Vayishlach - Numbers Matter | Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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hi this is dski and welcome to the para in five in five minutes we try to give you an insight into the paraa and it is where Yakov comes back to and sends a message to his brother ASV who is in har and says listen I know you were a little upset at me from that whole bras thing but you know I've come back toel with my family and I hope bygones could be bygones and everybody's okay I hope bygones and everybody's okay I hope we're all okay and he gets a message back and says well actually Ace of theide is going to come and visit you with an army of 400 men and Yakov becomes terrified now why was it necessary to say an army of 400 men why didn't he just say that he came with an army that would have been enough well you got to give me the exact count what was the significance of 400 numbers are significant in the 400 numbers are significant in the V says if you want to know where the secrets of Torah is go to those paros where they just list a whole bunch of numbers that's where all the secrets are hidden numbers are significant yeah um the M says that in the MAA after the whole story with korak how many people died in the plague 14,700 that was not random obviously because the Mal killed everybody at the same time right so 147 14,700 if we take

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1. 0:00hi this is dski and welcome to the para in five in five minutes we try…
2. 0:30bygones and everybody's okay I hope we're all okay and he gets a message back and…
3. 1:01400 numbers are significant in the V says if you want to know where the secrets…
4. 1:34same time right so 147 14,700 if we take off the zeros it's 147 that's how…
5. 2:05in sells the for 400 shekels and in fact after that Efron's name is written without…
6. 2:41says 400 is the Gia of RA evil eye and 400 is the number that is…
7. 3:14AES K created the world in and tough is it's what Yakov was afraid of was…
8. 3:44bras that's what yakob was afraid of so says Rashi what did he do he sent…
9. 4:14if you use what you have to be able to help other people people are jealous…
10. 4:44better that's how you remove the iron ra Efron was 400 cuz all he cared about…

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