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‫ויצא‬ ‫בס" ד‬

There is no ‫ פתוחות‬or ‫ סתומות‬in Parshas ‫ ויצא‬which is a ‫ רמז‬that

Yaakov is going into Galus. At the end of the Parsha, Yaakov is
coming back, and in the middle of the Parsha, Yaakov is dealing
with Lavan. This is the place in the Torah that ‫ לשון ארמית‬entered the
Torah, of course with "‫רצון ה‬. Lavan calls the place of their covenant
‫יגר שהדותא‬, while Yaakov calls it ‫גלעד‬. The ‫ חתם סופר‬says that this
happened on ‫ז אב‬, the date that the goyim entered the ‫ בהמ"ק‬with the
intention to destroy it two days later. Because the two words of
Lavan entered into the ‫ תורה‬this led to the unlawful ‫ פרצה‬of the
goyim in the ‫בהמ"ק‬. It says ‫ – ארמי עובד אבי‬through inserting the
‫ תרגום‬into the Torah, which is the opposite of ‫לשון הקדוש‬, later in the
time of Chanuka, the Torah was translated into ‫לשון יונית‬, leading to
the Greeks entering into the ‫בהמ"ק‬. The purpose of the ‫יונים‬, was to
contaminate the Torah, the ‫לשון הקדוש‬. Yaakov made the tikun by
translating this Targum back into ‫ לשון הקדוש‬by calling ‫יגר שהדותא‬
the place ‫גלעד‬.

The Mittle Rebbi of Chabad says that ‫ גלעד‬is where ‫ לג בעומר‬is

hinted in the ‫פרשת ויצא‬. Also the ‫ שם ושמואל‬says that Yaakov leaving
is like the yidden leaving ‫מצרים‬, and in between Pesach and
Shavuos is ‫לג בעומר‬. Both ‫ לג בעומר‬and Chanuka are a blast of the
future light. The Zohar represents the hidden light, where
‫ רב שמעון בר יוחאי‬revealed the ‫ פנימיות‬of Torah, and ‫ חנוכה‬was when
the ‫ פך שמן‬that was hidden under the ground, was revealed-
‫=לג בעומר חנכה‬434=‫משיח בן דויד‬.

The word ‫ גל‬means revelation, and ‫ עד‬is ‫דע‬, representing the ‫פנימיות‬
‫ התורה‬- ‫מלא הארץ דעה את הויה‬. Chanuka is 74- ‫ עד‬days after ‫יה"כ‬. The
‫ משנה‬says in ‫ שקלים‬- ‫מי שאבד חותמו ממתינים לו עד הערב‬, talking about
tickets bought for the bird offering, which were lost and they had to
wait until the night for the ‫ קופה‬to be checked if he was to be
reimbursed. The inner meaning is that someone who lost out on the
‫ חתימה‬of ‫יה"כ‬, who did not do the proper ‫תשובה‬, he has ‫עד‬, another
seventy four- ‫ עד‬days till ‫ יה"כ עד חנוכה( חנוכה‬is seventy four days).
Chanuka is the time of ‫ערב‬, when the nights are the longest, and the
time a yid lights ‫נר חנוכה‬. The ‫ מאור עינים‬brings a pasuk by the ‫עקידה‬,
and makes a similar point ‫אני והנער נלכה עד כה ונשתחוה ונשובה אליכם‬,
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where ‫ כה‬refers to Chanuka. Most opinions say that the ‫ עקידה‬was

on ‫ יה"כ‬and so seventy four -‫ עד‬days after ‫ יה"כ‬is Chanuka-
‫=ונשתחוה‬775=‫לו נרות חנכה‬, and the ‫ חשמונאים‬instituted thirteen
‫השתחויות‬. There is going to be a revelation 74- ‫ עד‬days after ‫יה"כ‬,
and that is ‫עד‬-‫גל‬. The first pasuk of ‫ שמע‬has twenty five letters,
referring to ‫חנוכה‬. In this first pasuk, there is a large ‫ ע‬and ‫ד‬.

