Is There Such A Thing As A "Quasi-Apikores"?

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Hi, this is Double L, asking with that question and answer series, where in a short period of time, we try to give a short answer to a very long question. Is there such a thing as a quasi apikoros? A quasi apikoros is like being a little bit pregnant. No. And I've mentioned this in the past, where it says, "If you serve God with all your heart and with all your soul, then this is the reward." Be careful lest you turn away from God and you serve other gods and bow down to them. So, Meshe Spritzer said, "That's it. It's a binary choice. Either I'm serving God with all my heart and all my soul, or I'm bowing down to a vote of Zara." And he said, "Yes." Cuz if God is not God 100%, then he's not God at all. In order for God to be God, you have to say that I accept that Kadish Baruchu 100%. And if I say, "God, I'll take 612,

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1. 0:00Hi, this is Double L, asking with that question and answer series, where in a short…
2. 0:33Be careful lest you turn away from God and you serve other gods and bow down…
3. 1:04but this one mitzvah not." Then you're not serving God, you're serving yourself. Because you've basically…
4. 1:34apikoros. Uh but uh it makes you wrong, but it doesn't make you an apikoros. But…
5. 2:05This is Dov Baris Lavsky with our question and answer series.…

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