Chelek 21 Shemos 3 Rabbi Yosef Kantor

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this is book 21 the the third which is also a a talk addressing the conclusion of the tractate of the first tractate of the tal as we'll see that later on it goes to explain the way thei the final topic the discussed and the tra says by the first time in the T where Jews are called children to hasem could translate in this context Sons but really Children First Time Jews are called bonim children to this is in this week's portion particularly it says Isel my son my firstborn Israel in other words why ism calling the B is the children of Israel his son we understand that because there's a connection to his son but he's calling him my firstborn son the reason that he calls him firstborn is that firstborn denotes gah is an expression of greatness there's an assumption in the T that firsts have the most power they're the ones that are the initial the initial product the initial energy that's why we find first born we find first fruits and the first animals these things are considered important to be given to Hashem because they're the most the most powerful um just this is just incidental I'm just saying this on my own I think we see it also for example in rashash first day of the year it's not just the first day but it contains more energy than the other days so when hm calls my firstborn son it's in order to speak about B is in a position of greatness they are my great children however we find that the exact opposite in many statements of our sages the virtue of the Jewish people is referred to as them being

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