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Kabbalah 101

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Rabbi Moshe Chaim Katz

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Once and there's outside of the shot. >> Yes. >> Look for the Schnee Louche and Bress. Look for our Sinai tones. Okay? We're going to learn some very amazing ideas about how God is creating the world. >> Let's go. >> How God is creating our souls. How God is creating from a place of or ain't soif. I'm really the question any thinking person should have is that if God is the infinite creator, sustainer of heaven and earth then why is there a bunch of tables everywhere, a bunch of watches chairs cups, getchkalas picture frames. How could there be so much finite reality around me? When God is the infinite. Furthermore, the prophet says, "I need a sham loyish and nissy." In the name of God, I am God, I don't change. So if God is the infinite creator, sustainer of heaven and earth, then why do we seem to see a world of multiplicity? How do we reconcile a world of multiplicity with the oneness of God? So that's going to be one of the topics of today. And remember, what's the backdrop of this entire Torah? It's to rescue Peach from the forces of darkness. An extraction mission. To take the soul that's come down to the world of Malchus. Let's go back to the first couple lines of the Torah that I said. Never forget, Reb Aivel always bring us all the way back to the beginning. And it's a certain amazing thing that my multi pointed this out to me. He said, "You know, one of the beautiful things about learning Likkutei Moharan is that you go deeper and deeper into

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  2. 4:38said the words I will praise God and I'm referring to God as you'd cave off
  3. 9:54Falling, God forbid, into the pit of despair. And what was the tzome'a? Tides. Smachin. Ooh,
  4. 15:14guiding me. But I want to know where am I supposed to go in this world?
  5. 20:32code word for Ratzon. It's a code word for Kesser. It's a very, very high place.
  6. 25:52obvious thing that he's telling you is I don't believe in Torah Shebal Peh. It's it's
  7. 30:37to a vav, connects, vav, and then there's a another vav. And there's a yud up
  8. 35:54Cuz sometimes there's a bushah that comes up. It's one thing to sit in umma say,
  9. 41:15letters and the different letter combinations. So now we have the malchus, which is something also
  10. 46:38So, the boy said, "What are we seeing in this section?" He's just going to be

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