The Baas Ayen says the story of the informant about Tamar and her request of Yehuda to vindicate herself is a hint to the Chanukah story. 3 Months after Tishray is Kislev. The informant, the satan complains that Klal Yisrael should not have had a good verdict for they have strayed. Tamar, representing Klal Yisrael presents the חותמת, the seal of the jar of oil, the פתילים, the wicks and the מטה (gematria of כלי,) the container for the oil as proof that she is righteous and proclaims לאיש אשר אלה לו אנכי הרה, the 36 candles (gematria of אלה) is the one I am attached too.
The holiday of Chanukah is illuminated by oil. Oil has a dichotomy in that it does not mix with other liquids yet permeates through everything. Chanukah is the celebration of the mesiras nefesh displayed by Matisyahu and family to to stand up to the Greeks. The power of mesiras nefesh stems the yechida of the Jew. The yechida is the highest level of the neshama, the essence of the Jew which which remains attached to Hashem. When one is faced with a test of mesiras nefesh it awakens the innermost essence of a Jew which wishes to remain attached to Hashem. The yechida of the Jew is awakened and takes action. Mesiras nefesh stems from the yechida of the nefesh and when it is ignited, it permeates all the activities of the individual. This is why Chanukah is symbolized by oil. The oil symbolizes the yechida which stands distant form the forefront of the individual but effects everything.
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