Light Triumphs - Chanukah Live 5784

[Music] join us for a voyage through our history as we travel the world from Errol to Rome passing through France crossing the channel to England on to Portugal and Germany then crossing the ocean to the United States of America and then back across to Russia to Argentina we then move back to and finally conclude right here in [Music] 770 in every generation our enemies have stood up against us but because we stay true to the light of tah and mitzvas we have always overcome their dark plans because light always triumphs over darkness and now it's our turn to be part of this incredible story [Music] we start today with the first story of Kaneka in 3623 the darkness was overwhelming the Greeks overran Errol they closed yeshivas bris Miller was outlawed the base hkas was defiled and the manura glow was extinguished yet amidst the overwhelming Darkness our dedicated children preserved the lightning hiding in caves learning ter while hashem's Soldiers the macbes emerged few in number but with unwavering Faith they overpowered the many restoring the light once again as you can see things were very scary and er to Str in those times if it seemed like the darkness was overpowering the light but K andas we're now going to go to Erol in the present to see how things have changed so please welcome rabbii Weiss the to the [Music] Kari we stand with the spirit of resilience the Greeks are gone yet the radiance of kanah remains a glow in the hearts and homes of AR [Music] [Applause] Israel the light will always triumph over the darkness and continue to illuminate our life [Music] amen thank you Rabbi isn't that incredible to see how even though in ER it seemed so dark and so hopeless we see today that the light did overcome the darkness and the yiden one Rabbi he so do help us with the spirit that we need to say to all the 12 with all the we got we're going to start off today's P from and repeat after those who lead us in the [Music] p [Music] Mo Now we move on to Rome to the year 3829 this was a very dark time in Jewish history the Romans invaded Errol with the most powerful war machines of the time tens of thousands of trained legionaries equipped with Advanced weapons and lethal artillery they killed millions of yiden and set the basa mikdash of flame leaving hashem's home in ashes they took many Jews as prisoners of War back to Rome and when they arrived they celebrated with the most magnificent Victory Parade in the Empire's history the climax was when the of the basam mikdash were paraded in Rome before the masses and in the reare the prisoners of War were LED defeated and disgraced to remember this Victory the Romans built a 45 ft High Gate engraved into this magnificent Arch are images of the Jewish captives carrying the cave of the B mikos this Monument built 2,000 years ago serves as a painful reminder of the complete destruction of yusan and the humiliation of the Jewish people can you imagine how difficult it would be to be a Jew back then in Rome but what's happening today did the light overcome the darkness let's go to Rabbi man Lazar the to Rome to find out yes Italy has a dark past but the Romans have faded into history and the yiden of Italy are alive and thriving we are proud to be celebrating Hanukah in the very places where the Iden were once oppressed from the Coliseum to the streets of Milan from the Waters of Venice to the artistic Watters of Florence lauch light always trums over Darkness thank you so much rert Lazar that's incredible to see the transformation of Rome the transformation of Italy indeed light always overcomes the darkness to lead us in the Pro of sh we welcome private laar from in Rome who going to in is sh [Applause] isai God we now travel about a thousand years later to the Crusades the entire continent of Europe was shrouded in darkness the Crusaders were on a mission and they spared no Jew taking the lives of all they encountered including Jewish women and children in the year 5003 King Lewis of France ordered the burning of the entire talmud 24 wagon loads and around 12,000 volumes of Priceless Hebrew manuscripts were burned publicly and just imagine how that must have been for all of the boys and girls and all of the people who wanted to learn Torah how could they learn Torah if all of this farum were taken away it was a very dark time but what happened we now call upon Rabbi azimov one of the head of France to see what is going on today did light overcome the darkness yes we have experienced dark times in France but the Crusaders have faded into history many of our were in France and prepared the work for us giving us the power to CH away the darkness and transform it into light today the radiance of kanah shines with over 200 Public R from right here at the Eiffel Tower to the French riera La light always triumphs over Darkness thank you so much I'm starting to see a pattern over here it looks like the light always wins the Yen always come out on top and now from Paris France we call upon M alist General in the and let's hear everyone repeat after [Music] [Applause] mandal in the year 5050 a dark cloud of hatred swept through England King Edward the of England issued a decree forcing the Jews to leave their comfortable homes and find a new place to be and imagine how difficult that must have been to everybody was just expelled they had to leave their homes it was a very very dark time indeed but we have with us today Rabbi Yosi Simon asah in Gold's green London England to find out did light overcome come the darkness Rabbit Green we are here with over 1,000 people at Gold's green station you could truly feel the Jewish pride in the air we had a manura lighting at the House of Lords a magnificent manery throughout the Streets of London England truly boasts the miracle of Hanah in an unprecedented manner because light will always triumph over Darkness thank you so much rabbi it's amazing to see the Dark Skies over London have been made bright with the light of kanah unbelievable RAB Manchester England we call upon private layer Wan who's going to lead us in the POS [Applause] of [Music] just next door we find ourselves in Spain and Portugal where Darkness once again loomed a mere 200 years later the plan was to destroy not just