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The Chofetz Chaim on the Significance of Chanukah & Purim In the Winter

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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Okay, good morning everyone. You thought I ran out of material on you thought we did on Mikates which was one piece. We did the on the on theim which was one piece we did something in the's biography. I did a search on the biography for every mention of Kaneka and you thought we were done. Come on, have more faith than that. I there I did a search this morning morning forum called because I figure you know so I found and I did a search nothing I found something else. What was it? um is hash. But lo and behold, look what I found. Found another safer. It's called Shabis. Oh, and here sure enough we have a actually last night I was to say in but this is a from the he says like this in the winter you only have two right you know we're in the winter now you see people wearing coats it's the

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  1. 0:02Okay, good morning everyone. You thought I ran out of material on you thought we did…
  2. 0:33morning forum called because I figure you know so I found and I did a search…
  3. 1:07Shabis. Oh, and here sure enough we have a actually last night I was to say…
  4. 1:37you see people wearing coats it's the winter time anyway way. Um there only two this…
  5. 2:07wanted to take away our bodies. Let's go to the end of the story. The end…
  6. 2:37says, "As it is well known, the winter alludes to our long and bitter gulus. Throughout…
  7. 3:11Nothing bad will happen to us. At the end of the day, we will emerge from…
  8. 3:43telling you. Very epic. Have a good everyone.…

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