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All can be found at the "Avi Rab" Youtube channel: for the complete Playlist click the link or channel icon.
Video topics:
Video topics:
* Video 1: The special energies of the holidays;
* Video 1: The special energies of the holidays;
* Video 2: The relevance of the Joseph story;
* Video 2: The relevance of the Joseph story;
* Video 3: Developing an intuition for interpreting signs & plagues:
* Video 3: Developing an intuition for interpreting signs & plagues:
Topic: "Kabbalistic energy-channels: Tapping into the cyclical spiritual energy of Jewish holidays"
Topic: "Kabbalistic energy-channels: Tapping into the cyclical spiritual energy of Jewish holidays"
Video #1: Only 90 seconds:
Video #1: Only 90 seconds:
A Jewish Holiday is not "a celebration of a past event" but rather "an opportunity to tap into a recurring spiritual energy"
A Jewish Holiday is not "a celebration of a past event" but rather "an opportunity to tap into a recurring spiritual energy"
[To stress the major point I repeated it a few times, sorry if you find it reptitive...]
Video # 2:
Video # 2:
Sell your brother as a slave to Egypt and you'll ALL end up as slaves there; help them realize their dreams, and you'll all be kings.
Sell your brother as a slave to Egypt and you'll ALL end up as slaves there; help them realize their dreams, and you'll all be kings.
The hidden underpinnings of the Passover story, and what we can learn from it
(to become kings & queens rather than slaves):
We were meant to be kings in Egypt, not slaves.m4vNote: The stars bow to Joseph, meaning humans are above "Fate" and "the influences of the stars", especially in terms of their free-willed choices, and when guided by divine inspiration as with Joseph.
Note: The stars bow to Joseph, meaning humans are above "Fate" and "the influences of the stars", especially in terms of their free-willed choices, and when guided by divine inspiration as with Joseph.
Below: same topic, in HEBREW:
Embedded from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDAeHrmqkbM&list=PL0CKhebtjdL8H7AMkbCchGtRoSzRRBVxw&index=2&t=0syosef dreams egypt hebrew.m4vThe moral of the Joseph/passover story
The moral of the Joseph/passover story
Tell your dreams only to those who love you!
A Passover lesson based on Joseph.
For the beginning of the Exodus saga, see https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/biblethemes/parshas-shmos
For the beginning of the Joseph saga, see: https://sites.google.com/nyu.edu/biblethemes/vayeshev
Most of the parshas of Breishis and Shmos have their own pages, findable on the Menu.
For more about Joseph, see this playlist.
Video # 3:
Video # 3:
Developing an intuition for interpreting signs & plagues
Developing an intuition for interpreting signs & plagues
The Karmic reasons why Egypt suffered THESE SPECIFIC plagues
(and why Moses' strange snake-trick!?):
The karmic reasons why THESE specific 10 PLAGUES.m4vHebrew & Russian: לולי נמכר יוסף,היינו.......
The secret of exile & redemption: Joseph&Egypt
A profound message underlying the broader perspective of the enslavement saga in Egypt:
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God told Abraham that his descendants would be "strangers in a foreign land" where they would suffer. But why did they end up in Egypt and why slaves?
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The answer (in my opinion) is this: as soon as the Jewish people were established, they sold their brother into slavery in Egypt!
[Established as a nation, not as a person, started from Abraham's grandsons)]
Later in the series of events, they starved and had to join him in Egypt to get food, and their children became slaves (from the very beginning we see hostility towards the "Jews" when we are told that the Egyptians will not eat bread for one table).
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Therefore, I believe that this story as a whole implies a connection between the sale of Joseph and the enslavement of the Jewish people. And we must learn from the basic message that is being hinted at: just as selling his brother into slavery in Egypt led them to become slaves in Egypt, the opposite is also true: if Joseph's brothers had instead tried to help him fulfill his dreams, instead of annulling them, they will become kings with him and will not be enslaved.
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[Cm. Notes # 1 and 2 below]
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May we have the moral courage and dignity of spirit to always help our companions realize their dreams - and resist the temptation to be petty (seeking to destroy the dreams of others) - and then may we be blessed to rise with them when their dreams come true.
And on pesah when we share the korban widely with neighbors, and when we invite the poor and anyone else to join our table, let us cement the energy of unity and fraternity, and contribute this positive energy for future generations.
