Welcome to Daily Bitachon. We continue our Rising Lion mini-series. Yesterday we quoted the pasuk in Zachariah that is read in the Haftara of Baha'alotcha that talks about the prophet seeing a vision of a Menorah . He asks what it is, and God responds, כי אם ברוחי/It's My spirit that's going to win the war. We explained yesterday that God has the power to arouse the spirit of man and switch a person's outlook and mindset, and that's how we're going to win the war. But what makes that happen? What ignites God to play with spirits? There is a a beautiful thought from the HaEmek Devar but we need some background first: In Shemot 39:37 regarding setting up the Mishkan, the pasuk says, אֶת הַמְּנֹרָה הַטְּהֹרָה אֶת נֵרֹתֶיהָ נֵרֹת הַמַּעֲרָכָה וְאֶת כָּל כֵּלֶיהָ וְאֵת שֶׁמֶן הַמָּאוֹר: There is the pure Menorah, its candles and the, נרות המערכה. The candles of Maracha. What does Maracha mean? The Hizkuni and many others say it means set up, as it says, יערוך אותו אהרן ובניו/Aharon and his sons are going to set it up (similar to שולחן ערוך, set up table),. עריכה Aricha means something set up. So therefore it's the Menorah of candles, that are set up Rabbenu Bachye has a deeper explanation of this pasuk, which is the seven lights of the menorah correspond to the seven main planets- the candles of the heavens. And the candles down here impact the candles up there. That means what we do down here impacts the world above. So the Nerot Maracha are the candles of the solar system, so to say. It might not look like it, but it is. But there's another meaning for מערכה Maracha . In Shemuel, when David Hamelech goes to fight against Goliat, the pasuk says, ותערוך ישראל ופלישתים, and they set up Israel and the Pelishtim, The term מערכה Maracha here refers to a battle (i.e.set up for battle). Based on this, the HaEmek D'var, calls the Nerot Hamarcha candles of battle . Why? Citing the pasuk we discussed, he says the Menorah symbolizes לא בחיל ולא בכח, it's not with war and with strength, כי אם ברוחי, rather with My spirit. The Menorah represents spirit. When someone passes away, we light a, Ner Neshama , a candle of the soul .. There's a soul, there's a spirit, that candle symbolizes. And Neshama and Mishna נשמה, משנה, have the same letters, so the candelabra symbolizes Torah sh'b'al Peh , which is, in the words of HaEmek D'var, Milchamta shel Torah .When you learn Torah Shbe'al peh, the Oral Law, the Gemara, that is fighting . That's what Torah shbe'al Peh is, it's a fight. You go to a Bet Midrash, and it's cooking. It's called Milchamta Shel Torah. There's a screaming and yelling back and forth. This Milchamta Shel Torah protects us from wars down here. That is why we call it Nerot Hamaracha - Like with the story of Hanukah, they won the war with a few Chashmonaim, with a few Kohanim. Why? The power of the Menorah. The Menorah symbolizes the power of spirit. And that's what we read about. Yes, God can flip the switch of a spirit, but what makes everything happen? The power of spirit down here. We need to arouse spirit, and that, so to say, empowers God to do what He has to do with the spirit. Like we said at the beginning of our series, yes, we need to have wars and soldiers and our Hishtadlut . David Hamelech took a slingshot to get Goliat. Yes, he did something, but he did something small. Ultimately it's the power of spirit י כי אם ברוח