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Rav Dovid Oppenheim's Calculation How The Jewish People Passed Away On Tisha B'av in the Midbar

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

Rabbi Glatstein explores historical calculations regarding the Jewish people's fate in the Midbar.

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  1. 0:31We know that the as a result of the Meraglim, the Jewish people uh did not…
  2. 1:02in Bava Basra and Tosefta quotes it that for 40 years uh they didn't die throughout…
  3. 1:32that's a good calculation. There's 600,000 Jews. 40 * 15,000 is 600,000. Fine. But what does…
  4. 2:03Why? Tosfos says on Tisha B'Av they would make their kever. You can't make a kever.…
  5. 2:33In the course of 37 years, how many times did Tisha B'Av come out on Shabbos?…
  6. 3:03the first two years are out, the last year is out, 37, and nine times Tisha…
  7. 3:37We learn that Eisav had yerusha. So, you see that gentiles have yerusha. The Gemara says…
  8. 4:08Light says I don't want Avram, I don't want his God. That means Light originally was…
  9. 4:38because the Yirusha of Esau was Esau himself. Esau Caini, Kenizi, Kadmoni, which is Edom, Ammon,…
  10. 5:09married a Gentile. His children were So if the b'Nae Light have a Yirusha, is a…

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