The menorah goes in the window not just for the outside world to see, but to tell us, the people in the house: Look out at the big world. Now, see that menorah, and the little flame.

It’s a message to you. Remember that there was a time when people didn’t settle. Remember, Hashem is saying, how My people didn’t sell out. They could have used impure oil, but they refused. They wanted to do it right, and they would settle for nothing less.

Those tiny flickering flames call out, “Don’t think it has to be something big, it can be very small, but it has to be pure. Very pure!”

If you give Me a little bit of purity, Hashem says, I will perform miracles for you.

~ R’ Zecharia Wallerstein zt”l