Mr Salem Choheili is Shkanda (deacon) and highly respected for his learning and teaching. Here he reads from Ginza Rba - Smala (The Mandaean Holy Book – left si
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Ginza Rabba

In a Mandaean scripture, the first man lay on the ground unable to stand until a soul was fetched for him.

Compiled 2nd-7th c. CE (debated)

The body could not stand without the soul. What does that say about what a person is?

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