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(Note 1: Just as God turned 420 years into 210, they can be turned into 1 day, and the "suffering" can be much less than the "suffering" we experience on Yom Kippur [Torah uses the same word] ), and being a slave can be a noble status, as Elizer prided himself on being "slave of Abraham".
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[Note 2: My logic for receiving a positive message from a negative one is similar to the logic in: Mishna Makkos: end: ואמר רבי חנניה בן גמליאל מה אם העובר עבירה אחת נוטל נפשו עליה העושה מו ה תכת
... וֹ שֶׁל תְאַוָּה לָהֶן וּמְחַמַּדְתָּן, הַפּוֹרֵשׁ מֵהֶן עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה שֶׁיִּזְכֶּה לוֹ וּלְדוֹרוֹתָיו וּלְדוֹרוֹת דּוֹרוֹוֹרכָּלו
And Rabbi Shananya ben Gamliel says: And if someone who commits one crime, his soul is taken, since his soul can be expelled from the world for one crime, for someone who performs a single mitzvah, especially if he his soul is given, since the reward for fulfilling mitzvos is greater than the punishment for committing misdeeds ... which the human soul desires and thirsts for, the one who refrains from committing them and overcomes his inclinations, especially since he, his descendants and descendants, his descendants will be respected until the end of all generations.]
Глубокое послание, лежащее в основе более широкой перспективы саги о порабощении в Египте:
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Бог сказал Аврааму, что его потомки будут «пришельцами в чужой стране», где они будут страдать. Но почему они оказались в Египте и почему рабы?
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Ответ (на мой взгляд) таков: как только еврейский народ был основан, они продали своего брата в рабство в Египет!
[Создан как нация, а не как личность, начат от внуков Авраама)]
Позже в череде событий они голодали и должны были присоединиться к нему в Египте, чтобы добыть еду, а их дети стали рабами (с самого начала мы видим враждебность по отношению к «евреям», когда нам говорят, что египтяне не будут есть хлеб за один стол).
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Поэтому я считаю, что эта история в целом подразумевает связь между продажей Иосифа и порабощением еврейского народа. И мы должны извлечь уроки из основного сообщения, на которое намекают: точно так же, как продажа своего брата в рабство в Египте привела их к тому, что они стали рабами в Египте, верно и обратное: если бы братья Иосифа вместо этого попытались помочь ему осуществить его мечты, вместо того, чтобы аннулировать их, они станут королями вместе с ним и не будут порабощены.
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[См. Примечания № 1 и 2 ниже]
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Пусть у нас будет моральное мужество и достоинство духа, чтобы всегда помогать нашим товарищам реализовать их мечты - и противостоять искушению быть мелочными (стремясь разрушить мечты других) - и тогда пусть мы будем благословлены подняться вместе с ними, когда их мечты сбудутся. истинный.
И в песах, когда мы широко разделяем корбан с соседями и когда мы приглашаем бедных и кого-либо еще присоединиться к нашему столу, давайте укрепим энергию единства и братства и внесем эту позитивную энергию для будущих поколений.
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(Примечание 1: точно так же, как Бог превратил 420 лет в 210, их можно превратить в 1 день, и «страдания» могут быть намного меньше, чем «страдания», которые мы испытываем в Йом Кипур [Тора использует то же слово]), и быть рабом может быть благородным статусом, поскольку Элизер гордился тем, что он «раб Авраама».
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[Примечание 2: Моя логика получения положительного сообщения от отрицательного аналогична логике в: Мишна Маккос: конец: ואמר רבי חנניה בן גמליאל מה אם העובר עבירה אחת נוטל נפשו עליה העושה מו ה תכת
... וֹ שֶׁל תְאַוָּה לָהֶן וּמְחַמַּדְתָּן, הַפּוֹרֵשׁ מֵהֶן עַל אַחַת כַּמָּה וְכַמָּה שֶׁיִּזְכֶּה לוֹ וּלְדוֹרוֹתָיו וּלְדוֹרוֹת דּוֹרוֹוֹרכָּלו
И рабби Шананья бен Гамлиэль говорит: И если кто-то совершает одно преступление, его душа отбирается, поскольку его душа может быть изгнана из мира за одно преступление, для того, кто выполняет одну-единственную мицву, особенно если ему дана его душа, поскольку Награда за выполнение мицвос больше, чем наказание за совершение проступков ... которых желает и жаждет человеческая душа, тот, кто воздерживается от их совершения и преодолевает свои наклонности, тем более что он, его потомки и потомки, его потомки будут уважаемый до конца всех поколений.]
