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Understanding the Role of Chachamim · Kollel Toras Chaim All Shiurim

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  Okay,
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  so
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  we're
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  holding
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  the
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  Kut
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  e
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  Meran
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  Samach
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  Aleph
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  61.
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  And
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  we're.
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  We're
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  basically
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  at
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  Beis
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  Yesh
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  Manhigim
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  Shinnik
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  Royim
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  B'
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  Shem'
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  E'rebbe
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  but
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  to
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  review
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  briefly
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  what
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  we
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  said
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  before
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  in
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  the
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  first
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  year
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  in
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  Aleph,
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  that
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  there's
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  Nidaim
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  ben
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  Maisaris,
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  somebody
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  who
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  lacks
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  is
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  Nidaim
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  ben
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  Maisarisachas,
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  right?
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  So
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  that
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  means
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  that's
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  extra.
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  Just
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  as
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  somebody
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  considers
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  the
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  words
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  of
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  the
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  Chachamim,
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  extra,
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  extra,
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  not
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  relevant,
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  so
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  they're
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  judged
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  by
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  that
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  which
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  is
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  not
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  relevant,
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  that
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  is
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  extra
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  waste.
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  That's
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  the
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  Rebbe's
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  point
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  over
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  here.
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  He's
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  going
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  to.
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  He's
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  going
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  to
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  continue
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  in
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  this
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  vein
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  and
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  he's
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  going
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  to
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  talk
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  about
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  Mida
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  kanegen
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  mida,
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  and
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  in
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  particular
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  allude
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  to
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  the
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  nishness
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  of
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  his
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  time,
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  which
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  was
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  the
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  decrees
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  of
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  the
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  Russian
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  czar
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  and
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  the
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  fact
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  that
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  they
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  had
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  to
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  have
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  secular
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  education,
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  the
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  fact
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  that
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  they
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  were
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  moved
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  to
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  different
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  places,
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  meaning
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  their
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  challenges
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  that
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  were
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  happening
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  in
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  their
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  time.
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  The
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  Rebbe
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  attributed
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  them
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  to
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  the
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  fact
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  that
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  there
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  was
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  a
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  lack
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  of
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  that
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  was
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  there
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  people
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  that
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  were
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  given,
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  so
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  to
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  speak,
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  the
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  title
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  of
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  Rebbe
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  or
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  their
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  Torah
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  was,
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  you
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  know,
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  they
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  were
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  given
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  the
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  COVID
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  of
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  a
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  Rebbe,
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  were
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  people
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  that
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  were
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  undeserving.
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  And
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  his
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  point,
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  he
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  makes
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  a
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  point
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  about
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  doyg,
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  which
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  is
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  interesting,
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  right?
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  We
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  said
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  last
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  week,
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  we
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  said
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  last
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  time
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  in
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  Aleph,
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  he
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  says,
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  he
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  said
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  you
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  could
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  reach
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  a
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  proper
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  mishpat
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  through
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  emunah
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  Chachamim,
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  because
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  the
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  Chachamim
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  are
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  going
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  to
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  tell
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  you
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  something
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  like
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  zasr,
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  right?
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  They're
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  going
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  to
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  tell
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  you
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  something.
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  And
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  you're
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  not
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  supposed
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  to
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  move
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  to
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  the
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  right
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  or
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  left,
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  which
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  means
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  they're
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  going
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  to
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  give
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  you
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  the
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  right
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  K.
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  They're
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  going
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  to
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  set
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  you
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  on
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  the
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  straight
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  path.
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  And
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  he,
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  he
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  says
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  here
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  about
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  D.
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  Okay,
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  was.
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  Was
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  somebody
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  who
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  was
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  subject
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  to
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  this
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  extra
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  or
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  unnecessary.
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  He
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  was
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  the
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  vahinas,
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  the
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  sham,
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  ishmay
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  avdesh,
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  netzar.
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  So
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  he
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  makes
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  a
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  play
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  on
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  this
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  word.
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  Nezar
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  is
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  to
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  be
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  an.
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  Is
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  to
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  withhold,
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  so
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  to
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  speak.
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  So
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  withholding
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  is
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  considered
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  in
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  this
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  context.
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  He's
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  saying
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  is
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  nidaim
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  ben
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  maisaras.
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  And
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  Rashi
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  says
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  he
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  held
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  himself
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  back
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  la
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  ASAI
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  butira.
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  But
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  he
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  was
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  saying
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  that
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  this
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  was
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  not
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  the
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  proper
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  tyrant.
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  Okay,
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  so
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  what
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  did
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  he
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  go.
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  In
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  other
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  words,
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  the
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  story
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  of
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  Dayeg
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  was
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  he
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  went
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  to
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  Nov,
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  right?
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  He
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  really
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  went
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  to
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  bring
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  Korbanis.
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  He
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  ended
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  up
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  staying
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  for
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  learning.
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  And
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  then
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  he
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  witnessed
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  this.
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  This
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  event
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  that
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  David
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  Amalek
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  ends
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  up
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  staying
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  over
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  in.
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  In
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  Novi
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  or
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  Kohanim.
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  Because
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  David
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  Hamel
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  was
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  running
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  from
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  Saul.
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  And
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  ultimately
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  his
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  loyalty
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  was
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  to
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  Saul.
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  And
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  since
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  Doeg's
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  loyalty
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  was
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  to
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  Saul,
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  he
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  reported
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  this
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  to
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  Saul,
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  which
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  was
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  his
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  indiscretion
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  of
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  Lashon
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  Hara.
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  And
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  ultimately
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  Saul
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  then
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  made
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  a
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  decision
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  that
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  all
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  of
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  these,
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  the
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  Kohanim
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  and
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  Novi
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  or
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  Kohanim,
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  were
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  mar.
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  They
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  were
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  rebellious
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  to
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  the
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  king
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  and
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  they
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  deserve
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  to
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  be
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  killed.
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  And
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  mar
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  is
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  to
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  be
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  killed,
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  right?
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  In
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  a
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  certain
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  sense,
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  like,
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  just
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  like
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  we
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  say,
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  ur
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  who
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  was
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  Mary
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  Bam.
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  Because
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  he
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  didn't
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  listen
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  to
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  David.
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  He
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  was
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  really
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  chaev
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  misa.
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  That's
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  why
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  he
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  died
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  on
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  the
• 5:12
  front
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  lines
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  of
• 5:13
  battle.
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  Okay,
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  so
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  D
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  was
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  a.
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  Was
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  a
• 5:25
  person
• 5:25
  who
• 5:25
  was
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  in
• 5:26
  charge
• 5:26
  of
• 5:26
  the
• 5:26
  Sanhedrin.
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  Very
• 5:28
  interesting.
• 5:28
  He's
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  a
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  young
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  man.
• 5:29
  He
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  only
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  lived
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  34
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  years.
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  He
• 5:32
  died
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  when
• 5:33
  he
• 5:33
  was
• 5:33
  34
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  years
• 5:33
  old.
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  This
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  is
• 5:34
  the.
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  Take
• 5:35
  a
• 5:35
  look
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  at
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  the
• 5:36
  Gamara
• 5:36
  in
• 5:36
  Sanhedrin.
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  And
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  there's
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  an
• 5:38
  interesting
• 5:38
  link
• 5:38
  to
• 5:38
  the
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  Parasha
• 5:40
  about.
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  So
• 5:46
  the
• 5:46
  Gemara
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  in
• 5:47
  Sanhedrin
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  says
• 5:49
  that
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  loyalist
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  to
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  shawl.
• 5:54
  And
• 5:59
  the.
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  The
• 6:00
  Gemara
• 6:00
  here
• 6:00
  in
• 6:01
  Sanhedrin
• 6:01
  says
• 6:05
  there
• 6:05
  were.
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  There
• 6:06
  are
• 6:06
  three.
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  What
• 6:09
  do
• 6:10
  you
• 6:10
  call
• 6:10
  them?
• 6:10
  What
• 6:10
  do
• 6:10
  you
• 6:10
  say?
• 6:11
  Ahedy
• 6:11
  is
• 6:13
  plebe.
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  What
• 6:14
  do
• 6:14
  you.
• 6:14
  What
• 6:14
  do
• 6:14
  you
• 6:15
  call
• 6:15
  them?
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  Freshmen.
• 6:22
  You
• 6:22
  call
• 6:22
  them.
• 6:33
  Is
• 6:33
  a
• 6:33
  non
• 6:33
  royal.
• 6:34
  Okay?
• 6:34
  That's
• 6:35
  generous.
• 6:37
  Ordinary
• 6:38
  people.
• 6:40
  Is
• 6:41
  included
• 6:41
  in
• 6:41
  this
• 6:41
  group
• 6:42
  with
• 6:42
  Daig.
• 6:45
  So
• 6:46
  like,
• 6:46
  what's
• 6:46
  interesting
• 6:46
  is,
• 6:47
  like.
• 6:47
  Is
• 6:48
  like,
• 6:49
  you
• 6:49
  know,
• 6:49
  these
• 6:49
  don't
• 6:50
  really
• 6:50
  belong
• 6:50
  together,
• 6:51
  right?
• 6:54
  And
• 6:54
  then
• 6:54
  you
• 6:54
  have.
• 7:07
  Right.
• 7:07
  And
• 7:07
  that's
• 7:07
  an
• 7:07
  excellent
• 7:08
  point.
• 7:09
  Meaning,
• 7:09
  you
• 7:09
  know,
• 7:10
  but
• 7:10
  he
• 7:10
  was
• 7:10
  a
• 7:10
  guy,
• 7:11
  right?
• 7:14
  He
• 7:15
  was
• 7:15
  a
• 7:15
  guy.
• 7:15
  The
• 7:16
  Mishnah
• 7:16
  in.
• 7:17
  In.
• 7:17
  In.
• 7:22
  In.
• 7:23
  In
• 7:23
  Sanhedrin
• 7:25
  is
• 7:32
  the
• 7:32
  mission
• 7:33
  Sanhedri,
• 7:37
  right?
• 7:46
  And
• 7:48
  then
• 7:49
  it
• 7:49
  lists
• 7:49
  all
• 7:49
  the
• 7:50
  people.
• 7:52
  Somebody
• 7:52
  says
• 7:53
  that
• 7:53
  there's
• 7:53
  no.
• 7:56
  Right.
• 8:05
  Somebody
• 8:05
  that
• 8:06
  reads
• 8:07
  philosophy
• 8:07
  books,
• 8:15
  okay?
• 8:16
  And
• 8:17
  here
• 8:17
  it
• 8:17
  says.
• 8:20
  Okay,
• 8:20
  so
• 8:20
  this
• 8:21
  is
• 8:21
  your
• 8:21
  point,
• 8:21
  right?
• 8:26
  Three
• 8:26
  Malachim
• 8:27
  and
• 8:29
  Shlesha.
• 8:30
  He.
• 8:30
  So
• 8:31
  three
• 8:31
  Malachim.
• 8:31
  So
• 8:32
  to
• 8:32
  Shmuel's
• 8:32
  point
• 8:33
  is
• 8:33
  valid
• 8:34
  and
• 8:34
  non
• 8:34
  royal
• 8:34
  because
• 8:35
  the
• 8:35
  mission
• 8:35
  is
• 8:35
  contrasting
• 8:36
  the
• 8:36
  worlds
• 8:36
  and
• 8:36
  the
• 8:37
  non
• 8:37
  royals.
• 8:38
  Okay?
• 8:40
  Yeravam
• 8:41
  achavumasha
• 8:43
  don't
• 8:43
  have
• 8:43
  a
• 8:44
  chela.
• 8:45
  Okay?
• 8:47
  And
• 8:49
  Rabihuda
• 8:49
  argues
• 8:50
  Manasseh
• 8:50
  does
• 8:50
  have
• 8:50
  a
• 8:50
  chile.
• 8:54
  What?
• 8:57
  So
• 8:57
  that's
• 8:57
  the
• 8:57
  point
• 8:57
  of
• 8:57
  an
• 8:58
  argument.
• 8:59
  And.
• 9:02
  And
• 9:04
  Arba
• 9:04
  had
• 9:05
  yites
• 9:05
  is
• 9:05
  bilam
• 9:05
  Dyg
• 9:06
  and
• 9:06
  nachit.
• 9:09
  So
• 9:10
  Daig
• 9:11
  had
• 9:11
  a
• 9:11
  power
• 9:12
  over
• 9:12
  the
• 9:12
  San,
• 9:13
  over
• 9:13
  the
• 9:13
  Sanhedrin,
• 9:14
  okay.
• 9:19
  His
• 9:20
  problem
• 9:20
  was,
• 9:20
  is
• 9:21
  that
• 9:22
  he
• 9:22
  donned
• 9:23
  the
• 9:23
  halacha
• 9:24
  of
• 9:25
  Mayavi
• 9:25
  Valo
• 9:26
  Moavis.
• 9:28
  Right.
• 9:29
  He
• 9:30
  said
• 9:30
  that
• 9:30
  it
• 9:30
  was
• 9:31
  in
• 9:31
  Ma'
• 9:31
  avi
• 9:32
  includes
• 9:32
  everything.
• 9:33
  And
• 9:33
  therefore
• 9:33
  David
• 9:34
  Hamelech
• 9:36
  is
• 9:36
  not,
• 9:36
  is
• 9:37
  not
• 9:37
  included
• 9:37
  in
• 9:37
  Kla
• 9:38
  Yisrael.
• 9:40
  Right.
• 9:40
  Shola
• 9:41
  Melech
• 9:42
  promised
• 9:42
  whoever,
• 9:44
  whoever
• 9:47
  overtakes
• 9:48
  Goliath
• 9:48
  is
• 9:48
  going
• 9:49
  to
• 9:49
  be
• 9:49
  given
• 9:49
  his
• 9:50
  daughter.
• 9:51
  So
• 9:51
  now
• 9:52
  he
• 9:52
  immediately
• 9:52
  had
• 9:52
  a
• 9:52
  shayla.
• 9:53
  Can
• 9:54
  you,
• 9:55
  can
• 9:56
  you,
• 9:56
  can
• 9:56
  he
• 9:57
  take
• 9:57
  David
• 9:57
  Amalek
• 9:58
  as
• 9:58
  a
• 9:58
  son
• 9:58
  in
• 9:58
  law?
• 10:00
  Can
• 10:00
  he
• 10:00
  give
• 10:00
  Michal
• 10:01
  to
• 10:01
  him?
• 10:01
  To
• 10:02
  him?
• 10:03
  So
• 10:03
  he
• 10:04
  went
• 10:04
  to
• 10:04
  Dan
• 10:04
  the
• 10:04
  Shayla
• 10:05
  and
• 10:05
  Dag,
• 10:05
  who's
• 10:06
  head
• 10:06
  of
• 10:06
  Sanhedrin,
• 10:07
  went
• 10:07
  to
• 10:07
  Dan
• 10:07
  the
• 10:08
  Shayla.
• 10:08
  And
• 10:08
  in
• 10:08
  the
• 10:09
  Sanhedrin
• 10:09
  they
• 10:09
  had
• 10:09
  this
• 10:09
  big
• 10:10
  argument.
• 10:10
  Now
• 10:10
  he
• 10:10
  did
• 10:11
  not
• 10:11
  know
• 10:11
  the
• 10:11
  halacha,
• 10:12
  that
• 10:12
  it
• 10:12
  was
• 10:12
  a
• 10:12
  Kabbalah
• 10:13
  from
• 10:13
  Shmuel
• 10:13
  Hanavi,
• 10:14
  that.
• 10:17
  And
• 10:17
  they
• 10:17
  had
• 10:18
  a
• 10:18
  big
• 10:19
  argument
• 10:19
  in
• 10:19
  the
• 10:20
  base
• 10:20
  matters
• 10:21
  about
• 10:21
  it.
• 10:23
  But
• 10:23
  he
• 10:23
  was
• 10:23
  on
• 10:23
  the
• 10:24
  wrong
• 10:24
  side.
• 10:29
  Say
• 10:29
  it
• 10:29
  again.
• 10:47
  It
• 10:47
  wasn't
• 10:48
  revealed
• 10:48
  at
• 10:48
  that
• 10:48
  time.
• 10:57
  The,
• 10:58
  the,
• 11:01
  the,
• 11:01
  the.
• 11:02
  So,
• 11:02
  so
• 11:02
  this
• 11:02
  was
• 11:03
  a
• 11:03
  point
• 11:03
  of
• 11:04
  an
• 11:04
  argument
• 11:05
  that
• 11:05
  existed.
• 11:06
  But
• 11:06
  Dag
• 11:06
  was
• 11:06
  on
• 11:07
  the
• 11:07
  wrong
• 11:07
  side
• 11:07
  of
• 11:07
  the
• 11:07
  halacha.
• 11:10
  So
• 11:10
  when
• 11:10
  the
• 11:10
  Rebbe
• 11:11
  says
• 11:12
  Nidaim
• 11:12
  bin
• 11:12
  Maisar
• 11:13
  is
• 11:14
  because
• 11:14
  he
• 11:14
  wasn't
• 11:14
  macabre,
• 11:15
  that.
• 11:16
  So
• 11:16
  he
• 11:16
  was,
• 11:17
  you
• 11:17
  know,
• 11:17
  he
• 11:18
  was
• 11:18
  on
• 11:18
  the
• 11:18
  wrong
• 11:18
  side
• 11:18
  of
• 11:18
  the
• 11:18
  halacha
• 11:19
  and
• 11:19
  therefore
• 11:19
  he
• 11:20
  ended
• 11:20
  up
• 11:21
  veering
• 11:21
  off
• 11:21
  the
• 11:21
  path.
• 11:22
  He
• 11:22
  was
• 11:22
  actually
• 11:22
  the
• 11:23
  head
• 11:23
  of
• 11:23
  the
• 11:23
  Sanhedrin.
• 11:24
  Yeah,
• 11:25
  I
• 11:25
  think
• 11:25
  that.
• 11:25
  I
• 11:26
  believe
• 11:26
  that
• 11:27
  he
• 11:27
  was
• 11:27
  in
• 11:27
  charge
• 11:27
  of
• 11:28
  the
• 11:28
  Sanhedrin.
• 11:28
  What
• 11:28
  does
• 11:28
  that
• 11:29
  mean,
• 11:29
  that
• 11:29
  he
• 11:30
  was
• 11:30
  in
• 11:30
  charge
• 11:30
  of
• 11:30
  the
• 11:30
  Sanhedrin?
• 11:35
  What?
• 11:43
  He
• 11:43
  was
• 11:43
  a
• 11:43
  tamakhochem.
• 11:44
  Daig
• 11:44
  was
• 11:44
  a
• 11:44
  tamakhochem,
• 11:46
  but
• 11:46
  he
• 11:46
  was,
• 11:47
  but
• 11:47
  he
• 11:47
  was
• 11:47
  off.
• 11:50
  And
• 11:50
  he,
• 11:51
  and
• 11:51
  he
• 11:51
  unfortunately
• 11:52
  was.
• 11:52
  His
• 11:52
  life
• 11:52
  was
• 11:53
  cut
• 11:53
  down
• 11:53
  when
• 11:53
  he
• 11:53
  was
• 11:54
  34
• 11:54
  years
• 11:54
  old
• 11:55
  because
• 11:55
  he
• 11:56
  was.
• 11:56
  The
• 11:56
  problem
• 11:56
  was
• 11:57
  that
• 12:02
  in
• 12:02
  other
• 12:02
  words,
• 12:05
  the,
• 12:06
  the,
• 12:08
  the,
• 12:08
  the
• 12:08
  issue
• 12:09
  was
• 12:09
  that
• 12:09
  they,
• 12:09
  they
• 12:10
  were
• 12:10
  loyalists
• 12:11
  to
• 12:11
  shul,
• 12:12
  and
• 12:12
  therefore
• 12:13
  they
• 12:13
  were
• 12:13
  misled,
• 12:16
  misguided,
• 12:21
  and
• 12:21
  they.
