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The journey of the soul - Los Angeles lecture February 3rd

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Rabbi Alon Anava

A lecture on the journey of the soul delivered by Rabbi Alon Anava at the Sephardic Temple in Los Angeles.

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And I want to dedicate today's class to two special namot. First, bin and second, bin Abraham. Unfortunately, both my wife and I suffered a loss in recent months. I lost my brother a few months ago and my wife lost her father a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, Biz Hutter Sr. and I have this class tonight because a few weeks ago, one night, my because a few weeks ago, one night, my wife and I were sitting down, she came back from the United States. I live on the island and she was in the United States, unfortunately, to bury her father and one night she came back, of course, one night we sat and talked and she asked me some questions and I began to explain to her what is happening right now with the nishama. She asked me if she could hear me. I feel it very close to me. Does he hear me feel it very close to me. Does he hear me pray? Does he hear me pray? Does my prayer make any difference? She started asking me a lot of questions. You know, I'm sure you've heard that the shoemaker walks barefoot, right? So, the rabbi doesn't have a rabbi. Then, for the first time in 20 years, my wife comes to me and asks , you know, you're the famous soul rabbi. What's happening now? My father passed away. Where is the soul ? Is it suffering? Is it alright?

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  1. 0:05And I want to dedicate today's class to two special namot. First, bin and second, bin
  2. 6:26what will be the final result of it?" Whether I 'm a man or a woman,
  3. 12:33know what that thought they feel inside them is. And I'm talking about that deep, very,
  4. 18:45to get back on the horse. And what does he see? Himself on the horse. He
  5. 24:59term. When I was little, my grandmother used to take the rugs, put them on the
  6. 31:13but because it is an order from Hashem that I must teach them Torah. But do
  7. 37:24brother arrives, and what do you call the in-laws? the other sides. And in many situations,
  8. 43:41my mother, I don't know. In a case like this, you could understand that maybe there
  9. 49:55do this, maybe do that. I grew up completely secular. If you need a picture, imagine
  10. 56:06reflected in eternity in the upper world, and how they affect them, they would behave completely

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