Happy Hanukkah

Hanukkah: Time oriented mitzva from the Torah IF a person affixes prophetic mussar as the מלכות of the oath sworn ברכה לשמה. Now that’s how the B’HaG, also known as Baal HaMaor,,, (based upon his commentary to the Rif’s famous halachic code) [[This, the student of the Rif, and Rabbeinu Gershom]],,, learned.

This unique poskin of Halacha, that tohor time oriented commandments could make an aliyah of positive and negative toldot commandments unto time oriented Av commandments to create from nothing the chosen Cohen people in all generations יש מאין. Furthermore, he argued an even larger chiddush, even halachic rabbinic mitzvot – if elevated to time oriented Av commandments by means of interpreting the k’vanna of prophetic mussar tohor middot – as the מלכות of the sworn ברכה, these rabbinic commandments too became Mitzvot from the Torah!

However the מלחמת השם directly challenged the priority to interpret the k’vanna of mitzvot, over the need to establish religious halachic codifications as the Rif code clearly accomplished. The commentary written by the RambaN on the Rif halachic code, the dispute between the B’HaG and the RambaN (which also included the Raavad III – this מחלקת ראשונים) … disputed matters of priority.

Whether to learn the T’NaCH\Talmud in order to interpret the k’vanna of tohor Oral Torah middot, as learned from T’NaCH/Talmudic Primary sources vs. the establishment of religious halachic codifications, to cement the religion of Judaism, during the dark ages of Medieval Europe.

Herein defines the essence of the dispute which ripped Jewish communities apart from Spain, to France, to England and Germany. This terrible Jewish Civil War erupted into an all out brawl after the Rambam published his Yad Ha’Zakah. That the RambaN named his commentary to the Rif code מלחמת השם testifies to the bitter fierceness of this brutal Jewish Civil War.

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Chag Hanukkah learns in several places in the Talmud. Mishna Sanhedrin 10:1, Baba Kama 6:6 and Shabbat 21a – 24a.

The reading from the book of Zechariah is about the prophet’s mystical vision of the rededication of the Second Temple. When the prophet sees a dream vision of a golden menorah, he asks an angel to explain its meaning, and the angel responds: “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, not by power, but by My spirit—said the Lord of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6).

The 16th-century Maharal of Prague, Rabbi Judah Loew interprets the miracle of Hanukka to the oil burning all 8 days as a reference that so too the victory over the Syrian Greeks a victory due to Divine providence.

The Talmud admits that the king of Israel could come from any Tribe, not so a Torah sage! Shmuel first anointed Shaul of Binyomin. The mitzva of Moshiach learns from the anointing of Aaron by Moshe as the Torah יסוד precedent for Moshiach. The mitzva of Moshiach dedicates any Jew who sanctifies the pursuit to establish righteous judicial common law lateral Sanhedrin courtroom justice which makes fair restitution of damages inflicted by Party A upon Party B as the definition of Torah faith.

The failure of the rabbinic authorities to attribute the miracle of Hanukkah to Jewish Civil Wars, the miracle that the Jewish people have survived all our many acts of avoda zarah Av tumah worship which brings the plagues and curses which afficted Par’o and Egypt upon our people. Jewish assimilation and intermarriage the cause of Amalek in all generations!

Amalek attacked the weak and exhausted among our people who came out of Egypt. This classification, it seems to me, refers to Jews who have assimilated and intermarried – the definition of the 2nd Sinai commandment: not to worship other Gods. The Torah curse of the 2nd Sinai commandment the opposite of the Torah blessing, 1st Sinai commandment: doing mitzvot לשמה. Whenever antisemitism raises its ugly head, arises the mitzva to expunge the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.

Fear of Heaven interpreted as Baal Shem Tov. Antisemites do not care that their disgraceful behavior permanently destroys their good name reputations! A Torah scribe who sell p’sul sefer Torah’s or a person who slaughters cattle with a known trief knife, both lack fear of heaven. Such “religious Jews” clearly have no notion of doing mitzvot לשמה. Herein defines “weak and exhausted” among our people.