Parshas ‫ ויצא‬is a continuation from the end of Toldos -

‫ וילך עשו אל ישמעאל ויקח את מחלת‬.. One peshat in Rashi was that Esav
was looking for a ‫מחילת עונות‬. Then comes ‫ויצא יעקב‬, Yaakov is also
going out to look for his soulmate, and this search results in Yehuda
and Yosef being born (‫)משיח בן דוד משיח בן יוסף‬, to combat the union
of ‫– עשו‬left and ‫– ישמעאל‬right. Yaakov is a combination of
Avraham- right and Yitzhak- left. Because of the trick of ‫ לבן‬Yaakov
is delayed coming back to ‫א"י‬. Yaakov was punished with his
mourning for Yosef for twenty two years, for the lack of ‫כבוד אב ואם‬
that he hadn’t fulfilled for twenty two years. Instead Esav fulfilled
the mitzva of ‫כבוד אב ואם‬, and thus had the power to destroy the
‫ בהמ"ק‬in the month of ‫אב‬. All in all, it was Lavan who brought the
restraints of Galus- the left ‫ויצא יעקב וילך חרנה‬. The mitzva of
Chanuka is unique in that it lights up the left and the outside.
‫ חרן‬is ‫ נר ח‬Yaakov is lighting the ‫נרות חנוכה‬, and ‫וישכב במקום‬, where
the ‫ מנורה‬is placed below ten tefachim. The ‫ חידוש‬of Chanuka is that
the ‫ בהמ"ק‬comes to every yid that lights the ‫מנורה‬.

Reuven found the ‫( דודאים‬Jasmin), and gave them to his mother

Leah. She made a deal that Rachel would take these flowers, a ‫סגולה‬
for birth, in exchange to be together with Yaakov that night. ‫יששכר‬
was conceived that night, which the ‫ בני יששכר‬says was Shavuos
‫וילך ראובן בימי קציר חטים‬. The Gemorra brings a pasuk in ‫– שה"ש‬
‫ הדודאים נתנו ריח‬which is ‫ראובן שהציל את יוסף מן הבור‬, then
‫ ועל פתחנו כל מגדים‬which is ‫נר חנוכה‬. The connection, says the
‫ בני יששכר‬is that Chanuka is Yosef, as we see that we always read
the Parshios ‫ וישב‬and ‫ מקץ‬on Chanuka. The ‫ טור ש"ע‬says that Pesach
is Avraham, Shavuos is Itzhak and Sukkos is Yaakov. Chanuka
which is the extention of Sukkos, refers to Yosef. Yissacher was
conceived on Shavuos and born on Chanuka, both falling in the
third month from Nisan and Tishrei respectively, both being times
of revelation of Torah, and both being times that we eat dairy. This
is hinted in the pasuk ‫ טז‬:‫ כי שכר שכרתיך בדודאי בני – ל‬where
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‫=בדודאי בני‬89=‫חנוכה‬, and in the same pasuk - ‫וישכב עמה בלילה הוא‬
where ‫=בלילה הוא‬89=‫חנוכה‬. Yissacher is born on Chanuka and
according to the Ari Tzal, he represents ‫ חודש אייר‬the month of
‫לג בעומר‬. The month of ‫ כסלו‬represents ‫בנימין זאב‬. A wolf grabs and
goes into other’s boundaries, like Chanuka which goes into the
boundary of Esav- ‫טבת‬. The miracle of ‫ חנוכה‬was in the ‫ בהמ"ק‬-
‫=בנימין זאב יטרף‬471=‫הר המוריה‬. The ‫ פסוק‬in ‫כז‬:‫ ויחי מט‬-
‫ בבקר יאכל עד ולערב יחלק שלל‬where both ‫ שלל‬and ‫ עד‬are two words
for booty - ‫=שלל עד‬434=‫לג בעומר חנכה‬.

The ‫ י"ט‬of ‫ חנוכה‬is a ‫ המשך‬of ‫=לפני ה" תטהרו יה"כ‬816=‫לערב יחלק שלל‬
Chanuka is the 620th mitzva 613- T. and 7-R. ‫=תטהרו‬620=‫כתר‬. The
‫ טהרה‬comes to its completion on Chanuka. Lavan wanted to ‫מטמא‬
the Torah with ‫ יגר שהדותא‬and the ‫ יונים‬also wanted to ‫ מטמא‬the
‫עם הקדוש‬. Chanuka is the ‫טהרה‬. Chanuka, on the twenty fifth of
Kislev is remedy for their twenty fifth of December, the ‫רפואה‬
before the ‫מכה‬. The ‫ הפטרה‬of Parshas ‫ ויצא‬which falls during the
grace period till Chanuka, is partly the ‫ הפטרה‬of ‫שבת שובה‬, the
Shabbos before ‫יה"כ‬. Chanuka goes into the boundary of Esav, into
Teves, which the Ari Tzal says represents ‫דן‬, whose son ‫ חשים‬killed
Esav. ‫ חשים‬is the acronym for ‫ חודש שבת מילה‬the ‫ גזירות‬of the ‫יונים‬,
who attempted to nullify the ‫ פנימיות‬of the yidden. ‫ חשים‬are the
letters of ‫משיח‬, the acronym of - ‫ מדליק שמונה ימי חנוכה‬and
‫מזוזה ימין חנוכיה שמאל‬. Mashiach will break all barriers, and rectify
the breach of the Greeks to the ‫בהמ"ק‬,- ‫ מה פרצת‬is what we read on
‫שבת חנוכה‬.

