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Derech Hashem / The Way Of God #14

1.4K views · May 13, 2013

Rabbi Mendel Kessin

A hashkafa lecture on the way of God, given in Lakewood, NJ.

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so we have the remote base we started base with Rio hated me two voice broke your mind is October really very simple it's one word the purpose of creation why the version has created 100 billion galaxies let's take a look what it requires is each Council has 100 billion stars and they're 100 billion galaxies all that you know the human brain has human body has 100 trillion cells each one unbelievably complex that's what I just read that the GI tract the gastrointestinal plaque you know to regulate the hormones and food going through it and all that 100 million nerve cells I mean it's beyond belief all this for one word called hatova 100 it's just beyond belief so Ram Khan says that the purpose of creation is October which is goodness there are many questions obviously first question is well why would he want to do that in other words what's the motive of the concept called goodness the truth is that we don't know devotion has never revealed why he wants to do this we know what his objective is the objective is and obviously the objectives are tougher that's also his motive but why does he want to do that he doesn't have to do that you know and we know that devotion is not taive intrinsically itself is a creative concept isn't it

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  1. 0:21so we have the remote base we started base with Rio hated me two voice broke…
  2. 4:55goal right so obviously everything is after everything has to collected but if I cover something…
  3. 10:13yes what is good mean so good means existence which means distance had to come first…
  4. 14:55um and you know what they say about the nature of God and so on I…
  5. 20:00therefore based on that idea I don't know what told is I don't know what goodness…
  6. 24:48destroyed literally or is destroyed his agency destroyed and then but he survives as some regular…
  7. 30:00it finished as God doesn't want to do it he doesn't do it you know I…
  8. 34:58nothing left there's nothing outside because you've captured the totality you know what I'm saying so…
  9. 40:07no but that's my wish listen yeah oh there's somebody who actually was offered that wish…
  10. 45:10it doesn't feel like it uh you should better believe it doesn't feel like it is…

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