The Story of Reb Avner - Parsha Haazinu - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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[Music] good evening tonight I want to tell you a story the story takes us back to the 13th century in Spain it deals with one of the greatest Torah luminaries of the generations known as the RAM ban Ram ban is an acronym for rob a new Moshe Ben Nachman Moses the son of Nachman known as nomina DS and the story goes like this we are dealing here with the century the 1200 s when the Christians are beginning to put tremendous pressure on the Jews to convert to Christianity many Jews during that era indeed converted of course a century later the Inquisition would begin and the pressure would increase dramatically until finally in the 15th century in 1492 the Jews of Spain would be given the faithful choice of conversion or expulsion the Robin Robin amoeba Nachman was a great rabbi leader Tom you dissed polemicist physician and he had a student the student was known as Rebbe Avner his name was Avenue is known as Reba Verner great mind a great disciple and pupil of the RAM banda however at some point rub a veneer converted to Christianity he left the Jewish faith he abandoned his people his tradition and he became a Christian he had Mozilla and he grew in prominence in stature in success and wealth and he became an extremely popular and powerful person in Spain one year it's Yom Kippur the holiest day of the year and this Rebbe a venire summons his old teacher the great sage the Rambam and due to his power and influence there Ambon decides to come to his former student about her and he

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1. 2:54became an extremely popular and powerful person in Spain one year it's Yom Kippur the holiest…
2. 5:59RAM bond so when the Rambam gave a look at him a sharp look at him…
3. 9:07their covenant the great destiny that they were called for and so on and so forth…
4. 12:11fulfilled in his own life this verse am i TF am I should be some menorah…
5. 15:20there was another Jew named a veneer and he became a convert to Christianity and he…
6. 17:56an honorable term an honorable title you say that moisture nebula above it in fact sages…
7. 21:01number three in your curriculum the gomorian tracted of a deserted after you die in a…
8. 24:05considered the great leader of the Jewish people of his generation in the Holy Land rabbie…
9. 27:11can't return anywhere it's like ear that leaves the body and just melts away into oblivion…

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