Shabbat of Hanukkah

ב"ה שבת חנוכה

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

This opening heading marks that the teaching of the Sefat Emet for this portion was delivered on a Shabbat that coincided with Ḥanukkah. Such headings usually signal that the themes of Shabbat and Ḥanukkah will be woven together, highlighting the Sefat Emet’s motif that sacred times illuminate one another and draw out deeper layers of divine light and inner renewal.

Summary: The heading frames the teaching as rooted in the combined spiritual lights of Shabbat and Ḥanukkah, a recurring theme in the Sefat Emet’s thought.