The Difference Between a Yisrael and a Yehudi

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Mendel Kessin’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

once explained the difference between a Jew and a Israel. A Israel is anybody that can do the tikum. That means that anybody who has that kind of a soul that's connected to all the upper worlds that any of his actions whether it be speaking uh speaking, thinking or or doing that they can bring the presence in and out of creation. In other words, it is an individual that actually has control over the presence of God in the universe. In other words, God subjugates his presence or absence to the actions of this individual. That individual is Israel. He's not Jewish. He's mankind. But the entire 2,000 years of mankind is Israel. Because like I say there's a difference between the concept of Israel and the concept of Yehudi. Yehudi only came later. The concept of Judaism or Jewish person doing the deacon only starts from the

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1. 0:00once explained the difference between a Jew and a Israel. A Israel is anybody that can…
2. 0:30universe. In other words, God subjugates his presence or absence to the actions of this individual.…
3. 1:00concept of a Roma. But before that everybody is Israel. You see because they all could…
4. 1:32so far and that's what he did. He gave them that ability but remember that ability…
5. 2:04Israelish is but not a Yehudi. A very important distinction because he can do tikun. He…

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