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R' Mendel Kessin - Current Events 11/01/2014

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A shiur on current events given in Lakewood, NJ.

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I'm just curious anybody missed this year over the summer yeah for sure here's the pro here's the proof here's the proof well yeah long time what I'd like to speak about today I thought it would be interesting to do that is talk about what's happening now and why um 21st century Divine why um 21st century Divine agenda there are so many things going on today that you know it's it's it's even hard to keep track I mean right now the US is faced with a crisis called Ebola that's number one you know then of course you have Isis is number two right you have what's happening there it's Israel so many things the war the three kids that were kidnapped you have the government that's anti you have Russia I me there are so anti you have Russia I me there are so many things going on it's like a heka you know so the so the real question is how how do we understand all this does this make sense from some type of a uh a plan a divine plan and the answer is of course it does you know and in truth is a lot of stuff really could have been predicted but even without the prediction once you have an understanding of what has to be you see the plan itself toward what's called

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  1. 0:20I'm just curious anybody missed this year over the summer yeah for sure here's the pro
  2. 6:4781 you know uh Iraq and Iran had a war you know okay you know of
  3. 13:00we know that the relationship between the S and kville has changed very important idea which
  4. 19:09he himself do what what that's not what happens to the sudden when it's all over
  5. 25:22devoid not or literally but figuratively of the presence of God means if you in you
  6. 31:38but we don't really care so much the main thing is to end this world with
  7. 37:49to call it contamination zoo is his input into things it's like an octopus that has
  8. 44:04except they move that's why water pours and then all of a sudden you condense that
  9. 50:19what's the name of the place that the pope resides matican if you spell out the
  10. 56:31despised the birthright you know talking about G what do I need it for you know

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