Chanukah: Golus Yavon Hidden in Golus Mitzrayim

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Where is Chanukah hidden in the Torah? The Medrash finds all four golus in the first pesukim of Bereishis, with choshech as Yavon, and the Arizal calls Golus Mitzrayim the prototype of every golus. An early Belzer Rebbe counts four descents to Mitzrayim, so Yaakov Avinu's descent, the third, is Golus Yavon. Yaakov's Krias Shema, the yeshiva in Goshen and the 36 crowns on Yaakov's coffin all carry hints of Chanukah.

Key points

• The Arizal calls Golus Mitzrayim the prototype of every golus, not one of the four.
• The Zohar reads Chanukah as resting on 25, the number of letters in Shema Yisrael.
• In the Gemara's story 36 crowns sat on Yaakov Avinu's coffin, matching Chanukah's 36 neiros.

In this shiur

1. 0:00Opening
2. 1:26The Medrash on four golus in Bereishis
3. 3:46Why Golus Mitzrayim is missing
4. 7:11Four descents to Mitzrayim
5. 10:02Chanukah as chanu kaf-hei
6. 11:08Yaakov's Krias Shema and Goshen yeshiva
7. 13:40Yaakov's petira and Chanukah
8. 14:58The 36 crowns on Yaakov's coffin

Topics

• Chanukah
• Golus Yavon
• Golus Mitzrayim
• Yaakov Avinu