Miracles Beyond Nature For תרל”א 2
בספר קדושת לוי פי’ בזמן הזה ממש עתה שיש בכל שנה הארה מהנסים שהי’ אז ע”ש.
The Kedushat Levi explains that even now, in our present time, every year there is a radiance from the miracles that occurred then.
This teaches that the light of the original miracles of Chanuka renews itself annually, returning in its season.
אך מ”מ להרגיש הארת הנס צריך האדם להיות נפרש מהטבע.
However, in order to feel the radiance of the miracle, a person must separate himself from nature.
Miracle-awareness requires lifting oneself out of habitual, natural thinking.
וכפי מה שאינו משוקע בטבע וגשמיות יכולין להרגיש.
And in proportion to how much one is not submerged in nature and physicality, one can perceive it.
The less one is sunk in materiality, the more open one becomes to sensing the miraculous light.
כי נס הוא למעלה מהטבע.
For a miracle is above nature.
By definition, miracles transcend the normal order, so detachment from that order is necessary to receive them.
ומ”מ ע”י המצוה נ”ח להיות נדבק במה שלמעלה מהטבע.
Nevertheless, through the mitzvah one is given rest and the ability to cleave to that which is above nature.
Mitzvot serve as a conduit connecting a person to the super‑natural realm.
שזה עיקר בחי’ המצות לדבק ולחבר האדם במה שלמעלה מן הטבע.
For this is the essential quality of the mitzvot: to attach and connect a person to what is beyond nature.
The Sefat Emet emphasizes that the very purpose of mitzvot is this upward bonding.
אף שעושה עניני עוה”ז מ”מ יוכל להיות נדבק ע”י אור המצות שהם בבחי’ עשי’ גשמיות כנ”ל.
Even while engaging in worldly matters, a person can still cleave to the higher realm through the light of the mitzvot, which themselves are expressed in physical actions.
Physical mitzvot anchor transcendent light into daily life, enabling connection even amid ordinary actions.
ואא”ז מו”ר זצלה”ה אמר קבעום ימים טובים בהלל והודאה.
And my grandfather, my teacher of blessed memory, said: they established them as festive days with Hallel and thanksgiving.
The Sefat Emet cites his ancestor to highlight that Chanuka’s sanctity is accessed specifically through praise and gratitude.
שתקנו שע”י הלל והודאה יעורר האדם הארת הימים שיהיו נפתחים ומאירים לו.
For they instituted that through Hallel and thanksgiving a person will awaken the radiance of those days, so that they will open and shine for him.
Verbal praise activates the spiritual light latent in the festival days, making them illuminate one’s life.
וכן פירש זכר עשה לנפלאותיו להיות נזכר הארת הנסים והנפלאות בכל שנה בימים ההם עכ”ד ז”ל:
And so he explained: “He made a remembrance for His wonders” — meaning that the radiance of the miracles and wonders should be recalled each year on those days.
The purpose of commemoration is to re-experience the miracle-light annually, not merely to recall history.
Summary: The light of the Chanuka miracles returns each year, but to sense it one must rise above naturality. Mitzvot, particularly praise and thanksgiving, serve as channels connecting one to what is beyond nature and awakening the renewed radiance of the days.
