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Rabbi Zamir Cohen

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Let's take a moment to better understand ourselves through the guidance we received in the Torah itself and reflect on the unique role and destiny of the Jewish people. Even among the greatest scholars of the non-Jewish world, the very existence of the Jewish people is considered one of the greatest wonders in human history. The famous Russian writer Leo Toltoy once observed with amazement, "How is it possible that this nation so endlessly persecuted continues to survive? Empires persecuted continues to survive? Empires that no one dared to challenge. Vast, powerful regimes have disappeared from the face of the earth over the course of history. Yet the Jewish people not only continue to exist, but rise again and again from the ashes." And when you look at the Jewish people objectively, even those who don't believe in a spiritual dimension to creation, they can still feel that there's something uniquely special about this nation behind some of the world's most important scientific the world's most important scientific and technological breakthroughs is the Jewish mind. from Einstein to countless others. The number of Jews among Nobel Prize winners is absolutely staggering, especially when you consider how tiny the Jewish population is compared to the world. Jews make up less than half a percent of the global population, about 15 million people out of billions. Even if they made up just 1% of Nobel laureates, that alone would be astonishing. But the number is closer to

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  1. 0:00Let's take a moment to better understand ourselves through the guidance we received in the Torah
  2. 5:09the people of Israel. One of the most famous verses in the Torah, often quoted, comes
  3. 10:19Vojin. In his commentary, Ruahheim asks a powerful question. If you flip back just one Mishna
  4. 15:28has an effect on the unborn child. Every parent who truly wants the best for their
  5. 21:03he didn't even think the question. His faith was so clear and deep that such doubts
  6. 26:13of this spiritually powerful nation. Once in one of the kingdoms of Europe, the king had
  7. 31:23You don't get to carry wounds. You're built to be more. That's why I slapped you.
  8. 37:06many cars being pulled forward, Israel is meant to serve as the locomotive, pulling the rest
  9. 42:13his Torah. We were chosen not because we're better than anyone else, but because our forefather
  10. 47:21wealthy Jewish community in the United States. It carries a powerful life lesson. He said that

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