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Egypt’s Borrowed Power

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Rabbi Mendel Kessin

A discussion on the true power of speech and its relevance to Jewish wisdom and hashkafa.

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  1. 0:00The motion appears to motion by name and says, "What's in your hand?" He says, "A…
  2. 0:32And then when the motion said, "Pick it up." and it became a matter, that meant…
  3. 1:03left. You have no power left. You think your power comes from magic, you know, and…
  4. 1:33what they thought. The reason why motion by name was so incredible in magic is because…
  5. 2:04did kingdom lice, lice is less than the size of a barley grain. So, the magicians…
  6. 2:3510 sefirot. Because God interacts with the Briah with 10 sefirot, and we are a model…

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