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Jacob Nagel

Jacob Nagel

Israeli engineer

Sep 28, 2026

8:09
Is that what you're saying? Nothing happened.
8:11
Well, I didn't say nothing happened, but I give a class between Menchamarev and I was explaining... well, if it's commemorating the sojourn in the desert, so then technically the proper time to celebrate that would be right after Passover.
8:29
Can you imagine going straight from Passover and say, okay, now it's like, well, I'm not coming back for another seven days because now that we're out of Egypt, we're in the desert and we are protected by the by, you know, by the clouds of glory.
8:45
So therefore, that's what's happening now.
8:49
And we're celebrating that.
8:50
That's when it should have been.
8:52
And the only reason why it moved to Tishrei, according to the simple reading, is because it wouldn't be as obvious that that's... a celebration for the commandment of God, it would be more natural.
13:53
It's
7:25
elucidate further,
7:27
but to me the message is that it's not about the end, it's about the journey.
7:34
It's about the process of reaching unbelievable heights and falling from those heights and rebuilding again.
7:44
That's what Shavuos really is all about.
7:48
Yes, we got to such a high level, a level of prophecy, and then we couldn't maintain it and we fell to a very terrible death.
7:58
But the recognition of what Shavuos is really about is recognizing the process till you get to there.
8:06
It's the process of the ups and downs.
10:10
was miraculous

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