Hillel’s version of Chanukah is as an attempt to extinguish the a legacy of Gd.

Israel had greater hope for a miracle on the first day.  Israel had faith.  Genesis opens with, “When,” similar to a chaotic predicament.  Throughout the week, Light’s residue was further and further divided, until Shabbat.  Genesis ends with, “Joseph died.”  Light preceded rest, and then death.  However, thousands of years later Joseph, a tzaddik, still impacts this world in a good way, such that there is as much hope in death as there is in a life of righteousness, if not more!  Our bodies burn their last oil in the hour of death.  An elderly person, old and tired, has steadfast faith, and smiles with belief in their last hour, as their purpose has been fulfilled.  Israelites do not fear that God will judge them unjustly in the hour of death!

Lightening more candles each day is as closing time at bars.  Before closing time, a bar is usually at its peak of activity.  The way of the wicked is that closing time comes bringing disappointment, as the fun is immediately taken away.