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Jews and Mazal: What Controls Us?

Speaker:: Rabbi Barry Gelman
Date:: July 31 2019

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Venue: United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston) United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston)

Machshava:

Bitachon, Ethics, Reward and Punishment

Parsha:

Masei

Description

An interesting comment by the Netziv opens up a discussion on mazal, luck, superstition, free will and the importance of taking responsibility for our life.

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Jews and Mazal: What Controls Us?

Venue: United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston) United Orthodox Synagogues (Houston)

Machshava:

Bitachon, Ethics, Reward and Punishment

Parsha:

Masei

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Machshava: Bitachon, Ethics, Reward and Punishment Parsha: Masei

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Machshava:

Bitachon, Ethics, Reward and Punishment

Parsha:

Masei