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Does God Have A Hand? Full Lecture - Sources, Lomdus

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Rabbi Yitzchak Botton

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  1. 0:00The Torah says that Hashem has a hand. But isn't this just a metaphor? The Torah…
  2. 6:09Misconceptions are rife. We think he doesn't really need us, that he doesn't really care about…
  3. 12:17Hashem's greatness and truth. Yes, we are made in his image and likeness. But don't get…
  4. 18:25understanding the concept of metaphor and the analog of a metaphor, otherwise known as the nimshell…
  5. 24:35lesson the parable is coming to teach. literally nothing at all. However, and this is important,…
  6. 30:43are not him but they do come from him and while maintaining that separation we have…
  7. 36:55one who has them, who acts through the vessel of emotions. And just as that doesn't…
  8. 43:09spherat of operate on their own like fixed spiritual machines generating gavor independently. That's not the…
  9. 49:17explicitly. If you want to understand this then go ahead and learn sh as said when…
  10. 55:27The Bashimtov recorded in a letter to his brother-in-law that he once ascended into the chamber…

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