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Crushed Oil

Written by Zuki Ben Hur

the torah in this weeks sedra gives us an important message and advice. The first passuk tells us that the oil for the menorah should be katit which means crushed. The sefarim tell us the torah is referring here to a person who has committed a sin. He should feel crushed but there is a clarification lamaor-for the torah meaning to increase his service of hashem. Rashi makes an inference lamaor v’lo lamenachot-for torah and not menahot meaning that only feelings which are

positive i.e. to increase our service to hashem and not chas v’chalila to just feel crushed and go into a depression (mincha has at its route the word meaning to rest-hanacha) Shabbat shalom

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