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How Do the Neiros Light Up the Darkness? [2½ minutes of tefilla pre-shiur & 3 minutes of divrei hashkafa post-shiur]

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: December 14 2025

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Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Halacha:

War

Machshava:

Achdut, Ahavat Hashem, Anti-Semitism, Chanukah, Hashem, History, Maharal, Middot, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah, Torah

Nach:

Shir Hashirim, Tehillim

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Kesubos 5786

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The more accessible beginning & end of Kesubos shiur #28 - the parts directly relevant to inyanei de-yoma: the horrific attack today in Sydney and timeless aspects of the incoming yom tov of Chanukka.

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How Do the Neiros Light Up the Darkness? [2½ minutes of tefilla pre-shiur & 3 minutes of divrei hashkafa post-shiur]

Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Halacha:

War

Machshava:

Achdut, Ahavat Hashem, Anti-Semitism, Chanukah, Hashem, History, Maharal, Middot, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah, Torah

Nach:

Shir Hashirim, Tehillim

Collections: R' Tanchum Cohen Kesubos 5786

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How Do the Neiros Light Up the Darkness? [2½ minutes of tefilla pre-shiur & 3 minutes of divrei hashkafa post-shiur]

Series: Daily Shiur

Venue: YU High School for Boys YU High School for Boys

Halacha: War Machshava: Achdut, Ahavat Hashem, Anti-Semitism, Chanukah, Hashem, History, Maharal, Middot, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah, Torah Nach: Shir Hashirim, Tehillim

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Halacha:

War

Machshava:

Achdut, Ahavat Hashem, Anti-Semitism, Chanukah, Hashem, History, Maharal, Middot, Simcha/Happiness, Spirituality, Tefillah, Torah

Nach:

Shir Hashirim, Tehillim