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The Rabbi Sacks Legacy

Lighting a Candle of Hope - A short thought for Chanukah from Rabbi Sacks

The Rabbi Sacks Legacy

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Religion & Spirituality

4.8601 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday, Rabbi Sacks took part in a Facebook Live project being run by The Jerusalem Post, in conjunction with Israel's Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, to connect Jews from around the world over Chanukah. This recording is of a talk Rabbi Sacks gave to students at the Hasmonean High School for Boys' in London, UK on 13th December 2017.

Transcript

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Thank you.

0:05.0

Thank you.

0:07.0

Head teacher, Raban.

0:13.0

Teachers and all of you,

0:15.0

what a joy and privilege to be celebrating with you

0:19.0

in the most appropriate place in the whole of Britain

0:23.6

as your head teacher has just said.

0:26.6

The name of this school, Khashmonaim, Hasmanian, comes from the family of the Hasmanians,

0:32.6

from which came Matitjahu, the Kohane, who started the rebellion against the Greeks.

0:39.2

His family, who, in the space of three years, scored that stunning military victory

0:45.3

and rededicated Jerusalem, and their descendants who became the Hasmanian kings.

0:51.9

It's a great school with outstanding achievements, both LeBuday Khodish and your Jewish

0:57.8

studies and in Mimudahul your secular studies. You are a great group of students and I salute to you

1:05.5

and I hope you will join me in wishing muzzles of to your head teacher Mrs. LeBrett on Mikey and

1:14.0

Riftwitz wedding on Sunday muzzleblers. But I'm not sure if you're fully aware of what's

1:25.3

actually going on because what we're doing here is being broadcast live around the world.

1:31.3

It's part of a global project organized by the Jerusalem Post, together with Israel's Ministry for Diaspora Affairs, through the technology of Facebook Live. So over the eight nights of Hanukkah,

1:48.0

they are going to be live streaming

1:52.0

the lighting of Hanukki candles from all over the world.

1:56.0

There will be a Hanukkah lighting from Israel

2:00.0

by Rahehelle Frankl. There will be Hanukukhali from Israel by Rahelie Frankel.

2:01.6

There will be Hanukal lighting from Thailand, from Red Square in Moscow, from Berlin,

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