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Inner Space by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan zt"l, Part 3

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Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

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  6. 16:43uh significant interaction with the shame in a way which makes them uh spiritually uplifted or…
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  9. 27:06and play with God the same way so we're supposed to understand there is no such…
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