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Chart Your Own Course | Rabbi Elchonon Jacobovitz

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Vayimaen

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Did you ever wonder how the entire Mitzrayim was stupid enough to just walk right into the Yam Suf to their death? Didn't they realize they were headed into the abyss? In 1916, [music] a French scientist by the name of Jean Henri Fabre conducted an experiment with an insect known as the processionary caterpillar. As you may have guessed, the processionary caterpillar is a caterpillar [music] that's known to walk in single file motion, one following the other. >> [music] >> And so, this scientist took about 10 of them, lined them up around the edge of a

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  1. 0:06Did you ever wonder how the entire Mitzrayim was stupid enough to just walk right into…
  2. 0:37them, lined them up around the edge of a large plate, and started the circle [music]…
  3. 1:07directly in front of them. >> [music] >> So, how were the Mitzrim stupid enough to…
  4. 2:10ever stopping to think that at the front of it all are a bunch of human…

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