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Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz - Chanukah: The Triumph of Light Over Darkness

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Rabbi Yitzchak Breitowitz

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  1. 0:17there's a very very famous question that is asked about the hanukkah stories one of the…
  2. 0:48that there was enough oil to burn for one day the miracle of chanukah is simply…
  3. 1:51religion we would be treated with all equality given to all citizens the fight of hanukkah…
  4. 2:21need for a physical struggle had we agreed to the assimilation the jewish people many of…
  5. 3:24political powers in the world you don't have the support of your own people what is…
  6. 4:26you do what you can even if that choice seems hopeless fruitless and devoid of any…
  7. 4:57responsibility to accomplish and in effect the whole idea of the miracle of hanukkah shows this…
  8. 5:59the miracle of hanukkah is towards the beginning of the armed struggle not towards the end…
  9. 6:29against overwhelming odds being opposed by the greatest military and political force in the world being…
  10. 7:30dispel the massive darkness that covers the world that brings the world to the brink of…

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