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#611: Amida: Modim (Part 7)

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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s s is generously respons by the Saka family and by we are still on the introduction to the of mod the 18th of the so Central that M says if we only concentrate on modm we can minimally fulfill the Mitzvah of concentrating for the entire amida we began last night speaking about the practice of bowing for modim and the there says if a person doesn't bow properly for mod their spine turns into a snake seven years after we die the spine turns into a snake we've been discussing what's the medida what does one thing have to do with the other and we mentioned the lose bone there's a bone underneath the brain and the stem cell in the in the spinal uh brain stem rather in the spine which was an indestructible bone the loose bone and the degree to which K tell us a person eats malav Mal the loose bone is preserved or if a person bows for mod lbone is preserved we mentioned the Resurrection The rebuilding reforming of a person happens from that lbone so several people contacted me it's nice to know people actually listen to s s snippits online as well several people contacted me and said what does that mean during the Holocaust those who were cremated God forbid somebody who's not educated doesn't have a strong Jewish Education today who makes the unfortunate tragic choice of cremation they won't be resurrected there is no lbone they're incinerated so of course of course certainly when it comes to kosim the martyrs of the Holocaust or more recently they're in the next to

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