Discover the mystical understanding and timeless significance behind the very first sin of man: eating from the Tree of Knowledge.
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Here I thought all this time I was the only one who understood that getting to Heaven was a selfish goal. Thank you a thousand times for answering the call to give this lesson.
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The notion of the 7 day week being a proof as to the Divine origins of certain scocietel norms and/or phenomenons is my own idea, and well be wrong or inconclusive (e.g. It's not Torah).
However, as you yourself note, whilst it is perfectly reasonable to assume that some (or even most) peoples or cultures would have chosen this system, that fact that virtually EVERYBODY has done so constitutes a very compelling hint that this "coincidence" is no accident.
So in the end the statistical impossibility of human kinds identical approach to time would be to be very meaningful even if not conclusive.
Hope that helps...
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I immensely treasure this profound study... listen to it over and over again, as it progressively enlightens my soul.
I have no doubt in my heart that the hand of G-d is present in so many cultures, and this is why we find coincidences...
Nevertheless, in the specific case of the seven day week, one can think of another reason, besides the Torah, that other cultures may have chosen this number for the grouping of days: the cycles of the Moon.
Observing the moon, people from distinct and disconnected cultures may have coincidentally determined that it takes 28 days for our Moon to complete its cycle... then, it may have seemed logical to divide this 28 cycle in four sections... thus providing a seven day week...
I beg you to please forgive me if anyone deems my comment is disrespectful... again, I respect and fully admire Rabbi Mendel Kaplan indeed.
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What a profound study. I wish all my fellow Christian pastors would listen to this.
Thank you Rabbi Kaplan
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Is there a video about the rivers (interruption that was mentioned but wasn't elaborated on)?
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Thank you so much Rabbi Kaplan for this wonderful lecture. I learned many new things.
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The true essense of our ego actually stems from the only true reality: G-dliness. The reason our ego became toxic is because it was tainted by the "original sin." Moshiach's arrival will permenantly reverse that negativity. Hence the (new) Ego will simply be a reflection of G-d Himself...
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Why is achieving the return of perfected reality on our own a good thing? Is that not somehow glorifying the Ego?
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I am blessed deeply beyond words. Thank you.
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You are a sensitive soul. Thanks for opening windows.
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