• 12:21
  And,
• 12:22
  and,
• 12:22
  and
• 12:22
  I
• 12:22
  think
• 12:23
  the
• 12:23
  Rebbe's
• 12:23
  point
• 12:23
  here
• 12:24
  is,
• 12:24
  is
• 12:24
  that
• 12:24
  it
• 12:25
  was
• 12:25
  a
• 12:25
  lack
• 12:25
  of
• 12:25
  a
• 12:25
  munasachamim
• 12:26
  and
• 12:27
  that
• 12:27
  therefore
• 12:27
  the
• 12:28
  halacha
• 12:28
  was
• 12:28
  off.
• 12:28
  You
• 12:29
  had
• 12:29
  a
• 12:29
  mishpal,
• 12:30
  you
• 12:30
  had
• 12:30
  a
• 12:30
  crooked
• 12:32
  mishpat,
• 12:32
  and
• 12:32
  therefore
• 12:33
  they
• 12:33
  just
• 12:33
  went
• 12:33
  off.
• 12:34
  So
• 12:34
  therefore
• 12:34
  what
• 12:34
  they
• 12:34
  said
• 12:35
  was
• 12:35
  considered
• 12:35
  lashon
• 12:35
  hara.
• 12:36
  It
• 12:36
  wasn't
• 12:36
  Merida
• 12:36
  bamalchus.
• 12:37
  In
• 12:37
  other
• 12:37
  words,
• 12:37
  the
• 12:37
  choice
• 12:38
  was,
• 12:38
  is
• 12:38
  what
• 12:39
  you're
• 12:39
  saying,
• 12:40
  is
• 12:40
  the
• 12:40
  guy
• 12:40
  rebellious
• 12:41
  or
• 12:41
  is
• 12:42
  the
• 12:42
  guy,
• 12:42
  you
• 12:43
  know,
• 12:45
  you
• 12:46
  know,
• 12:46
  is
• 12:47
  he,
• 12:47
  is
• 12:47
  he,
• 12:48
  is
• 12:48
  he
• 12:48
  on
• 12:48
  the
• 12:49
  right
• 12:49
  path?
• 12:51
  So
• 12:51
  you're
• 12:51
  literally
• 12:53
  making,
• 12:53
  making
• 12:54
  a
• 12:54
  decision.
• 12:55
  And
• 12:55
  the
• 12:55
  decision
• 12:55
  is
• 12:56
  a
• 12:56
  life
• 12:56
  or
• 12:56
  death
• 12:56
  decision.
• 12:59
  And
• 12:59
  without
• 12:59
  a,
• 13:01
  you're,
• 13:01
  you're
• 13:02
  totally
• 13:02
  off.
• 13:13
  So
• 13:13
  here
• 13:14
  is
• 13:14
  a.
• 13:14
  Let's
• 13:14
  see
• 13:15
  as
• 13:15
  a
• 13:23
  it.
• 13:59
  The.
• 13:59
  The.
• 14:01
  The
• 14:02
  medra
• 14:02
  says
• 14:02
  that
• 14:03
  d
• 14:04
  came
• 14:04
  to
• 14:04
  show
• 14:05
  vayage.
• 14:06
  They
• 14:06
  told
• 14:06
  him,
• 14:08
  meaning
• 14:09
  vayage
• 14:09
  is.
• 14:10
  Is
• 14:11
  deeper.
• 14:11
  Kosha
• 14:12
  says
• 14:12
  the
• 14:12
  madrash.
• 14:14
  This
• 14:14
  is
• 14:14
  what
• 14:14
  David
• 14:15
  Ameloch
• 14:15
  did.
• 14:23
  David
• 14:24
  who
• 14:24
  was
• 14:24
  Nishal,
• 14:24
  but
• 14:24
  we're
• 14:25
  in
• 14:25
  Bethumim.
• 14:25
  But
• 14:25
  only
• 14:26
  the
• 14:26
  melech
• 14:26
  should
• 14:26
  be
• 14:26
  nishal.
• 14:27
  But
• 14:27
  we're
• 14:27
  in
• 14:27
  Betumim.
• 14:29
  So
• 14:29
  miyad
• 14:30
  nichtas
• 14:30
  ruh
• 14:31
  kin
• 14:31
  of
• 14:31
  a
• 14:31
  shoal.
• 14:33
  So
• 14:33
  immediately
• 14:34
  there
• 14:34
  was.
• 14:35
  There
• 14:35
  was
• 14:35
  a
• 14:35
  jealousy
• 14:36
  that
• 14:37
  took
• 14:37
  over
• 14:38
  shoes.
• 14:39
  And
• 14:40
  on
• 14:40
  that
• 14:41
  day
• 14:41
  it
• 14:41
  says
• 14:42
  so
• 14:48
  85
• 14:48
  ish
• 14:49
  NASA
• 14:50
  Efaibad
• 14:51
  85
• 14:52
  Kohan
• 14:52
  died.
• 14:58
  So
• 14:59
  this
• 14:59
  was.
• 14:59
  This
• 15:00
  was
• 15:00
  the.
• 15:01
  So
• 15:01
  the
• 15:01
  Rebbe
• 15:01
  is
• 15:01
  making
• 15:01
  this
• 15:02
  point
• 15:02
  to
• 15:02
  say
• 15:02
  that
• 15:02
  the
• 15:03
  diag
• 15:04
  was
• 15:04
  needa
• 15:04
  and
• 15:04
  Ben
• 15:05
  Mysara
• 15:05
  is
• 15:05
  because
• 15:06
  that's
• 15:06
  how
• 15:06
  far
• 15:06
  off
• 15:07
  he
• 15:07
  went.
• 15:08
  So
• 15:09
  I
• 15:09
  think
• 15:09
  what's
• 15:10
  upshot
• 15:10
  in
• 15:10
  the.
• 15:12
  In
• 15:12
  the
• 15:12
  Mishnah,
• 15:12
  when
• 15:13
  the
• 15:13
  Mishnah
• 15:13
  says
• 15:14
  bilaam,
• 15:14
  we
• 15:14
  include
• 15:14
  bilaam
• 15:15
  in
• 15:15
  all
• 15:15
  of
• 15:15
  these.
• 15:18
  In
• 15:18
  all
• 15:18
  of.
• 15:18
  With
• 15:19
  this
• 15:19
  four.
• 15:20
  This
• 15:20
  group
• 15:20
  of
• 15:20
  four,
• 15:20
  these
• 15:21
  people.
• 15:26
  Bilaam
• 15:26
  by
• 15:27
  right,
• 15:27
  was.
• 15:30
  He
• 15:30
  was.
• 15:31
  He
• 15:31
  was
• 15:35
  a
• 15:35
  mushkis.
• 15:36
  He
• 15:37
  was
• 15:38
  a.
• 15:41
  He
• 15:41
  was
• 15:42
  a
• 15:42
  person
• 15:43
  who
• 15:45
  was
• 15:45
  a
• 15:45
  radeif.
• 15:46
  He
• 15:47
  was.
• 15:47
  You
• 15:48
  know,
• 15:50
  if
• 15:50
  we
• 15:51
  go
• 15:51
  through
• 15:51
  the
• 15:51
  chazal,
• 15:52
  almost
• 15:52
  every
• 15:53
  aveira
• 15:54
  that
• 15:54
  he
• 15:54
  was
• 15:54
  over,
• 15:54
  he
• 15:54
  was
• 15:54
  greedy.
• 15:56
  How
• 15:56
  do
• 15:57
  we
• 15:57
  put
• 15:57
  such
• 15:57
  a
• 15:58
  guy.
• 15:58
  How
• 15:58
  do
• 15:58
  we
• 15:59
  put
• 15:59
  such
• 15:59
  a
• 15:59
  guy
• 16:00
  in
• 16:00
  the
• 16:01
  whole.
• 16:01
  In
• 16:01
  this
• 16:02
  group?
• 16:02
  I
• 16:02
  mean,
• 16:03
  the
• 16:03
  kasha
• 16:04
  is
• 16:04
  a
• 16:04
  deeper
• 16:05
  question
• 16:05
  because
• 16:06
  you
• 16:06
  ask,
• 16:07
  why
• 16:07
  should
• 16:07
  a
• 16:07
  parsha
• 16:08
  be
• 16:08
  named
• 16:08
  after
• 16:08
  him?
• 16:10
  Bilaam
• 16:11
  Parasha
• 16:12
  should
• 16:12
  be
• 16:12
  named
• 16:12
  after
• 16:12
  him.
• 16:13
  He
• 16:13
  should
• 16:13
  have
• 16:13
  that
• 16:14
  kind
• 16:14
  of
• 16:14
  COVID
• 16:14
  that
• 16:14
  a
• 16:14
  parasha
• 16:15
  is
• 16:16
  given
• 16:16
  a
• 16:16
  name
• 16:16
  after
• 16:16
  him
• 16:17
  if
• 16:17
  he's
• 16:17
  so
• 16:17
  far
• 16:18
  off.
• 16:21
  So
• 16:21
  you
• 16:21
  have
• 16:21
  to
• 16:22
  say,
• 16:22
  the
• 16:22
  only
• 16:22
  thing
• 16:23
  you
• 16:23
  have
• 16:23
  to
• 16:23
  say
• 16:25
  that
• 16:26
  he
• 16:26
  obviously
• 16:26
  reached
• 16:27
  a
• 16:27
  madreg
• 16:27
  of
• 16:27
  Navua
• 16:28
  because
• 16:28
  he
• 16:28
  was
• 16:28
  worthy
• 16:29
  in
• 16:29
  some
• 16:29
  regard.
• 16:30
  And
• 16:31
  since
• 16:31
  he
• 16:31
  was
• 16:31
  worthy
• 16:32
  in
• 16:32
  some
• 16:32
  regard,
• 16:34
  he
• 16:35
  was
• 16:35
  a
• 16:35
  valuable
• 16:36
  person.
• 16:37
  He
• 16:38
  reached
• 16:38
  a
• 16:38
  madreg
• 16:39
  of
• 16:39
  tzidkas.
• 16:40
  Whether
• 16:40
  he
• 16:40
  needed
• 16:42
  all
• 16:42
  of
• 16:42
  the
• 16:43
  madregas
• 16:45
  that
• 16:46
  a
• 16:46
  person
• 16:46
  needs
• 16:46
  to
• 16:47
  be
• 16:47
  kaine
• 16:48
  Nuvua
• 16:48
  is
• 16:49
  a
• 16:49
  different
• 16:49
  story.
• 16:49
  But
• 16:50
  the
• 16:50
  fact
• 16:50
  is
• 16:51
  that
• 16:53
  he
• 16:54
  was
• 16:54
  in
• 16:55
  this
• 16:55
  regard,
• 16:55
  he
• 16:55
  was
• 16:55
  a
• 16:55
  good
• 16:56
  person.
• 16:57
  But
• 16:57
  all
• 16:58
  of
• 16:58
  these
• 16:58
  things
• 16:58
  pulled
• 16:59
  at
• 16:59
  him
• 16:59
  and
• 16:59
  it
• 17:00
  was
• 17:00
  a
• 17:00
  slippery
• 17:00
  slope
• 17:01
  and
• 17:01
  he
• 17:01
  ended
• 17:01
  up
• 17:01
  going
• 17:02
  off
• 17:02
  the
• 17:02
  rails.
• 17:04
  It
• 17:04
  was
• 17:04
  a
• 17:04
  slow
• 17:05
  decline.
• 17:05
  Maybe
• 17:05
  at
• 17:05
  the
• 17:06
  end
• 17:06
  it
• 17:06
  was
• 17:06
  a
• 17:06
  rapid
• 17:06
  decline,
• 17:07
  but
• 17:07
  it
• 17:07
  was
• 17:07
  a
• 17:07
  slow
• 17:07
  decline
• 17:08
  in
• 17:08
  terms
• 17:08
  of
• 17:08
  him
• 17:10
  and
• 17:10
  his
• 17:11
  power.
• 17:11
  He
• 17:12
  had
• 17:12
  the
• 17:12
  same
• 17:12
  potential
• 17:12
  as
• 17:13
  Maisha
• 17:13
  Rabbeinu
• 17:14
  for
• 17:14
  the
• 17:14
  umm
• 17:15
  as
• 17:15
  whatever
• 17:16
  that
• 17:16
  means.
• 17:17
  So
• 17:18
  he
• 17:18
  could
• 17:18
  be
• 17:18
  comparable
• 17:19
  in
• 17:19
  that
• 17:19
  regard.
• 17:20
  But
• 17:20
  he
• 17:21
  eventually
• 17:21
  went
• 17:21
  off.
• 17:22
  I
• 17:22
  think
• 17:22
  perhaps
• 17:22
  the
• 17:23
  mishnah
• 17:23
  what
• 17:23
  the
• 17:23
  Mishnah
• 17:24
  is
• 17:24
  saying,
• 17:24
  therefore
• 17:24
  here
• 17:25
  as
• 17:25
  well,
• 17:25
  is
• 17:26
  there's
• 17:26
  much
• 17:26
  to
• 17:27
  learn
• 17:27
  from
• 17:27
  Bilaam.
• 17:28
  And
• 17:29
  that
• 17:29
  how
• 17:30
  kinna
• 17:30
  taiva
• 17:31
  and
• 17:31
  covet
• 17:31
  can
• 17:32
  pull
• 17:32
  a
• 17:32
  person
• 17:32
  away.
• 17:33
  And
• 17:34
  these
• 17:34
  are
• 17:34
  really
• 17:34
  all
• 17:34
  the
• 17:35
  things
• 17:35
  that.
• 17:35
  Right,
• 17:36
  the
• 17:36
  three
• 17:36
  primary
• 17:37
  things
• 17:37
  that
• 17:38
  pull
• 17:38
  a
• 17:38
  person
• 17:38
  away.
• 17:40
  And
• 17:41
  they
• 17:41
  gnaw
• 17:41
  at
• 17:42
  a
• 17:42
  person
• 17:43
  slowly
• 17:43
  and
• 17:43
  they
• 17:44
  could
• 17:44
  literally,
• 17:46
  they
• 17:47
  could
• 17:47
  take
• 17:47
  you
• 17:47
  down
• 17:47
  and
• 17:48
  they
• 17:48
  might
• 17:48
  see
• 17:49
  Mina
• 17:49
  Islam.
• 17:51
  And
• 17:51
  that's
• 17:51
  why
• 17:51
  the
• 17:52
  Mishnah
• 17:52
  in
• 17:56
  Where's
• 17:56
  a
• 17:56
  Sitter?
• 17:57
  Mishnah
• 17:58
  in
• 17:59
  Avis
• 18:00
  says
• 18:03
  the
• 18:03
  Mission
• 18:03
  Abbas
• 18:04
  is
• 18:04
  also
• 18:04
  a
• 18:04
  pella
• 18:05
  because
• 18:05
  the
• 18:05
  bilim
• 18:06
  gets
• 18:06
  so
• 18:06
  much
• 18:06
  publicity,
• 18:07
  it's
• 18:08
  unreal.
• 18:09
  Thank
• 18:09
  you.
• 18:09
  The
• 18:09
  Mishnah
• 18:10
  abba
• 18:10
  says
• 18:13
  the
• 18:14
  fifth
• 18:14
  parish,
• 18:15
  The
• 18:16
  Mishnah
• 18:16
  says.
• 18:26
  Right,
• 18:27
  so
• 18:27
  what
• 18:27
  do
• 18:27
  we
• 18:27
  say?
• 18:29
  If
• 18:29
  you're
• 18:29
  a
• 18:29
  Talmud
• 18:29
  of
• 18:30
  Avrahaminu,
• 18:31
  you
• 18:31
  have
• 18:31
  ayan
• 18:32
  taiva,
• 18:32
  you
• 18:32
  have
• 18:32
  a
• 18:32
  good
• 18:33
  eye,
• 18:35
  you
• 18:35
  have
• 18:35
  a
• 18:35
  low
• 18:37
  spirit,
• 18:37
  or
• 18:37
  you
• 18:38
  have
• 18:38
  a
• 18:39
  subdued
• 18:39
  spirit.
• 18:40
  And
• 18:41
  nefesh
• 18:41
  shephelah
• 18:42
  is
• 18:42
  that
• 18:42
  you
• 18:43
  have
• 18:43
  an
• 18:43
  unwanted
• 18:45
  nature.
• 18:46
  So
• 18:46
  nefesh
• 18:47
  is
• 18:47
  your
• 18:48
  body.
• 18:48
  Some
• 18:49
  say
• 18:49
  it's
• 18:49
  your
• 18:49
  soul,
• 18:49
  but
• 18:50
  it's
• 18:50
  really
• 18:50
  your
• 18:50
  body.
• 18:51
  You're
• 18:51
  not
• 18:51
  needy.
• 18:52
  So
• 18:52
  the
• 18:53
  ayatova
• 18:54
  means
• 18:54
  when
• 18:54
  somebody
• 18:55
  does.
• 18:55
  When
• 18:55
  somebody
• 18:56
  gets
• 18:56
  something,
• 18:57
  then
• 18:58
  it's
• 18:58
  an
• 18:58
  ayatova.
• 18:59
  You're
• 18:59
  happy
• 18:59
  for
• 18:59
  them.
• 19:00
  Somebody
• 19:01
  gets
• 19:01
  something
• 19:01
  that
• 19:01
  you
• 19:01
  want,
• 19:01
  you're
• 19:02
  happy
• 19:02
  for
• 19:02
  them.
• 19:03
  That's
• 19:03
  a
• 19:03
  big
• 19:03
  madrega.
• 19:05
  When
• 19:06
  a
• 19:06
  chaver
• 19:06
  gets
• 19:07
  something
• 19:07
  that
• 19:07
  you
• 19:07
  want
• 19:07
  and
• 19:07
  you're
• 19:08
  happy
• 19:08
  for
• 19:08
  them,
• 19:09
  that's
• 19:09
  a
• 19:09
  mido
• 19:09
  of
• 19:09
  Avraham
• 19:10
  rabinoach
• 19:12
  nemucha.
• 19:14
  A
• 19:14
  subdued
• 19:14
  spirit
• 19:15
  means
• 19:15
  that
• 19:15
  you're
• 19:15
  humble,
• 19:16
  you're
• 19:16
  not
• 19:17
  arrogant.
• 19:18
  Nefeshefola
• 19:20
  means
• 19:20
  that
• 19:20
  you're
• 19:20
  not
• 19:21
  greedy,
• 19:21
  meaning,
• 19:21
  you
• 19:21
  know,
• 19:22
  you're
• 19:22
  not
• 19:22
  a
• 19:22
  baltaiva.
• 19:24
  Okay?
• 19:24
  These
• 19:24
  are
• 19:24
  not
• 19:25
  necessarily
• 19:25
  all
• 19:25
  absolutes,
• 19:26
  but
• 19:26
  this
• 19:27
  is,
• 19:27
  in
• 19:27
  essence,
• 19:28
  this
• 19:28
  is
• 19:28
  kinna
• 19:29
  taiva
• 19:29
  and
• 19:29
  khabbud,
• 19:31
  right?
• 19:31
  That's
• 19:31
  what
• 19:31
  this
• 19:31
  is.
• 19:32
  The
• 19:33
  three
• 19:33
  primary
• 19:35
  crimes
• 19:36
  of
• 19:37
  passion,
• 19:37
  you
• 19:37
  know,
• 19:38
  or
• 19:38
  causes
• 19:39
  for
• 19:39
  the
• 19:39
  crimes
• 19:39
  of
• 19:39
  passion.
