Cow vs Olive MUST HEAR Life Lesson From Hanukkah (5 Minutes)
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Transcript
0:40Why? He says, you increase Kedusha. You don't diminish Kedusha. You don't go by 8 days of Kedusha and then decrease to 7 days of Kedusha, lessening the Kedusha. You increase Kedusha in the world, enhancing purity and holiness. You don't decrease it. But Beit Shammai says, no. I have a Re'ayah, a proof, that we decrease. What's the proof? The proof is Sukkot. During Sukkot, we bring 70 Korbanot. 70 korbanot, not cowards, for the nations. Protect the Beit Hamikdash. That's how much good those sacrifices were doing for them, but they foolishly decided to destroy the Beit Hamikdash, which was protecting them too. Fine, no problem. Anyway, he says, look, we have 70 cows for the 70 nations. But each day it's fewer, each day it's fewer, each day it's fewer, just like Beit Shammai says with the Chanukiah. Beit Shammai says no, it's not the same. It's not the same. Why is it not the same?
2:00The parot, or cows, are representing the nations of the world. They symbolize the material and physical aspects of the world, such as Greek culture and Edom. These are the basics of the world, including material wealth and money. The Torah is instructing you to lower these aspects. The oil, the candle, is representing the Kedusha, the holiness. It symbolizes the Torah, which you should always strive to increase. You never lower it; it's not the same. You increase it. One of the Chachamim, one of his students, was explaining this concept to him. is representing the Kedusha. It's representing the Torah. You increase it. You increase it. You don't lower it. It's not the same. You increase it. So now, one of the Chachamim, one of his students, he was explaining this to him. And he says to him, when a cow is eating, a cow is eating, What's it think about? What's it thinking about? What the cow is probably not thinking. Don't be a cow, but more so, the cow is thinking that, look at all these people. They're serving me. They won't stop giving me food.
3:25A minimum, the biggest cow in the world. A minimum, the greatest. I'm the gadol hador of the cows. Look, they're all serving me. This guy brought me grass. This guy brought me a twig. This guy brought me a... They're all feeding me. They're all serving me. They're all doing it for one reason. Little does it know, the Baalei Mussar say, little does it know, they're all feeding you because they're going to slaughter you later on. Now the olive, the little olive, what does he think when they're crushing him? They're crushing him, and they squeeze him, and they crush him, and they squeeze him, and they crush him, and they squeeze him. What is he thinking? Look at the cow. They're all serving this cow. They're all serving this cow. They're giving her food. How come I can't be a cow? How come I can't be a cow? But what happens? The cow eventually is slaughtered. It's material. It's worthless. It goes away. The aleph becomes oil that lasts eternally. So, my friends, don't be a keves. Be an aleph.
