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Episode Synopsis
A Condition of Virtuality - Comparison of ויותר יעקב לבדו with ונשגב השם לבדו: Just as Yaakov was a definition of identity and involved פכים קטנים in identity per se; so was הקב"ה כביכול a sudden burst of אור in Creation as פכים קטנים. This relates the ענני הכבוד to פכים קטנים in the same way that סכות leads directly to חנוכה!
Both the beginning and end of the development of awareness and preciousness of the moment in context come from דמות דיוקנו של יעקב where both יעקב and יוסף are in their most debilitated state, both concerned for possible ערוה and both clueless as to the future! This is the darkness of חנוכה which is primal to the extent that it is reflected even in Saturnalia and Christmas, with the renewal in Adam’s awareness now becoming the ראש השנה that is the גימטריה "מתתיהו"!
BW: The concurrence of this parasha with the shortest days of winter corresponds to the darkness of the low points in the life of Yosef, which in turn, recapitulate bleak events in the life of Ya’akov. However, the aloneness felt by both during these periods present opportunities for self-definition. It is also no coincidence that this parasha falls during Chanukah time. The pachim katanim that meant so much to Ya’akov are an allusion to the pach of oil that miraculously burned for 8 days. The smallest, most trivial things in life are those that are the most precious if they represent that in which we have invested all our being and care. Thus, the tiny lights on the Menorah mean more to Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu than all the luminaries in the heavens because they demonstrate our dedication to a shared vision for the world He created - a world that to Him is pachim katanim. (BW)
Both the beginning and end of the development of awareness and preciousness of the moment in context come from דמות דיוקנו של יעקב where both יעקב and יוסף are in their most debilitated state, both concerned for possible ערוה and both clueless as to the future! This is the darkness of חנוכה which is primal to the extent that it is reflected even in Saturnalia and Christmas, with the renewal in Adam’s awareness now becoming the ראש השנה that is the גימטריה "מתתיהו"!
BW: The concurrence of this parasha with the shortest days of winter corresponds to the darkness of the low points in the life of Yosef, which in turn, recapitulate bleak events in the life of Ya’akov. However, the aloneness felt by both during these periods present opportunities for self-definition. It is also no coincidence that this parasha falls during Chanukah time. The pachim katanim that meant so much to Ya’akov are an allusion to the pach of oil that miraculously burned for 8 days. The smallest, most trivial things in life are those that are the most precious if they represent that in which we have invested all our being and care. Thus, the tiny lights on the Menorah mean more to Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu than all the luminaries in the heavens because they demonstrate our dedication to a shared vision for the world He created - a world that to Him is pachim katanim. (BW)
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