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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. HAPPY
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HANUKKAH. [CHEERING] >> I THINK I HEARD A WHISPER FROM THE CROWD. LET'S HEAR THAT AGAIN. WE GOT TO WARM WITH UP THE LIPS. HAPPY HANUKKAH! >> TO THE THOUSANDS...
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THE 29th LIGHTING CEREMONY OF THE NATIONAL
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HANUKKAH MENORAH HERE ON THE WHITE HOUSE ELIPSE.
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I'M RABBI SHEMTOV. WE'RE PROUD TO BE THE SPONSOR OF THIS EVENING'S EVENT. WE'RE DELIGHTED TO BE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL LULUBAVITCH. TOGETHER ACROSS...
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COUNTRY. BEFORE WE BEGIN THIS EVENING'S PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOME DIGNITARIES AND SPECIAL GUESTS WHO HAVE COME TO JOIN US THIS EVENING AND...
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| 00:04:50 |
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WE'RE HONORED BY HIS PRESENCE AS WELL AND BY HIS PRESENCE WHERE HE WILL HELP US LIGHT A HANUKKAH MENORAH TOMORROW EVENING ON THE CAPITAL SENATE. WE WOULD...
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| 00:06:12 |
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PEACE, WE PRESENT KANTOR JEFF NADEL. WE DEVOTE THE MUSIC THIS EVENING TO CLIFF WHO RECENTLY LEFT THIS WORLD. MAY HIS SOUL HAVE A GREAT MERIT FROM THIS...
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HANUKKAH WITH THE FIRST PUBLIC MENORAH IN INDEPENDENCE MALL IN PHILADELPHIA IN
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1974. SEVERAL YEARS LATER, AFTER A SUCCESSFUL CELEBRATION MARKING AMERICA'S BICENTENNIAL, HE BROACHED THE IDEA OF A MENORAH ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE...
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| 00:11:15 |
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UPON MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WILL SEE THIS MENORAH LIGHTING CEREMONY, AND INDEED THAT IS THE VERY POINT. THE TRADITION OF LIGHTING A MENORAH ITSELF IS TO...
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WE CELEBRATE AS THE DESCENDANTS OF THOSE WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED THEN AND AS A RESULT OF THEIR VICTORY, WE'RE HERE TODAY. WE'RE COMMEMORATING THAT POINT....
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| 00:16:42 |
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SIMPLY HEAR THE KIDS EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN THE PUREST FORM, THEIR OWN WORDS. THE TITLE IS WHAT HANUKKAH MEANS TO ME AND EVERY CHILD WRITES IT IN THEIR...
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| 00:17:24 |
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SPRING. HANUKKAH IS SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE MAAVES NEVER STOPPED FIGHTING AND WHENEVER THEY STARTED LOSING THEY GOT BACK THEIR BRAVY....
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I CAN JUST REMEMBER WHAT THEY DID AND A SHAMAN WILL HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE TOUGH SPOT. HANUKKAH IS SPECIAL TO ME BECAUSE THE JEWS NEVER STOPPED...
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| 00:19:07 |
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THAT HE WON IMAGINE THE PLEASANT SURPRISE. THE WINNER OF OTHER FIFTH AND SIXth GRADE
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| 00:19:16 |
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WAS HANNAH ROSE. WE WOULD LIKE HER TO COME AND READ HER ESSAY FOR US. [APPLAUSE] >> HANUKKAH MEANS LIGHTING THE HANUKKAH CANDLES WITH MY FAMILY. WHILE...
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| 00:19:50 |
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OIL MAGICALLY LASTED FOR EIGHT DAYS. >> WAS THAT WONDERFUL OR WHAT? [APPLAUSE] >> BOTH HANNAH AND EVAN WILL BE RECEIVING REPLICAS OF OUR SPECIAL 21st...
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| 00:20:18 |
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HANUKKAH WITHOUT ONE OR
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| 00:20:20 |
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TWO QUICK SONGS! SO WE'RE GOING TO WELCOME THE THREE CANTORS WHO ARE GOING TO SING TWO CLASSICS. THE FIRST ONE OH, HANUKKAH OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OYE,...
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SONG. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET'S GET READY. >> HERE HE COMES. COUNT TO 10. (music) >>
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ABOUT MY DREIDEL IS TIRED IT DROPS AND THEN I WAIT. >> DREIDEL DREIDEL DREIDEL. I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY. DREIDEL DREIDEL, OH, DREIDEL I SHALL PLAY. >>...
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DREIDEL. I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY.
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OH, DREIDEL, DREIDEL. THE DREIDEL I SHALL PLAY. OH, DREIDEL I MADE IT OUT OF CLAY.
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WHEN IT'S DRY AND READY, THE DREIDEL I SHALL PLAY! [APPLAUSE] >>
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| 00:24:37 |
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THE DREIDELMAN WILL REAPPEAR FOLLOWING GOD BLESS AMERICA. SO IF YOU HANG OUT FOR JUST A FEW MORE MINUTES, KEEP WARM. YOU'LL SEE HIM AGAIN. IT IS NOW...
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| 00:25:03 |
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UP IN THE FOLLOWING BRIEF CONVERSATION. I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL CAME FROM A MAN NAMED MARK MUKASEY. HE TOLD ME THAT HE WAS SO SORRY HE COULDN'T BE IN...
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| 00:26:56 |
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THAT SYMBOLIZE THE FREEDOM WE ENJOY IN THIS COUNTRY, FREEDOMS THAT RESONATE WITH AND ECHO THE FREEDOM SYMBOLIZED BY THE MENORAH ITSELF. THE MENORAH REMINDS...
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| 00:29:46 |
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NOTWITHSTANDING THE INCLEMANT WEATHER. CAN WE JUST GIVE HER A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, PLEASE. WE'RE NOW GOING TO PROCEED TO LIGHT THE MENORAH. [APPLAUSE]...
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| 00:30:18 |
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH AGAIN TO THE THREE CANTORS. WE JUST WANT TO HAVE TWO QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS BEFORE WE CONCLUDE TON'S PROGRAM. ONE IS WE'D LIKE TO...
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| 00:36:50 |
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TO THANK THE FALIC FAMILY OF DUTY-FREE AMERICA. LEWIS MAYBRICK. JONATHAN AND LAURA BARREN AND THE LETIVITZ FAMILY. CAN I ASK EVERYONE REMAIN SEATED UNTIL...
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| 00:40:26 |
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HER AND GUIDE HER TO THE NIGHT WITH THE LIGHT FROM ABOVE. FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES TO THE OCEAN. GOD BLESS AMERICA, MY HOME SWEET HOME. ...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.