Posted on 11/27/2014 9:08:19 PM PST by Phinneous
A brief (8 minute) talk about the connection between Thanksgiving, its acknowledgement of G-d, America's religious freedom/founding, and Chanukah (spreading light.)
Note: This is subtitled (the Rebbe, Rabbi Schneerson speaks in Yiddish) but it's worth listening, reading, and watching. He highlights our REAL American values so poignantly and perfectly-- and blesses Reagan to boot... a great end of the Holiday!
One more note— the first minute or so he discusses the liberation of the first rabbi of the Lubavitch dynasty... it’s a preamble to his discussion of religious freedom in America... DON’T tune out! :)
President Calvin Coolidge played a significant role in getting the previous Lubavitcher rebbe (Yosef Yitzchak) released from Soviet prison.
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