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הרב אלעד סרדאר הלוי: 'ירושלים אורו של עולם'

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הרב אלעד סרדאר הלוי: 'ירושלים אורו של עולם'

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Greetings to all viewers and everyone present. May God bless you. The title of today's lesson is Jerusalem, the Light of the World. Indeed, our path is to search and to give in the sleep of the sages of Harem Tzuba. But this time we will take matters of silence, matters that we will mention throughout the week regarding the virtue of Jerusalem, the Holy City. Therefore, with God's help, we will travel and give Holy City. Therefore, with God's help, we will travel and give precisely in this matter. The source of the title is in the words of the Midrash in Genesis Rabba, Parsha 5: The Midrash says, "Jerusalem is the light of the world," as it is said, "And the Gentiles walked along." This verse in Isaiah makes it clear that Jerusalem is not only a nice place, a good place, but Jerusalem alone, being a geographical center, is also its Jerusalem alone, being a geographical center, is also its daughter, it is also the root of the light of the entire world. This is what the scripture says, and the Gentiles went along. The Midrash asks, "Who is the light of Jerusalem?" The Holy Midrash, blessed be He, says, "And you, my Lord, shall be the light of the world." From this we see that Jerusalem is the source of light for the entire world and the Holy One, blessed be He, is the source of light for Jerusalem. To say that Jerusalem is a conduit through which the Holy

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  1. 0:33Greetings to all viewers and everyone present. May God bless you. The title of today's lesson
  2. 4:19and Jerusalem are first sanctified for the future, and the sanctity of the rest of the
  3. 7:59was sanctified with the sanctity of the second aid is sanctified today. And even though the
  4. 11:43or reached the other places in the Land of Israel. This means that the initial conquest
  5. 15:24method, no way that you can replicate and say, well, from here we will teach generations
  6. 19:01first stage was in Egypt, and that is where the Rambam found it. After a certain
  7. 22:48the young men will find favor in your eyes because on a good day for our
  8. 26:29actually built the Temple. What is the logic? The prophecy is from a higher spiritual world.
  9. 30:08chapter 2, verse 26, says, "In his youth, this boy was a wonder here. And the
  10. 33:47destruction of the Second Temple, and the first destruction, which is against the measure of truth

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