When Yaakov woke up after the first night with Leah, he was
shocked. The Midrash says that Leah said to him that he had also
tricked his father Yitzhak. Yaakov said ‫אנכי בכורתך עשו‬, now Yaakov
is Esav, and so Leah did marry Esav. If anything Rachel is worried
that she has to marry Esav. Lavan was really bringing ‫ משיח‬in the
world, by giving Leah to Yaakov. Leah and Rachel unite in the
Parsha, and Yehuda and Yosef are born, from whom the future
‫ משיחים‬come. Lavan was trying to help Esav by delaying Yaakov
‫=לבן עשו‬458=‫המלך המשיח‬. When ‫ משיח‬comes Lavan and Esav will
be cleansed. Lavan and Esav are both fakers. The Gemorra says that
‫ויצא יעקב‬, the ‫ ויצא‬is to bring the ‫גלעד‬, the ‫ גלוי‬of ‫חנוכה‬, the 74 days
from ‫ יה"כ‬till Chanuka ‫=ויצא‬107=‫גלעד‬. Naomi and Avimelech
also went out, to bring Ruth back- ‫משיח‬. This took place ‫ דוקה‬in
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‫חוץ לארץ‬, outside, below ten, and on the left side. The whole ‫ ענין‬of
‫ משיח‬comes from a hidden place- the story of Lot and his two
daughters where it says ‫לא ידע‬, then with Yehuda and Tamar where
it says ‫לא ידע כי כלתה היא‬, then by Boaz and ‫ רות‬where it also says
‫לא ידע‬, and then here in Parshas ‫ ויצא‬when Yaakov doesn’t know that
he is with Leah, where the two ‫ משיחים‬comes from two sisters. The
unity of Leah and Rachel, and Yehuda and Yosef is what is needed
to combat Esav and Yishmael. On Chanuka, left and right come
together, the ‫ מנורה‬being on the left, but we light from right, Kislev-
‫ בן ימין‬runs into ‫=טבת‬411=‫משמאל‬, and the position of ‫ ב"ה‬against
‫ ב"ש‬- ‫=פדיון שבויים‬518=‫להדליק נר חנוכה‬.

The date ‫ ד כסלו‬in ‫ זכריה ז‬is where it says all the fasts will turn into
Yomim Tovim. It wasn’t until the ‫ חשמונאים‬that they stopped fasting.
The first two hundred and fourteen years of the ‫( בית שני‬thirty four
years- ‫ פרס‬and one hundred and eighty years- Greek) was before
‫חנוכה‬, and so Chanuka was also the ‫ י"ט‬we stopped fasting, where
‫ כלל ישראל‬was free until the Romans. The only other time that ‫כסלו‬
is mentioned in ‫תנ"ך‬, but w/o a date, is in ‫נחמיה‬. The birth of
‫ כלל ישראל‬was ‫ דוקה‬outside ‫א"י‬.

The root of the word ‫ כסלו‬in Tehillim is ‫ כסלם‬which means- their

faith- ‫בטחון‬. The ‫ מזל‬of Kislev is the ‫קשת‬. Yaakov blessed Yosef
‫ ותשב באיתן קשתו‬meaning that Hashem’s brow was firmly placed,
and Rashi says that Yosef had strong faith in Hashem. It says that
Yaakov conquered ‫ שכם‬with ‫בחרבי ובקשתי‬. Bitachon and tefilla goes
hand in hand and depend on one another. ‫ קשת‬is also the acronym of
‫שמע קול תחנוני‬. The ‫ קשת‬also represents ‫ישמעאל‬, who is also big on
tefilla. They kidnapped the five tefillos from our ‫יה"כ‬. In order to
counter the ‫ קשת‬of ‫טומאה‬, we have to intensify our tefilla and ‫בטחון‬.
Chanuka is the ‫ י"ט‬of ‫ תפילה‬and ‫ בטחון‬-‫ נכון לבו בטח בהויה סמוך‬is
‫ס"ת חנוכה‬. The ‫ חשמונאים‬had to have great ‫ בטחון‬in fighting the Greek
army. Moshe blessed Levi, of whom the ‫ חשמונאים‬come from with
‫ מחץ מתנים קמיו‬where ‫ רשי‬says that ‫ יב חשמונאי ואלעזר‬fought with
tremendous ‫ בטחון‬against tens of thousands in the Greek army -
‫=מחץ מתנים קמיו‬834=‫=שמן זית זך‬834=‫אות ס בשינה‬. In ‫כג‬:‫ תהילם נה‬it
says to throw all problems on Hashem ‫השלך על הויה יהבך והוא יכלכלך‬
where ‫=השלך על הויה יהבך‬518=‫ להדליק נר חנוכה‬Chanuka, the fifth
and final ‫ י"ט‬which has to last until ‫משיח‬, is the source of ‫בטחון‬. The
last part of Galus is ‫ כנגד יעקב‬and so ‫ מעריב‬became a ‫חוב‬. To counter
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the great ‫ חשך‬which is strongest at the end of Galus, we have the ‫י"ט‬
of Chanuka to light up the darkness and give us ‫חיזוק‬. The light of
‫ בראשית‬is the ‫ אור הגנוז‬which shines on Chanuka-
‫=סתר‬660=‫=את האור כי טוב‬660=‫אור מלך המשיח‬. Chanuka extends
into the month of Teves, the month of Dan, to light up the lowest
‫נשמות‬. The ‫ פנימיות‬of the ‫ חשך‬is really the greatest light.
‫=חית שין כך‬878=‫=ממ שין יוד חית‬878=‫הדלקת נר חנוכה‬.

