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33 Days
33 Days





13 Comments Posted
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Posted: Dec 14, 2008
Nice
That would be if each person lit one candle. But we light 36 candles over Channuka.
Posted By Dovid

Posted: Dec 16, 2008
the videos
can you make all the videos through youtube or google videos? because by a lot of people windows media player and real media player do not work
Posted By anonymous

Posted: Dec 16, 2008
Dig the concept!
But let's not ignite anything. My Hannukah wish is that our Hannukah candles will be bright and safe!
Posted By Latte Factor

Posted: Dec 16, 2008
33 Days
Ezra -

The message has been received in your beautiful expression. Thank you.
Posted By Marla, thornhill, on

Posted: Dec 18, 2008
33 days
I feel silly asking this question, but what do the 33 days refer to?
Posted By michal, baltimore, md

Posted: Dec 19, 2008
Why 33?
Day one is just me
Day two is me and my friend I lit up
Day three I light another person and so does my first friend. 4 Total.
Day four all four of us light another person. So there are 8 people who have been illuminated. The system compounds exponentially.
If you keep going, on day 33, over 8 billion people have been touched. That's what's special about day 33!
It would take only a little over a month to touch the whole world if each person would make a difference in only 8 lives in 8 days.
Posted By Ezra Krybus, Toronto, Canada

Posted: Dec 20, 2008
33 days
If each person did it for another 8 people in 33 days it would cover the entire population of the earth.....
Posted By Mordechai

Posted: Dec 20, 2008
33 days
Thanks Ezra!
Posted By michal, baltimore, md

Posted: Dec 21, 2008
Michal -- The 33 days is the answer to how long it would take to light the world if every day you "lit up" one more person, and then they would do the same from then on.
Posted By Anonymous

Posted: Dec 26, 2008
Beatiful. What to think about. It makes the Rebbe's message all that more attainable and close.
Posted By CY

Posted: Dec 7, 2009
34 Days?
Hi Ezra,

Very nice video-- a wonderful concept! I just thought I'd mention that I believe your math is off. If everyone lights one person each day and did NOT stop after 8 days, it would take 34 days. 2^33 is the number you arrived at, but don't forget that you started on day 1 at 1, or 2^0. Hence, 34 days. However, we still would get a different final number than your 8,589,934,591, since, according to your video, each person is only lighting a new person for 8 days. That is, starting on day 9, you have to subtract away 2^(9-Day#) from each day's sum. If you do all this, it still takes 34 days to light the world, but the final number is 7,717,519,360.

Love the concept though! Hope you don't mind the math corrections. No offense intended. Kudos!
Posted By David, Charlottesville, VA

Posted: Dec 8, 2009
34 Days ?
David,

Thanks for the warm words.
You're right that we didn't account for the people stopping after 8 days in our calculation because the difference is insignificant. I am by no means a mathematician but we did cross reference the math with an expert and he was the one who confirmed 33 days. The final number though as we said is only approximate and yours might well be more accurate. Regardless, we here at Chabad.org are hoping that you'll be out there this Chanukah LIVING the numbers, inspiring others. And what I find is that it's the little things that make the deepest impact. Have a truly special Chanukah and keep correcting those numbers.
Posted By Ezra Krybus

Posted: Dec 9, 2009
Comment
That video came from G-d.
Posted By Linda Haniford, Brooklyn, NY



 

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