HANUKKAH hn9
by Hebrewletters SL
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Title
HANUKKAH hn9
Artist
Hebrewletters SL
Medium
Painting - Watercolor On Watercolor Paper
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HAPPY HANUKKAH
HANUKKAH is from the Hebrew, meaning DEDICATED, CONSECRATED or TRAINED, EDUCATED (Kolatch, Alfred J. 1984. The Complete Dictionary of English and Hebrew First Names. Middle Village: Jonathan David. . 50, 300).
From the teachings of Mitchell Chefitz, author The Seventh Telling , The Thiry-third Hour, The Curse of Blessings, White Fire and Blood Covenant:
The Rabbis do everything they can to spiritualize what had been the military victory of the zealot Maccabees. So, we might do so also. Each day of Hannukah, as a candle is lit, we might meditate on casting a little more light into the world.
Legends have been interwoven with historical fact to create what we now know as HANUKKAH. The historical facts are described in (1 Maccabees 4:36-59, in which Judah Maccabee defeats the Greco-Syrian army in 165 BCE. While Judea was under Hellenistic rule, pagan worship took place in the Temple. After the Maccabean victory, Judah found enough undefiled oil in the Temple to rekindle the menorah. However, there was only enough oil to last one day. Miraculously, it burned for 8 days.
Hebrew Bible - The soul [nishmat] of man is the candle [ner] of God (Proverbs 20:27).
The Hebrew Letter featured in this painting is the Chet.. Taken together, they spell HANNUKAH.
Each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet has a special meaning and a story to tell. Here a few brief ones about the letters on this painting.
CHET is the 8th letter of the alphabet and has a numerical value of 8, is pronounced like the CH in BaCH. Kushner's description is the best that I have found of what is necessary to create the sound of Chet . It is the "top of your throat and the bottom of your throat fighting against one another” (Kushner, Lawrence. 1990. The Book of Letters: Sefer Otiyot.Woodstock: Jewish Lights Publishing. 39).
Usually the Chet is composed of 2 Zayins. But the 16th century kabbalist master, Luria, stated that the Chet consists of a Vav on the right and a Zayin on the left. Each Hebrew letter has a numerical value. GEMATRIA is the numerical manipulation of the values of the letter to explain the meaning of a word or phrase. The combined value of the Vav (6) and Zayin (7) is 13 which is the value of the word ECHAD - Aleph Chet Dalet (4) = 13. ECHAD means ONE. It is also the highest prime denominator of the name of God - Yud (10) Hey(5) Vav (6) Hey (5) = 26 =13 = ONE.
Talmud teaches that if one learns UNDERSTANDING and performs acts of LOVINGKINDNESS for the poor, then God will look upon the person with Chen spelled Chet Nun with FAVOR, GRACE (Shabbat 104a).
[The writing of the letters] must be kethibah tammah [perfect writing]; thus one must not write the… the Chet as a Hey or the Hey as a Chet (Shabbat 103b).
Zayyin Heth Heth Yod Lamed: [this sequence teaches,] and if thou doest thus, the Holy One, blessed be He, will sustain[ Zan] thee, be gracious Hen] unto thee, show goodness[Metiv] to thee, give thee a heritage Yerushah], and bind a crown Keter] on thee in the world to come (Shabbat 104a).
Mishneh Torah is a major halachic (law) work written by Maimonides. In it Rambam explains that there are 10 levels of ANGELS. The Hayyot [Chet Yud Vav Tav] HA KODESH are above all the others. The word Hayyot begins with a Chet and is related to the word Chai [Chet Yud] - LIFE (Mishneh Torah 1981. Hilchot Yesodei HaTorah 2:7. Tr. Moses Hyamson. New York: Feldheim. 36a).
In meditation the letter Chet frequently presents itself as a door way. It is safe to go through this particular doorway because it is constructed of a Vav and a Zayin, which, by virtue of their numerical value, allude to the name of God as explained above. It is also possible to ask for an ANGEL to guide one when passing through Chet.
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