The Divine Director: An Introduction to Divine Direction

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

[singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] >> Good evening from the south of Israel. This is Lazer Brody with Emuna Hour. Tonight we begin a new series of lessons all about divine direction. all about divine direction. Uh divine direction is what people usually know as divine providence, but we'll explain why we call it divine direction because that's what the Rambam referred to it in the 13 principles of Emuna. Tonight's lesson is an introduction to divine direction. It's entitled The Divine Director and it's based largely on the teachings of the Holy Baal Shem Tov, Rabbi Yisrael Baal Shem Tov, the founder of the Hasidic movement, and he lived from 1698 to 1760. Uh he was a miracle worker and he is Uh he was a miracle worker and he is considered one of the sparks of the souls of Moses. In Breslov tradition, there are five sparks like that. There's Moses himself, and then after Moses is Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Moses brought down the written Torah. Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, he brought us down the esoteric Torah, the Zohar. And then from him comes the after him is the Arizal, Rabbi Yitzchak Luria Ashkenazi. He brought down the Torah of Kabbalah and from the Baal Shem Torah of Kabbalah and from the Baal Shem he he passed the baton onto the Baal Shem Tov. Baal Shem Tov brought down the Torah of Hasidus and uh the Baal Shem Tov passed it on to his great grandson, Rabbi Nachman, who brought us the Torah of Emuna, as we're teaching today. That's where teachings of Emuna are largely based on the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. Rabbi Nachman said we especially need in this generation for Emuna cuz we can see what's going on around us. Rabbi Nachman, he saw he foresaw this, like the tzaddik with the far-reaching eyesight. He's like the general that

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1. 0:01[singing] [music] [singing] [music] [singing] >> Good evening from the south of Israel. This is Lazer…
2. 3:33finest detail. This was the Baal Shem Tov's proof of the creator's magnificent infinite love for…
3. 7:41providence. It looks like we have free choice, but really the only free choice we have…
4. 11:46dest- It's all out of our hands. We bought the ticket, we're sitting in the plane,…
5. 15:48there there there there there there's things in parentheses that the actor has to show anger…
6. 19:49mi an hour. That's only 87 times the speed of sound. Right now, as we're sitting…
7. 23:23the sun cuz our sun cruises around the Milky Way at 125 miles per second or…
8. 27:29Canaveral to Tampa, the Florida panhandle. And 100 miles up in space, we can see all…
9. 31:33and that that little ladybug is waiting for Hashem to provide it for dinner. That is…
10. 35:44or brown hair or brown eyes or green eyes or This is totally Hashem. Hashem is…

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