Chasidut for Pesachim 99:10
א"ר יהושע בן לוי עתיד הקב"ה להוסיף על ירושלים עד שהסוס רץ ומציל
Rather [he meant] the martyrs of Lydda.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Two brothers, Lulianus and Papus, who took upon themselves the guilt for the death of the Emperor's daughter, so as to save the people as a whole; v. Ta'an. 18b. Lyyda was a district in Asia Minor, to which belonged the city Laodicea, which city it denotes here.');"><sup>11</sup></span> In that day there shall be upon the bells of the horses [meziloth ha-sus]: HOLY UNTO THE LORD.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Zech. XIV, 20.');"><sup>12</sup></span>
Kedushat Levi
In the writings of the Ari, z"l, regarding the secret of the 36 candles of Hanukkah and the connection with the 8 shamashim, behold that makes 44, which corresponds to the name Ehyeh אהי"ה in degrees, that is, א' + א"ה + אה"י + אהי"ה + - which is in gematria 44, and adding the name itself, 45, and behold it is 88 with the kollel (?), which is the first letters of "to light the Hanukkah light"; up to here are his words. And on a general overview it is not understood, what is the idea behind adding those two names to the issue of Hanukah light? I think it can be explained as follows:
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