Chanukah: The Four Galuyos and the Dreidel

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

Why did Yaakov send Yehuda ahead to Yosef, and why to Goshnah, with the extra heh? The sefer answers that Mitzrayim is the root of all four golus, so Yaakov sent the two Moshiach, from Yosef and Yehuda, there first. Chazal say Hashem prepares the refuah before the makka. Chanukah trains us for the light of Moshiach, and the dreidel spins the four golus away.

Key points

• The sefer sets the four golus against the four letters of Hashem's name, and Mitzrayim against the kotz of the yud.
• In the sefer, Bavel stands against the nefesh, Madai the guf, Yavan the seichel, and Rome all three.
• The sefer reads Goshnah as guf, seichel, nefesh and hakol, sharing a gematria with Moshiach.
• The sefer reads Chanukah as chinuch, training us for the hidden light of Moshiach.
• The dreidel's four sides are the four golus, spun away around the midpoint of Yisrael.

In this shiur

1. 0:00How the sefer got its name
2. 4:23Why Yaakov sent Yehuda to Goshnah
3. 5:41Mitzrayim, root of the four golus
4. 10:08Each golus against nefesh, guf, seichel
5. 14:03Two Moshiach and the answer
6. 19:25Chanukah as training for Moshiach
7. 20:39The dreidel and the four golus
8. 24:31Dreidel from the top, grager from below

Topics

• Chanukah
• Dreidel
• Golus
• Moshiach