Chanukah: Finding the Darkness - Rabbi Moshe Don Kestenbaum

I'd like to share with you a thought that I think we need to find the darkness before we're able to see right before we're able to discover the light what do I mean tells us in the Durham about rabikiva marrying the daughter of kabulous and they didn't have any money even though she came from wealthy home he disowned his daughter because at that point and they had no money and they started out living in like a straw hot very very poor Rebecca had to take the hair out of her head that's how poor they were one day a poor person really it's Elio on Navi disguised as a poor person comes to the door of their heart and says can you please give me some straw my wife is giving birth I need some straw and it became a turn to his wife and he said you see there are people that don't even have any straw and if you keep us was saying we have to be grateful we have to be appreciative over the fact that we have straw Rebecca was not happy of course that someone else was in pain that someone else had less than him but when rubikiva saw that someone had less than them baby Cuba realized that the story he had was a gift the way we are is that unless we realize that it's possible that we don't have it we couldn't have it we don't really appreciate that which we have so we have to think in Hanukkah or in Hanukkah a time of Islam gratitude and not to take for granted all the gifts that we have how do we do that dare I say that we have to stop for a moment and think of times in our life that were painful and now they're full of light think of other people that we know that are in difficult situations diving for them but then as well appreciate the gifts that we have if we know someone that's that's sick stop them for them at the same time open our eyes see the light that bark Hashem that we are healthy whatever the situation is we all have challenges and that is well our own challenges our own challenges should help us realize and be grateful for all the light for all the incredible light all the incredible gifts that we do have see the darkness outside of the rest of the world the terrible state of morality in the world and then appreciate the light the light that we have that we have a Torah that we have Mitzvahs that we have this in naira to light up our homes to light up our lives let us be zoka to celebrate apprecia only gives our College Sparkle has given us a frail consignment