From the time Chazal instituted the mitzvah of kindling the Menorah, the objective has been to publicize the nes of Chanukah to the outside, illuminating the world around us. The Menorah is expected to be placed in the open - al pesach beiso mi'bachutz. Chassidus explains that the light of the Chanukah Menorah is even stronger than that of the Beis Hamikdash, possessing the unique power to overcome and ultimately transform the darkness of galus with Hashem’s infinite light. But it would take more than two thousand years for this goal to be truly realized, when the Rebbe’s mivtza Chanukah actually brought the light of the Menorah to the public domain. From A Chassidisher Derher Kislev 5776. Click here to view the original article. Live with the Rebbe month to month, by subscribing to Derher.