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The Confrontation: The Cripple, Part 4

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Rabbi Lazer Brody

A spiritual battle unfolds as a holy elder and his family face a demonic confrontation.

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[music] Good evening from the south of Israel. This is Laser Brody with our lesson number four in the Rabbi Nakman's famous tale and Bo Hashem. Tonight we're going to see how the holy elder and his family settled in a spiritual background where forces of holiness and forces of evil clash. This is Rabbi Nakman's indic indication of what's going to happen at the end of times. We have the clash between good and evil. But as every every week we begin with a review of previous things. In case you've just joined us for the first time for the story of the or the crippled son is it called. We're going to review first three parts then we'll continue on and bazat uh we'll probably complete item this coming week. Okay. So summary in part one we had there was a wise man on his deathbed and he summoned his sons to hear his last will and testament and he told them that they may engage in whatever profession they choose but no matter what they do they have to water the trees. Water the trees. water the trees is no you could do whatever you do and do whatever you're meant to do in this world but all of us are required to water the trees has a couple of different meanings the tree of life that's the Torah and the tri by watering the how do we water into the Torah we make the Torah strong when we uphold the

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  1. 0:03[music] Good evening from the south of Israel. This is Laser Brody with our lesson number…
  2. 6:10where the sun meets the moon and he's transported right there. So he overhears this conversation…
  3. 12:15Noahhide, whatever you want to call them, although it's all the same beloved term. How many…
  4. 18:27and if anything was wrong they ask Hashem for forgiveness and continue they resolve to do…
  5. 24:36comes down and uh he says, "You want penitence? You're crying for penitence?" "Yes, give me…
  6. 30:48four fitbin types of speech. Joking the tom foolery and slander and lying and flattery. Flattery…
  7. 37:02evil he knows the particular spell that can break your spell. He didn't know my family.…
  8. 43:09what the crippled son did. Crippled son did. He didn't hide from conflict. When as soon…
  9. 49:17his domain. So, of course, he's claiming his domain. Excuse me, Mr. Demon King. This is…
  10. 55:26ministers that were with him were killed. All the king's foot soldiers were killed. They're dropped…

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