๐ SATURDAY PRAYER: HESED- GRACE FOR THE FIRST SHABBAT MEAL
READING: SUNSET FRIDAY
A HANUKKAH CANDLE, A SYMBOL OF LIGHT
-by Rav Michael Laitman
Question: Why are burning candles the symbol of Hanukkah? We also light candles on other holidays, and lighting candles is basically part of many cultures.
Answer: A candle is a symbol of light, a symbol of physical and spiritual power that fills us and helps us feel that we are beyond the boundaries of this world, in unlimited space.
We forget our body and donโt feel that it limits and pressures us but as if we are floating in the air.
Question: Why is it a custom to add a candle each day of Hanukkah so that there are ultimately there are eight candles?
Answer: I receive a new Sefira with every day that goes by, a new spiritual level from Malchut to Bina. Hanukkah is not the end of our development yet, but only part of it. This is the reason that it is called โHanukkahโ, stemming from the Hebrew words โparkโ and โhere.โ