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Daily Chizuk #0796
Holidays / Yamim Tovim
Repaying Hashem: Lessons from the Reunion of Yaakov and Yosef
Days Of Miracles
There’s a well-known segula that when a person is in a pressing situation, he should give or pledge tzedaka and then say אלקא דמאיר ענני. There’s a source for this segula in the Gemara where Rabbi Meir told somebody else to say it and it would save him from harm. The Maharsha asked, how was Rabbi Meir able to associate his own name with Hashem’s in his lifetime. Don’t Chazal tell us Hashem does not attach His Name to a tzaddik until after the tzaddik passes away? One of the answers the Maharsha gives is that Rabbi Meir was not referring to himself when he said those words, rather he was referring to the nes Chanukah as the word מאיר means to shine. He was saying, May Hashem who caused the lights of the menorah to shine for eight days answer me and bring me a salvation as well.
Let us take advantage of these glorious days to pray with all our heart and soul for Hashem to bring about yeshuot for all of Klal Yisrael.
Chanukah Sameach!!!
There’s a well-known segula that when a person is in a pressing situation, he should give or pledge tzedaka and then say אלקא דמאיר ענני. There’s a source for this segula in the Gemara where Rabbi Meir told somebody else to say it and it would save him from harm. The Maharsha asked, how was Rabbi Meir able to associate his own name with Hashem’s in his lifetime. Don’t Chazal tell us Hashem does not attach His Name to a tzaddik until after the tzaddik passes away? One of the answers the Maharsha gives is that Rabbi Meir was not referring to himself when he said those words, rather he was referring to the nes Chanukah as the word מאיר means to shine. He was saying, May Hashem who caused the lights of the menorah to shine for eight days answer me and bring me a salvation as well.
Let us take advantage of these glorious days to pray with all our heart and soul for Hashem to bring about yeshuot for all of Klal Yisrael.
Chanukah Sameach!!!
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