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Devorim: Why Does the Torah Teach Now the Elevation of Israel?

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

An original approach to understanding the elevation of Israel in Parshas Devorim.

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  1. 0:31Devarim, Moshe Rabbeinu alludes to many sins that the Jewish people committed throughout their sojourn in…
  2. 1:02alluding to the cheit hamaraglim before the cheit ha'egel? This was a question Rav Emanuel Bernstein…
  3. 1:33up front and center in our attention even before the cheit ha'egel. That's why the main…
  4. 2:06Why does it say they brought it down? You know, it's interesting. It doesn't say such…
  5. 3:07lands? Why? So there's an amazing Tshuvas Ha'Chasam Sofer. Keep the door open a little. And…
  6. 3:37to get one. You know the ball the globes that show the altitude where by the…
  7. 4:07is the high point. So, says the Ram Sofer, the reason why Chazal say Eretz Yisrael…
  8. 5:08the land? This is the focal point of the world. This is the epicenter of the…
  9. 5:38When we say in Eichah, "Bacho sichki balailah, v'dim'atah al l'cheyah." We We say in Eichah,…
  10. 6:09unfortunately are guilty of that sin. We still reject our Israel. And the proof is our…

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