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Who Created G-d?

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but the mid does tell us a lot so we will talk about that but we will also address the question of who created God who created what God who created God who created God yes yeah who created it so who created God this is probably the first question that every kid asks their Rabbi um it's probably a question that many kids one of the first questions many kids ask they parents um questions many kids ask they parents um who created God unfortunately many people don't know the answer to this question um and the truth is that people don't know the answer or cannot articulate it not because there isn't a good answer to this question there is a very good answer to this question as we will see but rather the problem is that this the answer to this question is not a oneliner it's not a oneline answer that you can answer it takes some time to explain so my goal today is going to be to try to answer this question of who be to try to answer this question of who created God but not all only to answer who created God it really requires us to get a better understanding of what is the Jewish belief in God so I hope to explain what we say what we mean when we say monotheism which is an English word used to describe the Jewish belief in God or in Hebrew hasem the Unity or the belief in one God

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  1. 0:00but the mid does tell us a lot so we will talk about that but we
  2. 3:39various Idols that were worshiped at the top yes same n as a Young Man Abraham
  3. 7:45indicates a cause add it a get there you see a painting who drew that painting
  4. 11:52come back to the same thing you can explain where did it come from it came
  5. 16:09an existence that just must be and therefore has no cause now it's really hard for
  6. 20:19information about this God he never met this God he had no experience experien experiential proof
  7. 23:54understand that God cannot possibly have any details any parts anything that would describe him in
  8. 28:02absolute being is difficult hard to picture it hard to understand it that's why people are
  9. 32:10we know has doesn't exist because it can be described in different ways because it has
  10. 36:16Judaism and for that matter any other religion when we say God what we mean is

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