Higher and Higher

Each night of Chanuka, we add a new candle. Even though the previous night, we carried out the mitzva in the fullest and most complete manner possible, tonight another candle has to be lit, for "one must always proceed further in holy matters."

A parallel to this concept applies regarding our behavior. When we carry out G-d's mission we must realize that G-d both commands and grants the potential for us to "proceed further in holy matters," generating more light, each day according to the light that existed the day before. This course of behavior will lead to the time when G-d will "show us the candles of Zion" and we will dedicate the third Holy Temple.

(the Rebbe, first day of Chanukah, 1980, to the Children of Tzivos Hashem)