Modeh Ani on Four Levels (Essence of Chassidus #6)
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The number of subjects dealt with in Torah is infinite. We will focus on the Modeh Ani prayer because of its foundational nature and use it as our example of how the four levels of Torah interpretation differ from one another as well as how chasidus illuminates all of them. (Chs. 9-10)
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