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The Profound Connection Between Shushan Purim and the Yahrtzeit of Rav Chaim Kanievsky

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

A Torah shiur by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein on the connection between Shushan Purim and the yahrtzeit of Rav Chaim Kanievsky.

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  1. 0:00Okay, good morning friends. Shalom aleichem. Today is Shushan Purim, a freilichen Shushan Purim. Today is…
  2. 0:30and Rav Chaim Kanievsky? Certainly there must be. If one of the great gedolim of our…
  3. 1:32live. Depends where you live. You know, if you live in a city that doesn't have…
  4. 2:33yom tov and calendar date in the whole year. That's the kasha of the Ramban. And…
  5. 3:35And the Gemara says, "What? They're not Jewish? They don't have to" How do you explain…
  6. 4:39day to distinguish, to differentiate. But, what Shushan Purim represents is we're not protected by a…
  7. 5:10a missile never hit the city of Bnei Brak. Ad k'dei kach, when Rav Chaim was…
  8. 6:12even though Rav Chaim Kanievsky is is not alive, but we know the Ram says an…
  9. 7:14the universe and look in the veins and the arteries of the universe, you would see…
  10. 8:14Sofer says Purim is staggered to ensure that there's always learning our Torah. If there's one…

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