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Why Avraham Was Chosen

A discussion on the philosophical and spiritual reasons behind Avraham's selection by…

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A discussion on the philosophical and spiritual reasons behind Avraham's selection by God.

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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.

how is AR successful where all those before him failed they all could have been Aro God didn't want only AR you see that he gave everybody a chance he wanted all mankind to be you know not just Jews is there were people that did it besides right sh and right that were incredible sadik you need to go out and make people religious and that's what did apparently they never did they qualified is incredible sadik no

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About Rabbi Mendel Kessin on Lehallel

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