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demanded and insisted from Yaakov not to relax his efforts or rest from
achieving more.
The Yetzer Hara knows just how to approach us. He doesn’t present his
wares up front with their evil laid bare. Instead he dresses up sin in the
frills of glamor and lavishes it with aesthetic appeal. This is the danger
inherent in tranquility. By relaxing our efforts, we become victim to the
ills of deterioration and degeneration.
According to Beit Hillel, we need to remember how the Yetzer Hara
works. Just as he adds a little bit every day to his repertoire of sin, so too,
we need to combat his advances by adding another candle every night of
Chanukah.
The Chashmonaim halted the tide and began to spread the light of Torah.
We should constantly ascend, little by little, using Chanukah as a
springboard for our advancement in Torah.
“Yaakov settled in the land of his father’s
sojournings, in the land of Canaan”
(Bereishit 37:1)
