Chanukah: Noticing the Miracle of the Oil In My Life

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Chanukah is usually 30 minutes of candles… and then eight days of “okay, it’s Chanukah.” But what if the whole avodah is learning to notice what’s already happening? In this shiur, Rav Shlomo Katz and the women of Shirat David learn a short but powerful piece from Rav Ginsburgh that flips the way we think about the “two miracles” of Chanukah: the military victory and the miracle of the oil. Both are above nature, but they’re not the same kind of miracle. The war was loud, dramatic, “split-the-sea” miraculous — and it came after Yidden cried out from below: Ribbono Shel Olam, save us. But the miracle of the oil is the opposite: it’s a miracle that, halachically speaking, wasn’t even necessary (tumah hutrah b’tzibbur). Hashem did it anyway, not because we demanded it, but because He chose to come close and say, “I’m here.” We explore the difference between miracles that break nature and miracles that quietly merge the supernatural into the natural — “התמזגות שקטה… שרק ניכרת בעיני המתבונן.” And we take it into real life: relationships, healing, growth, chinuch, the subtle turn of a child’s heart — the kind of “oil miracle” you only see if you slow down enough to look. And then Rav Ginsburgh lands it with a stunning remez: Chanukah is not only Chanu kaf-hei (we “rested” from war on the 25th) — it’s also Chana kaf-vav: Hashem (26) “parks” with us… without being invited, just to show His chibah, His delight in His people. This is Chanukah prep as a way of living: not waiting only for the loud salvations, but becoming a person of hisbonenus who can see the miracle of the oil inside your own life. ---------- For more Shuirim and Music from Rav Shlomo Katz, visit: https://ravshlomokatz.com Join Rav Shlomo Katz's WhatsApp Community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KHKOhhPaeHx5Kb74WL9L9a?mode=ems_copy_t