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we are introduced to a radical idea that should shock us all and that is that god in fact prays and we'll read it inside and discuss it but that's that's the discussion today is first of all to let you know that if in case you didn't god prays and now that we know that god prays i'm assuming that you will be full of questions about this this is a very difficult very you know not like what we would be used to we're not used to such a concept of god pregnant for several reasons so first before i start running my mouth let's hear you guys now once you have heard that god prays so what would you ask what kind of questions do you have about this new concept i'm because of the god praise go ahead why so question number one is now that we know god praises why does god pray good any other questions we had we had a how how does god pray i would say excellently but okay how does god pray yes what does he pray for oh what does he pray for excellent yes even better i think who does he pray to unbelievable who does he pray to i mean who could as it was scary to think about who does god pray to are we starting to get into like maybe god forbid happy courses over here is this uh are we talking about uh something that we shouldn't be talking
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- 0:03we are introduced to a radical idea that should shock us all and that is that…
- 1:33about any other questions before we get punished yes excellent question i think it's come up…
- 3:46meaning the jewish people my people are speaking for god not the house of their prayer…
- 5:52answers us amarav i'm sorry oh yeah i'm a rav my glasses don't work so good…
- 7:57but the the you know the officer in this case would say you know what he…
- 10:07uh a commentary on the homicide we know that where the jews left egypt so they…
- 11:42and say now is not a time to continue praying i'm going to split the sea…
- 13:44and it's important we have to really realize that that was an accomplishment on some level…
- 15:51and god praying that his mercy overpower his judgment is on some level that same type…
- 17:59sometimes the challenge is too great and without god we we're helpless so we turn to…
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