• 19:40
  That's
• 19:40
  what
• 19:40
  this
• 19:40
  is.
• 19:41
  And
• 19:42
  that's
• 19:42
  talmidoshal
• 19:43
  aravinu.
• 19:44
  But
• 19:44
  if
• 19:45
  somebody
• 19:45
  has
• 19:45
  an
• 19:45
  ayin
• 19:46
  ra
• 19:46
  or
• 19:46
  ruach
• 19:46
  kuvaya
• 19:47
  or
• 19:48
  and
• 19:48
  or
• 19:48
  nefesh
• 19:49
  ruhava,
• 19:49
  which
• 19:50
  is
• 19:50
  that
• 19:50
  you're
• 19:51
  jealous
• 19:51
  of
• 19:51
  somebody,
• 19:52
  that
• 19:52
  you
• 19:53
  have
• 19:53
  haughtiness
• 19:54
  and
• 19:54
  that
• 19:54
  you're
• 19:55
  wanton,
• 19:56
  then
• 19:56
  you're
• 19:56
  telling
• 19:57
  me,
• 19:57
  there,
• 19:57
  she'll
• 19:57
  build
• 19:57
  him
• 19:57
  on
• 19:58
  Russia.
• 20:00
  So
• 20:01
  what?
• 20:01
  We.
• 20:01
  How
• 20:01
  are
• 20:02
  we
• 20:02
  even
• 20:02
  putting
• 20:02
  these
• 20:02
  two
• 20:03
  in
• 20:03
  the
• 20:03
  same
• 20:03
  category?
• 20:04
  It
• 20:04
  doesn't
• 20:04
  make
• 20:04
  any
• 20:05
  sense,
• 20:05
  right?
• 20:06
  Bilam
• 20:07
  is
• 20:07
  such
• 20:07
  a
• 20:07
  bad
• 20:08
  guy.
• 20:08
  You
• 20:08
  cannot
• 20:08
  compare
• 20:09
  him
• 20:09
  to
• 20:09
  Avro
• 20:09
  Movino.
• 20:12
  Unless
• 20:12
  the
• 20:12
  point
• 20:13
  is,
• 20:13
  is
• 20:13
  that.
• 20:15
  So
• 20:15
  you're
• 20:16
  saying
• 20:16
  just
• 20:16
  there's
• 20:17
  beauty
• 20:17
  in
• 20:17
  contrast.
• 20:22
  Okay,
• 20:23
  but
• 20:23
  you
• 20:23
  know,
• 20:24
  he's.
• 20:24
  So
• 20:25
  far,
• 20:25
  he's.
• 20:25
  You
• 20:26
  would
• 20:26
  be
• 20:26
  a
• 20:26
  Talmud
• 20:26
  of
• 20:27
  bilam
• 20:27
  harasha,
• 20:27
  meaning
• 20:28
  and
• 20:29
  therefore
• 20:29
  what?
• 20:30
  And
• 20:30
  therefore
• 20:31
  what?
• 20:31
  You
• 20:31
  know,
• 20:31
  I'm
• 20:31
  saying.
• 20:31
  Yeah,
• 20:31
  you're
• 20:32
  attributing
• 20:32
  your
• 20:33
  Talmud
• 20:33
  of
• 20:33
  Bill
• 20:33
  and
• 20:33
  Russia.
• 20:34
  I'm
• 20:34
  saying,
• 20:35
  I'm
• 20:35
  just
• 20:35
  showing
• 20:35
  you
• 20:35
  two
• 20:35
  extremes.
• 20:39
  You
• 20:39
  could
• 20:39
  pick.
• 20:39
  You
• 20:39
  could
• 20:40
  pick
• 20:40
  many
• 20:40
  people
• 20:40
  to
• 20:41
  be,
• 20:41
  you
• 20:41
  know,
• 20:42
  bad
• 20:42
  people.
• 20:43
  Pick
• 20:43
  another
• 20:43
  bad
• 20:44
  person,
• 20:45
  Bill,
• 20:49
  think
• 20:49
  of
• 20:49
  another
• 20:49
  bad
• 20:50
  guy.
• 20:56
  Right.
• 20:57
  I
• 20:57
  guess
• 20:58
  you
• 20:58
  could.
• 20:58
  Right.
• 21:02
  I
• 21:02
  think
• 21:03
  point.
• 21:03
  Maybe
• 21:04
  you're
• 21:04
  suggesting
• 21:04
  that
• 21:06
  had
• 21:06
  this
• 21:06
  potential
• 21:07
  to
• 21:07
  be.
• 21:07
  To
• 21:07
  be
• 21:08
  like
• 21:08
  mushroom.
• 21:10
  Right.
• 21:11
  Because
• 21:11
  of
• 21:12
  these
• 21:13
  character
• 21:13
  traits,
• 21:17
  deficits
• 21:18
  in
• 21:18
  his
• 21:18
  character,
• 21:18
  he
• 21:19
  was
• 21:19
  pulled
• 21:19
  in
• 21:20
  that
• 21:20
  direction.
• 21:21
  Right.
• 21:23
  That's
• 21:23
  what
• 21:23
  you
• 21:23
  have
• 21:24
  to
• 21:24
  say.
• 21:24
  Excellent.
• 21:24
  You
• 21:25
  have
• 21:25
  to
• 21:25
  say
• 21:25
  that
• 21:26
  he
• 21:26
  had
• 21:26
  this
• 21:26
  great
• 21:27
  potential.
• 21:28
  He
• 21:29
  was
• 21:29
  going
• 21:29
  to
• 21:29
  be
• 21:29
  somebody
• 21:30
  to
• 21:31
  whatever
• 21:31
  degree
• 21:31
  on
• 21:32
  par
• 21:32
  means
• 21:33
  in
• 21:33
  terms
• 21:33
  of
• 21:33
  prophecy.
• 21:34
  But
• 21:35
  unfortunately,
• 21:36
  these
• 21:36
  things
• 21:37
  just
• 21:37
  pulled
• 21:37
  him
• 21:38
  in
• 21:38
  a
• 21:38
  slow
• 21:39
  decline
• 21:39
  away
• 21:40
  from
• 21:41
  greatness.
• 21:42
  That's
• 21:42
  tragedy
• 21:43
  because
• 21:44
  that's.
• 21:44
  That's
• 21:45
  a
• 21:45
  lost
• 21:45
  potential.
• 21:49
  In
• 21:49
  terms
• 21:49
  of
• 21:49
  the
• 21:49
  Torah.
• 21:50
  So
• 21:50
  far,
• 21:51
  the
• 21:51
  Rebbe
• 21:52
  is
• 21:52
  telling
• 21:52
  us
• 21:52
  that
• 21:52
  this
• 21:53
  is
• 21:53
  middle
• 21:53
  path.
• 21:54
  Like
• 21:54
  I
• 21:54
  said
• 21:55
  at
• 21:55
  the
• 21:55
  video
• 21:55
  where
• 21:56
  Kivak
• 21:56
  was
• 21:56
  talking
• 21:57
  about.
• 21:57
  Right,
• 21:59
  right.
• 22:01
  That
• 22:01
  these,
• 22:02
  these,
• 22:03
  these
• 22:03
  tr.
• 22:07
  Selfishness,
• 22:08
  you
• 22:08
  know,
• 22:09
  greed,
• 22:10
  haughtiness,
• 22:11
  having
• 22:11
  a
• 22:12
  critical
• 22:12
  eye,
• 22:13
  they
• 22:13
  can
• 22:14
  sway
• 22:14
  a
• 22:14
  person
• 22:14
  so
• 22:15
  easily
• 22:16
  that
• 22:16
  on
• 22:17
  your
• 22:17
  own,
• 22:17
  without
• 22:18
  a
• 22:18
  munas
• 22:18
  vochamim,
• 22:19
  you
• 22:19
  can
• 22:20
  easily
• 22:20
  swing
• 22:20
  too
• 22:21
  far
• 22:22
  to
• 22:23
  the
• 22:23
  right
• 22:23
  or
• 22:23
  too
• 22:23
  far
• 22:23
  to
• 22:24
  the
• 22:24
  left.
• 22:25
  We
• 22:25
  need
• 22:25
  a
• 22:25
  middle
• 22:26
  path
• 22:26
  that
• 22:26
  we
• 22:26
  can't
• 22:26
  discern
• 22:27
  on
• 22:27
  our
• 22:27
  own.
• 22:28
  And
• 22:28
  that's
• 22:28
  where
• 22:29
  munisaddhikimun.
• 22:31
  Right.
• 22:31
  So
• 22:32
  rid
• 22:32
  of.
• 22:32
  Right.
• 22:33
  Because
• 22:33
  our
• 22:33
  own
• 22:33
  judgment,
• 22:38
  very
• 22:39
  much
• 22:39
  along
• 22:39
  the
• 22:39
  lines
• 22:39
  of
• 22:39
  what
• 22:39
  you're
• 22:40
  saying
• 22:41
  that
• 22:42
  these
• 22:42
  qualities
• 22:43
  in
• 22:43
  the
• 22:43
  Mishnah,
• 22:44
  they.
• 22:44
  They
• 22:44
  affect
• 22:45
  our
• 22:45
  lens.
• 22:46
  Right.
• 22:46
  They
• 22:47
  distort
• 22:47
  our
• 22:47
  lens.
• 22:48
  And
• 22:48
  therefore
• 22:49
  we.
• 22:49
  You
• 22:49
  can't.
• 22:50
  You
• 22:50
  can't
• 22:51
  see
• 22:51
  where
• 22:51
  the
• 22:51
  truth
• 22:51
  is.
• 22:51
  You
• 22:52
  lose
• 22:52
  your
• 22:52
  bearing.
• 22:53
  Right?
• 22:55
  Right.
• 22:55
  And
• 22:56
  so
• 22:56
  Achitropho
• 22:57
  is
• 22:57
  a
• 22:57
  great
• 22:57
  spirit
• 22:58
  scholar,
• 22:58
  but
• 22:59
  because
• 22:59
  he
• 22:59
  has
• 23:00
  these
• 23:00
  biases,
• 23:01
  these
• 23:01
  nagias
• 23:02
  personal
• 23:02
  agenda
• 23:03
  and
• 23:04
  these
• 23:05
  problematic
• 23:06
  character
• 23:06
  defects,
• 23:07
  he
• 23:08
  went
• 23:08
  completely
• 23:09
  to
• 23:09
  this
• 23:09
  point
• 23:09
  where
• 23:10
  he
• 23:10
  has
• 23:10
  no
• 23:10
  paleo
• 23:10
  canal
• 23:11
  power.
• 23:11
  Right,
• 23:13
  right.
• 23:13
  Excellent.
• 23:14
  And
• 23:14
  at
• 23:14
  every
• 23:14
  point
• 23:15
  he
• 23:15
  rationalized
• 23:16
  it.
• 23:16
  Even
• 23:16
  Bill
• 23:17
  and
• 23:17
  Mirage
• 23:17
  rationalized
• 23:18
  it.
• 23:19
  Meaning
• 23:20
  he
• 23:21
  wasn't,
• 23:21
  you
• 23:21
  know,
• 23:22
  this
• 23:22
  evil,
• 23:24
  you
• 23:24
  know,
• 23:24
  the
• 23:25
  evil
• 23:25
  vizier
• 23:26
  who
• 23:26
  has
• 23:27
  pure
• 23:28
  mal
• 23:28
  intent.
• 23:28
  Even
• 23:29
  Bullock
• 23:30
  had
• 23:31
  a
• 23:32
  purity
• 23:32
  about
• 23:32
  him.
• 23:33
  He
• 23:33
  had
• 23:33
  a
• 23:34
  purity
• 23:34
  about
• 23:34
  him
• 23:34
  of
• 23:35
  what
• 23:35
  he
• 23:35
  wanted.
• 23:35
  Meaning
• 23:37
  that's
• 23:37
  why
• 23:37
  he
• 23:37
  was
• 23:38
  to
• 23:38
  have
• 23:38
  Rus
• 23:39
  generations
• 23:40
  later.
• 23:40
  Because
• 23:41
  his
• 23:42
  argument
• 23:42
  was,
• 23:42
  why
• 23:43
  should
• 23:43
  you
• 23:43
  be
• 23:43
  the
• 23:43
  only
• 23:43
  ones
• 23:44
  that
• 23:44
  have
• 23:44
  a
• 23:44
  chilek,
• 23:45
  you
• 23:45
  know,
• 23:46
  with
• 23:46
  Hakadosh.
• 23:47
  Baruch
• 23:47
  Hu
• 23:48
  says
• 23:49
  that
• 23:49
  you
• 23:49
  guys
• 23:49
  are
• 23:49
  so
• 23:50
  great.
• 23:53
  Why
• 23:53
  is
• 23:53
  it
• 23:54
  that
• 23:54
  we
• 23:54
  can't
• 23:55
  also
• 23:56
  have
• 23:56
  a
• 23:56
  relationship
• 23:57
  with
• 23:57
  Hakodesh
• 23:57
  Baruch
• 23:58
  Hu?
• 23:58
  Why
• 23:58
  is
• 23:58
  it.
• 23:58
  Why
• 23:59
  we
• 23:59
  can't
• 23:59
  be
• 23:59
  the
• 23:59
  ones
• 23:59
  that
• 24:00
  have
• 24:00
  relationship
• 24:00
  with
• 24:00
  the
• 24:00
  Kodosh
• 24:00
  Baruch
• 24:01
  hurt?
• 24:04
  He
• 24:04
  wasn't
• 24:04
  all
• 24:04
  bad.
• 24:07
  Bilaam
• 24:08
  and
• 24:08
  Bolek,
• 24:08
  meaning
• 24:09
  their
• 24:09
  intent
• 24:10
  was
• 24:12
  the
• 24:12
  Yiddin
• 24:13
  are
• 24:13
  going
• 24:13
  to
• 24:14
  move
• 24:14
  into
• 24:14
  town
• 24:14
  and
• 24:15
  they're
• 24:15
  going
• 24:15
  to
• 24:15
  sweep
• 24:15
  everybody
• 24:16
  up.
• 24:17
  Did
• 24:17
  he
• 24:17
  care
• 24:17
  about
• 24:18
  them
• 24:18
  when
• 24:18
  they
• 24:18
  were
• 24:18
  in
• 24:18
  the
• 24:18
  midbar?
• 24:20
  He
• 24:20
  didn't
• 24:21
  come
• 24:21
  to
• 24:21
  attack
• 24:21
  them
• 24:21
  in
• 24:21
  the
• 24:22
  midbar.
• 24:24
  He
• 24:24
  didn't
• 24:24
  care
• 24:25
  when
• 24:25
  they
• 24:25
  were
• 24:26
  in
• 24:26
  the
• 24:26
  midbar.
• 24:27
  Why?
• 24:27
  I
• 24:27
  feel
• 24:28
  that
• 24:28
  people
• 24:28
  like
• 24:28
  this
• 24:29
  have
• 24:29
  a
• 24:30
  major
• 24:31
  wire
• 24:32
  crossed
• 24:32
  or
• 24:33
  some
• 24:34
  major
• 24:35
  issue
• 24:36
  that
• 24:36
  causes
• 24:37
  this
• 24:39
  lens
• 24:39
  to
• 24:39
  be
• 24:40
  referred
• 24:41
  to.
• 24:41
  Okay.
• 24:45
  Because
• 24:45
  even
• 24:46
  along
• 24:46
  the
• 24:46
  lines
• 24:46
  that.
• 24:46
  We'Re
• 24:46
  saying.
• 24:49
  There'S
• 24:49
  room
• 24:49
  for
• 24:49
  everyone
• 24:50
  to
• 24:51
  be
• 24:51
  great.
• 24:51
  I
• 24:51
  mean,
• 24:52
  just
• 24:52
  because
• 24:52
  Ramosha
• 24:53
  Feinstein
• 24:53
  is
• 24:53
  great
• 24:53
  doesn't
• 24:53
  mean
• 24:54
  Yaakov
• 24:54
  can't
• 24:55
  be
• 24:55
  great.
• 24:55
  Also.
• 24:57
  Two
• 24:58
  people
• 24:58
  could
• 24:58
  both
• 24:58
  be
• 24:58
  great.
• 25:00
  Yeah,
• 25:00
  but
• 25:00
  it's
• 25:01
  a
• 25:01
  big
• 25:01
  me,
• 25:01
  though.
• 25:01
  It's
• 25:02
  a
• 25:02
  very
• 25:02
  big.
• 25:03
  It's
• 25:03
  a
• 25:03
  very
• 25:03
  big
• 25:04
  madrega
• 25:05
  to
• 25:05
  be
• 25:06
  on
• 25:06
  to
• 25:06
  say
• 25:06
  that
• 25:07
  it's
• 25:07
  very
• 25:07
  hard.
• 25:09
  And
• 25:09
  beyond
• 25:09
  someone
• 25:09
  else.
• 25:10
  They
• 25:10
  can.
• 25:10
  It's
• 25:10
  very
• 25:11
  hard
• 25:11
  on
• 25:12
  their
• 25:12
  own.
• 25:13
  Yes,
• 25:13
  you're
• 25:14
  right.
• 25:14
  But
• 25:15
  it's
• 25:15
  a
• 25:15
  very
• 25:16
  complicated
• 25:16
  thing
• 25:17
  to
• 25:17
  achieve.
• 25:18
  Meaning,
• 25:20
  you
• 25:20
  know,
• 25:20
  a
• 25:21
  healthy
• 25:21
  person
• 25:21
  realizes
• 25:22
  that
• 25:22
  they
• 25:22
  don't
• 25:22
  need
• 25:22
  to
• 25:22
  put
• 25:23
  other
• 25:23
  people
• 25:23
  down
• 25:23
  to
• 25:23
  become
• 25:23
  great.
• 25:25
  Okay,
• 25:25
  so.
• 25:25
  So
• 25:25
  then.
• 25:27
  So
• 25:28
  then
• 25:28
  what?
• 25:28
  Why
• 25:28
  didn't.
• 25:29
  Why
• 25:30
  didn't
• 25:31
  mean
• 25:31
  more
• 25:31
  than
• 25:31
  one
• 25:32
  person.
• 25:32
  Can
• 25:32
  have
• 25:32
  a
• 25:32
  spot.
• 25:33
  Why
• 25:33
  didn't,
• 25:33
  why
• 25:33
  didn't
• 25:33
  Bullock
• 25:34
  hire
• 25:34
  Bilam
• 25:35
  just
• 25:35
  to
• 25:35
  give
• 25:35
  them
• 25:35
  a
• 25:35
  brucha,
• 25:36
  not
• 25:36
  a
• 25:36
  claw?
• 25:40
  Thank
• 25:40
  you.
• 25:42
  Why
• 25:43
  didn't,
• 25:43
  instead
• 25:43
  of
• 25:43
  hiring
• 25:44
  him
• 25:45
  to
• 25:45
  curse
• 25:45
  Claude
• 25:46
  Yisrael,
• 25:46
  why
• 25:46
  didn't
• 25:46
  he
• 25:46
  hire
• 25:47
  him
• 25:47
  to
• 25:47
  bench
• 25:49
  the,
• 25:49
  you
• 25:49
  know,
• 25:52
  them
• 25:52
  and
• 25:52
  Mo.
• 25:53
  Right.
• 25:53
  That
• 25:53
  he
• 25:53
  had
• 25:54
  to
• 25:54
  put
• 25:54
  down
• 25:54
  people.
• 25:55
  It's
• 25:55
  not
• 25:55
  enough
• 25:55
  for
• 25:55
  him.
• 25:56
  Excellent.
• 25:57
  Right,
• 25:57
  Excellent.
• 25:59
  In
• 25:59
  other
• 25:59
  words,
• 26:00
  that
• 26:00
  was,
• 26:00
  that
• 26:01
  was
• 26:01
  where
• 26:01
  he
• 26:01
  went
• 26:02
  wrong.
