The Darkest Night of Chanukah; On Five Levels

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

I begin with a quote from ha a book that was compiled by the Reb based on the teachings of his father-in-law the previous Reb he writes the following it was customary for theed to have a sort of of a on one of the evenings of Kaneka with his family including his daughters-in-law this was called lus evening this was also the practice of the alterb and the the alterb and the MB among the stories the Reb is told at this meal were some which were widely talked about every kanuka though they had been discussed the year before the final note is as follows the rebab the father of the would give guilt on the evening of the fourth or the fifth light the fifth light let's talk about the fifth night of Kaneka the fifth light of Kaneka why is the fifth night of Kana unique what makes it special to understand this on five levels first and foremost the manura has eight candles four on the right four on the left other Manas have one line of eight candles but each night of Kana we add another candle now the theme of Kaneka another candle now the theme of Kaneka is all about light as King Solomon tells USV the candle itself represents Good Deeds the flame of the candle represents spirituality the knowledge of Torah each night we add another candle implying that each day we need to increase in Acts of goodness and kindness each day we need to bring more

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1. 0:00I begin with a quote from ha a book that was compiled by the Reb based…
2. 3:08from the face of the Earth and Good Will overpower bad the light will overpower the…
3. 6:20chuva out of love chuva out of coming home reuniting with God chuva out of Joy…
4. 9:24as the day of the passing of which is considered to be the greatest day almost…
5. 12:32the second time now there's another important note why is it that he was freed on…
6. 15:36world is when there's Darkness if there is light you don't need more light for example…
7. 18:44you need to take it outside to bring that peace and that Tranquility to the rest…
8. 21:54he turned to the 17year old boy and he said to him the following you know…
9. 25:01a br from the Reb before his son gets married and so he brings his son…
10. 28:06know you're going to London but I must tell you and share with you terrible news…

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