The Spiritual Amusement Park - Parashat Beha'aloscha - Rabbi Dovid Kaplan

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uh being initiated into the service on page What page was it? 772 774 where was it? Um >> 774 and 776. >> Okay. So, take a look at the command again. Um on page 774 the original command comes to Moshe Rabbeinu Daber el Hashem el Moshe lemor. It's like six lines from the bottom. It's like six lines from the bottom. Kach es ha Levi'im mitoh Bnei Yisrael. Take Levi'im from among the Bnei Yisrael. V'tiharto osam you should purify them. Now, watch this. Daniel, up here. Watch this. It's pretty neat. Take a look at the word Yisrael. Here's the word Yisrael. Yud Shin Reish Aleph Lamed. Okay, now, we're going to spell Lamed. Okay, now, we're going to spell out each letter. How do you spell Yud? Yud is spelled Yud Vav Dalet. That's Yud. Shin is spelled Shin Yud Nun Sofit, right? What's the next one? Reish is Reish Yud Shin That's how you spell the letter. These are We're spelling out the letters. Aleph is Aleph Aleph is Aleph Lamed Pei Sofit. I don't even know how I I I I forgot how to make a Pei Sofit in uh in in in print. I forgot how to make one. Uh and uh Aleph and the last one is Lamed. Is Lamed Mem Dalet. Okay, now, take a look at the middle letter here. The middle letter here, the middle letter here, the middle letter here, the middle letter here, and the middle letter here. And you get vav, yud, yud, lamed, mem. If you rearrange these letters, you get the word lamed, vav, yud, yud, mem, which spells what? Levi'im. So, it's Kacha Salaviam mitoch Bnei Yisrael, from within the Bnei Yisrael. Where is it? They're right

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2. 4:36That is symbolic of the idea that on the one hand, you have to remove the…
3. 9:16microphone What a microphone is to project your voice. They call it a meg- What's the…
4. 13:51all this initiated? Now, you get an idea, we're moving into a new a new stage…
5. 18:29people who apparently do. And And you're just going from one exciting thrill to another. So,…
6. 23:09standard for ourselves. Now, we're going to get rewarded for that. Remember there's a tremendous reward.…
7. 27:46Leviim have to go through this? It's embarrassing. You know why they have to go through…
8. 32:21the following ceremony. Why? Correct. 100% Very good, Daniel. Let's keep it humble, boys. Yes, you're…
9. 36:55they had to do it in such a way that you know, you press you press…
10. 41:27look, um who else was involved in in in in in this transferring of the Levite?…

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