Tehillim 74 and the Secret of the Hanukkah Dreidel
Tehillim 74 and the Secret of the Hanukkah Dreidel
- "Ga'alta shevet nachalatecha har Tziyonhar Tziyon" - (You redeemed the tribe of Your inheritance —Mount Tziyon).
The initial letters of this verse (Tehillim 74:2)—"Ga'alta shevet nachalatecha har Tziyon"—are reflected in the initial letters of the words engraved on the Hanukkah dreidel (in Hebrew, "sevivon"; in Yiddish, "dreidel"):
"Nes Gadol Haya Sham"—(a great miracle happened there);
Hanukkah is the rededication of the Temple (in Hebrew, literally— "inauguration"). The Hanukkah dreidel spins and turns one thing into another. Geulah (redemption) is when the "higher" are below and the "lower" are above (as it was when the Temple stood).
Therefore, when they left Egypt, they sang in Shirat HaYam: "Bring them out and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance, the place You made for the Temple."
As it spins, the phrase: "Ga'alta shevet nachalatecha har Tziyon"—corresponds to— "Bring them out and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance."
(Talks of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov)
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