Lighting Up the Night - Part 1: Olives, Chanukah & Mashiach - Rabbi Paysach Krohn

[Music] the profit year we are on the V he was talking about the Jewish people and in the 11th chapter hearing our olive passing to Zion he tells us that the Jewish people Cius Ronon they're like a beautiful olive tree you favorito our canoe hashem jamaica hashem called jewish people like an olive why an olive white Africa that which produces oil what is so special about an olive and the Midrash in Chimel Saba lama draw of olive tells us why did he Mia tell us that the Jewish people are like olives and he says something and try it out with your children and grandchildren try it tomorrow while Hanukkah is still with us they will never forget it and you won't forget it either take a glass tomorrow and put in some water and put in some orange juice and of course the orange juice and the water are gonna mix but then put in some oil and you'll see an amazing thing that will happen this oil with the water and the orange juice is not gonna mix with the water and the orange juice the oil will rise to the top and when the children see it and you see it you won't forget it you could hear it in the Midrash but when you see it actually happened you will understand why you hear me all said the Jewish people are like olives and oil you know why because we separate we're different than the nations of the world tonight which is the night of New Year's Eve all over the world people are drinking celebrating and doing anything but learning jorah look at us people said to me nobody's coming here tonight everybody's going to New Year's parties I said it's not true the bid Gabrielle people are holy they're coming to learn tonight you can deserve a round of applause give yourselves a round of applause and that's what it means that you rise to the top that's what you're me always saying and how special it is tonight the final night of Hanukkah that Jewish people should come together to learn Torah to be able to be inspired and to rise and to be different than the whole world especially tonight Hashem has made it that we should feel good about ourselves and feel pride and be proud that we are Jewish people than on a night when the whole world is partying we are partying with the Torah and we are learning what it means to be so special and so before we start the whole lecture I want to give every one of us Abraha everyone including myself you know what mm Elif says it a limb in the 128th chapter cook off Eskimo Vanessa he says your children should be kicha silly they seem like our plants sorry blue shoe Hanukkah around your table and of course many of the commentaries rabid completed read that says why are Jewish children why did not have mother bless them that they should be like olives and he says you know why because olives are always fresh and vibrant and they're always in season and that's what we wanted our children should be fresh and vibrant and leba dick and alive and excited and always in season not every fruit is in season but we want our children always to be at the top of their game so to speak and that's what olives are and that's the bra ha that we give each other tonight when we lit the final candle the eighth candle and I want to tell you something really I was thinking of ending with this but I am so excited about this that I can't wait to the end do you know what the rebel value yourself says it's unbelievable only he could think of it he says you know mashiac stands for mem shin you'd guess my blinkin shim or not you may Hanukkah isn't that as this wow it's amazing right hanukkah's been around since you know a thousand years at least right and he thought about it tonight's the night who knows maybe Michelle's getting ready to come tomorrow morning right Messiah my bleak and sham what I can make Hanukkah on this holy day of Zeus Hanukkah that's what we read in the Torah tomorrow that's what of Avadh yawns if it's not liberal I was telling us that when Jews celebrate Hanukkah in the proper way and they light the candles and they see the light what is the true light of Jewish people we know key made mitzvot the Torah or every Mitzvah is a candle but you know something I once heard something amazing what happens when you have a terrible wind it's gonna blow out a candle right so no matter what meets why you do sometimes outside influences the outside winds could have an effect materialism immorality secularism but what happens when the winds come against a big fire c'mon oh it's one we saw it last night those of you who know what you got in the hills there was a terrible terrible fire and why were they fighting the fire for hours because of the winds when the winds common is a fire it spreads even more and when there is the fire of Tarakan a mitzvah the Torah or and the winds come from the outside world the Torah spreads even more because we become determined and when all of you come here tonight on a night that every one of you could have gone to parties and every one of you could have found an excuse not to come to this holy base marriage and you came that's how I was spreading Tyra that's what remove odd you yourself would be so happy and that's what he would say that's the beginning of Messiah because madly consumed or not you may Hanukkah