21st Century #1 | Introduction

What’s said in this shiur

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

The usual shear is Derech Hashem, but I what I've done is used Derech Hashem as a a springboard to many, many areas of hashkafa. Cuz the Derech Hashem lends itself and it's a great opportunity to talk about many, many different other areas of Torah that the Derech Hashem may allude to, and even if it doesn't allude to it's really a great thing, you know. I What I've done One of the things which I do is I try to interpret current events based on the hashkafa of the Ramchal. The hashkafa of the Ramchal gives you a certain framework. Okay, so with that framework you get a sense of the play. But you don't know who the actors are, you see? And you don't know what the background information is. But what the Ramchal does reveal is the is the what's called the the plan is the is the what's called the the plan of the real how it's supposed to unfold. In general terms. What is very fascinating is to look at current events and try to somehow get a handle on what is happening today and why. I've spoken about it before, but I but what I what I haven't really done is spoken about what I think is going on now. And what seems to be happening for the next 15 years. Of course, this is speculation on my part,

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1. 0:20The usual shear is Derech Hashem, but I what I've done is used Derech Hashem as…
2. 6:07the essential thing happening today that in many ways is responsible for everything happening now. You…
3. 12:12things. One is you need to take back all the kedushah that the Satan took from…
4. 18:23You see. In any case, so therefore I I give this example. So therefore the is…
5. 24:28ultimate coup de grace is what? Is that the Jews forget about, you know, once you…
6. 30:34his dissidents, his soldiers. We know they are. So, what he does what does he do…
7. 36:15collapsing also. Part of Edom is also collapsing, right? If Yishmael's taking over, so parts of…
8. 42:46It You look at this you can't believe that Americans voted this guy in. You know,…
9. 49:05because it's really the Satan that wants to destroy the entire Mashiach coming. That's what he's…
10. 55:12of Iran becoming a nuclear power, is the last war, basically, okay? And that's happening, you…

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