END OF PASSOVER MATERIAL: More material to be added
END OF PASSOVER MATERIAL: More material to be added
See PURIM material below
video 4: What's the specific spiritual energy of this particular holiday (Passover)?
video 4: What's the specific spiritual energy of this particular holiday (Passover)?
And what can we do in order to attach to it?
And what can we do in order to attach to it?
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0CKhebtjdL8H7AMkbCchGtRoSzRRBVxw&disable_polymer=true
Joseph's dreams, my interpretation What could have been our future
На русском и иврите בעברית וברוסית
28:59
'awareness': Pharaoh and Egyptians running away and then sea closes on them
На русском и иврите בעברית וברוסית
5:09
Karma in the Bible. Mida Kneged Mida ,Yisro, Pharaoh, Plagues, Passover
На русском и иврите בעברית וברוסית
14:42
Pharaoh's reaction to Moses, Hebrew Russian. this is how God' hardened Pharaoh's heart Lesson for us
На русском и иврите בעברית וברוסית
12:04
Ошибка Эйнштейна и Большого Взрыва The Big Bang & Einstein's Blunder, Russian & Hebrew, in Jerusalem
На русском и иврите בעברית וברוסית
56:17
Video #2: Only 3.5 minutes:
Video #2: Only 3.5 minutes:
Topic A: The Masked Purim God: Clear but subtle indications of God's relevance in the megillah story.
Topic A: The Masked Purim God: Clear but subtle indications of God's relevance in the megillah story.
Topic B: The protagonists were appealing to non-natural powers: Divine inspiration vs the power of chance + the supernatural/magic"
See note at bottom of page with link to a relevant Hollywood movie scene.Topic B: The protagonists were appealing to non-natural powers: Divine inspiration vs the power of chance + the supernatural/magic"
Topic C: How WE can reflect the above on Purim, in order to better tap in to its special energy.
Topic C: How WE can reflect the above on Purim, in order to better tap in to its special energy.
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Video #3: 10.5 minutes: The first 30 seconds are slides.
Video #3: 10.5 minutes: The first 30 seconds are slides.
Topic A: Why is the holiday named "Purim"? What's the significance of that in terms of the holiday's special energy?
Topic A: Why is the holiday named "Purim"? What's the significance of that in terms of the holiday's special energy?
Topic B: "Divine Guidance, Free Willed choice, Teshuva & Morality vs Magic, Fate, randomness, Power-worship & astrology"
Topic B: "Divine Guidance, Free Willed choice, Teshuva & Morality vs Magic, Fate, randomness, Power-worship & astrology"
Topic C: Mentioned briefly, expounded upon more explicitly in the next videos: Parallels to the Joseph story, and the Biblical view of Astrology that emerges from thiese stories.
Note: In the Hollywood film "Raiders of the Lost Ark", about the Nazis. The Nazis embodied the power of Haman in that they wanted to physically annihilate every single Jew. In the movie, the Nazis find the ark of the Temple and intend to use its power to conquer the world (and to destroy the jews). However, the Ark's power is rooted in the divine, is for good not evil, and cannot be manipulated - they are mistaken in thinking it is a neutral power like magic or the supernatural to be used however one wishes, and indeed in the movie the energy destroys them instead.
Video #4: 6 minutes:
Joseph and his great-nephew Mordechai: incredible parallels between the Joseph story and Megillat Esther
Joseph and his great-nephew Mordechai: incredible parallels between the Joseph story and Megillat Esther
(Perhaps Benjamin's descendant Mordechai was deliberately channeling the energies created by his ancestor and great uncle, and this enabled his success, and instituting the holiday annually meant making this energy accessible to all descendants.)
(Perhaps Benjamin's descendant Mordechai was deliberately channeling the energies created by his ancestor and great uncle, and this enabled his success, and instituting the holiday annually meant making this energy accessible to all descendants.)
