{"id":14847,"date":"2026-01-12T16:00:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.kabbalah.info\/?post_type=book&#038;p=14847"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:00:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:00:34","slug":"hanu-koh","status":"publish","type":"book","link":"https:\/\/www.kabbalah.info\/en\/hanu-koh\/","title":{"rendered":"899. Hanu-KoH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hanukkah, December 1954<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>NeR<\/em>&nbsp;[candle], an acronym for&nbsp;<em>Nefesh<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Ruach<\/em>. We must extend light, which is the quality of&nbsp;<em>Neshama<\/em>, as in \u201cA candle is a&nbsp;<em>Mitzva<\/em>&nbsp;[commandment], and the Torah is light,\u201d and this is&nbsp;<em>Hanu-Koh<\/em>&nbsp;[parked here].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Koh<\/em>&nbsp;[here] means the quality of&nbsp;<em>Malchut<\/em>, as in the weak hand.&nbsp;<em>Hanu<\/em>&nbsp;[parked] comes from the verse, \u201cthe angels of the Lord&nbsp;<em>Honeh<\/em>&nbsp;[parks],\u201d meaning that the&nbsp;<em>Shechina<\/em>&nbsp;[Divinity] must have a place in which to park within man\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is as our sages said, \u201cWhat is Hanukkah? When the Greeks entered the Hall, they defiled all the oils \u2026 they checked but found one jar of oil that was sealed with the seal of the high priest.\u201d Man\u2019s heart is called \u201cthe hall of the Creator.\u201d \u201cDefiled all the oils\u201d means all the sacred wisdoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFinally, they found one jar of oil that was sealed with the seal of the high priest.\u201d&nbsp;<em>Pach<\/em>&nbsp;[jar] has the letters of&nbsp;<em>Chaf<\/em>&nbsp;[a spoon], meaning the unification of the&nbsp;<em>Shema<\/em>&nbsp;reading. \u201cPlaced\u201d means that no one wanted to lift it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The high priest is called \u201cupper&nbsp;<em>Abba<\/em>,\u201d and the oil is signed and sealed, oil, as in \u201cpure air.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hanukkah, December 1954 NeR&nbsp;[candle], an acronym for&nbsp;Nefesh&nbsp;Ruach. 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