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Lech Lecha - The Journey Of Life | Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

750 views · Oct 26, 2023

Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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hi this is dski and welcome to the paraa in five the new exciting uh program from the RAB alasi show wein we give you a little idea on the para every week something for you to be able to use share with your family share with your friends help you scintillate at from cocktail parties yeah uh or schas boards whatever it works yeah L says the Mah you know the par is out of order Mah you know the par is out of order when takes place Abraham is 75 how do I know I asked this once to a class how do you know he was 75 and everybody makes lots of calculations the answer is because thek says Abraham is 75 okay that's that's the giveaway but when we come to the brisban of later on in the par Rashi says he was 70 so obviously it's not in chronological order he can't start at 75 and then suddenly and then suddenly 70 so uh we chose to start the story of Abraham with the words why because you know there's a lot of background to Abraham uh Abraham discovers KES is a small child and his father ends up locking him up eventually takes him to the evil King Nimrod throws him into a furnace he's miraculously saved Torah doesn't mention miraculously saved Torah doesn't mention any of that he is there at the D haa when they build the migdal bille the tow of Babel and he alone opposes everybody that's why he's called AB I he's on one side and the entire world was on the other side everybody was dedicated and he was alone where was Noah Noah was still alive he was hiding where was sham and a they were hiding where Asher took his kids and ran away so there was nobody

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  1. 0:00hi this is dski and welcome to the paraa in five the new exciting uh program…
  2. 0:30Mah you know the par is out of order when takes place Abraham is 75 how…
  3. 1:00and then suddenly 70 so uh we chose to start the story of Abraham with the…
  4. 1:30miraculously saved Torah doesn't mention any of that he is there at the D haa when…
  5. 2:03kids and ran away so there was nobody the at the mdal the Tower of Babel…
  6. 2:34unbelievable and uh and the Torah doesn't tell us and the Torah doesn't start with the…
  7. 3:08explains this world is a entrance hall to the world to come this is that little…
  8. 3:40see people who have given up the journey they have stopped the journey and they give…
  9. 4:11life is a journey we're all here going someplace and the only way to get there…
  10. 4:43sadik there you sit that's the end of the journey but when we're here we're going…

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