The Hasmonean kings ignited a long Civil War, they embraced the assimilated Tzeddukim as their key allies! They prioritized power over the Torah faith to pursue judicial justice among our people in the oath sworn lands – the k’vanna of the Mitzva of Moshiach from the Torah.

Equally amazing the generations of Israel confuse a House made of wood and stone, (no different from Idols placed upon pedestals) for the Torah commandment to establish lateral common law Sanhedrin Courtrooms anointed to judge Capital Crimes damage disputes among our people as the definition of the k’vanna to build the Beit Ha’Mikdash!

That the Hasmonean kings united the House of Aaron with the House of David perfectly valid and acceptable. The key to doing any Torah mitzva, to do that mitzva לשמה. To make a Torah oath/blessing requires שם ומלכות. Like weak and exhausted requires interpretation of k’vanna so too and how much more so שם ומלכות requires an interpretation of k’vanna; as do all tohor Av time oriented commandments. The first four Books of the Written Torah have a classic division where בראשית introduces Av tohor time oriented commandments. While the Books שמות, ויקרא, ובמדבר introduces בנין אב תולדות קום ועושה ושב ולא תעשה מצוות.

This דאורייתא Order of the Written Torah the baali p’shat Reshonim schools on both Chumash and Talmud failed to illuminate and prioritize. The 5th Book משנה תורה, interpreted as Common law, which employs toldot commandments as בנין אב\precedents to re-interpret prophetic mussar which the Written Torah commands! The T’NaCH commands Common law prophetic mussar/Aggada & Midrash while the Halachic portion of the Talmud stand upon גזרה שוה בנין אב as learned by means of the use of the * located on almost ever dof of the Gemara!

Herein explains why the Rabbeinu Tam’s sh’itta of learning almost always learned off the dof of the studied page of Gemara; the chief criticism the Baali Tosafot make on the Rashi commentary to the Talmud, it failed to learn by means of bringing precedents. Assimilated statute law Rambam how much more so.

Hence in 1242 the Goyim burned 24 cartloads of hand written Talmudic manuscripts! The Rambam Civil War which started in Spain in the 1230s escalated to France, England, and Germany.

Hanukkah a tohor time oriented commandment from the Torah according to the interpretation of Ba HaMaor/B’hag commentary to the Rif’s common law halachic code. The dispute between the Ba HaMaor and the RambaN’s מלחמת השם counter commentary revolves around the axis of priority over interpretation of Common law as opposed and contrasted by organization of Talmud halachah into more simplified statute law religious codex(s).

Later the Ba HaMaor organized his halachic common law codex -הלכות גדולות – to validate the relevance of the RambaN’s opposing set of priorities which eventually crystalized in the Yad, Tur, Shulkan Aruch statute halachic codex(s).

During the Dark Ages of Medieval feudalism, travel exceptionally difficult due to the collapse of the Roman highways and banditry. The story of Robin Hood testifies to the dangers of travel during this time of European chaos and anarchy.

Sanhedrin 10:1 perhaps makes reference to the apocrypha books, individuals “who have no share in the world to come,” Rabbi Akiva adds, “Also one who reads the external books….”. The רמז וסוד instruction of the Talmud teaches a deep concealed kabbalah of tohor time oriented commandments.

The Blessing Hoda’ah contained within the time oriented commandment of tefillah, requires prophetic mussar k’vanna as a time oriented commandment which serves to define the k’vanna of the דאורייתא tefillah kre’a shma! The רמז סוד language similar to the description of Amalek: delivered the weak from the oppression of the powerful, yet wicked.

The B’hag classification of rabbinic mitzvot as tohor time oriented commandments דאורייתא shocked the Rambam. The egg-crate Rambam’s Sefer Ha’Mitzvot organizes the תרי”ג Commandments into positive and negative commandments and all together ignored the Av tohor time oriented commandments which require k’vanna!

In like manner, his assimilation which prioritized the order of Greek & Roman statute law over T’NaCH and Talmudic common law; the Rambam likewise embraced the deductive reasoning of Aristotle’s logic, later repudiated by Hegel’s dialectic logic of reasoning. His Yad Chazakah learns all the Talmudic halachot as toldot mitzvot which do not require k’vanna, just as does his Sefer Ha’Mitzvot does with the תרי”ג commandments.

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