This document provides instructions for daily scanning for candle lighting during Chanukah. It begins with the root word for God, "Elohim", and its numerical value. It then lists the daily scanning for each of the 8 days of Chanukah, providing the numerical value calculated through gematria based on adding letters from God's name with the number of the day. The scanning provides a spiritual connection for lighting the candles each night of Chanukah.
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THE HOLIDAY OF CHANUKAH
The holiday of Chanukah has once again arrived.
While modern technology made awareness of this holiday,
known as the “Festival of Lights”, more widespread,
nonetheless, the majority of Jews still remain indifferent to
its place in Judaism.
Traditional observance of this once joyous event never
really caught on as part of western tradition. As Rabbi
Ashlag predicted, Judaism devoid of meaning or reason will
ultimately be abandoned by the larger segment of Jewry.
Chanukah, unfortunately, has fallen amidst the forgotten
rubble of modern Jewry.
Despite the overwhelming rejection of the Torah as the
foundation of religious Judaism the, so-called, authorities
still pretend that this is what the message on Mount Sinai
was all about. I believe the time has finally come when an
acceptable Judaism, one that does not require any change
or modification of the Torah itself, can be presented to the
people.
The Torah has been the accurate roadmap for human
progress and will be the tool used to bring an end to the
chaos of misery, pain and suffering. The choice whether to
accept its disciplines and teaching must, of necessity, be
left with the people and not the authorities.
Because Chanukah occurs during the Christmas
season, many Westerners see a likeness between Chanukah
and Christmas - as a holiday in which gifts are normally
shared with relatives and friends. Little do these people
realize that the idea of gift sharing began some 400 years
prior to the establishment of Christianity. The concept
arose during the Purim event.
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What the Kabbalist gleaned from Purim was not that it
was merely an occasion for a masquerade party nor was
Chanukah a time to eat jelly rolls. When Jewish holidays
and celebrations are denigrated to such lowly standards and
distorted principles, the inevitable result must end in an
abandonment. What has unfortunately been forgotten is the
fact that the Lord did not thrust his creatures onto a chaotic
planet to face a life that is filled with pain and suffering all
supposedly from a compassionate G-d. This dichotomy is
not accepted by the sophisticated and more educated people
in this twentieth century.
Consequently, we must seriously consider withdrawing
back to the original purpose and intent of revelation on
Sinai. From a Kabbalistic perspective, Sinai, Purim or
Chanukah were devices and instruments provided by the
Creator for the express purpose of supporting and assisting
all of mankind in the battle to remove chaos from the
human landscape.
Having said that, what is Chanukah all about.
Traditionalists have placed the importance of Chanukah as
two miracles that occurred during the period of the Second
Temple. The first was the remarkable victory, by a handful
of Jews, over the mighty army of the Greek Empire. The
second miracle was over the vial of untouched, undefiled
temple oil that should have lasted only one day of its
lighting and it extended to a full eight days.
And therefore, some 2300 years later, Jews, not
Gentiles, were required to observe this memorable occasion
as a remembrance of God's divine interference to aid the
Jews. After so long a period of time, I feel it safe to
conclude that the traditionalist has lost the battle to
maintain the faith - for this precise reason, the reduction of
Chanukah to an irrelevant event.
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However, when we understand that these miracles
occur as a result of a prior, major cause, then we really
discover the relevance that Chanukah can have for each and
every single person today.
Chanukah was the occasion for an awesome Lightforce
to become revealed. This particular month and day was part
of the Creation process in which the Lord infused the cosmos
with the energy to bring about miracles. This energy of
miracles existed in a potential form - for mankind to tap into,
so as to create miracles in his/her life, and was available long
before Chanukah appeared on the scene of history.
The methodology by which mankind could rise from
the normal to the paranormal (otherwise known as
miracles) became revealed on Chanukah. When the vial of
oil lasted eight days, the Jews then knew that the miracle of
victory over the Greeks is available each and every year for
a period of eight days. The military awareness was not the
significance of Chanukah, but rather it only substantiated
the power that existed in a potential state. When properly
connected “victory over the Greeks” or miracles are only
an effect and are available at any time in the future. Access
to this awesome power was and is up for grabs when
miracles are needed in our lives.
When the oil was lit on the 25th day of Kislev, the
Hebrew or lunar month of Sagittarius, the miracle was
confirmed because only a fraction of the oil was needed for
a full 24 hour lighting period. One vial usually contained
sufficient oil to last 24 hours. On the 25th day, one eighth
of the vial was consumed for the entire 24 hours. And when
the same vial lasted for an additional seven days, the
Kabbalist then knew that in these eight days the cosmos
were infused with the power of miracles.
