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What Does G-d Think About Me?

19 Kislev




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Yaffe, Shlomo
After flirting with rocket science and WWII history, Shlomo Yaffe turned his prodigious mind and booming voice to the mastery and teaching of Talmudic law and Chassidic philosophy. Today he lectures nationwide to appreciative audiences and serves as rabbi and spiritual leader of Congregation Agudas Achim of West Hartford, Connecticut



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What Does G-d Think About Me?
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On the 19th of Kislev we celebrate the “New Year” of Chassidut, join us as we explore some of the revolutionary ideas illuminated in Chassidut by the first Chabad Rebbe, known as the Alter Rebbe.  (51:45)
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