A Short Thought on Chanukah | By Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a (5785)

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so let's talk a bit about the essence of kanuka Pam and kanuka are both so why are they so different in nature come to commemorate and to bring to mind to remembrance Miracles that did for us sh him drink wine and drink a lot and the right you also need to eat BOS eat meat there's no at all brings you know eat a little but that's not the focus it's all about the explains the nature of a y is dependent what are we supposed to remember the n and the N is always dependent on what was the danger why did AES need to make an ace so put him we were in danger of death Annihilation the final solution to destroy physically destroy the people so puim Den was physical salvation we rejoice in life because we might have died so we were saved when you rejoice in life then the expression is bodily the danger was not Annihilation there was no decree to kill Jews but rather the Salvation was is the Salvation and that is why the commemoration and the remembrance and the Mitzvah is totally and that is the made shocking decision we are going to war and they not only needed to fight the mighty Greek army armies they also had to struggle with the hellenists Ines called the MIM and a major part of the Jewish Community were mavim and they argued against mat you're insane you're crazy and you're reckless the Greeks are not that bad why do you demonize them they're an enlightened people we could talk to them we could cooperate maybe we could even learn some beautiful things from them they brought light to the world but the

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10. 17:44both of them say connect what it would only be natural for to say no what…

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