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A discussion on the symbolic meaning of the five cups in Jewish tradition and their connection to spiritual transformation.
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The four cups arosis and of course the cup of alo. What is that? Why do we say they replicate the four lines of guula? Because the kiper which is the zoy the sitra has four worlds right and when took us out of Egypt he took us out of the four worlds of the satan which is incredible what God did. In fact, what's interesting is the gamatria when God said to and afterwards they would go out. Of course, he's referring to the redemption of Egypt. The gamatria oft is the exact gamatria of the sparks of holiness. God took all the sparks of holiness which is in which we have to take out. He theat is that was the divine the incredible
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- 0:00The four cups arosis and of course the cup of alo. What is that? Why do…
- 0:30interesting is the gamatria when God said to and afterwards they would go out. Of course,…
- 1:00possessions that God would give us and he would take it out of Egypt with us.…
- 1:31we have four lines of gu of redemption and we drink it to tell us that…
- 2:05ronius guess who did that elohi so we have a fifth cup saying that ultimately it's…
- 2:36had to become spiritual at some level. And that's why he didn't have to eat for…
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