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R' Mendel Kessin - Some Problems We Are Facing

An analysis of current challenges facing Klal Yisroel in hashkofa, limud Torah, and…

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An analysis of current challenges facing Klal Yisroel in hashkofa, limud Torah, and life.

A 10 min hashkafa shiur by Rabbi Mendel Kessin. Like every video on Lehallel, it was judged and approved under the Lehallel law before it ever appeared — no unreviewed result is ever shown.

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doing you're just shaking it you feel that there's some type of connection with God you know you feel if you don't know the has the has coffee then you feel it's a result it's a side effect what has happened am I on yes okay and what has happened today is a tremendous tragedy Judaism is a religion it's supposed to be a spiritual journey that's the problem that's what's happening with e today that's why people have no feelings you know this the are have no feelings you know this the are very important but there's no meaning or as that's much dep there's no meaning behind there's no meaning behind the ritual that's what's supposed to give the meaning well that's what it is the reason why you hash is so important you know other than the fact that it's a tremendous which is obviously very important but what does it's the to the the is and is it's called being dead right that's basically what it is you know so therefore the the the importance of is not just that it's a a tremendous you know and it's not only just that it's also a philosophy of reality what happens and why it is the entire meaning behind the instead what yish has become is ritualistic it's the ritual do the ritual and you're okay no so a person what happens is he never develops any

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  1. 0:10doing you're just shaking it you feel that there's some type of connection with God you…
  2. 1:11is it's called being dead right that's basically what it is you know so therefore the…
  3. 2:13but that's an intellectual dialectic you know it's an intellectual what do you call Joy you…
  4. 3:16no meaning behind that and hash provides the meaning that's its critical contribution toward Judaism I…
  5. 4:20company it's a great social cuz you know your family gets together right hopefully there great…
  6. 5:22mistake I hold my personal opinion is one of the great tragedies isas do not teach…
  7. 6:25safer you see and understood without that so we you walk over to any Jew and…
  8. 7:28all and meaning means who is theam why did he create everything what's the purpose of…
  9. 8:28that even by suus yeah people shake the little minutes to do it yeah I don't…
  10. 9:29this Sky there's no meaning you can't you you can't compete with what's going on it's…

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