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The Yahrtzeit of the Vilna Gaon & the Soul of Sukkos

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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  1. 0:00Okay, tonight your test is the yard side of the Vilna Gaon and it's very significant…
  2. 0:30Vilna Gaon. The Vilna Gaon opened up vistas on Sukkot. He revolutionized the Yom Tov of…
  3. 1:01showed his love for us again. We're commemorating the the restoration of the relationship. So, the…
  4. 1:33Yaakov Avinu, his father and mother, the Vilna Gaon must have been young, so the mother…
  5. 2:03Then, until the Vilna Gaon, nobody understood why is it in the leaning for Sukkot on…
  6. 2:35say your is Ishmael, say your is Esau. So, in order for there to be an…
  7. 3:06his face. The Gaon says that's not exactly what it means. The master already has wine.…
  8. 3:37and its significance is your site is on Sukkot because this is the time that these…

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