ADVANCED
ADVANCED
Interested in Astrology and the Biblical attitude to it? Watch the next two videos:
Interested in Astrology and the Biblical attitude to it? Watch the next two videos:
VIDEO #5: 2.5 minutes
VIDEO #5: 2.5 minutes
"Kabbalistic Astrology: Divine guidance over Fate (illustrated by the Biblical Joseph story)"
"Kabbalistic Astrology: Divine guidance over Fate (illustrated by the Biblical Joseph story)"
Video #6: 3 minutes
Video #6: 3 minutes
"Biblical Jewish Metaphysics: aspects illustrated by the Joseph story and the megillah"
"Biblical Jewish Metaphysics: aspects illustrated by the Joseph story and the megillah"
video #7: Guide to the Megillah:
video #7: Guide to the Megillah:
Suggestions for a reading geared towards "beginners"
Suggestions for a reading geared towards "beginners"
10:42 Advanced: Megillat Esther, chapter by chapter: to learn, and to use as material for teaching
AR purim videos on youtube.docPurim, Joseph, Kabbalistic astrology videos editing on Youtube channel also the channel itself
Purim, Joseph, Kabbalistic astrology videos editing on Youtube channel also the channel itself
Purim, Joseph, kabbalistic astrology, dreams, my videos on Youtube.docApr 14, 2019, 8:14 PM
Lot matza pesach etc my vort, partial source in R Yoel Bin NUn: לוט מצה פסח
Lot matza pesach etc my vort, partial source in R Yoel Bin NUn: לוט מצה פסח
Avi Rabinowitz <air1@nyu.edu>
to me
outline of my 5-minute 'vort' to motivate inviting others for a seder:
Jewish holidays are not a 'memorial of past events' but rather a time of recurring of the 'energy' of the original event (said at purim megillah reading with JICNY; the video is part of this channel).
The first referenced seder according to chazal was when the 3 angels ate Matza with Lot, and then with Avraham.
Both had great mesirat nefesh to invite the seder-guests in this incident (and the korban pesach is communal)
Of course we were redeemed from slavery on pesach, but WHY!? Hashem says we were taken out of Egypt "leshochni besocham" (to dwell amongst them).
Avrom Avinu received the shchinah by caring only about the physical needs of guests, not his own needs, and this reduction of self-ego leves only the ruach hashem to shine forth (human are ruach hashem + 'earth'), ie is "leshochni besocham'.
The night of leaving Egypt, the Jewish people were asked to invite family etc, eat together. And WE begin OUR seder (magid) with a welcoming of UNINVITED guests, our homes are open like that of Avraham avinu.
This helps us attach to the recurring pesach-energy, which is the whole purpose of the holiday.
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The connection to Matza:
FIrst: matza is mysterious since we ate it the night we left! And we knew we would need to rush! And it isn;t mentioned at all during the story of slavery, why was it so important?!
So we will seek hints and allusions.
Sources
Ugot matzot: לט וַיֹּאפוּ אֶת-הַבָּצֵק אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִיאוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם, עֻגֹת מַצּוֹת--כִּי לֹא חָמֵץ: כִּי-גֹרְשׁוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם, וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהִתְמַהְמֵהַּ, וְגַם-צֵדָה, לֹא-עָשׂוּ לָהֶם.
Lot served matza: Rashi explains that it was Pesach, and therefore cakes were served and not bread.
According to the Gmoro, Yitzchok was born exactly one year later, in Nisan, so the visit of the angels was in Nissan.
(According to Midrash it was on Pesach. ?)
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At yetziat Miztrayim, Jews (are told to) make ugot matzot: Parallel to: 1. Avram & Sara who prepare & serve ugot ,and 2. Lot serves Matzot
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https://www.bethjacob.org/when-was-pesach-first-celebrated.html "Abraham was eating Matzot on the 15th of Nisan, and celebrating the future redemption of his children as a show of confidence in Hashem, thus creating a family tradition that he passed on to Lot and his progeny for all time."
This whole "mahalach" is the missing link to idea that matza has to do with ego, ie Avram Lot lowered ego, received shchinah (Lot had angels visit!), somehow connected to matza.
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https://www.ou.org/holidays/passover/compassion-and-connection/
The entire enslavement experience was meant to teach us to serve, to train us in humility so that we could become true servants of Hashem and enjoy the blessing of that service (irrespective of other blessings that Hashem may give us) writes Rabbi Roth z”l .
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Avraham ran to invite them in, rushed to prepare the best foods for them, and asked Sarah his wife to prepare oogot matzot/matzah cakes for them. From this exchange we deduce that Avraham Avinu kept the laws of Pesach even though the Torah had not yet been given. But the hallmark of Avraham Avinu’s character was chesed, kindness, while Pesach is generally associated with servitude. How can these two contrasting ideas, loving kindness and servitude, form a basis for associating the holiday of Pesach with Avraham Avinu, asks Rabbi Yisroel Weintraub in Einei Yisroel?
