Unraveling Religion, Judaic Edition

Part 2 'Creation' In Torah; The Four Rivers, Formation, Creation, and What Is Made, An Examination and Orientation to Existence: Conversation with Rabbi Gedaliah Gurfein from Jerusalem

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The Part 2 of this previously archived talk from 2014 with Rabbi Gedaliah Gurfein from Jerusalem begins with examining Judaism's relationship to other religions.

Also explored:

  • the Jewish nation as G-d's 'Stop Gap People'
  • The Mission of the Jewish Nation is to bring G-d's Light into World
  • Noah and Abraham
  • Antisemites, those who actually loves Jews the most
  • Love and Hatred as the same energy
  • When Jews do not fulfill thier mission, anti-semitism rises
  • Reb Zusha on his deathbed, 'why weren't you like Moses?'
  • The grade school story of assembling the world 
  • Bashert, Destiny and the Soul with Two Faces
  • God speaks Creation into existence 
  • Adam naming the animals
  • Adam is a title for a human being
  • All human beings are both male and female 
  • A baby as an embryo learns the entire torah in their mother's womb - and are shown the Light of Creation that streches from teh beginning of time of one end
  • What is True is in our bones
  • Ish and Isha male and female, Kabbalist deconstruction
  • King Solomon 'he who has found good has found a wife'
  • Bashert Decreed by God 

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    Biography:

    Gedaliah has been a teacher of Jewish wisdom for over 45 years. His experiences have included a range from traditional yeshivot to Pueblo Indians, Igbo Tribes, China, Netherlands, Mexico and, of course, Israel. Gedaliah has also been involved in the Israeli High-Tech industry since 1995. His classic work - free to the public - is The People's Talmud.

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    Unraveling Religion, Judaic EditionBy Rabbi Jessica Minnen and Joel David Lesses