Torah Or Ki Ka'asher #6: What Does Idolatry Look Like Today? Worshipping My Coping Mechanisms

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[Music] now we come to the next step call everything we spoke about everything we spoke about till now this is all Heaven and Earth of where we said that kazal say our sages say at least one opinion that Earth Earth precedes heaven so when we say that Earth precedes Heaven it means spiritually that R always precedes sh as mentioned and explained that the word erit is a very interesting term and the M says why is erit called erit why is land called Land from the word she desired to do the will of her Creator she responded R from the word r and also from the word r she rushed she she desired Rin is desire is rushing longing yearning racing towards but then the question is Heaven also wanted to do the will of its creator I mean everything should be called everything should be called erit according to this Mish what's unique about erit that it wanted to do the will of its creator it's a beautiful explanation in the word erit that it comes from the word r but then everything I mean if we start should be called erets the heavens also responded very nicely everybody responded all the Creations responded so it says it was so this is what the M says that there's something deeper here that there's something that's created precisely in the environment of erit Earth which represents a form of separateness of perceived Detachment here there is a new yearning for attachment which is what R is and this is the whole a of the person as

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