• 26:02
  Meaning
• 26:03
  he
• 26:03
  only
• 26:03
  looked
• 26:03
  for
• 26:04
  the
• 26:04
  bad.
• 26:04
  The
• 26:04
  Chavitz
• 26:05
  Chaim
• 26:05
  says
• 26:05
  this
• 26:05
  shot
• 26:06
  that
• 26:06
  he
• 26:06
  asked
• 26:07
  that
• 26:07
  Kasha.
• 26:07
  Why
• 26:08
  is
• 26:08
  it
• 26:08
  that
• 26:09
  a
• 26:09
  person,
• 26:10
  why
• 26:10
  is
• 26:10
  it
• 26:11
  bench
• 26:11
  them?
• 26:11
  Don't,
• 26:12
  don't,
• 26:12
  don't
• 26:13
  curse
• 26:13
  them.
• 26:14
  Because
• 26:14
  the
• 26:15
  Russia
• 26:15
  is
• 26:15
  always
• 26:15
  looking
• 26:16
  to
• 26:16
  put
• 26:16
  somebody
• 26:17
  down
• 26:18
  and
• 26:18
  in
• 26:19
  that
• 26:19
  way
• 26:19
  build
• 26:19
  themselves
• 26:20
  up.
• 26:21
  Right.
• 26:22
  They
• 26:22
  can't
• 26:23
  lift
• 26:23
  themselves
• 26:23
  up,
• 26:23
  so
• 26:23
  they
• 26:23
  have
• 26:24
  to
• 26:24
  put
• 26:24
  someone
• 26:24
  else
• 26:24
  down.
• 26:25
  Right.
• 26:25
  If
• 26:25
  someone
• 26:26
  just
• 26:26
  lifts
• 26:26
  themselves
• 26:27
  up,
• 26:27
  then.
• 26:28
  Right,
• 26:29
  but
• 26:29
  that
• 26:29
  is
• 26:30
  really,
• 26:30
  in
• 26:31
  essence,
• 26:31
  that's,
• 26:34
  that's
• 26:34
  a
• 26:35
  big
• 26:35
  museum.
• 26:36
  Meaning
• 26:36
  it's
• 26:36
  easier.
• 26:37
  A
• 26:37
  person
• 26:37
  doesn't
• 26:37
  have
• 26:37
  to
• 26:37
  knock
• 26:37
  out
• 26:38
  their
• 26:38
  opponent
• 26:38
  to
• 26:38
  win
• 26:38
  the
• 26:39
  race.
• 26:39
  They
• 26:39
  can
• 26:39
  just
• 26:39
  run
• 26:39
  faster
• 26:40
  and
• 26:40
  win
• 26:40
  the
• 26:41
  race.
• 26:41
  That
• 26:41
  way.
• 26:44
  Meaning
• 26:45
  if
• 26:45
  a
• 26:45
  person
• 26:45
  can
• 26:45
  run
• 26:45
  faster,
• 26:46
  why
• 26:46
  would
• 26:46
  they.
• 26:46
  You
• 26:46
  know
• 26:46
  that
• 26:47
  joke
• 26:47
  about
• 26:47
  the
• 26:47
  bear,
• 26:48
  you
• 26:48
  know,
• 26:48
  you
• 26:48
  know
• 26:48
  the
• 26:48
  joke
• 26:49
  about
• 26:49
  the
• 26:49
  two
• 26:49
  guys,
• 26:50
  you
• 26:50
  know,
• 26:51
  the
• 26:51
  bear
• 26:53
  is
• 26:53
  chasing
• 26:53
  them
• 26:54
  and,
• 26:55
  and,
• 26:57
  and
• 26:57
  they're,
• 26:58
  and,
• 26:58
  and,
• 26:58
  and,
• 26:59
  and
• 26:59
  they're
• 26:59
  running
• 27:00
  away
• 27:01
  and,
• 27:02
  and
• 27:05
  the
• 27:05
  one
• 27:05
  guy
• 27:05
  says,
• 27:06
  let's
• 27:06
  make
• 27:07
  sure
• 27:07
  we
• 27:07
  get
• 27:07
  to
• 27:07
  this
• 27:08
  end,
• 27:08
  you
• 27:09
  know,
• 27:09
  what
• 27:10
  do
• 27:10
  you
• 27:10
  call
• 27:10
  it?
• 27:10
  So
• 27:11
  he
• 27:11
  says,
• 27:11
  he
• 27:12
  said,
• 27:12
  you
• 27:12
  know,
• 27:12
  he's
• 27:12
  saying,
• 27:13
  wait
• 27:13
  for
• 27:13
  me.
• 27:14
  Like,
• 27:14
  wait
• 27:14
  for
• 27:14
  me.
• 27:15
  And
• 27:15
  the
• 27:15
  other
• 27:16
  guy
• 27:16
  is
• 27:16
  like,
• 27:16
  you
• 27:16
  know,
• 27:16
  all
• 27:17
  I
• 27:17
  really
• 27:17
  have,
• 27:17
  I
• 27:17
  don't
• 27:17
  have
• 27:17
  to
• 27:17
  make
• 27:18
  it
• 27:18
  there.
• 27:18
  All
• 27:18
  I
• 27:18
  have
• 27:18
  to
• 27:18
  do
• 27:18
  is
• 27:18
  outrun
• 27:19
  you
• 27:20
  because
• 27:20
  then
• 27:20
  the
• 27:20
  bear
• 27:21
  or
• 27:21
  the
• 27:21
  bear
• 27:21
  will
• 27:21
  take
• 27:22
  him.
• 27:24
  And
• 27:25
  some
• 27:25
  people
• 27:25
  don't
• 27:25
  think
• 27:26
  that
• 27:26
  way.
• 27:26
  People
• 27:26
  think
• 27:27
  in
• 27:27
  terms
• 27:27
  of
• 27:27
  relative
• 27:28
  terms
• 27:28
  and
• 27:29
  they
• 27:29
  compete.
• 27:30
  So
• 27:31
  that's
• 27:32
  the
• 27:32
  big
• 27:32
  Nissanian.
• 27:33
  So
• 27:33
  you're
• 27:33
  right,
• 27:34
  but
• 27:34
  that
• 27:34
  is
• 27:36
  either
• 27:36
  par
• 27:36
  for
• 27:36
  the
• 27:37
  course
• 27:37
  or
• 27:37
  basic
• 27:38
  meaning.
• 27:38
  That's
• 27:39
  a
• 27:39
  Nissan
• 27:39
  that
• 27:40
  we
• 27:40
  all
• 27:40
  have.
• 27:41
  I'm
• 27:41
  saying
• 27:41
  that's
• 27:41
  a
• 27:41
  whole
• 27:42
  human
• 27:42
  motion.
• 27:42
  But
• 27:43
  each
• 27:43
  one
• 27:43
  was
• 27:44
  happy
• 27:44
  for
• 27:44
  the
• 27:45
  accomplishments,
• 27:46
  right?
• 27:46
  They
• 27:46
  were
• 27:46
  on
• 27:47
  an
• 27:47
  entirely
• 27:47
  different
• 27:47
  madrega,
• 27:48
  right?
• 27:49
  And
• 27:49
  each
• 27:49
  one
• 27:50
  shown
• 27:50
  in
• 27:51
  their
• 27:51
  own
• 27:51
  way.
• 27:51
  Each
• 27:52
  one
• 27:52
  had
• 27:52
  their
• 27:52
  minds,
• 27:53
  right?
• 27:55
  So,
• 27:55
  but
• 27:56
  we
• 27:56
  have
• 27:56
  to
• 27:57
  say
• 27:57
  that
• 27:57
  Bilaam
• 27:58
  had
• 27:58
  this,
• 27:59
  that
• 27:59
  he
• 28:00
  was
• 28:00
  somebody
• 28:00
  who
• 28:01
  had
• 28:02
  this
• 28:02
  great
• 28:02
  potential,
• 28:03
  was
• 28:03
  a
• 28:03
  great
• 28:03
  person.
• 28:04
  But
• 28:04
  unfortunately,
• 28:05
  this
• 28:05
  is
• 28:06
  the
• 28:06
  slippery
• 28:06
  slope
• 28:07
  that
• 28:07
  pulls
• 28:07
  us
• 28:07
  all
• 28:07
  away.
• 28:08
  So
• 28:08
  we
• 28:08
  could
• 28:08
  relate
• 28:09
  to
• 28:09
  Bilam
• 28:09
  just
• 28:10
  like
• 28:10
  we
• 28:10
  could
• 28:10
  relate,
• 28:11
  you
• 28:11
  know,
• 28:11
  Lahav
• 28:12
  Dalta,
• 28:12
  Avram,
• 28:13
  Avinu.
• 28:13
  And
• 28:14
  that's
• 28:14
  the
• 28:14
  contrast
• 28:15
  of
• 28:16
  the
• 28:16
  Mishnah
• 28:16
  in
• 28:19
  Avis.
• 28:19
  And
• 28:19
  that's
• 28:19
  the
• 28:20
  contrast,
• 28:20
  that's
• 28:21
  the
• 28:22
  comparison
• 28:22
  of
• 28:22
  the
• 28:23
  Mishnah
• 28:23
  in
• 28:24
  Sanhedrin
• 28:25
  about
• 28:26
  Chileglil
• 28:27
  and
• 28:27
  Habo.
• 28:28
  And
• 28:29
  that's
• 28:30
  this
• 28:30
  point
• 28:30
  that
• 28:32
  you
• 28:32
  could
• 28:32
  literally
• 28:33
  go
• 28:33
  off
• 28:33
  Shavuov.
• 28:34
  The
• 28:34
  Rebbe's
• 28:35
  point,
• 28:35
  which
• 28:35
  is
• 28:36
  in
• 28:36
  a
• 28:36
  certain
• 28:36
  sense,
• 28:36
  as
• 28:37
  Shmuel
• 28:37
  is
• 28:37
  saying
• 28:37
  is
• 28:37
  even
• 28:38
  more
• 28:38
  powerful,
• 28:39
  is
• 28:39
  this
• 28:40
  fine
• 28:40
  line
• 28:40
  of
• 28:40
  amunasachamim
• 28:42
  can
• 28:42
  be
• 28:42
  the
• 28:42
  difference
• 28:43
  between
• 28:43
  your
• 28:43
  trajectory
• 28:44
  is
• 28:44
  here
• 28:44
  or
• 28:44
  you're
• 28:45
  over
• 28:45
  here.
• 28:45
  You
• 28:45
  could
• 28:46
  be
• 28:46
  in
• 28:46
  an
• 28:46
  entirely
• 28:47
  different
• 28:47
  world.
• 28:47
  You
• 28:48
  could
• 28:48
  be
• 28:48
  lost
• 28:49
  if
• 28:49
  you
• 28:49
  don't
• 28:49
  follow
• 28:49
  a
• 28:50
  mu
• 28:50
  n
• 28:51
  because
• 28:51
  all
• 28:52
  these
• 28:52
  things
• 28:52
  will
• 28:52
  naught
• 28:53
  you.
• 28:53
  So
• 28:54
  if
• 28:54
  you
• 28:54
  are
• 28:54
  meshuchad
• 28:55
  because
• 28:56
  you
• 28:56
  have
• 28:56
  a
• 28:56
  jealousy
• 28:58
  and
• 28:58
  you
• 28:58
  can't
• 28:59
  be
• 28:59
  objective
• 28:59
  about
• 29:00
  it.
• 29:00
  If
• 29:00
  you
• 29:01
  are
• 29:01
  meshuchad
• 29:01
  and
• 29:02
  you
• 29:02
  have
• 29:03
  haughtiness
• 29:04
  and
• 29:04
  you
• 29:04
  seek
• 29:05
  Covid
• 29:05
  and
• 29:06
  you
• 29:06
  can't
• 29:06
  be
• 29:06
  objective
• 29:07
  about
• 29:07
  it.
• 29:07
  If
• 29:08
  you
• 29:08
  ever
• 29:08
  shoot
• 29:08
  bad
• 29:09
  because
• 29:09
  you're
• 29:09
  some,
• 29:10
  there's
• 29:10
  some
• 29:10
  sort
• 29:10
  of
• 29:11
  taiva
• 29:11
  that
• 29:12
  you
• 29:12
  have,
• 29:12
  there's
• 29:12
  some
• 29:13
  pseudo
• 29:14
  addiction
• 29:14
  that
• 29:14
  you
• 29:14
  have
• 29:14
  and
• 29:15
  you
• 29:15
  can't
• 29:15
  be
• 29:15
  objective
• 29:16
  about
• 29:16
  it.
• 29:17
  The
• 29:18
  problem
• 29:18
  is
• 29:18
  is
• 29:18
  that
• 29:19
  those
• 29:19
  are
• 29:19
  things
• 29:19
  that
• 29:19
  are
• 29:20
  the
• 29:20
  most
• 29:20
  dangerous
• 29:21
  things.
• 29:21
  They'll
• 29:21
  be
• 29:22
  mighty
• 29:22
  as
• 29:23
  other
• 29:23
  men
• 29:23
  island.
• 29:24
  They'll
• 29:24
  literally
• 29:24
  take
• 29:24
  a
• 29:24
  person
• 29:25
  out
• 29:25
  of
• 29:25
  the
• 29:25
  world.
• 29:27
  And
• 29:28
  that's
• 29:28
  what,
• 29:32
  that's
• 29:32
  what
• 29:33
  happened
• 29:33
  in
• 29:33
  essence,
• 29:33
  according
• 29:34
  to
• 29:34
  the
• 29:34
  medvish
• 29:34
  for
• 29:35
  Saul
• 29:35
  and
• 29:36
  therefore
• 29:36
  his
• 29:37
  followers.
• 29:38
  Because
• 29:39
  it
• 29:39
  was
• 29:39
  a
• 29:39
  jealousy,
• 29:41
  it
• 29:41
  wasn't
• 29:42
  an
• 29:42
  objective
• 29:43
  nature
• 29:43
  of
• 29:43
  it.
• 29:43
  Now
• 29:44
  you
• 29:44
  can
• 29:44
  imagine
• 29:44
  Saul
• 29:45
  is
• 29:45
  a
• 29:45
  very
• 29:45
  difficult
• 29:46
  nisayim
• 29:46
  because
• 29:47
  he
• 29:47
  was
• 29:47
  a
• 29:47
  man
• 29:47
  who
• 29:47
  had
• 29:47
  fallen
• 29:48
  from
• 29:48
  grace,
• 29:49
  big
• 29:49
  nisayim.
• 29:52
  But
• 29:52
  those
• 29:52
  who
• 29:52
  followed
• 29:52
  him
• 29:54
  were
• 29:54
  lost
• 29:54
  and
• 29:54
  they
• 29:54
  didn't
• 29:55
  have.
• 29:56
  So
• 29:56
  they
• 29:56
  had
• 29:56
  the
• 29:56
  wrong
• 29:56
  halacha.
• 29:57
  And
• 29:57
  because
• 29:57
  they
• 29:57
  had
• 29:57
  the
• 29:58
  wrong
• 29:58
  halacha,
• 29:58
  it
• 29:58
  was
• 29:58
  life
• 29:58
  and
• 29:59
  death.
• 30:11
  It's
• 30:12
  like
• 30:12
  a
• 30:12
  five
• 30:12
  minute
• 30:12
  or
• 30:13
  three
• 30:13
  minute
• 30:14
  piece
• 30:14
  on
• 30:15
  this
• 30:15
  Torah
• 30:16
  because
• 30:16
  they're
• 30:16
  learning
• 30:16
  this
• 30:17
  all
• 30:17
  over
• 30:18
  the
• 30:18
  world.
• 30:20
  And
• 30:20
  he
• 30:20
  was
• 30:20
  talking
• 30:21
  about
• 30:21
  this
• 30:21
  on
• 30:21
  the,
• 30:21
  like
• 30:22
  just
• 30:22
  being
• 30:22
  normal
• 30:23
  me
• 30:23
  in
• 30:23
  the
• 30:23
  middle.
• 30:24
  I
• 30:24
  think
• 30:24
  very
• 30:24
  often
• 30:25
  if
• 30:25
  you
• 30:25
  look
• 30:26
  at
• 30:26
  it,
• 30:26
  we
• 30:26
  just
• 30:27
  come
• 30:27
  on
• 30:27
  our
• 30:28
  own
• 30:28
  Eidza.
• 30:28
  We
• 30:29
  try
• 30:29
  to
• 30:29
  figure
• 30:29
  out
• 30:29
  our
• 30:30
  own
• 30:30
  in
• 30:30
  responding
• 30:31
  to.
• 30:37
  We
• 30:37
  often
• 30:38
  want
• 30:38
  to
• 30:38
  just
• 30:38
  do
• 30:38
  something
• 30:39
  extreme
• 30:40
  to
• 30:40
  break
• 30:40
  it.
• 30:41
  And
• 30:41
  maybe
• 30:41
  like
• 30:41
  Rambam
• 30:42
  says,
• 30:42
  at
• 30:42
  times
• 30:42
  we
• 30:42
  need
• 30:43
  to
• 30:43
  use
• 30:43
  an
• 30:43
  extreme
• 30:43
  measure
• 30:44
  to
• 30:44
  combat
• 30:46
  certain
• 30:46
  caricature.
• 30:46
  And
• 30:47
  so
• 30:47
  but
• 30:47
  very
• 30:48
  often
• 30:48
  it
• 30:48
  is
• 30:48
  this
• 30:49
  like
• 30:49
  very
• 30:49
  middle
• 30:49
  path,
• 30:50
  very
• 30:50
  normal
• 30:51
  middle
• 30:52
  path
• 30:53
  that
• 30:54
  needs
• 30:54
  to
• 30:54
  be
• 30:54
  followed
• 30:55
  that
• 30:55
  the
• 30:56
  Tam
• 30:56
  kakam
• 30:57
  sade
• 30:58
  can
• 30:58
  help
• 30:58
  a
• 30:58
  person
• 30:58
  figure
• 30:59
  out
• 30:59
  what
• 30:59
  is
• 30:59
  exactly
• 30:59
  that
• 31:00
  middle
• 31:00
  path
• 31:00
  for
• 31:00
  you.
• 31:01
  It
• 31:02
  seems
• 31:02
  that
• 31:02
  like
• 31:02
  Sho
• 31:03
  and
• 31:05
  Doeg,
• 31:05
  their
• 31:06
  solutions
• 31:06
  were
• 31:07
  extreme.
• 31:08
  Wipe
• 31:09
  out
• 31:09
  the
• 31:09
  entire
• 31:10
  city
• 31:10
  of
• 31:10
  no,
• 31:11
  all
• 31:11
  the
• 31:11
  kohada.
• 31:12
  You
• 31:12
  know,
• 31:13
  I
• 31:13
  guess
• 31:14
  it
• 31:14
  was
• 31:14
  binary.
• 31:16
  David
• 31:16
  Melech
• 31:16
  is
• 31:17
  not
• 31:17
  Roy.
• 31:17
  He's.
• 31:19
  A
• 31:20
  mamizar.
• 31:21
  He
• 31:21
  can't
• 31:21
  be
• 31:22
  part
• 31:22
  of
• 31:22
  Claudia's
• 31:23
  role.
• 31:23
  It's
• 31:23
  like
• 31:23
  their
• 31:23
  reactions
• 31:24
  were
• 31:25
  extreme
• 31:25
  reactions.
• 31:26
  We
• 31:26
  weren't
• 31:27
  like
• 31:27
  nuanced
• 31:28
  middle
• 31:29
  of
• 31:29
  the
• 31:29
  road
• 31:29
  reactions.
• 31:31
  So
• 31:32
  I
• 31:32
  read
• 31:32
  that
• 31:32
  point.
