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What actually made 88,000 judges burst into tears?! The full story of Pinchas and Zimri you've ...

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Rabbi Baruch Rosenblum

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  1. 0:00The Torah portion we will read, God willing, this Sabbath is Parashat Pinchas, 5785. The portion…
  2. 6:06Asks the Gemara in Tractate Makkot. The Gemara says outside: From the place where they lived,…
  3. 12:11wears linen clothes, no harmful spirit or witchcraft has power over him. Someone who wears linen…
  4. 18:22they used to buy them linen garments to save them from witchcraft. That is why it…
  5. 24:29teacher and the Lord said to Moses:" Take all the leaders of the people, " please…
  6. 30:38There is currently nowhere to throw them from. So what needs to be done? They need…
  7. 36:41else would you take a spear if not in your hand? What is it, a toothpick?…
  8. 42:49Kislev. Very nice. So far, so good. Gentlemen. By the first of the month of Shevat,…
  9. 48:56them, kill them. And how many died? 176,000 from school. I remember the 176,000 of Rashi…
  10. 55:08is the number of those killed? 157,200. The Ramban says: But the incident of Pinchas spared…

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