Living with Light: Chanukah - Mehadrin Min Hamehadrin

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

Okay, good afternoon. We are living with light hopefully and we're going to talk about Kaneka. How appropriate the name of the series living with light for Kaneka. Living with the lights of Kanuka. So um let's begin with a basic question which is why was the holiday of Kaneka established? We're all about uh the why behind the what. So why was the holiday of Kaneka established? So, we're aware that there established? So, we're aware that there were many uh many things going on back in the times of the second basic under Greek rule and uh the Greeks had made many decrees against the Jewish people um that they couldn't learn Torah, they couldn't observe Shabas, they couldn't observe brisma circumcision and others other restrictions as well. In addition to that, they entered the temple and defiled it. And uh it was it temple and defiled it. And uh it was it was a very difficult time. The Jewish people rose up led by Matisio and his sons and rebelled and miraculously defeated the Greek army and was able to chase them out. Raim beadim, the many at the hands of the few. And following that, they were able to enter the temple and purify it and clean it out. And of course, they out. And of course, they couldn't find any oil. They found some oil. They lit the manora. It was only enough oil to last one night. They lit the monora and it lasted for eight nights. So I asked the question again, why did they establish the holiday of Kanuka? So the gumar in Mess Shabas 21b asks a question which is apparently that question. The garra asks my kanuka and literally would say what is but

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1. 0:03Okay, good afternoon. We are living with light hopefully and we're going to talk about Kaneka.…
2. 4:40only enough to light one night. And what happened? A miracle occurred and they lit for…
3. 9:19holiday and the answer is because of the miracle of the minora the miracle of the…
4. 14:06familiar familiarize ourselves with. The Medusa says actually at the very beginning of of Boratius, it…
5. 18:46celebrated even though it's okay. It's a nice miracle. It happened 2,000 years ago. But, what…
6. 23:24burned the whole night and the third night and the fourth night. Well, come to the…
7. 28:00let's proceed to the discussion in the paneosua. So the Poshua wonders why do we have…
8. 32:41so to speak. The second night, the second night you uh you now have only seven…
9. 37:18so where does this concept come from? Why would there be jugs that have the seal…
10. 42:30is very similar. It's the same almost to an offering that every Cohen would bring on…

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