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

Yeah. Okay. So, we've entered into the very very high spiritual realms of super god consciousness. That's what you were looking for. And it's called the est the 18 blessings, which actually is 19 blessings. We'll talk about that at some point. But it's the closest spiritual place on a daily basis that you can be standing in front of that you can be standing in front of Hashem, in front of God. Now, we all know that Hashem is everywhere at every time, is accessible and available. You can speak to God whenever you like, however you like. You can be angry with God. You probably shouldn't curse and and stuff, but in general, Hashem's always available all the time. But we do say that there is an idea of um levels of intrinsic accessibility. So for example, is God more in the the synagogue or in the more in the the synagogue or in the bathroom? No. God is equally everywhere. Is God more accessible and available and open for connection in the synagogue or the bathroom? Synagogue. So we get the idea basically. So Jerusalem is called the holy city. Not necessarily because God is more here than anywhere else. It's just that he's more revealed, more open, more accessible, more available. It's more accessible, more available. It's like the, as we said before, the Wi-Fi connection is stronger. So during our day, we're walking around. Hopefully, if you're on a high level of spiritual consciousness, awareness, and mindfulness, you are walking around feeling God's presence with you all day. You're like, I just feel I'm holding Hashem's hand sometimes, talking to Hashem all the time. However, that moment that you take your three steps forward into your estray, this is what is called panim al

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1. 0:00Yeah. Okay. So, we've entered into the very very high spiritual realms of super god consciousness.…
2. 2:34four levels. Physical, emotional, mental, spiritual. That's the morning blessings. Suk to Zimra, songs of praise.…
3. 5:39Isaac, God of Jacob just said the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Yes, please. They…
4. 8:47mother. Hashem calls us in, my mom. Are you God's mom? Well, yes, because a mom…
5. 11:20reason, but because there's the power of giving and this power of receiving. So God gives…
6. 14:25consciousness. So people say man just made up God. How do I know man made up…
7. 17:31that for? He's not doing it for me. He's doing it for himself. It makes him…
8. 20:15Beautiful. So sometimes it's not revealed good. It's good, but it's not revealed good. It's actually…
9. 23:18the first braha with kavana that's that's it because this is establishing everything. Now what did…
10. 26:23final redemption like we're going somewhere we've come from somewhere there is a reality and we're…

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