the Jewish body but the Jewish Nish forcing Jews to choose between their Yiddish kite or being expelled from the country yet amidst this turmoil with misus nephesh Jews held tight to their faith doing Mitzvah and hiding teaching Torah to their children in secret away from the eyes of the Inquisition for many years the lights of Kaneka retreated to the Shadows another very very difficult time in Jewish history andas did light triumph over the darkness of course I'm sure it did but let's hear it from Rabbi Rosenfeld all the way from Portugal Today We Stand Together proudly in a Public Square in Portugal in a place where our ancestors faced persecution we Proclaim Together Al light rains in the face of adversity indeed in places where Darkness once prevailed the light of Kaneka can now be seen across Spain and Portugal from lisban kkes all the way to Barcelona the light of kanaka is Illuminating places where Darkness once was these places are now beacons of light thank you so much rabby Rosenfeld amazing to see how all of these dark places with the light of Kaneka with the light of yish with the light of all theas has turned to brightness RAB and now we call upon Captain z k Rosenfeld all the way from Portugal is going to lead us in the process of ke car ke [Music] car destroyed Devastation was left and no one was spared 100,000 yiden lost their lives during this kasak revolution this became known as xerus tat it was a very very devastating time and something that weim know about because the rebes and all theim were fighting in Ukraine but did they win did the yid did theim did they make the light overcome the darkness of course they did let's find out from RE Ukraine yes Ukraine has gone through difficult times throughout the ages in fact we are currently in the midst of a war but theim of the rebba are resilient nothing can stop us from bringing the glow of kanuka to the yiden in Ukraine starting with our visit to President Vladimir zalinski and on to every single Jew you can see the light of Kaneka in the Reb's home town of Deo from adessa to usarad and from RNA to kov the light of kanaka is outshining the darkness of Galos and will usher in the Gula light will always triumph over Darkness thank you very much rabert levitansky we're seeing a pattern over here light always comes up on top the Y didn't always come out all the way in the victory We Now call upon Colonel stara and Captain Fred lanski from Sun Ukraine who going to lead us in [Music] theem [Applause] we now arrive to one of History's darkest chapters when the Nazis seized Europe their goal to rid the world of every Jew from the Brandenburg gate in Berlin their leaders spread hate and recruited the masses to his evil plan and they did everything in their power to extinguish our light killing 6 million Jewish men women and children is it possible that a place like Germany so filled with Darkness could today be filled with light let's find out and let's ask graur the re to Berlin to tell us what's going on happy kanah we are now standing at the very same spot where 90 years ago the Nazis stood and marched with chance of hate against Jewish people in this very spot Europe's largest manur stands proud and Tall bringing life to a place where in the past was the essence of Darkness this is what the re taught us to answer the darkness of the past with light of the future at this year's manura lighting we have the chancellor of Germany which is the head of the government lighting the first candle this is truly a historical and unbelievable KES hasem and in this very space for the first time ever the chancellor is lighting the shamish the first time this is the message of light over Darkness across Berlin there are 50 Manas standing in many of the government federal Offices and across Germany in all of the Cities there are large Manas in Munich in Frankfurt in Hur in Hanover in Dresden all over large Manas are being lit to bring the message of light and unity over Darkness together together we light up the world thank you so much Rabel indeed we see that light always comes out on top We Now call upon the Germany to leave us Ines let's everyone L on clear after [Music] them [Music] as we rebuilt after the Holocaust many Jews moved to the United States of America with its call for freedom and the ability to live without the dark history of Europe Jews began to thrive yet in America a different kind of Shadow loomed over American jewry pressures to assimilate surged not working on chabas was frowned upon Jewish values waned and the torch of Tura flickered as the ships carrying Jews arrived on the shores of America Jews faced new challenges to their daily lives and their connection to tah and Mitzvah and this is a story that everyone here knows the answer to tell me K andas in America did light triumph over the darkness are you andalis making sure that Messiah is going to come of course and now we turn to Rabbi Ley shenta from Washington DC to find out what's going on here in America yes yish kite in America has had its struggles but the fed rebba and our rebba have changed the landscape of America forever today we stand here in front of the White House at the National manover Lighting with the United States Marine band and the second gentleman of the United United States Mr Doug mhof who has joined us to light the Mona and this is just one of the hundreds if not thousands of manura lightings Across America from stadiums to the streets of Manhattan and cities all across our country from Hana concerts to manur car parades here in the land of the free and the home of the brave the light of the manur triumphs over Darkness once again thank you so much Rabbi shv what a tremendous kid and now we come back here to 770 with Rabbi with the of we call upon five star general ask who's going to all the way from Baltimore who's going to lead us in the P of [Music] [Applause] vishant [Applause] [Music] great job thank you very [Music] much as communism gripped Russia Darkness lingered for over 70 years youden had to hide their faith kadim operated in secrecy the light of Torah was underground the Jews missus nees was tested under extreme circumstances they risked imprisonment or worse if discovered they could be exiled to Siberia or even sentenced to death can