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Why Do Some Rabbis Invent Stories? Discovering the Bliss of Living With Our Deepest Truth

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

Why Do Some Rabbis Invent Stories? Discovering the Bliss of Living With Our Deepest Truth

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Okay, good morning everybody and welcome. I want to thank especially Ribol Silva for fixing the whole mic system here much better this week. Thank you very much for your dedication. Okay, first of all, today's dedications, today's class, today's class is dedicated number one number today's class is dedicated first by our dear friend Reb Sam and Khani Solomon from Manchester dedicated in loving memories of Sam's father, the unforgettable Rebel Benyakov Solomon unforgettable Rebel Benyakov Solomon from Gates, England. Rebel Zil was orphaned before his bait mitzvah. Went on to become a master educator and philanthropist in Gates. Taught over the years tens of thousands of students for close to 50 years with love and dedication. A humble and generous loving man who sought out the good in every single child and person he met in honor of his yard on the 9th of O of and thank you so much. Today's class is also graciously dedicated by also graciously dedicated by two of the pillars and members of our class Evelyn Balin Makden and Helen Hitell Spitzmas in loving memory of their beloved mother Esther Basmu and Esther Basmul and Hitell in honor of her third yard site this week on the 14th day of of these are two sisters who often attend our class. So, thank you very very much and may her soul be an everlasting source of three weeks or one class or two class or three classes and we will resume Berashem September 2nd. Okay? So, please put that in your calendar or tell relatives or friends who may attend. So for three weeks we have a break and then September two we will resume looking forward. Okay. So let's uh begin. You see here your first s you see your source sheet and we are going to study today together a

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