The Seventh Candle Corresponds to the Soul of King David

Before you is documentation of the lighting of the seventh candle by the Gaon and Tzaddik Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a (may he live long and good days) in the Chanukiah (Hanukkah menorah) of the "Shuvu Banim" synagogue from the balcony of his home.

Prayer for the Lighting of the Seventh Candle:

To merit to draw down the soul of King David into the world, which was spiritually impregnated within Yael, who gave of herself with mesirus nefesh (self-sacrifice) and merited a level higher than the holy Matriarchs, and to be included in their self-sacrifice.

"The seventh candle corresponds to the soul of King David, peace be upon him."

Master of the Universe, Almighty One, merit me through the seventh candle of Hanukkah to draw down the soul of King David into the world, which was spiritually impregnated within Yael. Through this, "she crushed and pierced his temple" (Judges 5:26) referring to Sisera, as it is said, "Blessed among women in the tent" (Judges 5:24) [the Hebrew words 'Minashim' (440) 'BaOhel' (38) 'Tevorach' (622) = 1100]. This is the same gematria (numerical value) as David (14) + Sarah (505) + Rivka (307) + Rachel (238) + Leah (36) = 1100. For Yael merited that the soul of King David (14), peace be upon him, should be spiritually impregnated within her, as well as the souls of the four Matriarchs: Sarah (505), Rivka (307), Rachel (238), and Leah (36), which together equal 1100. Therefore, she merited to be above the holy and pure Matriarchs, because she literally gave her life for Kiddush Hashem (sanctification of God's name) and truly sacrificed her entire life. For if Sisera had woken up for even a thousandth of a second, he would have immediately strangled her, and her tikkun (rectification) to live would have ended, Heaven forbid. Thus, she merited a long life like Yitzchak (Isaac), who also gave his life at the Akeidah (the binding of Isaac) and agreed to be bound and slaughtered for Kiddush Hashem.