Reply To: Split: Chidushim on Daf Yomi

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It is a common practice to tie the two Rav Tanchums together. One, if we place a Chanukah menorah above 20 amos is pasul because people cannot see it. Two, the pit where Josef was thrown had no water but snakes and scorpions. The father of the Mattersdorfer Rav, the Maaneh Simcha ztz’l interprets this as a way of mussar. Sometimes people emphasize more the secular education over the Torah education as they don’t see the benefit in this world, They see the benefit of the Torah education only in the next world. They place the Torah education benefit designated by the Chanukah lightsc above 20 amos in the heavens. They are told that the logic is fallacious because if there is no water, Torah, who does not learn torah will be influenced by the yetzer hara, the snake and will acquire all the bad character designated by the scorpion which harms people.