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Vayeitzei: In the Footsteps of God

A short and inspiring look into this week's Torah portion, Parshas Vayeitzei, with Rabbi Chaim…

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A short and inspiring look into this week's Torah portion, Parshas Vayeitzei, with Rabbi Chaim Marmorstein.

A 2 min parsha shiur by Rabbi Chaim Mintz. 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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[Music] there's a beautiful parable of a man when he died and went to heaven they showed him a video of the Journey of his life and as he was watching he noticed there's a pair of footsteps next to him all along and he wondered whose footsteps are those and God answered God answered those footsteps those are mine I was next to you holding your hand through the Journey of your life and as the man observed he noticed when the most difficult and challenging moments of his life there was only one pair of footsteps and he said hey God where were you during those most challenging moments of my life and God said where was

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  1. 0:00[Music] there's a beautiful parable of a man when he died and went to heaven they…
  2. 0:31God answered those footsteps those are mine I was next to you holding your hand through…
  3. 1:01life and God said where was I those are my footsteps in those moments I was…
  4. 1:31him God chose that moment he's on the run on the run from a terrible situation…
  5. 2:02us and if we look and see we will realize that through the most difficult times…

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