Chanukah: The Holiday of the Messianic Light - Rabbi Mendel Kessin

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Next week is Hanukkah. So, I decided I had to make a choice, obviously, cuz what's happening with current events is very exciting. Um but I believe that this Hanukkah also could be very exciting. And besides, it's Hanukkah is a very really very important holiday. You know, it seems simple, but the truth is it's tremendously profound in terms of what's happening and so on. So, I thought I would speak about Hanukkah this week. You know, anyway. Uh before I begin, let me just make certain statements. Uh this year should be a blessing and a merit for the health and success of the families of Regina bas Yosef Ruvein and Yeshaya ben Yisrael, the Nauman Wolf and Svi Hersh and Boruch ben Binyomin Wolf and Shmuel Ruvein ben Regina. Right, and uh they should all have brochos and uh have a tremendous bracha for this year, also. Uh Esther Lieba bas Chaya Yaffa should have a refuah shleima. Leima as well as Leib ben Feiga also should have a refuah shleima. In any case, like I said, next week is the holiday of Hanukkah. And I I thought Hanukkah is really, like I said, very important holiday, far more important than I think most people realize. You know, and it's also very joyous. I mean Klal Yisrael really takes it to heart in terms of get-togethers. It's a really fits a tremendous family holiday. But I wanted to go into obviously the more the greater underpinnings of what's really going on and so on, you know. Now, of course, Hanukkah has a very famous story to it. But there's something about Hanukkah I think you can ask many questions about it. But I would I would like to ask several questions about it that will dramatize its importance. The first idea, of course, is what is

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