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Rabbi YY Jacobson discusses the Rebbe's views on messianism and the role of the Jewish people in history.
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Square if somebody were to ask you to introduce what isid as a movement as a philosophy what did it change what did it contribute what did it emphasize differently that was going on in yish kite beforehand what would your response be it's a very good and profound question and I would say that uh the B the founder of theic movement at least part of what he tried to do was articulate the soul the Nish articulate the soul of the soul of Judaism that's of the soul of Jewish law Jewish thought Jewish philosophy Jewish mysticism Jewish rituals the soul of the universe and the Soul within the human being and within the Jew in that sense I would say that a lot ofas is really articulating the spiritual science in physics of the universe its spiritual cosmology um RAB Adin evanal once defined cabala as the evanal once defined cabala as the official Theology of Judaism and they would say cabala versus cus is like mathematics versus physics physics employs the language of mathematics but physics is independent employs the language of cabala but reallyis was coming to articulate the the P is the spiritual physics within every aspect of the universe and therefore within every aspect of Judaism which as Torah says as the blueprint of the universe and the role of the Jew as the interlacing link
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- 0:31Square if somebody were to ask you to introduce what isid as a movement as a…
- 6:13literally those few years when the European Enlightenment begins even though the B is born in…
- 12:24introduce to me what is the Innovation what is the uniqueness of the movement that developed…
- 18:31briefly is his understanding of the vision of Judaism to transform the entire landscape of planet…
- 25:12rebba lifted him up you lifted him up to really so there was always this constant…
- 31:33cry we're actually getting ready for Mia the world is waiting for Redemption the world is…
- 37:08you had Jews you had sometimes non-jews you had politicians you had secular people religious people…
- 43:18toll especially you know I grew up literally at the feet of the reab and almost…
- 49:27room he literally went through every piece of paper in his room that was there since…
- 55:32you know when God's full presence will be revealed in the world what's my schedule going…
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