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Kabbalah of Jewish Names: Avraham, Abraham - אברהם

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Rabbi Aaron L Raskin

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  1. 0:05Pertaining to the name of Avraham, who was the first Jew and the first patriarch of…
  2. 1:36Hey represents with understanding, comprehension. And he says, "Now you are going to be av hamon…
  3. 3:08it is told once that the Rebbe Rashab at one time felt that he lost the…
  4. 4:39up for the bill of this oasis this restaurant in the middle of the desert and…
  5. 6:15with world. In other words, God every moment creates the world from nothingness into something, ex…
  6. 7:47hand on that side, or one part of the world was Abraham alone. And then the…
  7. 9:19if I cannot impact another person, then what is my wealth worth? What is what is…
  8. 10:54And you chose Avram. It says Ur Kasdim, you took him out of Ur Kasdim. V'samta…
  9. 12:25So, Rashi credits this Midrash not only to be a hyperbolical story, but rather it's a…
  10. 13:58you. On the contrary, to know what your goals are, and to know what God wants…

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