‫ משיח‬comes
‫במהרה בימינו‬.
Parshas ‫מקץ‬, which is always ‫ שבת חנוכה‬is the only Parsha that has the
number of words written- 2025, a clear hint to Chanuka-
8 x ‫=נר‬8 x 250=2000+‫= כה‬2025.