Only With This • A Collection of Prayers from the Esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a for Zot Chanukah
Today is Zot Chanukah, the day auspicious for all salvations. We present to you a collection of prayers from the esteemed Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a for the day of Zot Chanukah:
To merit now with the eighth candle of Chanukah for the forgiveness of sins, and that the light of the seven days will always shine upon us, and to raise the Shechinah from the dust, and to return the entire world to Hashem, for everyone desires to be included in the light of the seven days "eighth candle"
Master of the Universe, who can do all, now the eighth candle, which is the greatest day of the year, in the secret of the forgiveness of sins, please "forgive the sin of this people according to the greatness of Your kindness, and as You have forgiven this people from Egypt until now," the initials of "Chanukah" because Chanukah is numerically 89 times 178, the Garden of Eden? 1, because the days of Chanukah are the days of the Garden of Eden that return the light of the seven days to its original state, and from now on the light of the seven days will shine upon us all year, and we will walk in its light every hour, moment, and second, and in this merit, we will raise the Shechinah from the dust, and merit to be included in Adam Kadmon of Adam Kadmon, and to merit to be "the first of His grain" "holy to Hashem," and in the merit of the lights of Chanukah, and especially the eighth candle, to return the entire world to Hashem, for all the nations almost light Chanukah candles with the Jews, for everyone wants to be included in the light of the seven days that extends from the seven tzaddikim of the seven shepherds.
To merit in the merit of the eighth candle, which includes all the lights of the seven days, to subdue all eight kings of Edom, who correspond to the eight creeping things, and the verse will be fulfilled "and the house of Jacob will be fire and the house of Joseph a flame" "eighth candle"
Master of the Universe, who can do all, from whom no plan is withheld, in the merit of the eighth candle, which includes all the lights of the seven days of creation, which include all four chariots that go "from between the two mountains, and the mountains were mountains of bronze" {Zechariah 6:1}, in the first chariot were red horses, and in the second chariot black horses, and in the third chariot white horses, and in the fourth chariot dappled strong horses," and I answered and said to the angel who spoke with me, "What are these, my lord?" And the angel answered and said to me, "These are the four winds of the heavens going forth from standing before the Lord of all the earth, with which the black horses go forth to the land of the north, and the white ones go forth after them, and the dappled ones go forth to the land of the south," with them they subdue the eight kings of Edom, who correspond to the impurity of the eight creeping things, and then "the Negev will inherit the mountain of Esau, and the lowland the Philistines, and they will inherit the field of Ephraim and the field of Samaria, and Benjamin will inherit Gilead," the secret of Gal-Ed, when the will that was to Hashem before the creation of the world is revealed, in the aspect of "the end of the act is in the first thought," for through the eight candles of Chanukah they subdue the eight kings of Edom, "Bela son of Beor and the name of his city was Dinhabah, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah, Husham from the land of the Temanites, Hadad son of Bedad who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, Samlah from Masrekah, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river, Hanan son of Achbor, Hadar and the name of his city was Pau and the name of his wife was Mehetabel daughter of Matred daughter of Mei Zahav," and then through the eighth candle of Chanukah, which includes all eight candles, the verse will be fulfilled in me {Obadiah 1:18} "and the house of Jacob will be fire and the house of Joseph a flame and the house of Esau for stubble, and they will kindle them and devour them, and there will be no survivor of the house of Esau for Hashem has spoken."
The Fifth Seal
Today, at the time of lighting the 8 Chanukah candles, the secret of the fifth seal 'seal within a seal', which was the flask of oil sealed 'seal within a seal' [Tosafot Shabbat 21], which is the secret of the fifth seal, for the first seal on the eve of Rosh Hashanah in the Selichot. The second seal on Rosh Hashanah on the first night, when true tzaddikim are immediately sealed for good life and peace, they and their wives, their children, and their children's children until the end of all generations. The third seal is made on Yom Kippur at Ne'ilah, and Zot Chanukah is the secret of Yom Kippur. And Hoshana Rabbah is the secret of the fourth seal, when everyone is sealed immediately for good life and peace. And the fifth seal is made on the night of Zot Chanukah at the time of lighting the eight candles, and then even complete wicked ones who do teshuvah are sealed, they and their wives and their descendants forever, in the merit of 'the hidden intellect from all thought, the expanses of the river, streams of emunah', all and all generations are sealed immediately for good life and peace, for years of salvation and mercy, open miracles and wonders, as in the time of Mattityahu the High Priest and his sons, who were all sealed for good life and for eternal generations, and the seed of Mattityahu and Yehuda the Maccabee and his other four brothers, and they never went into exile, but always merited an abundance of good life and children and grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren until the end of all generations, and all walk in the way of Hashem, on the path that ascends to Bethel, and merit to the one eye of mercy, as it is written "for eye to eye they will see when Hashem returns to Zion", the eye of Atika, the one eye of mercy.