{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Short Daf Summaries - Project Likkutei Torah","title":"Short Summary of Torah Ohr Daf 34 (end of t\"r Mitzvas Ner Chanukah beginning of Ki Imcha...)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":676,"description":"w/ Dovid Leib Shmerling from Melbourne, AUThe Greeks defiled the Wisdom of Torah. To overcome that, the Jews had to draw from a level that is beyond Wisdom (MMK”A). This was through Mitzvot, which drew from SOK”A, Rav Chessed, which is represented by the single flask of oil. We can now understand the opinions of Beis Shammai (8-1) and Beis Hillel (1-8):Beis Shammai understands that the common aspect of the cattle offerings on Succos and the candles of the Menorah is that they both draw down the level of SOK”A. He learns out the descending order of the latter from the former.Now, although we have just explained that the Menorah does in fact draw down this level, Beis Hillel understands that there is also a difference between these two kinds of service. The former is a Biblical commandment, which means that it relates to the world from the “God’s Eye View” and can effect change just by being present in this world. However, the Menorah is a Rabbinical commandment, which represents the struggle of human beings to bring Godliness into their world from their point of view. This requires a gradual increase in light, through which the darkness itself is slowly transformed. Practically, this means that one needs to refine himself and be committed to serving Hashem before he can fully appreciate and be illuminated by the Mitzvot. (The parallel of this in Pesach and Sefiras Haomer.)An elaboration on the distinction between the seven shepherds and the eight anointed:The seven shepherdsFocus on Torah studyDirectly transmit spiritual sustenance to their flock through teachingOriginate in the deeper layer of a lower level; (Alma D’Isgalya, Chochmah and Binah/”Alafim” of 13 Middos, Pnimi) example: basic fruit vs. superior leaves.The eight anointedAre characterized by their piety and good deedsIndirectly transmit spiritual sustenance through example and other, hidden meansOriginate in an external layer of a higher level (Alma D’Iskasya, the first 8 of the 13 Middos, Makkif)...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/sXcMaTI8NX0sf3CRANJgraW3vRTGF4Cd7BFP1XnWsRQ/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyNjA3LzE2Njc5/NTA4MzYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}