It states (Devarim 28:1) הארץ גויי כל על עליון אלקיך 'ה ונתנך, "Hashem, your G-d, will place you supreme above all the nations of the earth." The Sfas Emes (5661) quotes the pasuk and notes that עליון spells יון על, above Yavan. The time mesugal to be elevated above the kelipah of Yavan is Chanukah.
It also states (Tehillim 113:7) ֶבְיוֹןא יָרִים ֹּתְׁפַשֵאמ, "from the dung heap He raises up the needy." We can explain that ֶבְיוֹןא can be read as יון אב. Rashi (Bereishis 45:8) on the words ַרְעֹהלְפ ָבלְא ֵנִיִימׂוַיְש explains that אב means ולפטרון לחבר, a caring friend. Thus, we can explain the pasuk יון-אב יָרִים ֹּתְׁפַשֵאמ, that even someone who is an אב, a close friend to Yavan, and is influenced by Yavan's philosophy and lifestyle, even he can be elevated on Chanukah. ֶבְיוֹןא יָרִים ֹּתְׁפַשֵאמ, from the dung heaps of Yavan's ways, Hashem will elevate this person who is יון אב, a friend to Yavan, and raise him above Yavan.
The Chanukah lecht are lit lower than ten tefachim. One must bend down to light the lamps. The Bas Ayin says that this is because miracles result from the Chanukah lecht, and they begin when one bends over and is humble.
Reb Meir of Premishlan zt'l said that when a Yid bends to the will of others and is humble, he is "a Goldener Yid," a Yid made of gold. He said that it is alluded to in a pasuk that we read each day of Chanukah: (Bamidbar 7) קטרת מלאה זהב עשרה אחת כף, "One spoon [weighing] ten [shekels] of gold filled with incense." Reb Meir of Premishlan zt'l translated the pasuk like this: אחת כף means בייג איין, once to bend, עשרה, ten, which is ד"יו, which stands for "a Yid." זהב is gold.
The Kli Yakar (48:16) writes, "Hakadosh Baruch Hu chooses the humble more. Whoever has humility, Hakadosh Baruch Hu will elevate him very high..."
The Shach al HaTorah says that the פך jug of oil that was found by the Chanukah miracle was the same קטנים פכים, small jugs, that Yaakov Avinu went back to retrieve (see Rashi Bereishis 32:25). The key word is קטנים, small. Reb Moshe Leib Sassover zt'l says that the jug was small, and Hashem performs miracles for the small and humble.