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The power of mind over matter was once again
demonstrated to be truth at the splitting of the Red Sea–
when the Jews were also threatened with imminent
disasters and they caused the sea to split. One merely needs
to be aware that these windows of time opportunities exist
as they were placed within our universe so that humankind
could overcome the chaos that forever plagues us. Oil was
the essential tool by which we could properly connect with
the awesome power of miracles.
If this was the significance behind Chanukah then why
was the explanation that this was an observance no
different than other events of distinction such as Passover
or Shavuot? Why has there never been any mention of the
unusual opportunity Chanukah affords each and every
person-to bring the power of miracles into our lives? Why
had the authorities rested on the old-type reasoning of
“tradition,” remembrance or commemoration when they
could have provided a more meaningful reason as to why a
person living in the twentieth century would look forward
to the lighting of the Chanukah candles?
The reason why, over the millenniums, mankind did
not enjoy this extraordinary opportunity to manifest the
power of miracles, can only be attributed to a program
ingrained in our consciousness-one that states “religion is
based on tradition.” “Forget the reasons and explanations.”
Only now, in our day, with a people rebelling against the
traditional “no questions asked” attitude, membership to
religious persuasions has dwindled down to a fraction of
what it was only forty years ago.
On the other side of the coin, the thirst to know has
increased in phenomenal proportions. The wellspring of
Kabbalistic knowledge has appeared at the right time to
quench the thirst of the inquisitive mind.
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Consequently, by addressing the need to know, The
Kabbalah Centres have looked to the Book of Formation,
for the primary causes, that always transcends the
limitations of time, space and motion. The Chanukah event
is but one example that reveals the truth about the futile
expressions of tradition and its empty promises.
Abraham, the Patriarch, reveals an astounding piece of
information concerning the awesome internal energy that is
present during the month of Sagittarius. The two prevailing
celestial entities, Jupiter and Sagittarius, during the month
of Kislev, were created and structured by the Hebrew
letters of Gimel ג and Samech ס respectively. By virtue of
these two letters in which is contained the entire DNA
structure of the month of Kislev, these two celestial bodies
received their internal energy.
These two influential entities provide the awesome
energy of truth of the Tree of Life reality. In this month the
chaotic reality of corruption, deceit, pain and suffering
referred to as the Tree of Knowledge reality will simply not
exert its influence as it normally does, provided we connect
with the potential power of Jupiter and Sagittarius.
When Avraham designated the planet of this month
with the Hebrew name Tzedek, he was in effect signaling
the secret code of original creation. The word was not
merely a “name for the baby.” It was the perfect description
of the awesome Lightforce energy being transmitted this
month, namely, the absence of chaos or what we sometimes
refer to as miracles. The truth of the cosmic matter is that
miracles should be the norm. However, because we have
not learned how to connect to this awesome energy of
miracles, we always await the intervention of “higher
authorities” or the Lord Himself.
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Consequently, our lives over the millennia have been
filled with chaos. The Hebrew name for Sagittarius
designated by Avraham is Keshet, which means rainbow.
Now, what do we know about Keshet? Well, it was God’s
way of telling Noah that there would never again be a flood
that would totally wipe out civilization. While there have
been countless interpretations of this promise made by the
Lord, simply stated, it implies stability with the three color
column system.
Therefore, the month of Kislev has the potential ability
to provide the energy of miracles. When proper meditation
is applied, the wondrous power of miracles replaces the
usual incidents of chaos. These factors have been around
with mankind since Creation. It was not until Abraham that
the knowledge of cosmic influences became known.
With the coming of the Chanukah event, the people
could and can prepare to personally bring miracles into
their lives by properly connecting with this awesome
power. So what happened the past 2400 years? Simply
stated, the authorities did not want to relinquish their hold
over the people. However, since the authorities have been
slowly but surely losing their control over the people,
Kabbalah has been seen as a significant factor in improving
the lives of mankind.
It was not until the revelations of Rabbi Isaac Luria’s
Gates of Meditation, that the precise channels to connect
with these two celestial bodies appeared. And while these
were available for the past 400 years it was not until the
writings (of Rabbi Luria) were structured (by Rabbi
Brandwein) and readable - and subsequently disseminated
worldwide by The Kabbalah Centre - did people recognize
the Chanukah event for what it truly stood for. Not a
traditional celebration of the Maccabean victory but rather
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a time to make manifest the awesome power of miracles in
our lives.
The Ana B’koach and other Lurianic connections bring
home the spirit and purpose of Chanukah. With so many
participants worldwide tapping into the month which
brought about the Chanukah miracle in the first place, a
new critical mass will be established by our worldwide
activities, this will without doubt result in positive changes
for all mankind.