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A hashkafa shiur on the topic of loss and the goyim’s gain, given by Rabbi Mendel Kessin.
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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Mendel Kessin’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
You know, we we happen to be uh you know, in the three weeks. Last Sunday, today is of course Monday night, but last week Sunday was uh Shiva Asar B'Tammuz. So, that of course begins the period of what's called the three And that's the lead-up to uh to Tisha B'Av. You know, uh so for three weeks you have to observe many behaviors which indicate mourning. many behaviors which indicate mourning. Uh can't listen to music and so on. So, I I thought it was appropriate just to talk a little about that. Some of the very important ideas in Hashkafa about that period of time. Uh and actually it as uh the ideas that I want to share with you would be ideas which are what's called congruent uh with the ideas that I've been speaking about. You know, the the whole concept of the You know, the the whole concept of the Satan and how he survives and the concept of redemption, the Geulah, how it comes and so on. Uh so, I've dealt extensively so far with that. So, there's certain ideas that I feel I'd like to speak about to to lend greater clarity in terms of uh what the three weeks are and uh the redemption, the exile, and so on. Now, what's very interesting is a certain phenomenon. Now, last week uh I had spoken a very important Shiur. Uh it's the Great Reset Part 2. And part of the Shiur was was devoted to understanding the nature of the Satan uh you know, and just a, a brief um, restatement of that. But, we know the sudden is a malach, the
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- 0:00You know, we we happen to be uh you know, in the three weeks. Last Sunday,…
- 6:09this is our relationship with the Satan, which I I've said many times, but it's very…
- 12:19discernment in the eyes of the So, therefore, besides receiving the permission to give to an…
- 18:24as the chazal tell us, sinas chinam, groundless or baseless hatred. Yes. And incidentally, which is…
- 24:36of the world. And I will tell you one more which is fascinating. And that is…
- 30:44of all reality. But just like there's the relationship between mitzvahs and Kabbalistic spheres, there's also…
- 36:55hypothesis, and experimentation, and and so on. And both of these things were, of course, in…
- 43:05Sunday, 12:00 noon. That's the big That's chatzot. 12:00 noon Sunday, right? Not Sunday, Friday. And…
- 49:15understand what the Messianic era is, and that is the end of time. You know, like…
- 55:24in the Shifchei of the Ari, but anyway, Reb Chaim Vital. In any case, we see…
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