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Why Smart People Do Risky Things | Korach & the 250

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Rabbi Aaron L Raskin

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  1. 0:00Good morning everybody. Good morning. Welcome. Thank you all for coming. Okay. The story of the…
  2. 3:05It says that Korach and his family, together with Dathan and Abiram, they were swallowed up…
  3. 6:10when we serve God in our daily life, there are two basic approaches. There are two…
  4. 9:48body. The purpose is deara betachtonim to create a dwelling place for God in this world.…
  5. 12:52of running and returning. You need to have the mitzvah, the physical mitzvah. And that is…
  6. 16:29the Second Holy Temple. During the Second Holy Temple, we are told that there were 300…
  7. 19:32Why should we forsake this opportunity? So, they knew they were not going to survive. And…
  8. 22:36and they too have a role in society and in creation, and through this to bring…
  9. 26:08And this happened, by the way, numerous times. It wasn't only with that person, but I…
  10. 29:12And hopefully this way you'll remarry and you'll have a child. So, the the um the…

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