[In Pachad Yitzchak Rav Hutner zt”l ?]....we extend chesed and invite all who are needy/kol dichfin to join us in the celebration and the feast of the Seder.
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Rav yoel bin nun makes the parallel between the two stories (yetiat mitzrayim and Lot) base don the wording: https://www.etzion.org.il/he/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%90-%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97-%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D-%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%97-%D7%A1%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9D
draws parallel between words in psukim of yetzias mitzrayim and re Lot in sdom, very nice, so it wa sindeed 'pesach' meaning of passing over Lot and fmaily like later pasisng over J people etc.
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A summary of the parallels is given elsewhere: When we compare the stories of the Exodus and the visiting angels we find striking similarities. Aside from Matzot, I’ve found at least 10 words and phrases that appear in both places. Examples include closed house: Lot closed the door after the angels entered his home. Similarly, the Jews in Egypt were commanded not to leave their houses on Passover night. The root “שחת” (destroy) is used in both stories to describe what happened outdoors. We see the phrase “קומו צאו” (arise and exit) as well as יתמהמה (to delay) in both stories. God brought down like rain (וימטר) the elements (hail, fire etc.) and both events took place throughout the night until morning. At the end of both stories, nations were born - by Lot: Moav and Amon and in Egypt: עם ישראל.https://www.bethjacob.org/when-was-pesach-first-celebrated.html without attribution to Y B Nun.
He says: What can we understand from all of these similarities?
For me the message is clear. Pesach is a holiday of opening our homes to others, both family and strangers. Abraham celebrated the Seder night with his family and with the angels. The Haggada tells us to invite all family members, including ALL four sons, regardless of background, intelligence and worldview.
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https://www1.biu.ac.il/indexE.php?id=19368&pt=1&pid=14327&level=0&cPath=43,14206,14211,14327,19368#_ftn2 uses that idea to make other points: he quotes Rmakhal re energy of the time on yomtov recurring etc, ie BY were taken out of egypt in nisan because Lot & avraham made tha ttime special for a passing over etc.
“They would not listen to Moses” (Ex. 6:9)? Merely that it was hard for them to part with their idols. And so it is said: “I also said to them: Cast away, every one of your, the detestable things that you are drawn to, and defile not yourselves with the fetishes of Egypt” (Ezek. 20:7); and it says further,…”So the Lord spoke to both Moses and Aaron in regard to the Israelites…instructing them” (Ex. 6:13)—charging them to give up idol worship.
In order to be delivered, the Israelites, who were imbued in idolatry, had to draw themselves away from pagan worship. They had to make decisions, cut themselves off from Egyptian culture. Only such resolve would bring redemption, would deliver them.
This notion is reinforced by another parallel between Lot’s Passover and Passover of the exodus. Both called for performing an act that endangered the one who did it, thus attesting that the person had rejected the ways of his environment: Lot took a risk by taking in guests and thus demonstrated his rejection of the society of Sodom; the Israelites slaughtered a lamb, an Egyptian deity, thus showing their severance from Egypt.[3
In light of this, Rashi’s comment that “it was Passover” does not look so far-fetched; it is the plain sense of Scripture. Perhaps he did not mean Passover in the sense of the festival that falls in the month of Nisan, but in the sense of passing over.
Passover falls in the month of Nisan not because of the exodus from Egypt, but the other way around; the exodus from Egypt took place in Nisan because Nisan is the suitable season for Passover, fitting for Redemption. This follows from Ramahal’s remarks regarding Passover (Ramahal, Derekh Ha-Shem, Part IV, ch. 7, par. 6), that significant events leave their mark on the season in which they took place. At the same point in time, each and every year, the Divine bounty that brought about these events appears again.
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https://www.aish.com/tp/i/moha/the_matzah_of_lot.html
one could make the argument that Avraham had a special affinity for Passover. God had told Avraham that his children would be enslaved and eventually liberated, and Avraham celebrated this event, or at least the promise itself.
3This, then, is what lies behind the Midrashic identification of Avraham's ugot with a Passover feast. Avraham was celebrating the Exodus from Egypt, the realization of God's promise to him, an event which he anticipated with great joy and celebration.
