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Podcast: The Tefilah Podcast
Episode: Does Hashem Love Us Unconditionally? (Part 1)
Description: Have any questions, insights, or feedback? Send me a text!Length: 1 hourSynopsis: Tonight (1/1/24), in our Wednesday night tefilah shiur, we took up a question that was sparked by a debate I had on Facebook about whether Hashem loves us unconditionally which, itself, was sparked by the popular Israeli song "Tamid Ohev Oti." We began with a surface-level analysis of the two berachos before krias Shema in which we talk about God's love for Israel, raising some basic and powerful questions. We then quickly familiarized ourselves with the source-pesukim cited by three Rishonic commentaries on tefilah...