Rabbi Jonathan Rietti: Getting Ready for Shavuot

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We're preparing for shabuat. The actual title for tonight is there is no mitim I cannot take you out of shàuat. 3,338 years ago minus 48 hours. God spoke to the Jewish people. It was a one-time revelation. That revelation is what makes Judaism completely unique. We're are one kind of religion cuz there's no other religion. That's actually true by the way. There's no other religion that's God spoke to. All the other religions are man-made. Some are made in China. Some are made in India. They're all man-made, artificial, fake. This is the only one that's real because God spoke to an entire nation of witnesses and said the mitzvah of amuna which correctly translates as conviction certainty coming from the word amen. Amen means I agree this is true. So you're actually acting like a witness when you say the words amen. The mitzvah of comes from the opening statement God made at Sinai. I am Hashem. Hey, here is the abbreviation for the name of Hashem in the Torah which is and that itself is an abbreviation for I was is and always will be. In translation, it correctly translates as constant. The translation hashem is not is not accurate. It's just a icon. It's an iconic word. It's not an it's not a translation. Yud means was and always will be. He is the constant. L means power. Ela your power. I am your power of powers. I power all powers. How do you know? Because you saw water turn to blood. You saw earth turned to lice. You saw wind blow the arabed, the locust from the east to the west and back again. You saw darkness for all the Egyptians and complete daylight for the Jews. Simultaneously,

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