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Does Emotional Awareness Undermine Emunah?

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

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If you have a clear conscience, you good. The problem is you should kayach. The problem is in the middle. So, if a person is hijacked by a lie, then they'll feel better. Because that's part of the lie. You understand what I'm saying? What I was saying yesterday is that when a person is sensitive and aware and alert, as time will go by and they will become as time will go by and they will become stronger and wiser and more sober and more mature and more open and more real, truth will grow on them and falsehood will it will fizzle out. It will prove to be ineffective. That's how it is. Sheker ein lo raglayim. It's the nature of reality. Reality is real. Reality always prevails because what is real prevails. real prevails. Christianity Well, first of all, it's based on a true story. Second of all, the Rambam Hilchos Melachim Perek Yud Aleph, the end of the Rambam, most of the Rambams it was taken out because the Rambams that were published in European countries went under censorship. But the Rambam's that were published in Rambam was published in Yemen over there with that's where we have it. So he says So he says that Christianity and Islam, the Rambam writes this, Christianity and Islam are leasher derech lemelech hamashiach. That's his words. They prepare the path for mashiach. Why? Cuz they introduced monotheism to the world. They introduced the concept of a creator, of morality, of responsibility, of of mutual connection between people. So even though he says, he writes there, "A Muhammad a meshuga." He calls

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