The Laws Of Jewish Conversion by Rabbi Mordechai Becher

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thank you very much we're going to be studying together today the laws of conversion gut the idea of someone becoming Jewish the idea behind this just very very briefly is based on the first letter in the Torah Genesis does not start with an Alf may have noticed that Genesis starts with the letter B the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet now if I was writing the Torah something I've thought of before but art scroll does not allow me before but art scroll does not allow me to but if I was writing the Torah I would want to start it with an Alf first letter of the alphabet makes sense symbolically it' be very very nice big Alf front of the page Why does the Torah start with a bait not with an Alf the answer is simple but very deep idea the answer is that Alf is one is Oneness Unity God is one God is Unity God is the ultimate unity and Oneness unique Oneness the creation of the world Oneness the creation of the world creation of a physical world the creation of people with free will with egos with dignity etc etc was a so to speak an apparent compromise on the unity and the absolute Unity of God meaning he had to somehow conceal his Unity he had to hide it there had to be what's called cabalistic jargon was called a breaking of the vessels you see the world as a beautiful

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1. 0:00thank you very much we're going to be studying together today the laws of conversion gut…
2. 5:08from Ruth the convert uh we have many sages in the mishner who were converts Shaya…
3. 10:15Source the first two sources which is the gar the talmud in tractate kud and also…
4. 15:23to be into that stuff I heard said we can't accept you he said what why…
5. 20:32course it's idolatry so aaja writes to my modities and says what happened myties writes back…
6. 25:39spiritual problems they become part of us and they if they drop away from their observance…
7. 30:49someone who um who uh here is someone uh who basically want had relationship with a…
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9. 41:04it's exactly the same as the professor in England with Rabbi Herz right I want to…
10. 46:18the everything follows the way that the judge sees things in other words there's no absolute…

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