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You Gotta Believe: How Can We Be Commanded to Believe in Hashem?

Speaker:: Rabbi Josh Strulowitz
Date:: December 16 2009

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Venue: San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA

Machshava:

Ikkarei Emunah, Spirituality

Parsha:

Yitro

Description

How can there be a Mitzvah to believe in G-d? If Belief in God is an internal mindset, then why purpose does it serve to be commanded to believe in God?

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You Gotta Believe: How Can We Be Commanded to Believe in Hashem?

Venue: San Francisco, CA San Francisco, CA

Machshava:

Ikkarei Emunah, Spirituality

Parsha:

Yitro

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You Gotta Believe: How Can We Be Commanded to Believe in Hashem?

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Machshava: Ikkarei Emunah, Spirituality Parsha: Yitro

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Machshava:

Ikkarei Emunah, Spirituality

Parsha:

Yitro