Yaakov goes out to ‫חרנה‬. There is ‫ חרון אף‬in the world when the
yidden fall into sin and decadence. A yid has to put an end to the
‫חרון אף‬, and transform it to ‫ קדושה‬-
‫=חרון אף של מקום‬861=‫=בית המקדש‬861=‫מתתיהו‬. On Chanuka, the
‫ בהמ"ק‬comes to us whenever and wherever we light the ‫מנורה‬-
‫ וילך חרנה—ויפגע במקום‬where ‫ המקום‬is the ‫בהמ"ק‬, which was uprooted
and came to Yaakov. ‫ כי בא השמש‬- -Rashi says ‫ששקעה לו חמה פתאם‬
‫ כדי שילין שם‬and then ‫ וישכב במקום ההוא‬after sunset ‫ וישכב‬below ten
tefachim, all a clear ‫ רמז‬to Chanuka. In pasuk ‫ טז‬it says Yaakov felt
like he was in the ‫אכן יש הויה במקום הזה – בהמ"ק‬.
The first time the ‫ חומש‬speaks of ‫ שמן‬is here in Parshas ‫ויצא‬. The
Gemorra says that oil is a peaceful oil, that doesn’t mix with other
liquids and rises to the top. This denotes the mida of ‫ בטחון‬where a
yid that has ‫ בטחון‬can sleep peacefully. The mode of Kislev is
‫בטחון – שינה‬. Even in the worst times, a yid has to have ‫בטחון‬. When
Yaakov went into ‫גלות‬, he lay down and went to sleep. Similarly,
‫ חזקיהו‬went to sleep when ‫ י"ם‬was surrounded by Sancheriv,
showing his tremendous level of ‫בטחון‬. The ‫ יונים‬wanted that the
yidden forget ‫להשכיחם תורתך‬, and the antidote for this ‫ חשך– שכחך‬is
‫שמן זית‬. The miracle of ‫ חנוכה‬is rooted in ‫ בראשית‬-
‫=ויצק שמן על ראשה‬1202=‫ים‬-‫=בראשית ברא אלה‬1202=‫כי לא תשכח מפי זרעו‬.
Chanuka is the only ‫ י"ט‬that happened in ‫ א"י‬and more so in the
‫בהמ"ק‬. The twenty fifth word of the Torah is ‫ אור‬hinting to ‫כה כסלו‬.
‫ וישכב במקום‬represents the Jews of our generation that are
downtrodden.

The ‫ מנורה‬in the ‫ בהמ"ק‬was on the south, the right and had seven
candles. Chanuka, which represents the future light, is on the left
and has eight candles, in order to influence those yidden that find
themselves on the left side and below ten. Yaakov goes out of the
world of seven -‫ ויצא יעקב מבאר שבע‬in order to elevate the world into
‫ וילך חרנה – שמיני‬where ‫ חרן‬is ‫ נר ח‬and ‫ שמן‬is ‫שמיני‬. The ‫יונים‬
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breached the ‫סורג‬, the boundary between yidden and goyim, and
made thirteen ‫פרצות‬. The ‫ חשמונאים‬repaired the breaches and
decreed that a yid had to bow when passing any one of these
thirteen places. The ‫ גל‬of ‫ אבנים‬was to keep Lavan out- separate.
The Greeks didn’t plan on killing the yidden, but they wanted to
mix with the yidden and push their philosophy in them. The ‫ נס‬of
Chanuka separated the yidden from the Greeks ‫את האור כי טוב ויבדל‬.
On Chanuka, the five parts of the ‫ נשמה‬are lit up, including the
pintele, the ‫ יחידה‬the level that the ‫ משיח‬will reveal. The true ‫ י"ט‬to
witness the fall of ‫ ישמעאל‬is Chanuka. Yishmael holds that they are
the ‫ קח נא את בנך את יחידך – יחידה‬..To battle ‫ ישמעאל‬we need to light
up our ‫יחידה‬, which is ‫אמונה‬, the level needed to deal with the thick
darkness. The ‫ ספרים‬say that the pintele of the yid is ‫ מרומז‬in the first
Bracha of ‫שמונה עשרה‬-
‫=ואמונתך בלילות‬1001=‫וה מגן אברהם‬-‫=ברוך אתה יה‬1001=‫מפלת ישמעאל‬.
In the time of ‫חשך‬, we have to intensify our ‫ אמונה‬in order for
‫ ישמעאל‬to have a ‫מפלה‬. The only ‫ י"ט‬that occurs when the moon is
completely hidden, is ‫ חנוכה‬- ‫כט כסלו‬. On ‫ר"ה‬, the first of Tishrei,
there is a little sliver of light of the ‫מולד‬.

