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A historical and halachic analysis of the Czar's death from the Chofetz Chaim's perspective.
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Okay, so you were tossing and turning last night. You wanted to know what happened to Tsar Nikolai. Whatever happened to him? How did they just kill him? And you probably been wondering about that for a long time. So, I'm here today to tell you what happened to Tsar Nikolai cuz now we have the Haggadah shel Pesach of the Chofetz Chaim. This is the official Chofetz Chaim Haggadah. With the official portrait of the Chofetz Chaim,
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- 0:00Okay, so you were tossing and turning last night. You wanted to know what happened to…
- 0:30official portrait of the Chofetz Chaim, even though I don't know if it has anything to…
- 1:01apprehended Tsar Nikolai and they're taking him out to be killed. The Chofetz Chaim said, "Mi…
- 1:32Sh'bagolus, and we would cry out over the desecration of the name of Hashem in the…
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