What Does it Mean to be a JEW?

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

discussing something very important because there's something happening right now in the world but people are questioning asking making documentaries about who are the Jews the authenticity of the Jewish people and therefore it's very important that we respond to these comments about who the Jewish people are and what we represent because there's a lot of questions that are now going around maybe these are not the real Jews maybe these other people are Jews and therefore we have to respond to that and it's very important to have Clarity that people should know so we begin like this when Adam was in the garden Adam and Eve So Adam received a great light Hashem blew into the nostrils of Adam he blew in a very very special light very very powerful light and it would have been such a thing that the entire world would have been filled with this light all of humanity would have been filled with this light anybody wants more information on the subject they have to learn Derek Hashem the way of God where isato and that light would have gone forth for all the children of Adam what happened though Adam decided to eat from the fruits he listened to the snake and it became a very confusing situation Adam became very confused he became filled with doubt with safek and his physicality and his spirituality were confused now he was much much greater but he put already into Humanity this confusion and very sadly there was 10 Generations from Adam and the world started spinning more out of control and the rambam describes at the beginning of the laws of idol worship everybody has to learn this and especially why am I making mention of this with all the sources because sadly there's been people that have been

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1. 0:00discussing something very important because there's something happening right now in the world but people are…
2. 2:11and his physicality and his spirituality were confused now he was much much greater but he…
3. 4:17so back to us we're tracing the lineage after Adam and what happens at that time…
4. 6:19continued to spiral out of control in this manner so much so that the world continued…
5. 8:55time was also like the things that are happening now in California as long as you…
6. 11:07Abraham Our Father he completely chooses God he himself grows up amongst Idols his father was…
7. 13:14he had another son called you smile Ishmael was off the path got into bad things…
8. 15:58sons and the Torah says they're all good they're all good those 12 sons begin the…
9. 18:07why don't you believe him do you have evidence that it's not so it's very weak…
10. 20:12that want to say and count the question no this is not the Jewish people we're…

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