Rosh Hashanah 11a. (return to text)
2. Yoma 28b, Kiddushun 82a. There are sources that see the reverse - the Jews receive the Mitzvah because Sarah preparedugot. See Midrash Rabbah - Shmot 15:12: " 'And Matzot' (ibid.) - in honor of Sarah who prepared cakes for the angels..."(return to text)
There is an earlier Midrashic reference to Matzah: When Lot was kidnapped someone came to inform Avram of Lot's situation. According to the Midrash the person was Og, who found Avram preparing Matzah because it was the 14th of Nisan. Significantly, the text records that the battle to free Lot is waged at midnight. (return to text)
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https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3114473/jewish/Memoirs-of-Og-the-Not-So-Gentle-Giant.htm#footnote24a3114473 “The fugitive came and told Abramthe Hebrew.”22 The fugitive is me. After all, I’ve been pretty lucky so far. I’m the only one outside of Noah’s family who survived the Flood, and I did manage to escape Chedorlaomer and his army.23 For those of you wondering where I received my name Og, well, it wasn’t by chance. When I arrived at Abraham’s place to deliver the news, he was the in middle of baking matzah for Passover. In Hebrew, matzah is called עוגות מצות (ugot matzot). Out of gratitude to Abraham, I adopted this as my name, so now everyone just calls me Og.24
Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer 23. See Rashi to Talmud, Zevachim 113b, who implies that Og stood throughout the Flood and survived because of his great height. There are those who are of the opinion that Og was in fact Eliezer, the servant of Abraham. See Pirkei d’Rabbi Eliezer.
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Separate idea:
(interesting that all the psukim below have problematic aspects: what is Sukos, who are the erev rav, how come they didnt prepare food if they knew they would leave in middle of the night etc, it wasn't 430 years, only 1/5th left not all, what is leyl shimurim).
לז וַיִּסְעוּ בְנֵי-יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵרַעְמְסֵס, סֻכֹּתָה, כְּשֵׁשׁ-מֵאוֹת אֶלֶף רַגְלִי הַגְּבָרִים, לְבַד מִטָּף.
לח וְגַם-עֵרֶב רַב, עָלָה אִתָּם, וְצֹאן וּבָקָר, מִקְנֶה כָּבֵד מְאֹד.
לט וַיֹּאפוּ אֶת-הַבָּצֵק אֲשֶׁר הוֹצִיאוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם, עֻגֹת מַצּוֹת--כִּי לֹא חָמֵץ: כִּי-גֹרְשׁוּ מִמִּצְרַיִם, וְלֹא יָכְלוּ לְהִתְמַהְמֵהַּ, וְגַם-צֵדָה, לֹא-עָשׂוּ לָהֶם.
מ וּמוֹשַׁב בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֲשֶׁר יָשְׁבוּ בְּמִצְרָיִם--שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה, וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה.
מא וַיְהִי, מִקֵּץ שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה, וְאַרְבַּע מֵאוֹת, שָׁנָה; וַיְהִי, בְּעֶצֶם הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה, יָצְאוּ כָּל-צִבְאוֹת יְהוָה, מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם.
מב לֵיל שִׁמֻּרִים הוּא לַיהוָה, לְהוֹצִיאָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם: הוּא-הַלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה לַיהוָה, שִׁמֻּרִים לְכָל-בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְדֹרֹתָם. {פ}
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In progress: avi rab youtube purim joseph video transcript
In progress: avi rab youtube purim joseph video transcript
Editing my Purim & Joseph youtube videos, on channel "avi rab"
Editing my Purim & Joseph youtube videos, on channel "avi rab"
AR purim videos on youtube.docPurim, Joseph, kabbalistic astrology, dreams, my videos on Youtube.docxAR purim videos on youtube.docPurim, Joseph, kabbalistic astrology, dreams, my videos on Youtube.docMegillahEstheradd as needed to parallels between Mordechai and Yosef
MegillahEstheradd as needed to parallels between Mordechai and Yosef
add as needed to parallels between Mordechai and Yosef,
The overall underlying theme: both stories seem natural, there is no mention of God speaking or acting anywhere in the story, there are no prophecies or visions, yet the protagonists are clearly aware of the divine level operating, and the story clearly implies miraculous divine intervention.
King is perplexed by something, summons his advisors, one suggests what to do (Yosef was just asked for an interp and also offered advice to P; A openly asked for advice what to do)
The essential fact of a Jew rising to prominence due to his timely intervention/advice.
