By Nevardak they said ich bin garnisht, I am nothing. So a bachur came to the yeshiva and said so. He was told you are not at that level yet. However, in Slabadka they emhasized the potential of a Jew being able to elevate himself as Yosef’s dream shteiging, climbing from the ground to the heavens according to the explanation of the Ksav Sofer. This could have been the argument between Beis Shamai and Beis Hilel by Chanuka whether to increase or decrease the number lit.
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