https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L96rbF-Rsrs
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A powerful drasha from 1952, in which the the Rav deflates the conventional wisdom about the holiday.
0:00 – 2:57: The revealed and the hidden worlds
2:57 - 7:04: The conventional understanding of Chanukah
7:06 - 11:14: Why the conventional understanding is wrong
11:17- 14:50: Destruction vs defilement of the Temple
14:54 - 23:10: R. Hanina Ben Teradion's Sefer Torah - Parchment burns and letters fly
23:10 - 29:53: Contrasting the Romans with the Hellenizers
29:53 - 33:20: The hidden but real theme of Chanukah
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