The protagonist (Esther/Yosef) is taken by force, must serve the king or his ministers; liked by all, they are helped, and rise (Esther by the sarisim, Yosef by the master); both are unusually beautiful(unusual ‘chen’), and this is part of the plot (Esther is chosen by A, Yosef is solicited/accused by his master’s wife).
Story is told by an omniscient narrator: We are told of Pharaoh’s emotions (vatipa’em rucho), we are told of the hatered and jealousy of the brothers which is not necessarily ever revealed by them, maybe not even known to them! We are told of Reuven’s inner motivation to save Yosef. Etc.
Jews operating in hostile territory under deep cover: Esther did not reveal her identity just like Yosef did not reveal his identity to Pharaoh.
Bowing gets the central character in trouble: it is a central issue in both stories:
in Joseph’s dreams, and then the brothers actually bow;
Mordechai refises to bow, but the other Jews do, and Haman wants to kill all the Jews bec of Mordechai
Haman gets A to decree killing all the Jews, a later pharaoh decrees that all the male child Jews should be killed. In both cases no rational reason is given.
In both situations the Jews are saved by palace insiders.
Gather all the Jews
Joseph tells his brothers to bring the rest of the family
Note: In Yosef story it is all dreams, in Megillah no dreams (except in the non-canonical version of the story, where M has dreams) – but much of the key action of coincidence etc takes place in middle of the night, when A can’t sleep, instead of a dream he has “the book of memories” read to him! And then he hears Haman in the courtyard at that hour! Preparing the tree for Mordechai?! And he entraps Haman, Haman is in dream that turns into a nightmare. The entire story turns about from that moment on. All this is like coincidence, but it is the hand of God.
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VIEW THIS VIDEO FIRST: Tapping into the cyclical spiritual energy of the Jewish Holydays: Purim
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Jewish Holydays are not celebrations of past events, they are vehicles for tapping in to energies created by events long ago, and available to us now
VIEW THIS VIDEO FIRST: Tapping into the cyclical spiritual energy of the Jewish Holydays: Purim
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Jewish Holydays are not celebrations of past events, they are vehicles for tapping in to energies created by events long ago, and available to us now
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Happy Purim!
God's masked intervention in Esther's megillah; divine inspiration/action vs magic&the supernatural
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God's presence is masked in the Purim story as recounted in the biblical megillah of Esther. However it is clear form the text itself that all the protagonists understood that the events were not natural. Haman attempted to manipulate the supernatural realm whereas Mordechai and Esther appealed to divine intervention.
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Kabbalistic Astrology: revealed by the TRUE interpretation of Joseph's dreams
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Beware! Dream interpretation affects its actuation. It is not the dream which has the power, it is our free willed choice in how to interpret dreams which is the causative element.
The stars do NOT rule, they are for the service of humanity, as stated in the creation account in Genesis. And the stars do not decree Fate: humans rule the Fates and thus the stars, via divine guidance, which is activated via acknowledgement of the divine level, and self-sacrificing free-willed choice of ethical/moral behavior.
Joseph did NOT dream that his brothers would bow to him but that the STARS would, and the stars DID bow to him, in the sense that Joseph circumvented Fate and the Seasons: the 7 years of drought/famine.
The brothers misinterpreted the dream and caused their own bowing to occur - it happened not because of the dream but because of their misinterpretation of it. A more charitable mindset would have had them understand the portent of Joseph's role, and their people's entire history in Egypt would have been different.
Note that Joseph's brother Benjamin did not participate in this interpretation, and indeed he in fact did not bow, and it is therefore interesting to note that his descendant, Mordechai of the biblical purim story, did not bow to Haman.
Note: This video about Joseph's dreams and his brothers' mis-interpretation of them is contained within the 7.36 minute video "Magic, randomness and astrology", so if you already heard that one, you can skip this video.
Biblical Karma: https://files.nyu.edu/air1/public/bib...
unatum Metaphysics and Genesis: https://files.nyu.edu/air1/public/Qua...
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Magic, randomness and astrology vs Kabbalistic divine guidance in the Joseph and Mordechai stories
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Kabbalistic insight into the Biblical story of Joseph, and Mordechai of the story of Esther. The stars bowed to Joseph (due to his appeal to divine inspiration) and not the reverse, and Mordechai knew that all events unfolded via God, and did not bow to Haman, the great magician of randomness.
