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What Happened Before the Creation

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Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb

A philosophical discussion on the nature of creation with Rabbi Dovid Gottlieb.

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  1. 0:00All right, now I just started so you can say that now. So >> Sync. >>…
  2. 4:09>> Okay, so maybe I'll start again. So yesterday uh someone asked me for a definition…
  3. 8:45in and I think that according to this it's got to be out. So, that's not…
  4. 18:01following their interests. What's the probability that they're going to, by following their interests in something…
  5. 22:35So, here's the picture. You have time. And then at a certain time, God creates the…
  6. 26:37Pole. That's the definition of North Pole, it's the northernmost point. Right? Here, before the creation…
  7. 31:10you don't explain. They are what they are because there's no other way that it could…
  8. 35:49about how it is that he exists or why it is that he exists. That's the…
  9. 40:22And even some midrashim use uh numbers 2,000 years, and that indicates the type of priority…

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