The Story Behind a Curse - Parsha Emor - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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[Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] good evening and welcome to one and all the story behind a curse is our discussion this evening dealing with that deeply strange painful and tragic that deeply strange painful and tragic story at the conclusion of the portion of em er which also its location it's placing in the Torah seems very strange and anticlimactic we have been dedicating this book of AI ikura to sacrifices to the sanctuary to its dedication in Emmer we've been discussing the laws of the priesthood other laws of sacrifices the list of all other laws of sacrifices the list of all of the Jewish holidays throughout the year and then totally unexpected they're not on to non anticipated a new story emerges a man who cursed let us look at the story and reflect on it please bring up source number one in your curriculum right below the video you have a PDF with your curriculum source number one the Torah tells this story by Yeats say Ben Israel is the son story by Yeats say Ben Israel is the son of an Israelite woman went out whoo-whoo Ben Schmitt sorry and he was the son of an Egyptian man the title B'nai Israel he went out among the children of Israel ye not Suba machina bene Israelis Vichy Israeli they quarreled in the camp who quarreled the son of the Israelite woman and another Israelite men this is an interesting verse if you study it for

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10. 56:30accepting myself so there's a certain deadness in the person a lack of inspiration and that's…

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