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Shedim, A Shiur to 8th Grade Girls

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Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer

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okay we're going to talk about shad and specifically we're going to start with zugos because as through the night of PES yes to start recording the night of PES said asked asked how can Kaz make four cups of wine four cups of wine is even number of Cups and says if you do things in even numbers it's very bad it brings the Shad so therefore asked the question how can they possibly Institute four cups of wine so several answers one of the answers they give is that since it's a Mitzvah so therefore it's not going to bring the Shad there other answers which give but that's the main main answer G so the question is why when you do things in pairs in couples does it actually bring Shaden what are and what are these Shad which we talking about so there many different reasons are given but basically when created the world K created the world with the number two and the number two is the first letter in the Torah Braes right when the Torah had starts bra starts with a B Because represents there are two things now there is shim and there's or there's hem and creation there's a duality and whenever there's a duality there's a potential for separation when you do things in even numbers K say it's something which potentially can bring separation between you and Hashem and therefore you're supposed to do things in other numbers because then there's something which unites maral says three is considered to be two things and the thing in the middle which unites them like a line

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