Zos Habracha The Kiss of Death

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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.

Hello, this is David Olowski and "A Couple in Five," where we're trying to give a little insight into the parasha in five minutes. This is the end. As I always say, spoiler: Moshe Rabinu dies at the end. And how does Moshe Rabinu die? The Midrash says: “al ha- The Midrash says: “al ha- Shem”: he died from “ neshikat ha-Shem,” that is ... What does this mean, the kiss of death? The mafia has a "kiss of death," and what does it mean from Hashem? I heard one explanation a long time ago ; I don't remember what the source is. They say: when He creates a person, He breathes in the breath of life, and when He kisses you, when He kisses you, He takes that breath back, so to speak, He pulls out the nishama. This is considered a very special thing. And it is said that when Moses died, it is said that he died like Aaron. In the Chazen it is said that you will die as your brother Aaron died, for Aaron also died "al ha-Shem." And when Moshe

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1. 0:00Hello, this is David Olowski and "A Couple in Five," where we're trying to give a…
2. 0:32The Midrash says: “al ha- Shem”: he died from “ neshikat ha-Shem,” that is ... What…
3. 1:02when He kisses you, He takes that breath back, so to speak, He pulls out the…
4. 1:33ha-Shem." And when Moshe saw this, he wanted to die the same way . And Rashi…
5. 2:05thread from a thorn. It sticks like Velcro. You don't even have to pull because they…
6. 2:35the bodies of the tzaddik do not decompose. They remain unharmed. There is a famous story…
7. 3:08for the soul. So the body itself has holiness, because it is like Aron ha-Kodesh. Even…
8. 3:40complete the Torah. We must have the strength to preserve what is written in this Torah…

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