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So You Want To Be a Bechor ... Or Do You? Power, Makkos and Mitzvos

Speaker:: Rabbi Tanchum Cohen
Date:: January 15 2024

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Venue: Yeshivat Reishit Yeshivat Reishit

Halacha:

Bechorot, Tfillin, Zeraim

Machshava:

Ethics, Galut, Geulah, Hashem, Politics, Spirituality

Holidays:

Rosh Chodesh

Parsha:

Bo, Va'etchanan

Collections: The Plague of The First Born

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Is being a bechor a terrible thing, or a source of goodness, kedusha and mitzvos? Seems like it's a Parshas Bo puzzle ...

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