The ‫ עשרת הדברות‬has 620 letters, ‫ כנגד‬the 613 mitvos Torah and the
7 mitzvos ‫מדרבנן‬. The last of the 620 mitzvos is ‫חנוכה‬, where the last
letter in the ‫ עשרת הדברות‬is the ‫ך‬, representing ‫ חנוכה‬which descends
below ten tefachim-‫ך‬. Chanuka is a revelation of T.B.P. -
‫ תורה שבעל פה‬as it says ‫מאי חנוכה תנא רבנן‬. Chanuka is the eighty fifth
day of the year- ‫פה‬. The T.B.P. begins ‫מאימתי קורין את שמע בערבין‬
‫=שמע בערבין‬744=‫נר חנכה משמאל‬. The ‫ שמע ישראל‬has twenty five
letters, and the ‫ תנ"ך‬has twenty four books, the twenty fifth being
T.B.P. The 148 pesukim of Parshas ‫ ויצא‬are one ‫פרשת סתומה‬
of which the ‫ בעל הטורים‬says represents the yid in Galus. The ‫פך שמן‬
was supposed to stay hidden until the coming of ‫משיח‬. This ‫שמן‬
according to the ‫ קב הישר‬is the ‫שמן המשחה‬, the ‫אור משיח‬. There are
many questions to this, but at least this ‫ שמן‬that the ‫ חשמונאים‬found
was rooted in the ‫שמן המשחה‬. In Parshas ‫ כי תשא‬it says that one of
the ingredients of the ‫ שמן המשחה‬was ‫– שמן זית הין‬
‫=שמן זית הין‬872=‫הדלקת נר חנכה‬.

The end of the Parsha speaks of ‫ גלעד‬which as we said hints to

‫לג בעומר‬, the hidden light. In pasuk ‫י‬:‫כט‬, Yaakov reveals this by
‫ ויגל את האבן מעל פי הבאר‬which is also the revelation of the ‫ באר‬which
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is hidden. The ‫ בעל הטורים‬brings another- ‫ ויגל‬in Tehillim- ‫ויגל כבודי‬

the glory of Hashem will be revealed. On Chanuka we taste this
hidden light from the future. In Parshas ‫ ויצא‬we find the word ‫אבן‬
written many times. Yaakov was considered an ‫ אבן‬as he was
unwavering in his devotion (steady as a rock). The word ‫ אבן‬also
represents the ‫ יצר הרע‬as it says that Hashem will remove our hearts
of stone in the future. The job of yidden today is to remove their
hearts of stone ‫=ויגל את האבן מעל פי הבאר‬946=‫עיקבתא דמשיחא‬

Parsha being called ‫ ויצא‬hints to Chanuka which is the only ‫ י"ט‬that

we bring the light outside, to counter the ‫ יונים‬that brought the ‫טומאה‬
into the the ‫בהמ"ק‬. Most mitzvos are preformed inside, in the ‫רה"י‬.
In the future there will be no difference between outside and inside,
left and right, below ten or above ten, or the first part of the month
and the second. Gemorra ‫ תענית‬brings a ‫ סתירה‬in pesukim. In Mishle
it says ‫ ויפוצו מעניך החוצה‬and ‫חכמות בחוץ תרונה‬, that one has to spread
wisdom out- - and the pasuk ‫ לך לבדך לזרע איתך‬which means to learn
for oneself. The Gemorra answers that for a ‫ תלמיד הגון‬one can
spread the hidden wisdom, but generally no. After Yaakov woke up,
he said ‫ אכן יש הויה במקום הזה‬- ‫ אכן‬is the acronym ‫אריה כרוב נשר‬
images in the ‫מרכבה‬. When Hashem gave the Torah- ‫אנכי‬, all saw the
images of ‫אריה נשר כרוב יעקב‬. The image was originally an ox, but
then it changed to ‫יעקב‬. Yaakov saw the ‫ מעשה מרכבה‬in his dream,
and was shocked when he saw that he was the fourth image
‫אנכי לא ידעתי‬. Yaakov experienced this great level of Torah in ‫חרן‬
and on the floor, which is a metaphor to the ‫ דוד אחרון‬when all
yidden are ‫ רחוק‬and down in the dumps. Chanuka is so powerful
that the ‫ בהמ"ק‬comes to us. Chanuka was brought about by ‫ מתתיהו‬-
‫=מתתיהו‬861=‫בית המקדש‬. A yid could encounter such levels
anywhere. The Greeks were ‫ פורץ גדרים‬in the ‫בהמ"ק‬, and on
Chanuka we break the barriers of Galus, and enter into the
boundary of Esav to bring light also there.

