Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
December 17, 2004
Red Sox Miracle

My friend Mike Wechsler sends me this story:


Avi, age 9 , maimonides school, brookline was asked by his teacher, Rabbi Reisman, to give a dvar torah , a word about the torah, relating to Chanukah, for the school bulletin. This is what he came up with.

Chanukah is a holiday of miracles. One of the miracles is that the oil lasted 8 days. The rabbis explain that the miracle of the oil is that when the Maccabbes came into the temple to light the menorah, they used all the oil at once to light. They did not try to save some of the oil for later. The miracle is that the oil lasted 8 days. The rabbis explain that we learn from this that when you do a mitzvah, you have to put in all your effort at the time of the mitzvah. This is a little like the Red Sox. They were losing the ALCS, but in game 4, 5, 6 and 7 they went on to win the playoffs and the World Series. In Game 4, they gave it their all-they did not try to reserve some of their energy and strength for later. They played with all their might. Just like the Maccabees lit the Menorah with all the oil, the Red Sox understood that if they wanted to win they had to give it their all. So we learn, that when doing a mitzvah, or doing anything at all, we need to try our best and put our best efforts into it. Go Sox and have a happy Chanukah


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