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When You Need to Borrow Your Father

A Talmudic Debate on the Daily Schedule in the Temple and its Psychological Application

1 hr 3 min

Class Summary:

For well over a millennia, Jewish spiritual life revolved around the myriads of ritualistic services conducted in the Tabernacle, and later, in the Temple. The Torah describes in minute detail each item, artifact, garment, service and sacrifice that was part of Temple worship." "Today, many of these methods of worship seem foreign, ceremonial, and outdated.

Yet nothing can be further from the truth. In Jewish tradition, the heart of man is the Temple of G-d; every rite and ritual performed in the Temple exactly parallels a spiritual journey in the psyche of the human being. In this class, we will analyze the cleaning of the Menorah, the daily animal sacrifice, and the burning of incense, and discover the profound spiritual and psychological implications of a Talmudic debate regarding their order in the daily service of the Temple.

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    Zeesy -10 years ago

    Torah and Science
    By finding G-d in the minutae of mitzvos, we declare that G-d is One. One means in the higher, perfect world as well as in this lower, imperfect one. 



    By uniting the upper waters (Torah) and lower waters (science), through proper study, we demonstrate that Hashem is One. Torah can be healing or otherwise, depending how you study. Science studied for its own sake--can metame the mind, but when studied to reveal Hashem, or for parnassa, becomes a mitzva. 

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    yisroel -10 years ago

    great
    this shiur was and is really great , i feel my heart and mind are bing filled with a great deal of intelect Thank you.


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    Chaim Gershon -13 years ago

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    Joe -13 years ago

    Yishar Koyach
    Rabbi Jacobson Thank you for the amazing class just thinking that the Rebbe spoke to us about this just few week before the stroke brings chills, thank you so much

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    Admin -13 years ago

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    Last year there was no Tetzaveh class

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Dedicated by David and Eda SchottensteinIn the loving memory of Alta Shula Swerdlov. And in honor of Yetta Alta Shula, "Aliyah," Schottenstein

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