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The True Power of Speech | Rabbi Mendel Kessin

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Rabbi Mendel Kessin

A 2002 shiur on the power of speech, given before Tisha B'Av and distributed by the Chofetz Chaim Heritage Foundation.

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  1. 0:10Let me ask you. We know that the temple was destroyed because of baseless hatred. The…
  2. 5:46they spoke Russian Hora or slander. Do you believe this? In a generation that worships idols,…
  3. 11:54district attorney. He prosecutes. In Hebrew that is called the Kiterog. He's a prosecuting attorney and…
  4. 17:59That just like measure for measure can what? Can stop the judicial process I had previously…
  5. 24:39means that their mazel can never come to fruition. Because they're always being judged because of…
  6. 30:44suffering." But even then, God says, "I will not do it. I will not give it…
  7. 36:55this divine force. If somebody were to walk over to this cable and cut it, you…
  8. 43:05that Jacob fought when he fought with the angel. And therefore, since we know that we…
  9. 49:19right about the time of the destruction of the second temple? The answer is Christianity. What…
  10. 55:30expand into who? Into the famous sages, the Ramban and the Ari and so on. It…

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