Parshas Noach

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yisroel Bodkins’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

With the famous Noach and the flood. We're going to talk about something else. After the flood, a generation later, the people decided to rebel against God. Again. They built what was known as the famous Tower of Babel. But what was their plan? What were they trying to do? >> [snorts] >> We're taught that everyone has a tzelem Elokim. Translated loosely as we're all created in the image of God. A few problems with this. First of all, what does image of God mean? God doesn't have an image. He's completely spiritual. There's no form, no shape. And it what God which which word There's so many words for God. Tzelem Elokim. The name for God that that shows mastery, control. We're in the image of his control. What does that mean? >> [snorts] >> When a person prays, does a mitzvah, >> [snorts] >> he creates and builds things in universal realms that we can't even imagine. We accomplish things beyond our wildest dreams.

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1. 0:32With the famous Noach and the flood. We're going to talk about something else. After the…
2. 1:04has a tzelem Elokim. Translated loosely as we're all created in the image of God. A…
3. 1:34of his control. What does that mean? >> [snorts] >> When a person prays, does a…
4. 2:06Very possible. Somebody said that the tragedy that almost happened with the flight that was hijacked…
5. 2:36were pushed away. And maybe that's why the plane was saved. Possibly. But we have that…
6. 3:07horrible things can happen. Just like we have the ability to do incredible things when we…
7. 3:37to rebel against him. To separate us from him then he has no control over us…
8. 4:08That image, that likeness of God's mastery. Who kept it? One person who tried to stop…
9. 4:39of control through his actions, through his prayers, through his missiles. And he was able to…

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