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Chanukah Hallel: Paragraph One Part Three: A Song of Teshuvah |
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![]() The Mahari Cohen (Son-in-law of the Maharal of Prague) reads Rabbi Aibu as, “I call to remembrance how I was handed over into my enemies’ power.” The proof-text from Genesis is from the Covenant of the Pieces, in which Israel was “handed over’ into multiple exiles with a promise of redemption. The internal conversation described by Rabbi Aibu is one of Teshuvah: “I converse with myself and reflect on why God placed me under the power of my enemies.” A true Servant of God, the singer of this Psalm, will attempt to understand why God sent us into exile; what can we improve? How can we change? This is a joyous song. Rabbi Aibu believes that an internal conversation of Teshuvah - repairing our relationship with God - will be a joyous song. Teshuvah is sung with the expectation that we can repair our relationship with God, and that He will repair His relationship with us. It is a song of the infinite possibilities empowered by Teshuvah. It is a celebration of how even we, Servants of God, are always afforded the possibility of improving our relationship with our Master. The same possibilities symbolized by the increasing candles of each night of Chanukah. |