Note: This video contains within it the brief video about Joseph's Dreams, from about 4:30-5:50, so if you already heard that one, you can fast forward.
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View this last: Some Megillah highlights, chapter by chapter: TO BE EDITED. Megillas Esther, Purim
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Some essential passages and their meaning, to keep in mind as one reads Megillat Esther on Purim.
My intention is to insert the relevant text of the megillah as I mention it. Please excuse the selfie!
Originally presented during the JICNY reading 2013 in NYC. dedicated to my father, shortly before his first Yahrzeit. His name "Mordechai (Eliyahu)" is of course also thematically related.
The poster announcing his funeral in Jerusalem can be seen on the upper right.
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Purim Megillah video editing,notes re Youtube versions from last year
Purim Megillah video editing,notes re Youtube versions from last year
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Edited version of Youtube Purim videos, a son Youtube, screen captures.docxFrom: Avi Rabinowitz <air1@nyu.edu>
Date: Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 12:56 PM
Subject: Seder material, MY (AR's) 'Hagaddah' some chumash vorts for pesach , my haggadah.chumash stories & 'Kaballah' ideas to use at seder, FOR ADULTS, not kids; make video of this; for intelligent people who want to understand, learn: talking points for discussion at the table
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chumash stories & 'Kaballah' ideas to use at seder, FOR ADULTS, not kids; make video of this; for intelligent people who want to understand, learn: talking points for discussion at the table
The idea is not simply to ‘remember’, but rather to attach to the energy of that night; it is not a command/obligation but an opportunity: but to attach most deeply, it is good to understand what happened then. What is special on seder is that we re-enact it - chayav adam lir'ot..ke'ilu HU yatza..": by doing the seder, eating matza, maror etc, we re-experience everything, including the high spiritual energy
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kol dichfin: Vayera, Avram/Sara: taking care of physical needs of humans....this is how we attain the spiritual level atseder night.(and chazal say it was pesach when they came?)
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How did we end up in Mitzrayim, and as slaves? The yosef story: a. noone too big to fail b. correct dream interpretaiton, stars bowing, etc,; had the brothers kept 'dan lekaf zchut' they'd have arrived at correct interpretation, and also al Jewish historywould have been different - we need to be there for our borther&sisters, help them with their dreams...
(Leaving Egypt: closing the circle, we carried Jospeh's bones)
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Why were we taken out of Egypt: God says: le shochni betocham: explain , (and also mikdash is that, so need to be in EY?); and lihyos lachem leilokim (and also....?)
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Plagues Karma.
(P: drown J baby boys in the Nile, so his army all drowned in the red sea).
Hardened heart = self-delusion, P entered sea; (power, magic etc):
God's intervention is invisible, enable us to mislead ourselves; yam suf wind all night.
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Why need to have freedom? Eden account, free will, can only exercise it and be responsible when are free. We were not cursed, in fact God wanted us out of there..... exodus form Egyptis counterpoint of exile from Eden..
Torah is etz chayim.... , like kruvim at Eden etc; purpose of exodus form Egypt was to get Torah, etz chayim returned to us!
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M"R: sneh vs 'koran or panav'; true anovo
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Chumash book: New idea: add a section which is a haggadah; with illustrations
Chumash book: New idea: add a section which is a haggadah; with illustrations
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People will not buy a haggadah of just my stuff, so maybe make it an insert of the book, or just a seciotn of the book, but it is a large part of my vorts.
It can even have drawings: they can illustrate themes such as mida kneged mida and dream interpretation which is relatedeg:
and it would start with a diagram of Yosef's dreams: brothers selling borther as slave to egypt juxtaposed to the jewish people as slaves in egypt (this is three themes; dream interpretation and mida kneged midah, and also the effec tof interpretaiotn of a navi).
and bubble showing what brothers are thinking, bowing and how it is wrong since the sheaves are in the dream, and then they had to bow (this is three themes: dream interpretation and mida kneged midah, and also the effec tof interpretaiotn of a navi).
and drawing of pharoah laughing at ridiculousness of M"R old man stuttering and his older brother = self-delusion, hardneing of heart.
juxtaposing the mida kneged mida reasons for the plagues with the corresponding aspect of the plague (m kneged m)[and also the tanin swallowing the others juxtaposed ot the cows swallwoing th eothers etc]
And pharaoh with bubble of what he is thinking as he pursues BY into the split sea.
AR's haggadah.docxPage updated
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