The correlation between Chanukah and Parshat Miketz (as it normally falls on Shabbat Chanukah). How the swallowing of the fat cows by the lean cows shows how evil tries to swallow up all good to the extent where you feel that there was never any good. The Greeks similarly wanted to keep the Jews in such a darkness that they feel it was always dark in life. But the surprise of Yosef’s revelation to his brothers – showing that everything was in the end Divinely Inspired, so too with Chanukah, the oppression of the Greeks only led to the Chanukah miracle for
Chaim Kramer
Chaim Kramer is largely responsible for introducing Rebbe Nachman’s teachings to today’s generation. He is a sought-after lecturer on Rebbe Nachman’s teachings by English-speaking congregations around the world. Chaim has been the director of the Breslov Research Institute since its inception in 1979. BRI has been the main publishing-house for translations of classic and contemporary Breslov books. More than 100 titles are currently in print, in English, Hebrew, Russian, Spanish, French, and even Korean. Chaim himself, is the author of “Through Fire and Water”, “Crossing the Narrow Bridge”, “Anatomy of the Soul”, “This Land is My Land”, and many more titles, as well as annotating the entire 15 volume English Edition of Likutei MoHaRan.
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