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Surprise! life's a Game of Hide and seek - Rabbi Yitzchak Botton

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Rabbi Yitzchak Botton

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When mankind arrives in the world, life begins. And so, Rashashana marks the beginning of life. The beginning of the story of mankind, which is the real story of life. Life begins with us. On the first day of life, God was here in a revealed way. And it's the connection that they existed on that first day of life. It was very clear to Adam and Eve in the very beginning that life meant a life

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  1. 0:01When mankind arrives in the world, life begins. And so, Rashashana marks the beginning of life.
  2. 0:31very beginning that life meant a life where we're here and God is here. And that's
  3. 1:02our perspective distant from Hashem. The truth is Hashem never really goes anywhere. The real question
  4. 1:33on all what you can gain from realizing that this is not a world that that

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