Chanukah on Fire 2024

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] okay first of all I'd like to thank everybody lighter for that very nice words of lighter for that very nice words of introduction it's one thing to come and speak somewhere once it's a whole another thing to come and speak somewhere twice and it's a whole third thing to speak somewhere two years in a row it's a whole another thing so it's a great honor and a privilege and a pleasure and I wish want to wish you a very warm and and to you all and I I'd like to share with with you all the perspective which I think is a little fresh and I think it's a little a little fresh and I think it's a little unique and I think it can potentially maybe radically change the way you think of the Jewish people and you think of mitzvos and you think of Judaism and maybe the way you think of yourself and I'm going to try to remain as politically correct as possible with no guarantees so buckle up I want to begin with a story when I was a kid I lived in Rochester New York and I used to play basketball in York and I used to play basketball in the local JCC a JCC is a Jewish Community Center it's mostly a community center it's also like a drop Jewish and I would play basketball there on Sundays so one day I'm playing basketball there minding my own business and a group of around five or six non-jewish 19-year-old big muscular guys go on the other side of the court and start playing ball no big deal very welcoming place I'm not bothering them they're not bothering me I'm on my side of the Court they're on their side of the Court

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1. 0:03[Music] okay first of all I'd like to thank everybody lighter for that very nice words…
2. 4:38most unique form of hatred on Earth it is unique in four ways anti- anti-Semitism is…
3. 10:16bubble I had to say something which would sort of make them rethink their priorities and…
4. 15:27country do not have time for soul searching there's no room in the schedule but suddenly…
5. 20:37says the entire purpose of the Mitzvah of the Torah are for our benefit following the…
6. 25:41lowest State riddled with hate and violence and abuse I was expecting to look out at…
7. 30:18rate in the Greek times was around 10 million people every 75 years so if you…
8. 35:28say what they do gathered found me you know what they did they poked a bunch…
9. 40:36secondary that is the word we live in okay I'm gonna say a bunch of stuff…
10. 45:46drinking Coke okay there we have it the holiest day of the non-jewish year which by…

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