Do We Have Free Choice? Part 1 - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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good morning everybody welcome we begin today a new series on the concept of free choice in life and it will this is part 1 of the series next Sunday I'm out of town so there will not be a shear please share with family or friends who often come that next Sunday there is no shear but we resume the Sunday shear but we resume the Sunday afterwards so next week no Sunday after yes they tell the anecdote about this guy who would walk into the bar in the evening an order a glass of Crown Royal cell if I am down it take the glass and throw it at the bartender's face the throw it at the bartender's face the first time the bartender looks so he says what's this because I'm so sorry I suffer from terrible anger internally and I'm very embarrassed I have absolutely no control and I am so ashamed of my behavior this is ok I forgive you next night he comes back rotors a glass of whiskey downs it and guess what right at his face the poor man is bleeding he scratches rock what now bleeding he scratches rock what now I'm so so embarrassed my mother is an alcoholic my father was an addictive gambler grip and a dysfunctional home about this terrible rage and fury in me ok I forgive you the next night he comes down to the grass takes the grass closer in his face what he says I'm so ashamed of myself I I hate myself I I can't stand myself I just are in the Zen I have uncontrollable this is listening

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1. 0:18good morning everybody welcome we begin today a new series on the concept of free choice…
2. 6:24the traces at Mama's be Russian Davis and you're never gonna give up this God what…
3. 12:43grow up in who will be the great influences on my life we have no choice…
4. 18:54gave human beings free choice and therefore said God can't really know many of the thoughts…
5. 25:17yeah you're coming to me in his wrath against Devitt accuse the entire city of mobile…
6. 32:05mental states do this you determine it it's all predetermined from the moment he was created…
7. 38:22instead of fruit it could be on the if course it could be he came to…
8. 45:10surprise unexpected twists that nobody anticipated the punchline they say the mice said that there were…
9. 51:29God knows everything god mama she knows everything I went about free choice she tours a…
10. 57:42was three rivals in Jewish history so we have warmed and olives right at iris a…

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