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Avodas Hashem: What's it All About?

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Rabbi Yaakov Klein

A shiur exploring teachings from the Sefas Emes and Kedushas Levi on the core of religious efforts and the mission of Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov.

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okay good chabas everybody thank you so much for being here what a privilege to be back here in Manchester to learn with you our learning this morning and all the learning that we do these days should be expli and all those are being to protect M so I wanted to learn a couple of teachings on the par with you obviously par all these pares are packed packed it's very difficult to decide which EX to focus on but these neas are as good as any I figured and so we're going to take a look three teachings from the to give us help us prepare for this shabas and the time that we're experiencing now not so we begin with comments onu walking to the with andu [Music] tells those who had accompanied him the is say here and I and will GOI says just means a nearby place close enough but then rash brings a which tells [Music] us what does this mean that I and will go until there where else do we have the word in the context of last week's [Music] par your children shall be like the stars that you cannot count that are innumerable says was referring to this what does it mean that is saying where is because on a simple level what does mean that was asking you told me that I'm going to have a great nation coming from me and the whole about how's this going to happen we can explain based on what we taught in another [Music] place the primary of that was this that knew that that there would be a great nation that includes you and me today that would descend from the first thing that he said them I'm going to make you into a great great

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