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The Hidden Spiritual Power of the Four Species - Rabbi Zamir Cohen

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The four species that the Torah says to take and shake, viewed from the side. If a non-Jew were to come and see a Jew taking an etrog, thinking it's a lemon with branches, shaking it with intention, and turning to the sides, he wouldn't understand what it is, but it's exactly like a person who doesn't know what radiation equipment is and sees a doctor focused and pressing buttons. This is written in the Gemara that when the people of Israel shake the four species, and the Kabbalah sages expand on it even further, if we had spiritual eyes, we would see how many harsh decrees, how many harmful entities there are, spiritual pests, destroyers created from a person's sins, who come and wait for permission to harm him. And with this shaking of the four species, he eliminates them all. Therefore, one turns to the four corners of the heavens. From every side, a thousand may fall at your side, and 10,000 at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. This is the great power of the four species. How careful one must be with this precious commandment and not forego it.