• 31:33
  He
• 31:33
  has
• 31:33
  an
• 31:33
  interesting
• 31:34
  point.
• 31:35
  I
• 31:35
  think
• 31:35
  the
• 31:35
  middle
• 31:36
  of
• 31:36
  the
• 31:36
  road
• 31:37
  argument
• 31:38
  is
• 31:38
  a
• 31:38
  complicated
• 31:39
  argument.
• 31:39
  Meaning
• 31:40
  I
• 31:40
  think
• 31:41
  his
• 31:41
  message
• 31:41
  was.
• 31:44
  In
• 31:44
  terms
• 31:44
  of.
• 31:44
  In
• 31:44
  general.
• 31:45
  But
• 31:45
  I
• 31:45
  mean,
• 31:46
  for
• 31:46
  one's
• 31:47
  own,
• 31:47
  you
• 31:48
  know,
• 31:49
  one's
• 31:50
  own
• 31:50
  thinking,
• 31:50
  we
• 31:51
  tend
• 31:51
  to
• 31:51
  be
• 31:52
  reactive,
• 31:53
  to
• 31:53
  be
• 31:53
  kind
• 31:53
  of
• 31:53
  very
• 31:54
  all
• 31:54
  or
• 31:54
  nothing.
• 31:55
  And
• 31:55
  I've
• 31:55
  seen
• 31:55
  stuff
• 31:56
  like
• 31:57
  my
• 31:57
  experience
• 31:57
  is
• 31:57
  when
• 31:57
  I
• 31:57
  go
• 31:58
  to
• 31:58
  a
• 31:59
  often
• 32:00
  the
• 32:01
  advice
• 32:01
  I
• 32:01
  get
• 32:02
  is
• 32:02
  very
• 32:02
  sensible,
• 32:03
  very
• 32:03
  nuanced,
• 32:04
  very
• 32:04
  subtle,
• 32:05
  much
• 32:05
  more
• 32:07
  less.
• 32:08
  Extreme
• 32:08
  than
• 32:08
  I
• 32:09
  would
• 32:09
  have
• 32:09
  come
• 32:09
  up
• 32:09
  with.
• 32:10
  You
• 32:10
  know,
• 32:11
  I
• 32:11
  think
• 32:11
  his
• 32:11
  point
• 32:12
  in
• 32:12
  that,
• 32:12
  in
• 32:13
  that
• 32:13
  video
• 32:14
  was
• 32:17
  you
• 32:17
  want
• 32:17
  to
• 32:17
  make
• 32:17
  a
• 32:18
  change
• 32:18
  and
• 32:18
  you
• 32:18
  want
• 32:18
  to,
• 32:19
  you
• 32:20
  know,
• 32:20
  you
• 32:20
  want
• 32:20
  to
• 32:20
  be,
• 32:21
  you
• 32:21
  know,
• 32:22
  you
• 32:22
  want
• 32:22
  to
• 32:22
  be
• 32:22
  perfect.
• 32:22
  Don't
• 32:23
  let
• 32:23
  perfect
• 32:23
  be
• 32:23
  the
• 32:24
  enemy
• 32:24
  of
• 32:25
  good,
• 32:26
  meaning
• 32:26
  just
• 32:26
  do
• 32:27
  something
• 32:27
  small.
• 32:28
  His
• 32:28
  argument
• 32:29
  is
• 32:29
  it
• 32:30
  doesn't
• 32:30
  have
• 32:30
  to
• 32:30
  be
• 32:31
  that
• 32:31
  you
• 32:31
  have
• 32:31
  a
• 32:31
  wholesale
• 32:32
  change
• 32:33
  to
• 32:33
  one
• 32:33
  side.
• 32:34
  You
• 32:34
  don't
• 32:35
  have
• 32:35
  to
• 32:35
  go
• 32:35
  totally
• 32:35
  to
• 32:35
  the
• 32:36
  right.
• 32:36
  Just
• 32:37
  do
• 32:37
  it
• 32:37
  in,
• 32:37
  you
• 32:38
  know,
• 32:39
  do
• 32:39
  a
• 32:39
  small.
• 32:40
  Do
• 32:40
  a
• 32:40
  small
• 32:41
  thing.
• 32:44
  Right.
• 32:45
  That
• 32:45
  was
• 32:45
  his.
• 32:45
  That
• 32:46
  was.
• 32:46
  That
• 32:46
  was
• 32:46
  his
• 32:46
  point.
• 32:48
  He
• 32:48
  was
• 32:48
  saying.
• 32:49
  He
• 32:49
  was
• 32:49
  saying
• 32:50
  he
• 32:50
  was
• 32:50
  using
• 32:50
  that
• 32:50
  as
• 32:50
  me.
• 32:51
  The
• 32:51
  hama
• 32:51
  mutza.
• 32:52
  Okay,
• 32:52
  he's
• 32:52
  taking
• 32:53
  that
• 32:53
  literally.
• 32:53
  In
• 32:53
  the
• 32:53
  Rambam
• 32:54
  mentioned
• 32:55
  that
• 32:55
  the
• 32:55
  Rashiva
• 32:56
  or
• 32:56
  Weinberg
• 32:56
  was
• 32:57
  just
• 32:57
  his
• 32:57
  yard
• 32:57
  site.
• 32:59
  Who
• 32:59
  learns
• 33:00
  in
• 33:00
  the
• 33:00
  Rambam?
• 33:00
  The
• 33:00
  midama
• 33:01
  mutza
• 33:01
  is
• 33:02
  it's
• 33:02
  the
• 33:02
  frequency
• 33:03
  of
• 33:03
  your
• 33:03
  response.
• 33:04
  So
• 33:04
  if
• 33:05
  in
• 33:05
  10
• 33:05
  situations,
• 33:07
  you
• 33:07
  know,
• 33:07
  you're
• 33:08
  angry,
• 33:09
  you
• 33:09
  know,
• 33:09
  your
• 33:09
  response
• 33:10
  is
• 33:10
  anger
• 33:11
  10
• 33:11
  times
• 33:11
  or
• 33:12
  9
• 33:12
  out
• 33:12
  of
• 33:12
  10
• 33:13
  times
• 33:13
  or
• 33:13
  whatever,
• 33:13
  have
• 33:14
  you.
• 33:14
  The
• 33:14
  proclivity
• 33:15
  of
• 33:15
  your
• 33:15
  response
• 33:16
  to
• 33:16
  a
• 33:16
  situation
• 33:17
  is
• 33:18
  what
• 33:18
  the
• 33:18
  Rambam
• 33:18
  is
• 33:19
  talking
• 33:19
  about.
• 33:20
  Not
• 33:20
  that
• 33:21
  you
• 33:21
  have
• 33:21
  to
• 33:22
  be
• 33:22
  not
• 33:22
  too
• 33:22
  hot,
• 33:23
  not
• 33:23
  too
• 33:23
  cold.
• 33:24
  His
• 33:24
  argument
• 33:25
  was,
• 33:25
  is
• 33:25
  that
• 33:26
  you
• 33:26
  have
• 33:26
  to
• 33:26
  always
• 33:27
  have
• 33:27
  the
• 33:27
  right
• 33:27
  response
• 33:28
  for
• 33:28
  the
• 33:28
  right
• 33:28
  situation.
• 33:30
  Being
• 33:30
  in
• 33:30
  the
• 33:31
  middle
• 33:31
  of
• 33:31
  the
• 33:31
  road,
• 33:32
  you
• 33:32
  know,
• 33:32
  the
• 33:33
  majority
• 33:33
  of
• 33:33
  the
• 33:33
  time
• 33:34
  is
• 33:35
  a
• 33:36
  challenge
• 33:36
  because
• 33:36
  you
• 33:36
  end
• 33:37
  up
• 33:37
  never
• 33:37
  taking
• 33:38
  a
• 33:38
  position
• 33:38
  on
• 33:40
  a
• 33:40
  stance.
• 33:40
  Here.
• 33:41
  There
• 33:42
  was
• 33:42
  no
• 33:42
  middle.
• 33:42
  There
• 33:42
  was
• 33:43
  no
• 33:43
  middle.
• 33:44
  The
• 33:44
  Rashiv
• 33:45
  or
• 33:45
  Weinberg
• 33:45
  would
• 33:46
  say
• 33:46
  this
• 33:46
  when
• 33:46
  we
• 33:46
  learned
• 33:46
  the
• 33:46
  Rambam
• 33:47
  because
• 33:47
  he
• 33:48
  would
• 33:48
  say,
• 33:48
  you
• 33:48
  know,
• 33:48
  it's
• 33:48
  not
• 33:49
  like
• 33:50
  if
• 33:50
  you're
• 33:50
  in
• 33:50
  the
• 33:50
  middle
• 33:50
  of
• 33:50
  the
• 33:51
  road
• 33:51
  and
• 33:52
  then
• 33:52
  you
• 33:52
  don't
• 33:53
  have
• 33:53
  a
• 33:53
  decision
• 33:53
  of
• 33:53
  what's
• 33:54
  right
• 33:54
  and
• 33:54
  wrong.
• 33:55
  So
• 33:55
  in
• 33:55
  this
• 33:55
  situation
• 33:56
  with
• 33:56
  D
• 33:57
  and
• 33:57
  what
• 33:57
  do
• 33:57
  you
• 33:57
  call
• 33:57
  it,
• 33:58
  there
• 33:58
  was
• 33:58
  no
• 33:58
  middle
• 33:58
  of
• 33:58
  the
• 33:59
  road.
• 33:59
  It's
• 34:00
  right
• 34:00
  or
• 34:00
  wrong.
• 34:01
  Either
• 34:01
  David
• 34:02
  Amelach
• 34:02
  is
• 34:02
  the
• 34:03
  king
• 34:03
  and
• 34:04
  they're
• 34:04
  in
• 34:05
  the
• 34:05
  wrong,
• 34:05
  or
• 34:06
  Davamelch
• 34:06
  is
• 34:06
  rebellious
• 34:07
  and
• 34:08
  they
• 34:08
  need
• 34:08
  to
• 34:08
  be
• 34:08
  killed.
• 34:09
  It's
• 34:10
  not.
• 34:10
  There's
• 34:10
  no.
• 34:11
  The
• 34:11
  question
• 34:11
  is,
• 34:12
  which
• 34:12
  side
• 34:13
  are
• 34:13
  you
• 34:13
  on?
• 34:14
  But
• 34:14
  middle
• 34:15
  of
• 34:15
  the
• 34:15
  road
• 34:16
  is,
• 34:17
  you
• 34:18
  know,
• 34:19
  is
• 34:20
  not
• 34:20
  the
• 34:20
  right
• 34:20
  decision.
• 34:22
  It
• 34:22
  may
• 34:22
  be
• 34:22
  a
• 34:23
  stay
• 34:23
  of
• 34:24
  whatever
• 34:24
  the
• 34:24
  just
• 34:25
  the
• 34:25
  judgment
• 34:26
  should
• 34:26
  be,
• 34:26
  but
• 34:27
  it's
• 34:27
  not
• 34:27
  a.
• 34:28
  So
• 34:29
  Rashiva
• 34:30
  took
• 34:30
  issue
• 34:30
  with
• 34:30
  that
• 34:31
  people,
• 34:31
  how
• 34:31
  they.
• 34:32
  How
• 34:32
  they
• 34:32
  explained
• 34:32
  the
• 34:33
  midam
• 34:33
  and
• 34:33
  mutza
• 34:33
  of
• 34:34
  being
• 34:34
  not.
• 34:35
  He
• 34:35
  was
• 34:36
  saying
• 34:36
  that
• 34:36
  if
• 34:36
  nine
• 34:36
  times
• 34:37
  out
• 34:37
  of
• 34:37
  ten,
• 34:37
  you're
• 34:37
  a
• 34:37
  Balkas,
• 34:38
  then
• 34:39
  you
• 34:39
  have
• 34:39
  to
• 34:39
  go
• 34:40
  to
• 34:40
  the
• 34:40
  other
• 34:40
  end
• 34:40
  of
• 34:40
  the
• 34:41
  spectrum
• 34:42
  and
• 34:42
  you
• 34:42
  have
• 34:42
  to
• 34:43
  reduce
• 34:44
  the
• 34:44
  frequency
• 34:45
  of
• 34:45
  your
• 34:45
  response.
• 34:45
  But
• 34:47
  there
• 34:47
  is
• 34:47
  a
• 34:47
  potential
• 34:48
  time
• 34:48
  where
• 34:48
  that
• 34:49
  is
• 34:50
  appropriate.
• 34:50
  By
• 34:50
  the
• 34:50
  way,
• 34:51
  Kass
• 34:51
  is
• 34:51
  excluded
• 34:52
  because
• 34:53
  Kassi
• 34:53
  says
• 34:53
  you
• 34:53
  should
• 34:54
  only
• 34:54
  feign
• 34:54
  it,
• 34:54
  you
• 34:55
  should
• 34:55
  only
• 34:55
  fake
• 34:55
  it,
• 34:56
  but
• 34:56
  other
• 34:56
  things
• 34:57
  like,
• 34:58
  you
• 34:58
  know,
• 34:59
  other
• 34:59
  character
• 34:59
  traits.
• 35:01
  But
• 35:01
  his
• 35:02
  point
• 35:02
  was
• 35:02
  a
• 35:03
  different
• 35:03
  point.
• 35:03
  He
• 35:03
  was
• 35:04
  using
• 35:04
  it
• 35:04
  as,
• 35:04
  you
• 35:05
  know,
• 35:05
  you
• 35:05
  don't
• 35:06
  have
• 35:06
  to
• 35:06
  totally
• 35:06
  change.
• 35:07
  You
• 35:07
  can
• 35:07
  just
• 35:07
  do
• 35:07
  a
• 35:07
  little
• 35:07
  bit.
• 35:08
  You
• 35:08
  don't
• 35:08
  have
• 35:08
  to
• 35:09
  go
• 35:09
  all
• 35:09
  the
• 35:09
  way
• 35:10
  to
• 35:10
  the
• 35:10
  right.
• 35:10
  That's
• 35:10
  a
• 35:11
  different
• 35:11
  point.
• 35:13
  Okay,
• 35:14
  so
• 35:15
  base.
• 35:16
  Yeah.
• 35:20
  Okay.
• 35:22
  Elsewhere,
• 35:23
  Rabbi
• 35:24
  Nachman
• 35:24
  says,
• 35:24
  right,
• 35:25
  Robin
• 35:25
  Shal
• 35:26
  Yisrael
• 35:26
  Rebbe
• 35:27
  is
• 35:27
  a
• 35:27
  kinoi
• 35:28
  is
• 35:28
  a
• 35:29
  mnemonic
• 35:29
  for
• 35:29
  Robin
• 35:31
  Rebbe,
• 35:32
  you
• 35:32
  know,
• 35:33
  Rosh
• 35:33
  or
• 35:33
  Rosh
• 35:34
  B'
• 35:34
  Nai
• 35:34
  Israel,
• 35:35
  head
• 35:35
  of
• 35:35
  B'
• 35:35
  Nai
• 35:36
  Israel,
• 35:36
  Rebbe
• 35:37
  Shalimudam
• 35:38
  Meilu
• 35:39
  Hamasaras.
• 35:39
  There
• 35:40
  are
• 35:40
  those
• 35:40
  who
• 35:40
  study
• 35:41
  from
• 35:41
  this
• 35:41
  Mysore,
• 35:42
  which
• 35:42
  is
• 35:42
  waste.
• 35:47
  It's
• 35:48
  not
• 35:48
  enough.
• 35:49
  Forget
• 35:49
  that
• 35:49
  they
• 35:49
  can't
• 35:50
  lead
• 35:50
  others,
• 35:50
  they
• 35:50
  can't
• 35:50
  lead
• 35:51
  themselves.
• 35:52
  They
• 35:52
  are
• 35:52
  not
• 35:52
  a
• 35:53
  master
• 35:53
  on
• 35:53
  their
• 35:54
  own
• 35:55
  Kinna
• 35:56
  Taiba
• 35:57
  coven.
• 35:58
  They're
• 35:58
  not
• 35:58
  a
• 35:58
  melech
• 35:59
  on
• 35:59
  themselves.
• 36:03
  And
• 36:04
  for
• 36:04
  sure
• 36:04
  they
• 36:04
  can't
• 36:05
  lead
• 36:06
  others.
• 36:09
  And
• 36:09
  they
• 36:09
  take
• 36:10
  the
• 36:12
  honor
• 36:12
  and
• 36:13
  the
• 36:13
  authority
• 36:13
  for
• 36:13
  themselves.
• 36:14
  Lahaini
• 36:15
  Ga'
• 36:15
  Ilam
• 36:16
  to
• 36:17
  lead
• 36:18
  the
• 36:18
  world.
• 36:23
  So
• 36:23
  he
• 36:23
  says
• 36:24
  we
• 36:24
  have
• 36:25
  to
• 36:25
  be
• 36:25
  careful
• 36:26
  not
• 36:26
  to
• 36:26
  give
• 36:26
  them
• 36:26
  smicha
• 36:28
  can't
• 36:28
  give
• 36:28
  them.
• 36:32
  We
• 36:32
  cannot
• 36:32
  give
• 36:32
  them
• 36:32
  any
• 36:33
  power.
• 36:38
  They
• 36:38
  should
• 36:38
  not
• 36:38
  be
• 36:39
  called
• 36:40
  Rebbe,
• 36:46
  he
• 36:46
  says,
• 36:46
  because
• 36:47
  they
• 36:48
  themselves
• 36:50
  are.
• 36:59
  They're
• 37:00
  not
• 37:00
  chayev,
• 37:00
  which
• 37:01
  means
• 37:05
  they
• 37:06
  have
• 37:06
  this
• 37:06
  yetzer
• 37:06
  hara
• 37:07
  to
• 37:07
  lead
• 37:08
  the
• 37:08
  people.
• 37:13
  So
• 37:13
  he's
• 37:13
  saying
• 37:14
  they're
• 37:14
  not
• 37:14
  really
• 37:14
  chayev,
• 37:15
  which
• 37:15
  means
• 37:16
  they
• 37:16
  are.
• 37:17
  They're
• 37:18
  under
• 37:18
  duress
• 37:19
  of
• 37:19
  their
• 37:19
  own
• 37:19
  yetzer
• 37:20
  hara
• 37:23
  because
• 37:23
  they
• 37:23
  have
• 37:23
  this
• 37:23
  yeshara
• 37:24
  to
• 37:24
  be
• 37:24
  amane.
• 37:27
  But
• 37:27
  we
• 37:27
  have
• 37:27
  to
• 37:27
  be
• 37:27
  very
• 37:28
  careful.
• 37:30
  We
• 37:30
  can't
• 37:31
  give
• 37:31
  them
• 37:31
  the
• 37:32
  power.
• 37:32
  It's
• 37:32
  like
• 37:32
  this.
• 37:32
  The
• 37:33
  politician
• 37:33
  that
• 37:33
  seeks
• 37:34
  the
• 37:34
  power
• 37:35
  to
• 37:36
  lead
• 37:36
  him.
• 37:36
  You
• 37:36
  give
• 37:36
  them
• 37:37
  the
• 37:37
  power
• 37:37
  and
• 37:37
  we
• 37:37
  know
• 37:38
  that
• 37:38
  they're
• 37:38
  off,
• 37:39
  right?
• 37:40
  This
• 37:40
  is
• 37:40
  their
• 37:40
  challenge.
