Rabbi Alon Anava discusses deep Torah concepts and practical actions for spiritual growth and faith.
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And yes, so today is uh the last day of the Gorgian calendar, uh December 31st. And tonight, thousands and thousands or more to be exact, millions are going to be celebrating the beginning of the first the beginning of the year. And I do believe that most people don't even know what they're celebrating. They just want some days off from work. and uh whenever you can party, let's party. I don't think that most people know the history of the day and uh what happened, but that's not what I want to talk about now. What I want to talk about is the fact that we just finished the holiday of Kanuka. I don't know how it was for you. For me, it was very, very special. The whole month of Kisv was a lot of action, a lot of challenges. Hashem wanted to really see how much I won't complain and made sure that the month will be with a lot of reasons to complain and both Kanuka was great. Kanuka is just I I know that most people don't really realize the power of Kanuka. So they just eat some donuts and they they call it they call it even if you really understand the power of Kanuka then uh you you understand what I mean. But nevertheless, after Kanuka, the winter is starting to shift. I mean, not really right now, but you know, the the Shabbat is coming to come later. The night is becoming shorter. In a few weeks, winter will
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- 5:53What's this makes me understand how right I am with what I'm saying is that if…
- 12:10also. The reason why I said the situation is very bad right now in the world…
- 18:30protected where where you are completely exposed to the psychopaths that just wants to kill you.…
- 24:47go into the rabbit hole yet. You don't even know what's going on unless you're completely…
- 31:10the evil government they are going to come with all sorts of decrees against you. So…
- 36:58Msiah and make us learn Torah, they would they would throw it on you millions of…
- 44:01something like that. Okay? And like I said, I might be wrong in a few millions.…
- 50:30future the nations and again when it says the word nations it's not talking about Belgium,…
- 57:27When the Torah says and they said who said that is your God. Now you have…
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