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Okay. Um uh today we're going to talk about uh um nations nations and uh eventually going to get to states modern uh uh opinions as to the the definition of a state. Um so out the um so out the um a second restart. Okay. Every nation has a um official. So this actually is a cababalistic concept in the uh in the group the turn group there's a constant question as to whether uh there is a contradiction whether uh there is a contradiction between K cabala and um and um and uh and uh and's approach and uh I mentioned that Dr. Ber um uh reconciles them and this is uh I think part and parcel of of his reconciliation. Obviously the the idea of a SAR is an angelic SAR uh and this appears not just in Cabola itself but in Kazam mainstream the um the uh the the the the um the officials the the uh the angelic officials all surround the which is a very as Marshall is called and they derive from there their um their powers the name is and they which get their destiny from there as well the king of the nations. the king of the nations. So it comes out that a nation is not just a collective of individuals tells us that It's not just a concept, a mass of individuals that human intellect connects together with some logical and analytical definition in that it determines that these individuals have some commonality. individuals have some commonality. It's a different the nation is different concept. It's different than the concept of of the uh individuals from your feet. It is a synthetic synthetic synthetic concept which adds something to the individuals who included in it. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. This addition to the point
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- 0:29Okay. Um uh today we're going to talk about uh um nations nations and uh eventually…
- 4:11is to say there common language this seems has a a basis in the Torah story…
- 7:58of the above so the humor of a nation says defines how the uh like he…
- 11:37the the various different climates and lands which you have do interact with the people to…
- 15:16people. Not just a tool, perhaps a extremely important tool, but not just a tool of…
- 19:24country state interchangeably who has the right to express it interesting question separate question into itself…
- 23:08state. What is what is uh authority or as very often translate nowadays translate as autonomy.…
- 26:46defamation league or Ku Klux Clan any group you want to determine it's different than the…
- 30:30So the point in getting back to the mystical idea and getting back to our sources…
- 34:08It only conceds to the law which it itself determines or recognizes. So um theoretically just…
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