The Sweetness of Ner Chanukah: The Warmth of Torah

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This Torah class is brought to you by TorahAnytime.com. Mitzvas ner Chanukah, mitzvah chavivah. Ner Chanukah is about chavivus. It's about warmth. It's about love. It's about darchei noam. And when you light the menorah, you're tapping into, you're taking, you're being neheneh from this ohr haTorah, this beautiful warmth, this beautiful ne'imus, which is Torah deracheha darchei noam v'chol nesivoseha shalom. I'll tell you where I learned this from. Where did I learn this from? How do I know this pshat? In Maseches Sofrim, perek chaf, halacha hei, the pasuk says, Mah yafis u'mah na'amt, ahavah ba'ta'anugim. It's a pasuk in Shir HaShirim. Mah yafis, how beautiful. Mah na'amt, how sweet. Ahavah ba'ta'anugim, the love, Hashem, Klal Yisrael. Says the Gemara, Mah yafis, zu mezuzah. It's referring to mezuzah. U'mah na'amt, sweet, what is that referring to? Ner Chanukah. Gemara Maseches Sofrim. Sweet, yafeh, mezuzah. U'mah na'amt, ner Chanukah. Gemara Maseches Sofrim. You've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by TorahAnytime.com.