The Torah is compared to various liquids, and the highest of all, is

‫ שמן‬which represents the ‫ פנימיות‬of Torah. The olive oil fights the
‫ שכחה‬that the Greeks wanted to instill in the yidden. The Chumash
begins- ‫ והארץ היתה תהו ובהו וחשך על פני תהום‬all terms that represent
the ‫גליות‬, where ‫ חשך‬is the Greek empire- ‫ החשך‬are the letters ‫שכחה‬.
‫ רבי שמעון בר יוחאי‬was the first that said that the Torah will not be
forgotten. The Gemorra says that ‫ שמן זית‬is a segula for memory-
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‫=ויצק שמן על ראשה‬1202=‫כי לא תשכח מפי זרעו‬.

Yaakov already prepared us for Chanuka, the ‫ י"ט‬that occurs at a
time of concealment, at night and on the left. Yaakov is preparing
that the Torah will not be forgotten, which we see on Chanuka. We
take ‫ פך שמן‬that was concealed under the ground, and Hashem gives
us light of ‫ לעתיד לבא‬for eight days-
‫=ושמן זית‬813=‫ים יהי אור ויהי אור‬-‫ויאמר אלה‬. Rav Shimon’s whole
life was ‫ לעתיד לבא‬- -‫=לעתיד לבוא‬553=‫שמעון בן יוחאי‬.

When lighting the Chanuka candles do we look at how many days

already passed, or do we look at how many days are coming?
According to ‫ב"ש‬, Rashi says we follow days ‫ לעתידים לבא‬-
(‫)לעתיד לבא‬. The Halacha will be like ‫ ב"ש‬in the future. During the
eight days of Chanuka, we are permitted to taste the future, the
secrets of Torah which are concealed today except for choice ‫צדיקים‬,
but which ‫ משיח‬will reveal. We went out of Galus ‫ביד רמה‬, which
Rashi says is ‫בריש גלי‬. The word ‫ בריש‬is the acronym of the ‫צדיקים‬
that revealed to the world the ‫פנימיות התורה‬, for example
‫רבי שמעון בר יוחאי‬, and ‫רבי ישראל בעל שם‬- (‫)בעל שם טוב‬, and
‫(– רב יצחק בן שלמה‬Ari Tzal). Chanuka is the ‫ י"ט‬that ushered into the
world a taste of ‫לעתיד לבא‬, and the secrets of the Torah that usually
stay inside, but on these eight days go outside for all to see
‫=בריש‬512=‫להדליק נר חנכה‬. The whole world can see the light of the
future ‫בריש גלי‬, the ‫ גלי‬means ‫– גלוי‬revealed.

Lavan ‫ לבן‬is ‫נבל‬, the greatest ‫קליפה‬, who wishes to uproot

everything. Lavan has ‫ עזות דסטרא אחר‬as it says ‫ושלחתי אש בקומה עזה‬-
‫=לבן‬82=‫ עזה‬On the outside he’s white, however inside he’s the
darkest black. Chanuka on the other hand, is the ‫ י"ט‬of ‫ עזות דקדושה‬-
‫=עוז‬83=‫חנכה‬. Chanuka is the ‫ י"ט‬of the ‫ אחדות‬of ‫כלל ישראל‬. The
‫ מנורה‬is made of one piece of gold, one unit. The problem we have
today is a lack of ‫אחדות‬. Lavan and Yishmael don’t care what type
of Chassid one is ‫ ידו בכל ויד כל בו‬and ‫בקש לבן לעקור את הכל‬- they
want to destroy it all.

Chanuka is the ‫ חינוך‬of the ‫בית שני‬. During the ‫בית שני‬, the first
thirty four years were under Persian rule, then one hundred and
eighty years under Greek rule, then one hundred and three years
under the ‫ חשמונאים‬and then another one hundred and three years
under the Romans. So for one hundred and three years the yidden
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had total freedom. The Greeks contaminated the ‫בהמ"ק‬, and so the
‫ חשמונאים‬purified the ‫ מקדש‬and inaugurated a new ‫חינוך‬, a new
‫ בית המקדש‬which we could call the third ‫בהמ"ק‬, a preparation for the
future and final ‫בהמ"ק‬. If the yidden would have been ‫זוכה‬, this
would have been the real third and final ‫בהמ"ק‬. Amalek also tried to
make yidden forget ‫ה‬-‫יד על כס י‬. Hashem’s name is not complete, for
it is missing the ‫ א‬in ‫כסא‬, and the ‫ וה‬in the ‫שם הויה‬. On Chanuka,
Hashem’s complete name is reinstated -
‫=ויצא‬107=‫=כסא הויה‬107=‫=גלעד‬107=‫אנכי הויה‬. The Greeks wanted
to awaken the ‫חטא העגל‬- ‫כתבו לכם על קרן השור‬, and ‫ מתתיהו‬was the
tikun ‫=מתתיהו‬861=‫ קרן השור‬. On Chanuka, we experience the
‫ כסא הויה‬on the outside and below ten tefachim. Just as the sun set
suddenly with Yaakov, the Geula will come suddenly. Yishmael
attacks the yidden unexpectedly and suddenly- ‫בהיסח הדעת‬
(they are the ‫)עקרב‬.