• 37:43
  Because
• 37:43
  those
• 37:43
  who
• 37:44
  you
• 37:44
  give
• 37:44
  power
• 37:44
  to
• 37:45
  Taikov
• 37:45
  aisle
• 37:47
  strength
• 37:47
  and
• 37:47
  empower
• 37:48
  them,
• 37:55
  and
• 37:55
  they
• 37:55
  receive
• 37:56
  smicha
• 37:56
  sheyu
• 37:57
  nekroim
• 37:58
  b'
• 37:58
  shem
• 37:58
  Rebbe
• 37:59
  hem
• 37:59
  asid
• 38:00
  and
• 38:00
  litein
• 38:02
  becheshbo,
• 38:03
  meaning
• 38:03
  ultimately
• 38:04
  the
• 38:04
  people
• 38:04
  that
• 38:05
  are
• 38:05
  masmach
• 38:05
  them,
• 38:07
  right?
• 38:08
  The
• 38:08
  ones
• 38:08
  who
• 38:08
  confer
• 38:09
  upon
• 38:10
  these
• 38:10
  people
• 38:10
  who
• 38:11
  are
• 38:12
  inappropriate
• 38:12
  leaders,
• 38:13
  they're
• 38:13
  the
• 38:13
  ones
• 38:14
  that
• 38:14
  are
• 38:14
  going
• 38:14
  to
• 38:14
  be
• 38:14
  judged.
• 38:16
  It's
• 38:16
  very
• 38:16
  interesting.
• 38:17
  There
• 38:17
  was
• 38:18
  a.
• 38:19
  My
• 38:20
  father
• 38:20
  was
• 38:20
  in
• 38:20
  the
• 38:20
  first
• 38:21
  chagas
• 38:21
  mikha
• 38:22
  of.
• 38:25
  So
• 38:25
  you
• 38:25
  could
• 38:26
  imagine
• 38:27
  in
• 38:27
  the
• 38:27
  1950s
• 38:29
  and
• 38:29
  60s,
• 38:30
  post
• 38:30
  World
• 38:30
  War
• 38:31
  II
• 38:32
  in
• 38:32
  America,
• 38:34
  it
• 38:34
  was
• 38:34
  a
• 38:34
  very
• 38:34
  different
• 38:36
  life
• 38:36
  than
• 38:36
  it
• 38:36
  was
• 38:36
  here.
• 38:37
  I
• 38:38
  mean,
• 38:38
  we
• 38:38
  all
• 38:38
  know
• 38:38
  by
• 38:39
  virtue
• 38:39
  of
• 38:39
  our
• 38:40
  gray
• 38:40
  hair,
• 38:41
  we
• 38:41
  know
• 38:41
  that
• 38:44
  our
• 38:44
  current,
• 38:45
  you
• 38:45
  know,
• 38:45
  the
• 38:46
  life
• 38:46
  that
• 38:46
  we
• 38:46
  live
• 38:46
  now
• 38:47
  is
• 38:47
  totally
• 38:48
  different
• 38:48
  then,
• 38:49
  okay?
• 38:51
  But
• 38:52
  even
• 38:52
  before
• 38:52
  that,
• 38:54
  two
• 38:54
  decades
• 38:54
  before
• 38:55
  that,
• 38:55
  in
• 38:55
  the
• 38:55
  50s
• 38:55
  and
• 38:56
  60s.
• 38:58
  So
• 38:58
  my
• 38:58
  father
• 38:59
  was
• 39:00
  of
• 39:00
  the
• 39:01
  first
• 39:01
  groups
• 39:02
  of
• 39:02
  the
• 39:02
  Ms.
• 39:02
  Mochim
• 39:03
  of
• 39:03
  the
• 39:03
  Yeshiva
• 39:04
  of
• 39:04
  Israel.
• 39:05
  And
• 39:05
  he
• 39:05
  spoke
• 39:06
  at
• 39:06
  the
• 39:06
  first
• 39:06
  official
• 39:06
  chagasvicha,
• 39:07
  which
• 39:07
  was
• 39:07
  1949,
• 39:08
  December
• 39:09
  1949.
• 39:11
  In
• 39:11
  that
• 39:11
  group
• 39:11
  included
• 39:12
  Rabbi
• 39:13
  Hello.
• 39:13
  Kleven
• 39:14
  Zatzal.
• 39:18
  You
• 39:18
  had
• 39:21
  Rabbi
• 39:22
  Leif,
• 39:23
  Rabbi
• 39:23
  Shatovia,
• 39:24
  Leif's
• 39:24
  father.
• 39:26
  There
• 39:27
  were
• 39:27
  the
• 39:27
  Shulman
• 39:28
  brothers
• 39:28
  from
• 39:29
  Queens
• 39:29
  who
• 39:29
  were
• 39:29
  big
• 39:30
  time,
• 39:30
  huge.
• 39:30
  Tamikham
• 39:33
  Schmerl
• 39:34
  and
• 39:34
  Gershon
• 39:34
  Shulman.
• 39:37
  You
• 39:37
  had.
• 39:41
  There's
• 39:42
  Robbie
• 39:42
  Singer,
• 39:43
  there's
• 39:43
  a
• 39:43
  whole
• 39:43
  picture
• 39:45
  of
• 39:45
  them.
• 39:46
  And
• 39:50
  they
• 39:50
  went
• 39:50
  out
• 39:50
  into,
• 39:51
  in
• 39:51
  the
• 39:51
  50s,
• 39:52
  1950,
• 39:52
  to
• 39:52
  go
• 39:53
  to
• 39:53
  become
• 39:53
  rabbonim
• 39:54
  in
• 39:54
  the
• 39:54
  country.
• 39:55
  They
• 39:55
  were
• 39:56
  fighting
• 39:56
  a
• 39:56
  battle
• 39:56
  with
• 39:58
  conservative.
• 40:00
  All
• 40:00
  of
• 40:00
  the
• 40:00
  power
• 40:01
  was
• 40:01
  going
• 40:02
  to
• 40:02
  the
• 40:02
  conservative
• 40:02
  governor.
• 40:04
  The
• 40:04
  Conservative
• 40:05
  shules
• 40:06
  were
• 40:06
  packed.
• 40:07
  They
• 40:07
  had
• 40:08
  all
• 40:08
  the
• 40:08
  money.
• 40:08
  And
• 40:09
  you
• 40:09
  know,
• 40:09
  you're
• 40:09
  talking
• 40:09
  about
• 40:10
  an
• 40:10
  era
• 40:10
  where
• 40:10
  people
• 40:10
  didn't
• 40:11
  have
• 40:11
  money.
• 40:11
  It
• 40:12
  wasn't
• 40:12
  like
• 40:12
  you
• 40:12
  had
• 40:12
  college,
• 40:13
  didn't
• 40:13
  have
• 40:14
  wealth.
• 40:14
  So
• 40:14
  if
• 40:14
  the
• 40:15
  wealth
• 40:15
  was
• 40:15
  consolidated,
• 40:16
  it
• 40:16
  was
• 40:16
  consolidated
• 40:16
  with
• 40:16
  the
• 40:16
  people
• 40:17
  that
• 40:17
  were
• 40:17
  not
• 40:17
  right.
• 40:18
  And
• 40:18
  it
• 40:18
  was
• 40:18
  a
• 40:18
  big
• 40:18
  Yates
• 40:19
  horror
• 40:19
  to
• 40:19
  join
• 40:20
  for
• 40:21
  a
• 40:21
  fourth
• 40:21
  act
• 40:22
  rabbi
• 40:22
  to
• 40:22
  be
• 40:22
  the
• 40:22
  rubber
• 40:23
  of
• 40:23
  a
• 40:23
  Conservative
• 40:23
  shul
• 40:25
  or
• 40:25
  to
• 40:26
  put
• 40:26
  in
• 40:26
  a
• 40:26
  microphone
• 40:27
  or
• 40:27
  whatnot.
• 40:33
  Many
• 40:34
  of
• 40:34
  these
• 40:34
  rabbanim,
• 40:34
  yeah,
• 40:35
  were
• 40:35
  guys
• 40:36
  that
• 40:36
  learned
• 40:36
  yeshivas,
• 40:37
  knew
• 40:37
  better.
• 40:37
  They
• 40:38
  were
• 40:38
  Shermer
• 40:38
  Shabaz
• 40:39
  themselves.
• 40:40
  But
• 40:40
  it
• 40:40
  was
• 40:40
  too
• 40:41
  powerful,
• 40:44
  a
• 40:44
  yetzer
• 40:44
  hara.
• 40:45
  And
• 40:45
  they
• 40:45
  took
• 40:46
  over.
• 40:46
  This
• 40:46
  is
• 40:46
  what
• 40:47
  they
• 40:47
  were
• 40:47
  trained
• 40:47
  in.
• 40:47
  They
• 40:47
  were
• 40:48
  good
• 40:48
  at
• 40:48
  it.
• 40:48
  They
• 40:48
  were
• 40:49
  excellent
• 40:49
  speakers,
• 40:49
  speakers,
• 40:50
  and
• 40:50
  they
• 40:50
  were
• 40:50
  very
• 40:50
  powerful.
• 40:51
  And
• 40:51
  they
• 40:51
  rationalized
• 40:52
  it
• 40:52
  that
• 40:53
  they
• 40:53
  were
• 40:53
  doing
• 40:54
  good
• 40:54
  because
• 40:56
  at
• 40:57
  the
• 40:57
  very
• 40:57
  least,
• 40:57
  they're
• 40:58
  saving
• 40:58
  people
• 40:58
  from
• 40:59
  going
• 40:59
  off
• 40:59
  the
• 40:59
  darach.
• 41:01
  The
• 41:02
  whole
• 41:02
  point
• 41:02
  of
• 41:02
  Conservative
• 41:03
  Judaism
• 41:03
  was
• 41:04
  if
• 41:05
  you
• 41:05
  don't
• 41:05
  concede
• 41:06
  in
• 41:06
  some
• 41:06
  part,
• 41:07
  you're
• 41:07
  going
• 41:07
  to
• 41:07
  lose
• 41:07
  everything.
• 41:07
  The
• 41:08
  whole
• 41:08
  package
• 41:08
  is
• 41:08
  going
• 41:08
  to
• 41:08
  unravel.
• 41:10
  And
• 41:10
  that
• 41:11
  theory,
• 41:11
  in
• 41:12
  hindsight,
• 41:13
  we
• 41:14
  see,
• 41:14
  was
• 41:14
  a
• 41:14
  fallacy.
• 41:16
  Conservative
• 41:16
  Judaism
• 41:17
  is
• 41:17
  dead.
• 41:17
  It's
• 41:18
  gone.
• 41:19
  I
• 41:19
  was
• 41:19
  at
• 41:19
  a
• 41:19
  bar
• 41:19
  mitzvah,
• 41:20
  my
• 41:20
  brother's
• 41:20
  bar
• 41:20
  mitzvah.
• 41:21
  And
• 41:22
  there's
• 41:22
  a
• 41:23
  fellow
• 41:23
  named
• 41:27
  Nelson
• 41:27
  Obis,
• 41:28
  a
• 41:28
  successful
• 41:28
  guy
• 41:29
  who
• 41:29
  has
• 41:29
  a
• 41:29
  hedge
• 41:29
  fund.
• 41:30
  And
• 41:31
  Nelson
• 41:31
  is
• 41:32
  one
• 41:33
  of
• 41:33
  my
• 41:33
  brothers,
• 41:33
  Talmidim.
• 41:34
  And
• 41:34
  he
• 41:34
  flew
• 41:34
  in
• 41:34
  for
• 41:35
  the
• 41:36
  bar
• 41:36
  mitzvah.
• 41:36
  And
• 41:37
  he
• 41:37
  said,
• 41:37
  I
• 41:37
  was.
• 41:38
  Nelson
• 41:38
  is
• 41:39
  70,
• 41:40
  I
• 41:40
  think,
• 41:40
  or
• 41:40
  in
• 41:41
  his
• 41:41
  70s.
• 41:41
  Nelson
• 41:42
  said,
• 41:42
  I
• 41:43
  was.
• 41:43
  Now
• 41:43
  he's
• 41:44
  speaking
• 41:44
  in
• 41:44
  Ramad
• 41:44
  Bethemesh
• 41:45
  at
• 41:45
  a
• 41:45
  bar
• 41:45
  mitzvah
• 41:46
  of
• 41:47
  my
• 41:47
  brother's
• 41:47
  son,
• 41:48
  my
• 41:48
  nephew.
• 41:49
  And
• 41:49
  it's
• 41:50
  obviously
• 41:50
  very
• 41:50
  different
• 41:51
  kind
• 41:51
  of
• 41:51
  a
• 41:51
  world
• 41:52
  than
• 41:52
  he's
• 41:53
  used
• 41:53
  to
• 41:53
  in
• 41:54
  Philadelphia.
• 41:54
  Nelson
• 41:55
  said,
• 41:55
  I'm
• 41:55
  just
• 41:56
  here
• 41:56
  to
• 41:56
  testify
• 41:57
  that
• 41:57
  everything
• 41:57
  that
• 41:57
  we
• 41:58
  thought
• 41:58
  that
• 41:58
  could
• 41:58
  serve
• 41:59
  Jews
• 41:59
  in
• 41:59
  is
• 42:00
  false.
• 42:01
  And
• 42:01
  I
• 42:01
  was
• 42:01
  full
• 42:01
  in.
• 42:02
  I
• 42:02
  was
• 42:03
  the
• 42:03
  guy
• 42:03
  who
• 42:03
  was
• 42:03
  the
• 42:04
  youth
• 42:04
  leader
• 42:04
  in
• 42:05
  the
• 42:05
  synagogue.
• 42:05
  I
• 42:06
  was
• 42:06
  the
• 42:06
  one,
• 42:06
  one
• 42:06
  who
• 42:07
  was
• 42:07
  the
• 42:07
  head
• 42:07
  of
• 42:07
  the
• 42:07
  camps.
• 42:08
  I
• 42:09
  was
• 42:09
  lock,
• 42:10
  stock
• 42:10
  and
• 42:10
  barrel.
• 42:11
  I
• 42:11
  was
• 42:11
  bought
• 42:11
  in.
• 42:12
  I
• 42:13
  believed
• 42:13
  in
• 42:13
  the
• 42:13
  theology
• 42:14
  of
• 42:14
  it
• 42:15
  and
• 42:16
  mission.
• 42:16
  And
• 42:17
  I
• 42:17
  see
• 42:17
  that
• 42:17
  it's
• 42:17
  wrong.
• 42:19
  So
• 42:19
  it
• 42:19
  was
• 42:20
  rationalized,
• 42:21
  right?
• 42:22
  Much
• 42:22
  like,
• 42:23
  you
• 42:23
  know,
• 42:24
  Bilham
• 42:25
  rationalized
• 42:27
  because
• 42:27
  we're
• 42:27
  too
• 42:28
  close
• 42:28
  to
• 42:28
  it,
• 42:29
  we're
• 42:29
  not
• 42:29
  objective
• 42:30
  about
• 42:31
  it.
• 42:34
  But
• 42:34
  this
• 42:35
  was
• 42:35
  the
• 42:35
  fight,
• 42:50
  you're
• 42:50
  right.
• 42:51
  So
• 42:51
  unfortunately
• 42:53
  that
• 42:53
  was,
• 42:53
  you
• 42:54
  know,
• 42:54
  that
• 42:54
  was
• 42:55
  the
• 42:55
  argument.
• 42:56
  That's
• 42:56
  exactly
• 42:57
  the
• 42:57
  point.
• 42:58
  The
• 42:58
  point
• 42:58
  is,
• 42:58
  is
• 42:59
  that
• 42:59
  do
• 42:59
  you
• 42:59
  water
• 43:00
  down
• 43:00
  Judaism
• 43:01
  and
• 43:01
  do
• 43:01
  you
• 43:01
  make
• 43:01
  concessions
• 43:02
  and
• 43:03
  then
• 43:04
  you're
• 43:04
  totally
• 43:04
  off
• 43:04
  and
• 43:05
  you
• 43:05
  lose
• 43:05
  the
• 43:05
  whole
• 43:05
  package,
• 43:06
  you
• 43:07
  know,
• 43:09
  but,
• 43:10
  but
• 43:10
  you're
• 43:10
  right.
• 43:10
  That
• 43:10
  whole
• 43:11
  argument
• 43:11
  itself
• 43:12
  is,
• 43:12
  is
• 43:12
  the
• 43:12
  fallacy
• 43:13
  of
• 43:13
  the
• 43:13
  argument
• 43:15
  because
• 43:16
  the
• 43:16
  minute
• 43:16
  you,
• 43:16
  you're
• 43:17
  off,
• 43:17
  the
• 43:17
  minute
• 43:18
  you
• 43:18
  compromise
• 43:18
  the
• 43:18
  halacha,
• 43:21
  you're
• 43:21
  going
• 43:22
  to
• 43:22
  be
• 43:22
  off.
• 43:24
  It's
• 43:24
  just
• 43:24
  a
• 43:24
  matter
• 43:24
  of
• 43:25
  time.
• 43:25
  You
• 43:25
  just
• 43:26
  don't
• 43:26
  know
• 43:26
  it.
• 43:30
  So
• 43:30
  the
• 43:31
  yeshiva,
• 43:31
  so
• 43:32
  this
• 43:32
  was
• 43:32
  the
• 43:32
  challenge
• 43:33
  of
• 43:33
  that
• 43:33
  era.
• 43:33
  Now
• 43:34
  my
• 43:34
  father
• 43:35
  was
• 43:35
  a
• 43:35
  clean
• 43:35
  shaven
• 43:36
  rabbi.
• 43:37
  You
• 43:37
  had
• 43:38
  to
• 43:38
  look
• 43:38
  like
• 43:38
  a
• 43:38
  movie
• 43:39
  star.
• 43:40
  And
• 43:40
  you
• 43:41
  also
• 43:41
  had
• 43:41
  to
• 43:41
  speak
• 43:42
  like,
• 43:43
  you
• 43:43
  know,
• 43:43
  one
• 43:44
  of
• 43:44
  the
• 43:44
  fantastic
• 43:44
  orators
• 43:45
  to
• 43:45
  capture
• 43:45
  people's
• 43:46
  attention.
• 43:47
  This
• 43:48
  was
• 43:48
  pre
• 43:48
  the
• 43:49
  era
• 43:49
  of
• 43:49
  television.
• 43:50
  It
• 43:50
  was
• 43:50
  just
• 43:50
  starting.
• 43:51
  The
• 43:51
  point
• 43:51
  is,
• 43:52
  is
• 43:52
  that
• 43:53
  to
• 43:53
  gain
• 43:55
  mind
• 43:56
  share
• 43:56
  in
• 43:56
  America
• 43:57
  at
• 43:57
  the
• 43:57
  time
• 43:57
  of
• 43:58
  Yiddin,
• 43:59
  you
• 43:59
  had
• 43:59
  to,
• 44:00
  you
• 44:00
  had
• 44:00
  to
• 44:00
  be
• 44:00
  drawn
• 44:00
  in.
• 44:01
  You
• 44:01
  had
• 44:01
  to
• 44:01
  draw
• 44:01
  them
• 44:02
  in
• 44:02
  through
• 44:02
  that.
• 44:02
  So
• 44:03
  they
• 44:03
  trained
• 44:03
  the
• 44:04
  Rabbanim
• 44:04
  to
• 44:04
  speak.
• 44:05
  They
• 44:05
  had
• 44:06
  these,
• 44:06
  you
• 44:06
  know,
• 44:06
  fantastic
• 44:07
  orators,
• 44:07
  so
• 44:07
  to
• 44:07
  speak.
• 44:08
  You
• 44:08
  didn't
• 44:09
  want
• 44:09
  to
• 44:09
  wear
• 44:09
  a
• 44:09
  beard
• 44:09
  because
• 44:10
  if
• 44:10
  you
• 44:10
  wore
• 44:10
  a
• 44:11
  beard,
• 44:11
  then
• 44:11
  you're
• 44:11
  old
• 44:11
  European.
