Hanukkah 2022

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Hanukkah Teaching – 2022

 b.Shabbat 21b: Beit Shammai say: On the first day one kindles eight lights and, from there on, gradually decreases the number of lights until, on the last day of Hanukkah, he kindles one light. And Beit Hillel say: On the first day one kindles one light, and from there on, gradually increases the number of lights until, on the last day, he kindles eight lights.

Numbers 29:12-34  On the fifteenth day of the seventh month [Tishrei] you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to Adonai seven days. ¹³ And you shall offer a burnt offering, a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to Adonai, thirteen bulls from the herd …

1^st Day – thirteen bulls

2^nd Day – twelve bulls

3^rd Day – eleven bulls

4^th Day – ten bulls

5^th Day – nine bulls

6^th Day – eight bulls

7^th Day – seven bulls

Numbers 29:35   “On day the eighth a solemn assembly [shemini atzeret] you shall have. You shall not do any ordinary work…”

• TISHREI (7^th month)
  • 15^th day: Sukkot begins (7 + 1 days)
    • Solomon dedicates the Temple (1Kings 8)
  • CHESHVON (8^th month)
    • Torah: The flood begins / the flood ends (Gen. 7:11/8:14)
    • Writings: Solomon completes the Temple (1Kings 6:38)
    • Prophets: God begins prophesying through Zechariah (Zech. 1:1-6)
  • KISLEV (9^th month)
    • 15th day: Hanukkah begins (8 days)

John 3:6  That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the spirit is spirit.

Romans 8:5-6  For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit set their minds on the things of the spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the spirit is life and peace.

John 6:63  It is the spirit that gives life, but the flesh is of no help at all. And the words that I am speaking to you are spirit and life.

Galatians 5:17  For the desires of the flesh are against the spirit, and the desires of the spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other to keep you from doing the things you want to do.

Galatians 6:8  For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the spirit will from the spirit reap eternal life.

Galatians 4:29  And just as at that time [Ishmael] who was born according to the flesh persecuted [Isaac] who was born according to the spirit, so also it is now.

Romans 8:12-14  So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the spirit of God are children of God.

REFERENCES:

Psalm 30:1  A Psalm of David. A song for the dedication [chanukkah] of the Temple. I will extol You, Adonai, for You have drawn me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me.