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Love in the Flames

As Jews Faced the End, Their Lover Impregnated Them with the Seed of Moshiach

1 hr 20 min

Class Summary:

The Talmud relates a profoundly strange incident that occurred moments before the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple: “When the pagans entered the Holy Temple, they saw the cherubs (the two golden winged figures, one male and one female located in the "Holy of Holies") cleaving to each other. They took them out to the streets and said: ‘These Jews ... is this what they occupy themselves with?’ With this, they debased [the Jewish people], as it is written: ‘All who had honored her have despised her, for they have seen her nakedness.’”

This seems strange. The Talmud also teaches that when the relationship between G-d and Israel was sour the two faces of the cherubs turned away from each other, as when spouses are angry with each other. When the relationship was healthy, the two faces of the cherubs would face each other. Yet when the enemies of Israel invaded the Temple to destroy it, and the relationship between G-d and His people was at its lowest possible point, precisely at that moment that the cherubs were intertwined, symbolizing the profoundest relationship between G-d and Israel. How are we to understand this?

This class explores six different perspectives.

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    Sury -2 years ago

    Beautiful beautiful! 

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    malky Hornstein -3 years ago

    thanks!

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    Eli -8 years ago

    Awesome Shiur but the best was the question and answer session at the end!

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      Rabbi YY Jacobson -8 years ago

      Thank you very much Eli. The questions always get the juices flowing.

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Class The Three Weeks/9 Av

Rabbi YY Jacobson

  • February 7, 2016
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  • 28 Sh'vat 5776
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​Leilu Nishmas Reb Eliyahu Tzion ben Reb Chananya Niasoff ז״ל
And in the merit of our partner in Torah, Yigal Yisroel ben Sofia, שיחי׳

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