Chanuka:
· Seemed hopeless against overwhelming greek culture, and army, but with H's help...
· Same with Yosef, he was in pit, then slave, then falsely accused, then in an instant he was king, and he realized it was all somehow in order to get him to that position.
· Olive oil is taken from crushed olive, think it is finished garbage useless, but instead that is the way to get the most from it, then one realizes it was all for this.
· Geulah, like rededication of Bet Hamikdash: Az ymalei schok pinu.
Parsha:
· Chanukah:
o Yakov, stones as sign like oil vs war; oil on monument like rededicaiton of bet hamikdash; bet elokim:according to some was unified with har habayit
o Shemen zayit noach, Greeks = Yefet etc.
· Sale of Yosef: Why it happened: Yosef emerged almost last instead of 1st/Lavan etc, indirect via Yakov 'cheating' Yitzchok
· Yosef ends sibling rivalry saga
· No one is too big to fail (value added of torah story is insight that only God could know);
· everyone can do teshuva (Yehuda)
· if you sell your brother, check YOURSELF!
· Karma: sell as slave, all become slaves
· true interp of dreams: interpretation--> actuation; help brother achieve dreams and be a prince, trip him up and be a slave along with him.
· tshuva: same circumstances acting differently: Yehuda, Yosef!
· (binyamin goblet - rachel trofim)
· Tzadik and BT, Ylm; mashiach;
· Self-transcendance;
· True heroism