you imagine how hard it must have been to be Aid in Russia with the Communists but have things changed did light overcome the darkness let's find out from Rabbi Bazar schah of the rebba in Russ today as re promised we see a lot of light we see how the government is helping for every Jew to keep Mitzvah in the last 30 plus years communities that opened Jewish schools yes and interesting enough that in this country we have a great support from the government from the president Jews today feel proud to walk out in the street as proud Jews and we light kanuk mines in the center of maska un Red Square we're able to lie atuka which is seen by millions of people and the news but thousands and thousands of people in the center of Moscow so yes the story of theim suffering in the cold Siberia they stood in m neish and today we see the result of the m neish of the and of to bring this light that we see today in MCA in Russia and all over the [Music] world light is the strongest force in the world and no Darkness can stand one to light small candle and it brings light to the whole world let's hope that very soon we will see the light of mashiah with the re thank you so much Rabbi Lazar that's unbelievable to see how a place like Russia has been transformed into a place of light through the efforts of theim and the andas for the passing of your we now go back to Red Square in Russia where matal Klein is going to lead us in the P of yogati [Music] yti M [Music] Al [Music] Al in 5752 a dark cloud swept through the Jewish community of Argentina still healing from the wounds of the Holocaust there had been a terrible terror attack on the Jewish Community Center in Bon airis many Jews were injured and killed that's incredibly incredibly difficult to hear but let's hear what happened in Argentina did light overcome the darkness to find out we're going to ask the H of argena Rabbi grat we are now spreading the light in ois went through darkness by the light of Kana with the re's message inspires us to put more light and to triumph over the darkness a little light P pushes away a lot of Darkness a lot of light for sure pushes away the whole Darkness here in this country we already lighting Theo 39 years here in this place in this Great Park in this in one of the nicest places in Buenos AES but since then Yia added another 19 minores just in Buenos irus in different parks where we have different events every night of Han going all over we have 1,100 points of light over the country and with all this light together with your light that you are light in your man and you are lighting mitvah every day and you are learning M and with all this light we're going to have the big light the great light of thank you so much reab grbl what a powerful powerful message of light overcoming Darkness yet again and now we call upon Captain Z title B from C Sham in Argentina to lead us in the person of [Applause] [Music] [Applause] ha and here we are today living in t Shin pad when just a few months ago Darkness took us by surprise visiting us on our doorstep in the south of Errol on the joyous day of simra It cast Shadows no one should ever have to experience Jews all over the world felt the pain and Gloom surrounding us and today just 2 months later we are being being attacked on all fronts we've witnessed it time and time again this struggle between Darkness and Light but as you've seen today it's always the light that emerges [Music] [Applause] [Music] Victorious and this is a particularly dark time because the darkness that is happening now in Gaza and N is still happening right now as we celebrate Teka so the pain is very very raw but are we going to be victorious is the light going to overcome the darkness absolutely and so now we go to S har coin Saban rabanas standing in Gaza let's hear from dear soldiers of T hem we are here to light the darkness also you add all the light that you can by your t m and Good Deeds Happy kanuka from T Soldiers the makab of today we go out to S where as you just heard on S Tor there was terrible things that happened there now to lead us in the POS of we call upon General abam Pam from asham to lead us in the Pro of let's go all you got let's [Music] hear [Music] we going to win the r in Gaza I'm going to win the r in bring mashia [Music] now now the story comes here to 770 this is not history from the past this is our story of today this is our time when we the soldiers of Civ sasham the macbes of today will bring the light that will take away the darkness we won't just win over the enemy the light will be so strong that the enemy will become our friends the darkness itself will shine who are the ones who are going to make this happen let's hear you again who are the ones that will make this happen we the soldiers of civis Hashem through our light we are going to bring the ultimate light into this world the light of Masia s Koo and we will make it happen and will make it happen now you're doing the most incredible job and to represent all of you from around the world we have with us five star [Music] general [Music] mayor who's going to lead us in the final P of give it all you got yes [Applause] me Shah m [Applause] is Hash [Applause] has [Applause] as always after Su him let's sing M we want mashia now let's hear [Applause] you will she got we [Music] don't don't away [Music] got so let's give a big round of applause for all the children of Who Let It Us in the today and all you did a great great job let's go round of [Applause] [Music] applause this is the moment a big highlight of the rally is for Del light the Mana and sing her Halal together the highlight of the ra of the rally the highlight of the rally stay on the floor don't block anyone behind you are you ready the as soon as you're standing will do the [Music] bra the Mona is being lit by festar General manak Shan looking forward all together the BR [Music] spee [Music] Say No by your me [Music] has [Music] sh [Music] heyo you D not m [Music] ohoo [Music] hey [Music] hu H Hal [Music] h [Music] h h oh newly now a two [Music] voice [Music] oh [Music] new say you [Applause] [Music] see by me is my [Music] man [Music] hey [Music] Co [Music] the St B the St B the [Music] St [Music] hell [Music] for [Music] [Applause] oh oh Han happy hanuk