Chanukah: The Surprising Reason we Celebrate Such an Insignificant Miracle - Rabbi Eli Karmel

if you would stop and think what is so special and unique about Kaneka that you really don't find by any of the other y then you'll probably notice that what makes Kana different is how far we take the idea of pum of publicizing the miracle that happened because although of course by every single yam really we celebrate some sort of miracle that happened but specifically by Kana we find that you don't just make a p in your house or read the Milla in sh Kana is the only time we find that you're supposed to take the Mana and put it outside or by the window for not to publicize it not just for yourself but for the entire world so that everybody else should be able to see it as well and there are two questions on this idea first of all if you had to choose one Miracle out of all the Miracles that happened to us throughout history to be the one miracle that we're going to publicize to the whole world why in the world would you choose this small miracle of Kaneka and the Mana what happened there was one jug of oil that was supposed to last only for one day and it lasted for 8 Days okay it's a nice Miracle but it doesn't seem very major nobody's lives were at stake so out of all the Miracles that happened to us throughout history why in the world would we choose this to be the number one miracle that we're publicizing to the whole world that is the first question second question is why exactly are we even publicizing the miracle in the first place what's the point if the whole point of presuma was just to remind you to thank Hashem for doing the miracle that happened then we could have just as easily just had the Mana in our house for us and our families to see so why did we have to publicize it for the whole world what is really the point of pum Nissa and to understand this we need to first stop and think why exactly does Hashem ever do open miracles for us in the first place because if Hashem just wanted to save us for some reason then he could have just as easily saved us in a way that looks natural and does not look like an open Miracle so why does Hashem ever do open miracles for us and thean he famously explains in the very end of parish's Bo that the main reason that Hashem ever does and he ever did open miracles for us was to show us and remind us that he is still actively running every every single thing that happens to us in this world so just like he did the open Miracle so too when there are not open Miracles happening he's still always there behind the scenes controlling everything that happens and doing everything for our best because that he says is the foundation of the whole ter and so now it makes a lot of sense why they wanted us to publicize the nce and be myome the nce for everybody in the world because they wanted to remind everyone that just like Hashem did an open Miracle back then so too he is still actively controlling every single thing that happens in this world and then of course everybody is going to start living with which is the foundation of the whole like we explained at Great length in the last share but now of course the question Still Remains very nice we have a wonderful reason why we want to show this nce to show the miracle to everybody in the world to remind them that hasm runs the world but why in the world would we choose this specific Miracle out of all the Miracles that we should take the biggest Miracles that ever happened in history and we should be mome that we should spread that out to the entire world and show everybody that you see Hashem did that Big Miracle he's doing this so why would we choose that A J of oil lasted for eight days we could have chosen yamu Matra so why in the world would we choose such a small insignificant Miracle to publicize to the whole world and I was thinking that perhaps the reason they specifically chose this small miracle of the Mana and the jug of oil was precisely because it was so small and insignificant because they wanted to remind us that it's not just the big things in life that are coming from Hashem and it's Hashem was controlling them like life and death or if you have a big tragedy or a major victory because when those kind of things happen it's much easier for us to stop and remember and look back and say oh it's it was all hasem you know when it's a really hard to remember it's coming from Hashem when all the small little insignificant things happen in our lives when you're stuck in traffic and your kids are all cranky and you have a headache that's when it's really really hard to stop and remember it's all from Hashem who loves me is doing it for my best so they specifically chose this small Miracle of the Mana and the jug of oil to remind us that no matter how small anything seems in our life it's always coming from Hashem who's doing it for our best and just like Hashem made one little jug of oil last for 8 days so too every single little thing in our life is always coming from Hashem who loves us who's doing it for our best and so this Kana let's make sure we don't miss this opportunity to really light up our lives with the beauty of and so let's make sure right now before you forget to put a real strong system in place to always remind you that hasem is running the world and to strengthen your every single day you could start learning or you can hit follow and start the new series we have on and whatever it is you do make sure you do something that you know that you will realistically be able to do on a consistent basis and then you will be able to take the light and the beauty and the message of Kaneka with you all year long