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This is why they showed the pilgrims the showbread in its unceasing freshness, so they may learn that
manna fell every day so that Israel’s hearts would call their Father in heaven like the flesh and blood king
to his beloved son, and here it is possible to see the magnitude of Israel’s love of the place saw the
love of the place.

Before that, I realized the connection between Hannukah and the showbread, and the reason
why the holy Ruzhiner Rebbe engraved an illustration of a showbread on his menorah. As is
known, the Hannukah miracle was made to show Israel’s affection to the place, because the
public’s impurity is only to show God’s love for Israel, the miracle of the pure oil that stayed
alight for eight days, as the sage Baal Pnei Yehoshua wrote in his innovation to the Shabbat
Tractate (71 22) and just like the miracle of the showbread.

On Saturday night, I called my friend Rabbi Eli Palai and told him that thanks to him I had solved the riddle.

The hannukiah has engravings of Moshe, which emphasize the fact that the rays of light on his face and
Aaron Hacohen, had fallen off, and I found an expert jeweler who returned them to their precise place.

Clearly, it was not ordinary hannukiah craftsmen who had that idea, but holy men in a foreign land such
as the holy Ruzhiner Rebbe ZTSVK"L.

Afterwards, another antiquities dealer, Rabbi Israel Hartman, came to my home carrying a rare pure silver
plate engraved with the lighting of a Hannukah candle, a plate especially appropriate for the Ruzhiner
Rebbe’s special hannukiah, to the point that even if I had placed a special order for a plate, it would not
be as beautiful and suited for the special hannukiah. Naturally, I bought it too, and coated it with pure
gold, so that it would look precisely like the special hannukiah of the holy Ruzhiner Rebbe ZTSVK"L. God
also ordered a special cup for me, which perfectly suited the special hannukiah; a silver cup from the
estate of the sage Rabbi Yaakov Landa, the Bnei Brak Court President ZTSVK"L and which I also coated
with pure gold. Now, the complete set marvelously matches as you can see in the attached pictures.

Later in the book, you are shown pictures of exceptional and special Judaica objects that God has blessed
me with in all His mercy and grace. I am certain that reading this book will give you great pleasure.

I give my appreciation for the help of my wife, who supports and assists with endless devotion and shares
in my actions

Your friend and writer

Shraga Jacob Hoffman

Shavu’ot eve, 5781

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