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Family Is Your Greatest Strength - Rabbi Avraham Willig

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A lesson on the importance of family in Jewish life.

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  1. 0:00In Leviticus chapter 21, the beginning of the Torah portion of Emor, the the Torah presents…
  2. 0:31of Kohanim and where the prohibition of Kohanim, the Jewish priests, uh uh to to engage…
  3. 1:31calls for shiva. Now, what what's what's noteworthy, and I want to show you today, uh…
  4. 2:33seven family members. Why? Why such a strange description? The the the the people close to…
  5. 3:37have a daughter, but we're not close. We're not close. You know, we we don't speak.…
  6. 4:39you can hear me, know this. You are close to your siblings. You are close to…
  7. 5:10It It's true again philosophically, it's true morally. And we must take care and make sure…
  8. 6:12are you close are you like it's a relative who lives in a far away and…
  9. 7:15Repeats it in this passage. And more than once. Ha karov elav she'ero ha karov elav.…
  10. 8:16on? Who could you count on? Is there someone closer to you than your brother? And…

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