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A philosophical exploration of G-d's nature and existence according to Derech Ha'Shem.
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Everything has at least two things. There is the thing itself, its characteristics, its essence, whatever it is. And that thing has existence. You see, it is. It has being. Now, we don't know what existence is. We just know the results of existence is that we are. You know? But we don't know what it is to be. What is in us that makes us be? That's the concept called existence. You see? So, I mentioned that wait a minute. If everything has at least these two things, right? It has its essence, which things, right? It has its essence, which is its characteristics, whatever it is, right? And it exists. You see? So, there's two things. And that begins to really tell us what the nature of the world is, at least so far. Is that God doesn't have existence. He is existence. Which is a very important distinction. We have it. You see? And therefore, it could be taken away from us. He doesn't have it. He is it. Poshet means God is identical with whatever he has. It's him. So,
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- 0:00Everything has at least two things. There is the thing itself, its characteristics, its essence, whatever…
- 0:31things, right? It has its essence, which is its characteristics, whatever it is, right? And it…
- 1:02with whatever he has. It's him. So, therefore, God and his existence is identical. It's the…
- 1:32Therefore, nothing No No being can understand what that is. What is pure existence or existence…
- 2:02>> if you take it away from him it's him that you took away. See, a…
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