Parshas Toldos ends with Yaakov escaping to ‫ פדם ארם‬from the

wrath of Esav. Why does ‫ ויצא‬begin with that ‫ יעקב‬left ‫באר שבע‬- ‫א"י‬
as we know this already. Maybe we could say that this is where ‫יעקב‬
learned for fourteen years- ‫ מבאר שבע‬are the letters ‫בא שם עבר‬. There
is a Midrash that says that ‫ מבאר שבע‬is ‫מבארות של שבועה‬. The ‫גמורה‬
learns from ‫ ויפגע במקום‬that Yaakov established ‫תפילת מעריב‬. Yaakov
entered Galus, and when the darkness enters, physically and
spiritually, then we must turn on the mode of ‫אמונה‬. This is why
after ‫ שמע‬in ‫מעריב‬, we say ‫ואמונה כל זאת‬,
‫=ואמונה כל זאת וקים עלנו‬878=‫הדלקת נר חנוכה‬, the tefilla when we
don’t see clearly. When Yaakov leaves ‫א"י‬, he is leaving the
boundary of ‫קדושה‬, where he has to deal with the ‫חשך‬. First Yaakov
had to get charged with holiness at the ‫ ב"מ‬of ‫עבר‬. Shem passed
away when Yaakov was fifty year old. At the beginning of Parshas
‫ תולדות‬when it said that ‫ויעקב איש תם ישב אהלים‬, this referred to the
‫אוהל של שם והאוהל של עבר‬. Now Yaakov, having to deal with the ‫ערב‬,
the darkness, the ‫רה"ר‬, the left, and below ten, went to learn by ‫עבר‬
the same letters as ‫ערב‬. For sixty three years Yaakov didn’t have to
deal with the outside. The ‫ עבודה‬of Yaakov enables ‫ כלל ישראל‬to be
able to endure the long Galus. For these fourteen years, Yaakov
learnt the Torah of ‫משיח‬, the Torah of ‫חנוכה‬, in order to be able to
deal with this level of ‫חשך‬, the union of Esav and Yishmael. This
required the Torah that’s compared to ‫שמן‬.
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The oil found by the ‫ חשמונאים‬was oil that was hidden and then
revealed by the ‫ רשבי‬and the Ari Tzal and the ‫בעל שם טוב‬. Nowadays
it’s a mitzva to learn these areas in Torah, since the generation is so
dark and we need a high level of light to survive. Every yid has to
be enlightened. The Mishne says that the candles and wicks that are
not permitted to use on Shabbos since there is a fear that some yid
might come to adjust them since they are of inferior quality, may be
used on Chanuka. A deeper meaning is that the ‫נשמות‬, the ‫ נפש‬the
acronym of ‫ נר פתיל שמן‬that are not turned on by Shabbos, are
affected by Chanuka- (‫)מאור עינים‬. Shabbos is connected to this
world of seven, being the seventh day, whereas Chanuka is
connected to the future world of eight- ‫למעלה מן הטבע‬. The ‫יונים‬
battled mostly against ‫ברית מילה‬, the eighth mitzva given, and on the
eighth day. Chanuka is the only ‫ י"ט‬that is a total unit of eight, and
so Chanuka is a ‫ י"ט‬that goes farther than any other ‫י"ט‬. This is like
‫ משיח‬who is called the ‫פורץ‬, as he will breach all the ‫גדרים‬, all the
barriers of Galus.

When the yidden fall so low and the ‫ חשך‬is so thick, we need a
stronger force, a new revelation to get us on top again. Chanuka
which falls in the second part of the month, is lit on the left, and on
the outside, and at night all in order to affect the ‫ נשמות‬that fell into
these places. As we mentioned already Kislev is the month that
represents ‫בנימין‬, who is compared to the wolf -
‫בבקר יאכל עד ולערב יחלק שלל‬. In ‫ כסלו‬the ‫ עבודה‬is that of ‫ משיח‬-
‫=שלל עד‬434=‫=חודש כסלו‬434=‫משיח בן דויד‬. The ‫ מעלה‬of ‫ שמיני‬is that
it could reach much lower and breach boundaries. ‫ חנוכה‬is the last
‫י"ט‬, but is rooted in the ‫אור הגנוז‬- ‫=מה פרצת עליך‬945=‫שמונת ימי חנוכה‬.

