How to Make the Torah Come True: Sh'ma and the Redemption

1:00 Sh'ma is a constant guide to our lives

3:45 The meaning of the Sh'ma according to Rashi

4:30 The meaning of there being many gods

6:30 Metaphysics is not interesting to Tanach

8:15 Whether there are many gods or only one depends on people's behavior

10:00 When you say Sh'ma, you should envision redemption and plan for it

12:00 How humanity will attain the Messianic Era and what we should do about it

14:00 Unity and love

16:45 Reaching "Hashem is one" without defining Hashem

20:00 Humanity converging on one value means they are serving Hashem; all the Torah cares about is not serving "other gods"

22:45 Not every monotheist serves Hashem; "as if" being an idolater is extremely important 27:00 The Messianic Era is not totalitarian

28:30 Human progress and reaching unity of Hashem

31:45 Everyone has a god; the god that you "as if" worship is more important for some purposes than the god that you actually worship

34:30 The unity of action achieved by a person who worships one God must apply to any potential future experiences as well, which is why you have to envision giving up your life when saying Sh'ma

38:00 The Jewish problem and the 70 ministering angels

42:00 Creation ex nihilo and disregard for the universe

45:20 Why Jews must be unlike other nations; how to effect unifications

48:30 How to manipulate history and why we need to program AI to effect Redemption

This lecture is a project of the Jacob Lights Foundation