• 44:12
  Rabbi,
• 44:13
  I
• 44:14
  can't
• 44:14
  relate
• 44:14
  to
• 44:14
  you.
• 44:16
  And
• 44:18
  obviously
• 44:18
  the
• 44:19
  yeshivas
• 44:19
  wanted
• 44:20
  to
• 44:20
  give
• 44:21
  smicha
• 44:21
  to
• 44:21
  them
• 44:21
  because
• 44:21
  we
• 44:22
  needed,
• 44:22
  we
• 44:22
  were
• 44:22
  fighting
• 44:23
  the
• 44:23
  battle.
• 44:23
  I
• 44:23
  mean,
• 44:24
  this
• 44:24
  was
• 44:24
  pre
• 44:24
  chabad.
• 44:25
  This
• 44:25
  was
• 44:25
  chabad.
• 44:27
  And
• 44:27
  as
• 44:27
  a
• 44:27
  kid
• 44:28
  I
• 44:28
  remember,
• 44:28
  you
• 44:29
  know,
• 44:29
  seeing
• 44:29
  all
• 44:29
  those
• 44:30
  people
• 44:30
  in
• 44:30
  my
• 44:31
  father's
• 44:31
  Shulem
• 44:31
  Perth
• 44:31
  Am
• 44:32
  in
• 44:32
  New
• 44:32
  Jersey
• 44:32
  with
• 44:32
  no
• 44:32
  shaykhas.
• 44:34
  Okay,
• 44:34
  they
• 44:34
  were
• 44:35
  so
• 44:35
  far
• 44:35
  off,
• 44:36
  but
• 44:36
  they
• 44:36
  were
• 44:37
  still
• 44:37
  at
• 44:37
  least
• 44:37
  members
• 44:37
  of
• 44:37
  an
• 44:38
  Orthodox
• 44:38
  synagogue.
• 44:39
  And
• 44:40
  they
• 44:40
  came
• 44:40
  Roshan
• 44:40
  Yom
• 44:41
  Kippur.
• 44:41
  And
• 44:42
  my
• 44:42
  father
• 44:42
  had
• 44:42
  a
• 44:42
  kayak
• 44:43
  about
• 44:43
  it.
• 44:43
  And
• 44:44
  slowly
• 44:45
  their
• 44:45
  children
• 44:46
  and
• 44:46
  grandchildren
• 44:47
  made
• 44:47
  their
• 44:47
  way
• 44:47
  back.
• 44:48
  Not
• 44:48
  all
• 44:48
  of
• 44:48
  them,
• 44:48
  but
• 44:49
  they.
• 44:49
  You
• 44:49
  know,
• 44:51
  what's
• 44:52
  interesting
• 44:52
  is
• 44:52
  that
• 44:53
  at
• 44:53
  that
• 44:53
  time
• 44:53
  many
• 44:54
  of
• 44:54
  these
• 44:54
  rabbonim
• 44:55
  went
• 44:55
  to
• 44:56
  become
• 44:56
  conservative
• 44:56
  rabbis
• 44:57
  and
• 44:57
  the
• 44:57
  like.
• 44:58
  In
• 44:59
  1990,
• 45:01
  1991,
• 45:03
  I
• 45:03
  was
• 45:03
  in
• 45:03
  the
• 45:04
  yeshiva
• 45:04
  and
• 45:04
  I
• 45:04
  was
• 45:04
  learning
• 45:04
  Bechavuza
• 45:05
  with
• 45:05
  David
• 45:05
  Hackberg.
• 45:06
  And
• 45:07
  there
• 45:07
  was
• 45:07
  a
• 45:07
  period
• 45:07
  of
• 45:08
  time
• 45:08
  over
• 45:09
  those
• 45:09
  number
• 45:09
  of
• 45:09
  years
• 45:10
  where
• 45:11
  we
• 45:11
  were
• 45:11
  the
• 45:11
  only
• 45:12
  two
• 45:12
  guys
• 45:12
  that
• 45:12
  were
• 45:12
  learning
• 45:13
  in
• 45:13
  the
• 45:13
  whole
• 45:13
  yeshiva
• 45:13
  for
• 45:14
  Smicha.
• 45:15
  There
• 45:15
  was
• 45:16
  no
• 45:16
  official
• 45:16
  semicha
• 45:17
  program.
• 45:17
  You
• 45:18
  had
• 45:18
  to
• 45:18
  change,
• 45:18
  you
• 45:19
  had,
• 45:19
  you
• 45:19
  had
• 45:19
  to
• 45:20
  chase
• 45:22
  Rav
• 45:23
  Kalevsky
• 45:24
  to
• 45:24
  a
• 45:24
  wedding
• 45:25
  to
• 45:25
  get
• 45:25
  a
• 45:25
  bechina.
• 45:26
  It
• 45:26
  was
• 45:26
  the
• 45:26
  most
• 45:26
  inconvenient
• 45:27
  thing.
• 45:28
  Not
• 45:28
  only
• 45:28
  that,
• 45:29
  there
• 45:29
  was
• 45:29
  no.
• 45:29
  There
• 45:29
  was
• 45:29
  no
• 45:30
  order
• 45:30
  of
• 45:31
  Lima.
• 45:31
  There
• 45:31
  was
• 45:32
  no.
• 45:33
  There
• 45:33
  was.
• 45:33
  There
• 45:34
  was
• 45:34
  no
• 45:34
  seder.
• 45:35
  There
• 45:35
  was
• 45:36
  no
• 45:36
  makarus.
• 45:37
  You
• 45:37
  learned.
• 45:37
  You
• 45:38
  had
• 45:38
  to
• 45:38
  learn,
• 45:38
  you
• 45:39
  know,
• 45:39
  basa,
• 45:39
  bacola
• 45:41
  ta,
• 45:41
  rubis,
• 45:42
  Malika,
• 45:43
  nida,
• 45:43
  and
• 45:43
  the
• 45:44
  four.
• 45:44
  You
• 45:45
  know,
• 45:45
  and
• 45:48
  you
• 45:48
  know,
• 45:49
  all
• 45:49
  of
• 45:49
  the
• 45:50
  chelke
• 45:50
  mishnah,
• 45:51
  except
• 45:51
  for
• 45:51
  helig
• 45:51
  dalit.
• 45:52
  You
• 45:52
  take
• 45:53
  that.
• 45:53
  That
• 45:53
  is
• 45:53
  a
• 45:53
  bachina
• 45:54
  from
• 45:54
  rev,
• 45:54
  from
• 45:54
  Rabbi
• 45:55
  Mins.
• 45:55
  But
• 45:55
  the
• 45:56
  other
• 45:56
  stuff,
• 45:56
  you
• 45:56
  just
• 45:57
  learned
• 45:57
  it.
• 45:57
  We
• 45:57
  didn't
• 45:57
  even
• 45:57
  know
• 45:57
  who
• 45:58
  to
• 45:58
  ask
• 45:58
  to
• 45:58
  go
• 45:58
  learn.
• 45:59
  And
• 45:59
  no
• 45:59
  one
• 45:59
  in
• 46:00
  the
• 46:00
  yeshima
• 46:00
  was
• 46:00
  learning
• 46:00
  it.
• 46:02
  And.
• 46:04
  Yeah,
• 46:04
  why?
• 46:05
  That's
• 46:05
  a
• 46:05
  good
• 46:05
  question.
• 46:06
  So
• 46:06
  I'm
• 46:06
  gonna.
• 46:07
  I'm
• 46:07
  gonna
• 46:07
  explain.
• 46:08
  And
• 46:08
  we
• 46:08
  had
• 46:08
  to
• 46:09
  go
• 46:09
  chase
• 46:09
  Rabbi
• 46:09
  Klefski
• 46:10
  to
• 46:10
  a
• 46:11
  wedding.
• 46:11
  I
• 46:11
  had
• 46:11
  to
• 46:11
  chase
• 46:11
  him
• 46:11
  from
• 46:12
  Malika.
• 46:12
  It
• 46:12
  took
• 46:12
  me
• 46:13
  six
• 46:13
  months
• 46:13
  to
• 46:13
  get
• 46:13
  a
• 46:13
  bachina
• 46:14
  because
• 46:14
  I
• 46:15
  went
• 46:15
  to
• 46:15
  four
• 46:15
  weddings.
• 46:16
  And
• 46:16
  each
• 46:16
  wedding
• 46:17
  says,
• 46:17
  not
• 46:17
  a
• 46:17
  good
• 46:17
  time.
• 46:18
  And
• 46:18
  then
• 46:18
  afterwards
• 46:19
  I
• 46:19
  said,
• 46:19
  rabbi,
• 46:19
  it's
• 46:19
  not.
• 46:20
  I
• 46:20
  said,
• 46:21
  it's
• 46:21
  not
• 46:22
  fair.
• 46:22
  Said,
• 46:22
  I'm
• 46:23
  going
• 46:23
  to
• 46:23
  forget
• 46:23
  what
• 46:23
  I've
• 46:23
  studied
• 46:24
  and
• 46:24
  I
• 46:25
  need
• 46:25
  to
• 46:25
  take
• 46:25
  the
• 46:25
  mechan.
• 46:26
  I
• 46:26
  need
• 46:26
  to
• 46:26
  move
• 46:26
  on.
• 46:27
  And
• 46:27
  he
• 46:28
  said,
• 46:28
  okay,
• 46:28
  come
• 46:28
  to
• 46:28
  the
• 46:28
  office.
• 46:29
  And
• 46:29
  I
• 46:29
  came
• 46:29
  to
• 46:30
  the
• 46:30
  office.
• 46:32
  He
• 46:32
  broiled
• 46:33
  me
• 46:33
  over.
• 46:33
  He
• 46:34
  rolled
• 46:34
  me
• 46:34
  over
• 46:34
  the
• 46:35
  coals.
• 46:35
  I
• 46:35
  could
• 46:35
  tell
• 46:35
  you.
• 46:36
  I
• 46:36
  said,
• 46:36
  I
• 46:36
  like
• 46:36
  it
• 46:36
  better
• 46:37
  when
• 46:37
  Rebbe's
• 46:37
  at
• 46:37
  the
• 46:37
  wedding.
• 46:41
  But
• 46:41
  I
• 46:41
  was
• 46:41
  like,
• 46:41
  why?
• 46:42
  I
• 46:42
  don't
• 46:42
  understand.
• 46:42
  Like,
• 46:43
  what
• 46:43
  do
• 46:43
  you
• 46:43
  mean?
• 46:44
  Shiva,
• 46:45
  you
• 46:45
  know,
• 46:45
  okay,
• 46:46
  why
• 46:46
  you
• 46:46
  is
• 46:46
  pumping
• 46:47
  out
• 46:47
  rabbanum?
• 46:48
  Why
• 46:49
  can't
• 46:49
  they
• 46:49
  Yisrael
• 46:49
  pump
• 46:50
  out
• 46:50
  rabbanum?
• 46:50
  Lakewood
• 46:51
  is
• 46:51
  pumping
• 46:51
  out
• 46:51
  rabbanum.
• 46:52
  Even
• 46:54
  so
• 46:55
  the
• 46:55
  answer
• 46:55
  that
• 46:55
  I
• 46:56
  was
• 46:56
  given,
• 46:56
  okay,
• 46:56
  and
• 46:57
  not
• 46:57
  necessarily
• 46:57
  official
• 46:58
  answer,
• 46:58
  but
• 46:58
  it
• 46:59
  was
• 46:59
  for
• 46:59
  this
• 46:59
  reason
• 47:01
  many
• 47:01
  of
• 47:01
  the
• 47:01
  Ms.
• 47:02
  Mochim.
• 47:02
  And
• 47:03
  this
• 47:03
  is
• 47:03
  true
• 47:03
  not
• 47:03
  just
• 47:03
  of,
• 47:04
  you
• 47:05
  know,
• 47:06
  of
• 47:06
  the
• 47:07
  yeshiva
• 47:07
  here,
• 47:07
  but
• 47:08
  many
• 47:08
  Muslim
• 47:09
  went
• 47:09
  off
• 47:13
  and
• 47:14
  to
• 47:14
  whatever
• 47:14
  degree,
• 47:15
  you
• 47:15
  know,
• 47:16
  did
• 47:16
  they
• 47:16
  lead
• 47:17
  conservadox
• 47:18
  organization,
• 47:20
  Conservative
• 47:21
  synagogue,
• 47:22
  or
• 47:22
  did
• 47:23
  they,
• 47:23
  you
• 47:23
  know,
• 47:25
  and
• 47:26
  so
• 47:27
  they
• 47:27
  didn't
• 47:27
  want
• 47:27
  to
• 47:27
  have
• 47:28
  en
• 47:28
  masse,
• 47:28
  a
• 47:28
  program.
• 47:29
  They
• 47:30
  had
• 47:30
  a
• 47:30
  certificate
• 47:30
  of
• 47:30
  synagogue.
• 47:31
  They
• 47:31
  were
• 47:31
  an
• 47:31
  official
• 47:32
  professional
• 47:33
  rabbi,
• 47:33
  and
• 47:34
  they
• 47:34
  could
• 47:34
  take
• 47:34
  that
• 47:35
  and
• 47:35
  use
• 47:35
  it.
• 47:36
  It
• 47:36
  was
• 47:36
  marketable,
• 47:37
  and
• 47:38
  they
• 47:38
  often
• 47:39
  didn't
• 47:39
  show.
• 47:40
  And
• 47:41
  so
• 47:41
  if
• 47:41
  there
• 47:41
  was
• 47:41
  an
• 47:41
  official
• 47:42
  program,
• 47:43
  then
• 47:44
  more
• 47:44
  people
• 47:44
  would
• 47:45
  go
• 47:45
  into
• 47:45
  the
• 47:45
  program
• 47:46
  and
• 47:46
  more
• 47:46
  people
• 47:46
  that
• 47:47
  were,
• 47:47
  you
• 47:48
  know,
• 47:48
  not
• 47:48
  Roy
• 47:49
  for
• 47:49
  the
• 47:49
  job
• 47:50
  would
• 47:51
  receive
• 47:51
  smicha.
• 47:52
  Whereas
• 47:53
  if
• 47:53
  you
• 47:53
  left
• 47:53
  it
• 47:53
  as,
• 47:54
  you
• 47:54
  know,
• 47:54
  the
• 47:54
  people
• 47:54
  that
• 47:55
  have
• 47:55
  to
• 47:55
  hunt,
• 47:55
  that
• 47:55
  really
• 47:55
  want
• 47:56
  it,
• 47:56
  get
• 47:56
  it.
• 47:56
  So
• 47:56
  it
• 47:57
  weeds
• 47:57
  out,
• 47:58
  qualifies
• 47:59
  the
• 47:59
  candidates.
• 48:02
  I
• 48:02
  mean,
• 48:02
  now
• 48:02
  in
• 48:02
  the
• 48:03
  yeshiva,
• 48:03
  there's
• 48:04
  a
• 48:04
  much
• 48:04
  more
• 48:04
  Masooda
• 48:05
  track.
• 48:05
  I
• 48:06
  understand
• 48:06
  there's
• 48:07
  burgers
• 48:08
  in
• 48:08
  charge
• 48:08
  of
• 48:08
  the.
• 48:09
  There's
• 48:10
  haburas.
• 48:11
  You
• 48:11
  know,
• 48:11
  it's
• 48:11
  a
• 48:11
  different
• 48:11
  ball
• 48:12
  game,
• 48:12
  but
• 48:13
  that's
• 48:13
  a
• 48:14
  sign
• 48:14
  of
• 48:14
  the
• 48:14
  times.
• 48:14
  It's
• 48:15
  a
• 48:15
  different
• 48:16
  change.
• 48:33
  I
• 48:33
  was
• 48:33
  at
• 48:33
  a
• 48:33
  wedding
• 48:35
  last
• 48:36
  week.
• 48:37
  Not
• 48:37
  last
• 48:37
  week,
• 48:37
  two
• 48:38
  Sundays
• 48:38
  ago
• 48:38
  I
• 48:38
  was
• 48:38
  at
• 48:39
  a
• 48:39
  wedding
• 48:40
  and
• 48:41
  I
• 48:42
  had
• 48:42
  not
• 48:42
  seen
• 48:43
  this
• 48:44
  before,
• 48:45
  but
• 48:45
  you
• 48:46
  know
• 48:46
  that
• 48:47
  the
• 48:47
  man
• 48:48
  walked
• 48:48
  around
• 48:49
  the
• 48:49
  girl,
• 48:51
  the
• 48:52
  chasan
• 48:52
  walked
• 48:52
  around
• 48:52
  the
• 48:53
  collar
• 48:53
  seven
• 48:53
  times.
• 48:56
  No,
• 48:56
  she
• 48:56
  didn't
• 48:56
  walk
• 48:56
  around
• 48:57
  him.
• 48:58
  He
• 48:58
  walked
• 48:58
  around
• 48:58
  her
• 49:01
  and
• 49:01
  they
• 49:01
  had
• 49:01
  holes.
• 49:02
  Ceremony
• 49:03
  with
• 49:03
  a
• 49:03
  ring
• 49:03
  and
• 49:04
  a
• 49:04
  whole.
• 49:04
  That
• 49:05
  she
• 49:05
  gave
• 49:06
  him
• 49:06
  a
• 49:06
  ring.
• 49:06
  It
• 49:06
  was
• 49:06
  a
• 49:06
  whole
• 49:07
  separate
• 49:07
  ceremony.
• 49:08
  That
• 49:08
  was
• 49:08
  afterwards.
• 49:09
  I'm
• 49:10
  saying
• 49:10
  these
• 49:11
  are
• 49:11
  very
• 49:12
  complicated
• 49:13
  things.
• 49:20
  Decided
• 49:20
  they
• 49:21
  were
• 49:21
  going
• 49:21
  to
• 49:21
  pump
• 49:21
  out
• 49:21
  rabbis
• 49:22
  because
• 49:22
  they
• 49:22
  saw
• 49:22
  what
• 49:23
  was
• 49:23
  happening.
• 49:24
  Part
• 49:24
  of
• 49:24
  that
• 49:24
  would
• 49:25
  be
• 49:25
  they
• 49:25
  didn't
• 49:26
  have
• 49:26
  kahilas
• 49:27
  where
• 49:27
  there
• 49:27
  was
• 49:27
  a
• 49:27
  Muniska
• 49:27
  Florida.
• 49:29
  In
• 49:29
  other
• 49:29
  words,
• 49:29
  if
• 49:29
  you.
• 49:29
  If
• 49:30
  maybe
• 49:30
  the
• 49:30
  reason
• 49:31
  now
• 49:31
  is
• 49:31
  the
• 49:31
  community
• 49:32
  is
• 49:32
  so
• 49:32
  large,
• 49:34
  newly
• 49:34
  minted,
• 49:35
  you
• 49:35
  know,
• 49:36
  Ramim
• 49:36
  who
• 49:36
  are
• 49:37
  coming
• 49:37
  from.
• 49:37
  They
• 49:38
  have
• 49:38
  a
• 49:38
  kahila
• 49:39
  people
• 49:39
  who
• 49:39
  were
• 49:39
  brought
• 49:39
  up
• 49:39
  in
• 49:40
  the
• 49:40
  yeshiva
• 49:40
  system
• 49:41
  and
• 49:41
  they
• 49:41
  believe
• 49:42
  in.
• 49:42
  In
• 49:42
  what.
• 49:42
  What
• 49:43
  the
• 49:43
  record
• 49:43
  says.
• 49:44
  But
• 49:44
  in
• 49:44
  the
• 49:45
  50s
• 49:45
  and
• 49:46
  60s,
• 49:46
  seven
• 49:47
  even
• 49:47
  maybe
• 49:47
  80s,
• 49:49
  most
• 49:49
  of
• 49:49
  the
• 49:49
  mispalim
• 49:50
  were
• 49:50
  not
• 49:50
  from.