‫ ויצא יעקב מבאר שבע וילך חרנה‬Yaakov left the world of seven- ‫שבע‬,
as ‫= יעקב‬7 x 26, ‫שם הויה‬, and Yaakov works seven years for Rachel.
He now entered into ‫הנר ח‬- ‫הרנה‬, the world of eight, which he was
proficient after learning the ‫ תורת הנסתר‬for fourteen years (‫)נטמן‬.
The ‫ מדרש‬says that ‫ באר שבע‬is the ‫בארות של שבועה‬. Before a yid is
born, he swears that ‫יהיה צדיק ועל תהיה רשע‬. It’s simple that if one
will become a ‫צדיק‬, then he won’t be a ‫רשע‬. The Midrash says that
there are ‫ מעשים של צדיקים‬which are light, and ‫ מעשים של רשעים‬which
are darkness. Hashem wants the actions to be of ‫צדיקים‬, as it says
‫ים יהי אור‬-‫ויאמר אלה‬. The ‫ שם ושמואל‬and the ‫ שפת אמת‬say that
‫ מעשים של צדיקים‬are the ‫ צדיקים גמורים‬and of ‫ רשעים‬are the ‫ רשעים‬that
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did ‫תשובה‬. Rashi says ‫ בבקר יאכל עד‬refers to ‫ שאול המלך‬from

Binyamin, and Rashi quotes from ‫ שמואל א‬that King Saul grabbed
the kingdom ‫וכל אשר יפנה ירשיעה‬. Could we say ‫ שאול המלך‬was a
‫ ?רשע‬He was very pure ‫לא טעם חטא‬. The answer is that the ‫ עבודה‬of
King Saul was to elevate the ‫רשעים‬. The Mittle Rebbi said that
Yosef was the ‫ צדיק עליון‬and Binyamin was the ‫צדיק תחתון‬, the ‫צדיק‬
that had to deal with the ‫רשעים‬. There are generations that have to
deal with the ‫רשעים‬. This is the ‫ הוה אמינה‬of ‫תהיה צדיק ועל תהיה רשע‬.
We should be the ‫ צדיק‬and not have to deal with people who sin.
Yaakov went out of this ‫שבועה‬, out of the realm of ‫קדושה‬, in order to
deal with Lavan and Esav and Galus and ‫חרון אף‬. This is where
Yaakov encounters the ‫בהמ"ק‬.

In the beginning of perek ‫כט‬, it says ‫ וישא יעקב רגליו‬hinting to that

even the ‫ נשמות‬that are low, the ‫ עקב‬of the yidden, Yaakov picks
them up. The ‫פני מנחם‬, the son of the ‫ אמרי אמת‬says that every Parsha
has a ‫פשט רמז דרש וסוד‬, however Parshas ‫ ויצא‬has mostly ‫ סוד‬-
‫ גלעד … עקודים ברודים‬hinting to ‫לג בעומר‬, the hidden Torah. ‫ ויצא‬is the
Parsha of ‫=אמונת – אמונה‬497=‫ זאת חנוכה‬where even when the sun
sets and we don’t see clearly, we have ‫אמונה‬. It’s in this Parsha that
it says ‫ויצא יעקב מבאר שבע‬, since now Yaakov has the ‫ כלים‬to deal
with the ‫ערב‬, after learning the Torah of ‫משיח‬. Yaakov can leave the
‫ בארות של שבועה‬and deal with the lower ‫נשמות‬, which is set aside for
only great ‫ צדיקים‬like Yaakov.

Chanuka was a controversial ‫ י"ט‬a few hundred years ago. However

as the generations fell deeper and deeper into darkness, we need the
‫ חיזוק‬of Chanuka more and more. Wherever a yid lives, he could
encounter the ‫ שכינה‬as it says ‫חרנה ויפגע במקום‬. In ‫ חרון אף של מקום‬in
America or Australia, Hashem will be with him -
‫=ויפגע במקום וילן‬453=‫סמוך הויה לכל הנופלים‬. Chanuka, as we said is
the 620th mitzva ‫=חרנה ויפגע במקום‬620=‫חת נון כף הא‬. Every yid that
lights the Chanuka candles, is like Aharon lighting the ‫ מנורה‬in the
‫בהמ"ק‬. Rashi says by Aharon ‫ להגיד שבחו שלא שינה‬- ‫ לא שינה‬it doesn’t
matter what brand of Yiddishkeit one practices, all the yidden are
‫מקשה אחד‬, one unit.
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