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Tyler wants to know actually this question had been raised by others as well in a more docel way but Tyler knows how to ask the questions right you know why are we learning tonight isn't aren't you not supposed to learn tonight that's Tyler's question I knew someone's going to ask that question tonight grabi Min will explain tonight is we know what tonight is in the non-jewish C of course yeah and there are those people who don't want to learn Torah tonight they learn T tonight now there's a very uh very strong opposition to that uh that opinion but there are different interpretations what happened this this custom has started already back in Europe I don't know by Arabian countries I don't know Arab countries I don't know but in Europe there are many people who said they will not learn this night the reason one reason is given because the people were afraid to go out on the street at night to go to the study hall because this night the Christians had a ball attacking the Jews and therefore nobody was afraid they were afraid to walk outside being attacked so they didn't go to the basement at the study hall to study they they every night to

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1. 0:00Tyler wants to know actually this question had been raised by others as well in a…
2. 0:30of course yeah and there are those people who don't want to learn Torah tonight they…
3. 1:00back in Europe I don't know by Arabian countries I don't know Arab countries I don't…
4. 1:30dve and to pray and to stud so from there people made the mistake to think…
5. 2:01night so it came this night on the non-jewish calendar and that's when they get up…
6. 2:33part I didn't study third that night so that's a very uh but uh of course…
7. 3:04look God look at that the Jews tonight what and the N getting up 12:00 midnight…
8. 3:35okay thank you for br up the question very good question why didn't you ask it…

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