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Did Esau Have Free Will Before Birth? - Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz

Rabbi Chaim Mintz discusses the question of Esau's free will before birth during a live Torah…

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Rabbi Chaim Mintz discusses the question of Esau's free will before birth during a live Torah class.

A 1 min hashkafa 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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Did Esau Have Free Will Before Birth? - Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz1:26

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Chaim Mintz’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

I just started this because my granddaughter was telling me about you know their learning and guy in about the last week's parsha with a sovereign Yakov and I think you said that free will comes after birth you have free will after after a person is born yes so then how come when a sub ayako will rip the stomach a sub kick towards the building of the wrong thing and Yoko

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  1. 0:00I just started this because my granddaughter was telling me about you know their learning and
  2. 0:30building of the wrong thing and Yoko kick toys debates connected so that's explained that it
  3. 1:00him to that not because a believer enough free choice it was automatic force pulling them

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