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Chanukah: The Inner Splendor of Thanking Hashem

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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>> eight days. Yeah. >> What about it? >> Should only be seven. >> Why? >> One day is not another test. >> Oh, >> okay. >> So bas and we already know this is not the basis of kasha. This question is already found in the rishim question is already found in the miri in the sesh but it's attributed to the bas that why is kaneka 8 days they found oil so that the and there was enough oil to burn for one night so that night wasn't a miracle it was a miracle that lasted an additional seven days so kaneka should be for seven days grad I saw the hearts wants to say that they couldn't make it seven days cuz then someone's going to make a with seven branches is and it's going to be an imitation of the >> before that >> that's the >> one of the famous answers to the cash maybe the most famous answer [clears throat] besides own three is the answer of the alter of >> what does the alter of km say he says that we're very so we're so excited that the oil lasts an additional seven days but the fact that it burned for one day of course it's going to burn for one day that's So it's expected that's how uh that's nature that's tea. When you burn oil it burns. So that we put in the bank that we take it for granted. We don't have to celebrate that. We have to celebrate the additional seven days. But is it really more miraculous that should burn for additional seven days than that should burn period? Is it more? It's not more miraculous. We just take it for

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  1. 0:33>> eight days. Yeah. >> What about it? >> Should only be seven. >> Why? >>
  2. 3:40the say The miracle is not mentioned in the why the [clears throat] there's nothing special
  3. 7:23you think water is a thing let's say you're thirsty and you want something to drink
  4. 11:18isuh was born on Z. his was on is is what is that's why it's so
  5. 15:07sad. >> Do they look nice? >> If you take a picture of them, you show
  6. 18:59let's think about how the world runs okay this is this is we think when does
  7. 22:57You know what they say in England? It's rubbish. It's all nonsense. We believe when learn
  8. 26:45what happened why do we have an extra day? Oh you don't have an extra day
  9. 30:41Why should I thank Hashem for water? It rained. Of course, it's going to rain. I
  10. 34:21and everything. Nothing's going right. So somebody says go to the speak to the B. I

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