The Hidden Power of the Jewish Soul - Rabbi Dovid Kaplan

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

Vishu these are the names of the Benes coming to Egypt with Yakov. The word ace means with. Sometimes in in stores in Israel, [clears throat] you'll see like uh um um two names, you know, co at less co with ley at could it could be the the untransated just it's kind of there or s as could means with. So in this context it says these are the ben Israel that it says these are the ben Israel that were coming with Jacob of each man in his home. They came to me. Now we're starting a new book over here, the book of Schmos. And this is going to be up until now we had the development where the Jewish people came from and now we have them as a nation. Now now we now we have them. They're no longer the individuals. They're now a nation and they're in Egypt and there are 70 of them coming. They they came down come down to Mitraim. And uh the first thing you see over here is that they're connected to Yakov. Now is that they're connected to Yakov. Now these are all married men with families. And yet they come down with Yakov Aino which is what Judaism is based on. Judaism is based on a tradition a misora the tradition uh that we go from you know goes father to son and we we we we uh and in spite of being great people on their own right they uh they're they're connected to they're connected to to to the previous generation. So I think I told you Rabbi uh Rabbi Gman

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1. 0:03Vishu these are the names of the Benes coming to Egypt with Yakov. The word ace…
2. 4:44Jewish people come down to and ishu ishu they come down to mit put put away…
3. 9:50bigger it becomes. a Jew. You know, you see a Jew and they sitting next to…
4. 13:54can be you're totally out of control. So, a Jew is compared to a star. Number…
5. 18:31bring relief to people who are sad and to anybody who we could make feel better…
6. 22:36Quint. Yeah, quint. I think the world record now I think the world record for surviving…
7. 27:15have realized is that the more Yoseph whenever Yoseph was oppressed, what happened? >> He flourished.…
8. 31:53front of a physics book and tell me to start figuring out physics problems, it's I'd…
9. 36:30create a separation, a curtain, a separation between the two worlds, between the two societies. There's…
10. 40:35his office. He goes, "What? They're free." [laughter] Here's the Jew right there. Everybody, you know…

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