• 49:51
  So
• 49:51
  they
• 49:51
  didn't
• 49:51
  have.
• 49:53
  What
• 49:53
  was
• 49:53
  it.
• 49:54
  What
• 49:54
  was
• 49:54
  it
• 49:54
  like
• 49:54
  for
• 49:54
  your
• 49:54
  father
• 49:55
  to
• 49:55
  be
• 49:55
  a.
• 49:56
  Who
• 49:56
  didn't
• 49:56
  have.
• 50:00
  Like,
• 50:00
  how
• 50:00
  do
• 50:00
  you.
• 50:01
  How
• 50:01
  do
• 50:01
  you
• 50:01
  negotiate?
• 50:02
  I
• 50:03
  mean,
• 50:03
  just.
• 50:03
  What
• 50:03
  do
• 50:03
  you
• 50:03
  remember?
• 50:04
  Like,
• 50:04
  you
• 50:04
  know,
• 50:05
  I
• 50:05
  mean,
• 50:05
  you
• 50:05
  know,
• 50:07
  it's
• 50:08
  a
• 50:08
  good
• 50:08
  question,
• 50:08
  you
• 50:09
  know,
• 50:09
  and
• 50:09
  I
• 50:09
  was
• 50:09
  young,
• 50:10
  so,
• 50:11
  you
• 50:11
  know,
• 50:12
  what
• 50:12
  do
• 50:13
  I
• 50:13
  remember?
• 50:14
  I
• 50:14
  remember
• 50:14
  my
• 50:15
  father.
• 50:16
  My
• 50:16
  father
• 50:16
  used
• 50:17
  his
• 50:17
  charisma
• 50:18
  and
• 50:19
  his.
• 50:20
  And
• 50:20
  his
• 50:22
  love
• 50:22
  of
• 50:23
  people
• 50:23
  to
• 50:23
  win
• 50:23
  their
• 50:24
  hearts.
• 50:25
  And,
• 50:26
  you
• 50:26
  know,
• 50:27
  he
• 50:27
  had
• 50:27
  low
• 50:27
  expectations.
• 50:30
  So,
• 50:30
  you
• 50:31
  know,
• 50:33
  he
• 50:33
  tried
• 50:34
  very
• 50:34
  hard
• 50:35
  to
• 50:36
  win
• 50:36
  people
• 50:37
  with,
• 50:38
  you
• 50:39
  know,
• 50:39
  to
• 50:40
  have
• 50:40
  them,
• 50:40
  you
• 50:41
  know,
• 50:41
  love
• 50:41
  him
• 50:41
  and
• 50:42
  therefore
• 50:42
  love
• 50:42
  Yadis.
• 50:44
  He
• 50:44
  took
• 50:44
  the
• 50:44
  opposite
• 50:45
  of
• 50:45
  approach.
• 50:58
  It's
• 50:58
  a
• 50:58
  very
• 50:58
  different
• 50:59
  approach
• 50:59
  from
• 51:00
  strict,
• 51:01
  you
• 51:01
  know,
• 51:02
  follow
• 51:02
  the
• 51:03
  laws.
• 51:03
  Tariq,
• 51:04
  somebody
• 51:04
  who
• 51:05
  goes
• 51:05
  off,
• 51:05
  you
• 51:06
  know,
• 51:06
  the
• 51:06
  European
• 51:07
  mentality
• 51:08
  was
• 51:08
  still
• 51:08
  in
• 51:08
  people's
• 51:09
  mind.
• 51:10
  That's
• 51:11
  the
• 51:11
  model
• 51:11
  of
• 51:13
  right
• 51:13
  tradition.
• 51:14
  And
• 51:15
  you
• 51:15
  know,
• 51:15
  if
• 51:15
  you
• 51:15
  don't
• 51:16
  follow
• 51:16
  it,
• 51:16
  but.
• 51:16
  But
• 51:17
  not
• 51:17
  that
• 51:17
  he
• 51:18
  bent
• 51:18
  the
• 51:18
  rules
• 51:18
  with
• 51:18
  anyone.
• 51:19
  But,
• 51:19
  you
• 51:19
  know,
• 51:21
  my
• 51:21
  father
• 51:22
  would
• 51:22
  say
• 51:22
  he
• 51:23
  would
• 51:23
  take
• 51:23
  us
• 51:23
  as
• 51:23
  little
• 51:24
  kids
• 51:24
  to
• 51:24
  somebody's
• 51:25
  house.
• 51:26
  You
• 51:26
  know,
• 51:26
  we'd
• 51:26
  walk
• 51:26
  home
• 51:27
  from
• 51:27
  shul
• 51:28
  and
• 51:28
  he
• 51:28
  would
• 51:28
  say,
• 51:29
  let's
• 51:29
  stop
• 51:29
  in
• 51:29
  and
• 51:29
  say
• 51:29
  hello
• 51:30
  to
• 51:30
  this
• 51:30
  person.
• 51:30
  And
• 51:30
  this
• 51:30
  person
• 51:31
  did
• 51:31
  not
• 51:31
  come
• 51:31
  to
• 51:31
  shul.
• 51:32
  And
• 51:33
  they're
• 51:34
  in
• 51:34
  the
• 51:34
  house,
• 51:34
  you
• 51:34
  know,
• 51:35
  with
• 51:35
  TVs
• 51:35
  on,
• 51:35
  they're
• 51:36
  smoking
• 51:36
  a
• 51:36
  cigarette,
• 51:37
  whatever
• 51:37
  have
• 51:37
  you.
• 51:37
  You
• 51:37
  know,
• 51:38
  my
• 51:38
  Father
• 51:39
  stops
• 51:39
  him
• 51:40
  and
• 51:40
  this
• 51:40
  big
• 51:41
  dog.
• 51:41
  I'm
• 51:41
  like.
• 51:42
  I'm
• 51:42
  like
• 51:42
  8
• 51:43
  years
• 51:43
  old,
• 51:43
  7
• 51:43
  years
• 51:44
  old.
• 51:44
  I
• 51:44
  don't
• 51:44
  know.
• 51:44
  I'm
• 51:44
  like
• 51:44
  this
• 51:45
  high.
• 51:45
  And
• 51:45
  this
• 51:46
  huge
• 51:46
  Afghan
• 51:47
  dog
• 51:47
  that's
• 51:47
  as
• 51:47
  big
• 51:47
  as
• 51:48
  me,
• 51:48
  like,
• 51:48
  comes,
• 51:48
  you
• 51:49
  know,
• 51:49
  is
• 51:49
  in
• 51:49
  my
• 51:50
  memory.
• 51:50
  Like,
• 51:51
  I
• 51:51
  can
• 51:51
  even
• 51:51
  still
• 51:51
  remember
• 51:52
  the
• 51:52
  block.
• 51:52
  So
• 51:52
  right
• 51:53
  around
• 51:53
  the
• 51:53
  corner
• 51:53
  from
• 51:53
  the
• 51:53
  block,
• 51:54
  Angel.
• 51:55
  And
• 51:56
  he
• 51:57
  came
• 51:57
  in
• 51:57
  to
• 51:57
  say
• 51:57
  hello
• 51:58
  and
• 51:58
  say,
• 51:58
  good
• 51:58
  Chavez.
• 52:01
  So.
• 52:07
  And
• 52:07
  I
• 52:07
  remember
• 52:07
  he
• 52:07
  said
• 52:07
  the
• 52:07
  following,
• 52:08
  you
• 52:08
  know,
• 52:08
  he
• 52:08
  said
• 52:09
  to
• 52:09
  them,
• 52:09
  you
• 52:09
  know,
• 52:10
  when
• 52:10
  he
• 52:10
  noticed
• 52:11
  the
• 52:11
  dog,
• 52:11
  he
• 52:12
  goes.
• 52:12
  He
• 52:13
  goes,
• 52:13
  there's
• 52:13
  a
• 52:13
  proof
• 52:13
  in
• 52:13
  the
• 52:13
  Torah
• 52:14
  that
• 52:14
  you
• 52:14
  should
• 52:14
  have
• 52:14
  a
• 52:14
  dog.
• 52:17
  He
• 52:17
  said,
• 52:17
  what's
• 52:17
  the
• 52:17
  raya
• 52:18
  and
• 52:18
  the
• 52:18
  Torah
• 52:18
  that
• 52:18
  you
• 52:18
  should
• 52:19
  have
• 52:19
  a
• 52:19
  dog.
• 52:19
  Because
• 52:20
  if
• 52:20
  something
• 52:20
  is
• 52:20
  traf.
• 52:21
  Right,
• 52:22
  salach
• 52:22
  is.
• 52:24
  So
• 52:25
  he
• 52:25
  says,
• 52:25
  after
• 52:25
  the
• 52:25
  Torah,
• 52:26
  tell
• 52:26
  somebody
• 52:27
  that
• 52:27
  you
• 52:27
  have
• 52:27
  to
• 52:27
  go
• 52:27
  out
• 52:27
  and
• 52:28
  find
• 52:28
  a
• 52:28
  stray
• 52:28
  dog.
• 52:29
  He
• 52:29
  had
• 52:29
  a
• 52:29
  dog,
• 52:31
  okay?
• 52:32
  Whether
• 52:32
  that's
• 52:32
  pshat
• 52:33
  or
• 52:33
  not.
• 52:33
  Pshat
• 52:33
  meaning
• 52:34
  they
• 52:35
  had
• 52:35
  dogs
• 52:35
  because
• 52:35
  they
• 52:35
  had
• 52:36
  sheep,
• 52:36
  they
• 52:36
  had
• 52:36
  other.
• 52:37
  They
• 52:37
  had
• 52:37
  a
• 52:37
  utility.
• 52:38
  You
• 52:38
  want
• 52:38
  to
• 52:38
  make
• 52:38
  an
• 52:38
  argument
• 52:39
  for.
• 52:40
  Against
• 52:40
  the
• 52:40
  dog,
• 52:40
  we
• 52:41
  can
• 52:41
  have
• 52:41
  an
• 52:41
  argument
• 52:41
  about
• 52:41
  it.
• 52:41
  But
• 52:42
  the
• 52:42
  point
• 52:42
  is
• 52:42
  that
• 52:43
  he
• 52:43
  used
• 52:43
  the
• 52:43
  Torah
• 52:44
  to
• 52:45
  bring
• 52:45
  them
• 52:45
  in
• 52:46
  and
• 52:46
  to
• 52:46
  make
• 52:46
  them
• 52:47
  feel
• 52:47
  like,
• 52:48
  oh,
• 52:48
  I
• 52:48
  can
• 52:48
  relate.
• 52:49
  Because
• 52:49
  they
• 52:49
  were.
• 52:49
  So
• 52:50
  far,
• 52:50
  they
• 52:50
  had
• 52:50
  no
• 52:51
  shaykhas.
• 52:54
  It's
• 52:54
  a
• 52:54
  very
• 52:54
  low
• 52:55
  expectation.
• 52:55
  Expectations.
• 52:55
  And
• 52:55
  he
• 52:56
  brought
• 52:56
  them
• 52:56
  in.
• 52:57
  But
• 52:57
  it
• 52:57
  was,
• 52:57
  you
• 52:58
  know,
• 52:58
  it
• 52:59
  could
• 52:59
  be
• 52:59
  very
• 52:59
  exhausting,
• 53:00
  and
• 53:00
  it
• 53:00
  could
• 53:01
  be
• 53:01
  very,
• 53:01
  very
• 53:02
  depressing.
• 53:04
  At
• 53:04
  the
• 53:04
  end
• 53:04
  of
• 53:04
  the
• 53:04
  day,
• 53:05
  you
• 53:05
  know,
• 53:07
  at
• 53:07
  the
• 53:08
  end
• 53:08
  of
• 53:08
  the
• 53:08
  day,
• 53:08
  the
• 53:08
  shul
• 53:09
  that
• 53:09
  he,
• 53:10
  you
• 53:10
  know,
• 53:10
  blood,
• 53:11
  sweat
• 53:11
  and
• 53:11
  tears,
• 53:12
  fought
• 53:12
  for,
• 53:13
  that
• 53:13
  he
• 53:13
  built
• 53:13
  and
• 53:14
  rebuilt
• 53:14
  when
• 53:14
  it.
• 53:14
  When
• 53:15
  it
• 53:15
  had
• 53:15
  a
• 53:15
  fire.
• 53:16
  And,
• 53:17
  you
• 53:17
  know,
• 53:18
  those
• 53:18
  people
• 53:19
  ended
• 53:19
  up
• 53:20
  selling
• 53:20
  it
• 53:20
  to
• 53:21
  some
• 53:21
  Guru
• 53:21
  Ganesh
• 53:22
  for
• 53:22
  $900,000.
• 53:24
  Now,
• 53:25
  they
• 53:25
  rationalized
• 53:26
  that
• 53:26
  sale.
• 53:26
  We
• 53:27
  went
• 53:27
  up
• 53:27
  to
• 53:27
  there
• 53:28
  to
• 53:28
  fight
• 53:28
  that.
• 53:30
  We
• 53:31
  asked
• 53:31
  them
• 53:31
  if
• 53:32
  they
• 53:32
  would,
• 53:32
  you
• 53:32
  know,
• 53:32
  consider,
• 53:33
  you
• 53:33
  know,
• 53:34
  doing
• 53:34
  something
• 53:34
  else
• 53:35
  with
• 53:35
  the
• 53:35
  money,
• 53:35
  etc.
• 53:36
  Etc.
• 53:37
  Meaning
• 53:37
  doing
• 53:38
  something
• 53:38
  else
• 53:38
  with
• 53:38
  the
• 53:38
  opening
• 53:39
  of
• 53:39
  having
• 53:40
  yeshiva
• 53:40
  come
• 53:40
  in
• 53:40
  and
• 53:41
  take
• 53:41
  it
• 53:41
  over.
• 53:41
  Like,
• 53:42
  there
• 53:42
  was
• 53:42
  a
• 53:42
  yeshiva
• 53:43
  that
• 53:43
  was
• 53:43
  there
• 53:43
  for
• 53:43
  a
• 53:44
  period
• 53:44
  of
• 53:44
  time.
• 53:45
  But
• 53:45
  they
• 53:46
  rationalized
• 53:46
  this.
• 53:47
  We're
• 53:47
  going
• 53:47
  to
• 53:47
  take
• 53:47
  the
• 53:47
  money
• 53:48
  and
• 53:48
  we're
• 53:48
  going
• 53:48
  to
• 53:48
  use
• 53:48
  it
• 53:48
  to
• 53:49
  fix
• 53:49
  a
• 53:49
  retaining
• 53:49
  wall
• 53:49
  in
• 53:49
  the
• 53:49
  base
• 53:50
  Islam
• 53:51
  and
• 53:51
  have
• 53:51
  perpetual
• 53:52
  grass
• 53:52
  cutting.
• 53:55
  That
• 53:56
  was
• 53:56
  their.
• 53:56
  They
• 53:57
  weren't
• 53:57
  going
• 53:57
  to
• 53:57
  listen
• 53:57
  to
• 53:57
  anybody
• 53:58
  else.
• 54:01
  They
• 54:02
  weren't
• 54:02
  going
• 54:02
  to
• 54:02
  listen
• 54:02
  to.
• 54:05
  We
• 54:05
  begged
• 54:05
  also
• 54:06
  that
• 54:06
  they
• 54:06
  should.
• 54:07
  They
• 54:07
  were
• 54:07
  auctioning
• 54:07
  off
• 54:08
  the
• 54:08
  seferotaira.
• 54:09
  We
• 54:09
  begged
• 54:09
  that
• 54:09
  my
• 54:09
  father
• 54:10
  should
• 54:10
  get
• 54:10
  a
• 54:10
  sefer
• 54:10
  tyre
• 54:11
  wouldn't
• 54:11
  get
• 54:11
  a
• 54:11
  sefera
• 54:13
  in
• 54:13
  the
• 54:13
  end.
• 54:13
  By
• 54:13
  the
• 54:13
  way,
• 54:14
  it's
• 54:14
  very
• 54:14
  interesting
• 54:15
  shul
• 54:15
  here,
• 54:15
  got
• 54:15
  two
• 54:16
  seferetera
• 54:16
  from
• 54:16
  that.
• 54:17
  I
• 54:17
  didn't
• 54:17
  know.
• 54:18
  This
• 54:18
  is
• 54:18
  years
• 54:18
  later,
• 54:18
  14,
• 54:19
  15
• 54:19
  years
• 54:19
  later.
• 54:20
  And
• 54:20
  he
• 54:20
  called
• 54:20
  me
• 54:22
  and
• 54:22
  run
• 54:22
  the
• 54:23
  Rabbanim
• 54:23
  gave
• 54:23
  us
• 54:23
  a
• 54:23
  sefer
• 54:24
  Torah.
• 54:25
  So
• 54:25
  technically
• 54:25
  in
• 54:26
  our
• 54:26
  possession
• 54:27
  as
• 54:27
  a
• 54:27
  sefer
• 54:27
  Torah
• 54:28
  from
• 54:28
  that
• 54:28
  shul.
• 54:31
  But
• 54:31
  that
• 54:32
  was
• 54:32
  the
• 54:32
  point
• 54:33
  they
• 54:33
  didn't
• 54:33
  appoint,
• 54:34
  you
• 54:34
  know,
• 54:35
  after
• 54:35
  a
• 54:35
  period
• 54:35
  of
• 54:35
  time,
• 54:36
  they
• 54:36
  realized
• 54:36
  after
• 54:36
  two
• 54:36
  decades,
• 54:37
  three
• 54:37
  decades,
• 54:38
  you
• 54:38
  know,
• 54:38
  in
• 54:38
  the
• 54:38
  70s
• 54:39
  and
• 54:39
  in
• 54:39
  the
• 54:39
  80s,
• 54:40
  they're
• 54:40
  like,
• 54:41
  okay,
• 54:41
  time
• 54:41
  out,
• 54:41
  we
• 54:42
  gotta
• 54:42
  stop
• 54:42
  this.
• 54:43
  We
• 54:43
  can't
• 54:44
  have
• 54:44
  wholesale
• 54:45
  Rabbanim
• 54:45
  going
• 54:45
  out
• 54:46
  and
• 54:46
  getting
• 54:47
  caught.
• 54:48
  And
• 54:48
  that's
• 54:49
  his
• 54:49
  point
• 54:49
  over
• 54:49
  here,
• 54:49
  is
• 54:50
  that
• 54:50
  that
• 54:50
  was
• 54:50
  what
• 54:50
  was
• 54:50
  happening.
• 54:51
  And
• 54:52
  we'll
• 54:53
  continue,
• 54:53
  God
• 54:53
  willing,
• 54:54
  next
• 54:54
  week
• 54:54
  over
• 54:54
  here.
• 54:55
  But
• 54:56
  his
• 54:57
  point
• 54:57
  is
• 54:57
  that
• 54:59
  the
• 54:59
  suffering
• 54:59
  of
• 55:00
  what
• 55:00
  they're
• 55:00
  seeing
• 55:02
  in
• 55:02
  Russia
• 55:03
  was
• 55:03
  because
• 55:04
  that
• 55:04
  was
• 55:04
  what
• 55:04
  was
• 55:05
  happening.
• 55:05
  And
• 55:05
  therefore
• 55:06
  Mita
• 55:06
  Kanegamita
• 55:07
  were
• 55:07
  getting
• 55:07
  caught
• 55:09
  with
• 55:09
  the
• 55:10
  requirement
• 55:10
  of
• 55:11
  secular,
• 55:15
  secular
• 55:15
  studies
• 55:16
  and
• 55:16
  the
• 55:16
  like.