Chanukah and Moshiach

• Chanukah is about the miracle of the oil, and Moshiach means anointed with oil.
• The eight days and eight lights of Chanukah are connected to Moshiach, who is one of the “eight princes of man” and the harp in the Beis Hamikdash (Holy Temple) of Moshiach will have eight strings rather than seven.
• Close to Chanukah is the 19th of Kislev, Rosh Hashanah of Chassidus; spreading the wellsprings of Chassidus brings Moshiach and Chassidus is a taste of the Torah teachings of Moshiach.

(See talk of the Lubavitcher Rebbe King Moshiach Shlita, Mikeitz 5752 (1991))