In the center of the Holy Temple stood a beautiful seven-branch Menorah molded from gold.
Up and down its straight branches were elegant motifs of flowers, buttons and goblets as detailed in this week’s Torah portion. Surprisingly, the decorative goblets on the Menorah’s arms were shaped to be upside down – in other words, the mouth of each goblet was facing downward.
Explains the Rebbe, the Temple’s Menorah wasn’t there for its light, rather it was about spreading a spiritual light to the world. Thus, it only made sense for the goblets too to express this very concept by being angled toward a pouring mode rather than a receiving mode.
In our personal lives, we, too, must make efforts to ensure that we are not merely receiving and acquiring the blessings that G-d has permitted us, but also in turn fulfilling our task of serving as an illuminating light to everyone around us.