שפת אמת

Shabbat of Chanukah

Mikeitz · תרמ"א (1880) · Essay 1

Hanukkah · Shabbat · Light · Miracles

ב"ה שבת חנוכה.

“With God’s help — Shabbat of Ḥanukkah.”

The Sefat Emet typically opens his teachings with a brief heading. Here he signals that the following Torah thought relates to Shabbat during Ḥanukkah, a time whose spiritual light he often describes as revealing hidden holiness within daily life and within the human heart.

Summary: The opening frames the teaching as connected to the unique spiritual fusion of Shabbat and Ḥanukkah, preparing the reader for insights about revealed inner light.