Secrets of Chanukah: The Light & the Splendor - Talkline With Zev Brenner

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

called the light and the Splendor Kaneka through tubish the radiance and inspiration of the days of Triumph and gratitude welcome back to the program good thank you thank you for having me good to you so we have some very interesting ideas that I know you always come up with some original thoughts and I know that also that kanuka you relate to I believe to a family member who survived the Holocaust your grandfather Yeah I always uh like to speak about my grandfather and uh the analogy of Kaneka of this of the small flask of oil that was only able to last for one night and lasted for eight nights my grandfather and my grandmother came out of the Holocaust not knowing what their future would have in store and how they were able to rebuild their lives and continue on the legacy of the Jewish people is is an analogy for the miracle of Kaneka well that Kaneka was when it's the darkest time in history that's what we lik I think laaba chbi said we like the Kaneka candles when it's dark outside so this way when it's dark we're almost out of Hope but the light of Kaneka rekindles that hope absolutely so Kaneka is some a very very special time of year and there's a lot that's written about you know the question about the miracle of the oil and it last one of my favorite thoughts though is and I said this tonight I had the privilege of lighting the manur the world's greatest manur for kabad and mown Manhattan is that there were three

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2. 2:03mitzvas Commandments that the Greeks try to oblate one was shabas one was mil and one…
3. 4:05Holocaust my grandfather published the first forum for the survivors the first safer published for the…
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5. 8:11shabes and the eight days of mil and right after I published that Hashem sent me…
6. 10:15the Jewish people spiritually the Greeks were not the real problem the the yanim were not…
7. 11:48about this in our times because you know we we tend to live in concentrated Jewish…
8. 13:53because the miracle the first night really wasn't a miracle but there's on the flip side…
9. 15:57a very specific kind of there's a word Hadar which is external beauty like esrog is…
10. 17:59of God's kindness so this spiritual SPH of H is very connected to H gratitude because…

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