The Deeper Understanding of Pesach and its Relationship to the Divine Plan - Rabbi Mendel Kessin

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Tonight, uh, we're only a couple of days away from Pesak, as they say in English, Passover. So, obviously, it's very appropriate to talk about Pesak. But what's interesting is that there are many different what's called angles of understanding Pesak. And I would like to talk about an angle of pesak which personally I've never heard spoken about it from that angle really by anybody you know yet this angle that I want to talk about is fundamental and it's essential in fact I believe in many ways it is the true understanding and meaning of what pesak really is and why is it so important? That's a very important question. And what we will see as an in as a uh a sort of like an intro is that Pesak is a very unusual holiday and it celebrates or commemorates a very unusual time on the divine plan. And I I think in many ways most people don't realize the parallel that Pesak has to the redemption itself. And not only the redemption but the entire divine plan and and this is what I'd like to talk about the resemblance or the parallel of Pesak to the divine plan itself. Okay. And uh that becomes the major concept of pesak and not only that it becomes the major concept of the divine plan and it also will explain the meaning of the mitzvah. So let's begin to try to get a handle on pesak. Now we all know the story of Pesak obviously it takes uh place in many different uh par and so on you know we know clearly that is pivotal it's essential it's fundamental to

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1. 0:01Tonight, uh, we're only a couple of days away from Pesak, as they say in English,…
2. 6:30identity identity. No question about that. uh but the question is you know what really lies…
3. 13:07accomplished the entire divine plan. Right? And that's very important and that's really what you should…
4. 19:44second change into the third into the fourth and into the fifth. The sixth and the…
5. 26:09other ways they do it through mitzvah. Okay, that's it. I have just summed up Judaism…
6. 32:34God brought into existence. If he hadn't, they would not exist at all. You see, but…
7. 39:01created okay and that's who the soul of man specifically the Jew is and so on…
8. 45:48it is a transformation it is not it's not the world of gashm physicality it is…
9. 52:37process because you sinned. So now because you disobeyed me you defied the will of God.…
10. 59:17they begin obviously the actions to get rid of the zoy right these are the shrashim…

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