Segulos of Chanukah

Segulos of Chanukah

It states (Tehillim 124:7) נמלטנו ואנחנו נשבר הפח, "The trap broke, and we escaped." Some say that this pasuk hints at the Chanukah lecht because נשבר ח"הפ means to break ח"פ (gematria 88) into half, and you will have 44, the amount of lecht that we light on Chanukah. (36 lamps, plus 8 שמשים). Some say that ח"פ alludes to Chanukah (without dividing it in half) because as we light 44 lamps below, Hashem in heaven does the same, and together there are 88, ח"פ, lamps.

The Kedushas Levi (Drushim l'Chanukah ה"ד בחנוכה) adds that the roshei teivos of רנ הדליקל נוכהח is gematria 88, ח"פ. So, the pasuk is referring to Chanukah, and it states, ואנחנו נמלטנו, that we escaped and were saved. This alludes to the salvations that occur on Chanukah.