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Am I Using Religion to Cover Up My Issues? The Story of Pinchas the Zealot

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Rabbi YY Jacobson

Rabbi YY Jacobson analyzes the story of Pinchas and the role of intuition in religious behavior.

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So welcome everybody. Thank you for gracing us. The source sheets is one page and today's class is dedicated in the merit of Shimshin Ben Razer for a complete and speedy recovery. Also dedicated by Dr. Miriam Gross in memory of her beloved father Benak whose yard site is today the 15th day of year I'm sorry the 15th day of Tamas I stand corrected and thank you very much today is also the yardite of the end of the class I hope to learn a little piece of of the opening of Parasa's pinus begins with a fascinating story or the conclusion of a story. It's the first source in your source sheets. This is the opening of Hashem. Hashem speaks to Mosa saying this is perfe 10. Hashem speaks to this is what he says. Israeli translation and you have it on the left side. Pinis, the son of Alazar, the son of Aaron, the Cayhan, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, by him zealously avenging my honor among them, so that I did not eliminate the B is because of this zeal. And therefore, the Tyra continues, "Therefore, you should tell that shalom, I'm offering him my covenant of peace." And what that means is that he and his children following him will become they will become priests because of what he has done. This of course is a direct continuation to the story at the end of the previous para. So pinus it's impossible to understand the context

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  1. 0:01So welcome everybody. Thank you for gracing us. The source sheets is one page and today's…
  2. 6:16story itself. It's interesting the name is not identified. It just says a Jewish man took…
  3. 12:22traces his pedigree, his lineage back to Aaron in order to neutralize or or eliminate this…
  4. 18:32by all the by the entire community of Israel? Most of them who were outraged by…
  5. 24:43understand the tribe of Shiman why the other ones when they knew and they agreed with…
  6. 31:08in life, There are situations in life, you can't say it's black and white. It's really…
  7. 37:24you. You're really being in touch. Boom. You don't need to ask anybody because you're aligned…
  8. 43:33attribute of cruelty. So when they wanted to bring this out about pinas, this is what…
  9. 49:42did what he did with Cosby. So Zimri was putting his own life in danger. He…
  10. 55:49peace. Well, [laughter] you can give him another gift, but why peace? You could say he…

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