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1) A Series of Misfortunes -

What date is observed as "Tzom ha'Asiri"? What events does it commemorate?

THE EIGHTH OF TEVES

2) The Torah into Greek -

What is the identity of the "Greek" king who forced the Sages to translate the Torah? Did this happen on more than one occasion?

3) Darkness -

The Sages teach that when the Torah was translated, "a three-day long period of darkness descended upon the world." What is the "light" of Torah, and why was its translation marked by darkness?

4) Uniqueness of Am Yisrael -

How was the translation of the Torah an attack upon the Torah itself, and upon the uniqueness of Yisrael?

Member's lecture for Chanukah 5764 from 15:45 til 19:00, by Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld

Member's lecture for Chanukah 5768 from 24:50 til 32:30, by Rabbi Mordecai Kornfeld

1. Yosef Da'as to Megilah 9:p4, til p5

5) Emendations -

What emendations did the Elders make in their translation, and why?

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