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How can we understand the tragedies that struck the Jewish people this Hanukkah ?

Rabbi David Pinto

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Shalom. We like to wish you well today about Hashem. We are in the middle of Kanuka. Bashem first day of Kanuka. Unfortunately with the bad news that we had from Australia. I terrible terrible. They were singing. They were celebrating Kanuka, the miracle of Kanuka. miracle of Kanuka. And the some killers they came and they killed 16 people. Rabbis among them. What a terrible. How can you understand this? people are happy and singing and that could happen to them. My friend, I have to tell you something. There is no answer for that There is no answer for that and we should not be afraid. God forbid for what happened. We have to carry on declaring ourselves our Judaism. You know as you know how you can recognize a Jew only through his beard, his clothes, his yamok when he go to the sh. Well, we have no opp no other chance. We cannot hide our identity. We chance. We cannot hide our identity. We cannot hide our Judais. We were like that. We remain like that. The Jews in Egypt, how the Jews in Egypt, they remain Jews only because they did not change their language, their clothes and their names. I mean you have to be proud to be Jew and my life how many times I was hurt by people. people. I am 60 6 76 year old in my life when in France in America in England I received you know a lot of times curse they split on me and words they looked at me very very badly this is the price I pay being Jew and I'm happy. I'm happy. Every

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  1. 0:06Shalom. We like to wish you well today about Hashem. We are in the middle of
  2. 2:07people. I am 60 6 76 year old in my life when in France in America
  3. 4:43All her children they married go all her children. That mean now she's about 95 today.
  4. 7:20to disappear after her death. She wants at least a grief and the the lawyers, two
  5. 9:52having back the nama and the na and the the she is still on eight days.
  6. 12:27friend knowing Hashem it's not only today you have to know Hashem tomorrow but till tomorrow
  7. 14:33I can do but the Quran cannot do. Like if uh if uh uh somebody pass
  8. 17:04my friend every day when we during eight days we say that in the temple. But
  9. 19:41A few years ago, I was receiving people. I received a woman from Colombia. [snorts] She
  10. 22:15and for me it's like bring me Judaism. Let me that Hashem you want me. I

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