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Government Shutdown - What Can We Learn? - Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz

Rabbi Chaim Mintz discusses the government shutdown and answers questions in a live Torah…

Lehallel Editorial Team1 min read331 views on YouTubeposted Oct 10, 2013

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Rabbi Chaim Mintz discusses the government shutdown and answers questions in a live Torah class.

A 4 min shiur shiur by Rabbi Chaim Mintz. Like every video on Lehallel, it was judged and approved under the Lehallel law before it ever appeared — no unreviewed result is ever shown.

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Government Shutdown - What Can We Learn? - Ask the Rabbi Live with Rabbi Mintz3:32

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remember today is the eighth day of the partial government shutdown one thing i rarely mentioned thoughts is like hashem sending us a spiritual spiritual message is there something spiritual we can learn from this well uh there could be different ways of looking at it i think the uh the most elementary way of looking at it they can have people that are supposed to be outstanding and that are supposed to be outstanding and special people that the whole country that relies on and how petty they can become become and how non-responsible they can be by fighting while many people are losing and upset about it and it can't come to some type of terms so i think that we're missing some great people up there on on top to be able to lead and convince

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  1. 0:00remember today is the eighth day of the partial government shutdown one thing i rarely mentioned…
  2. 0:30that are supposed to be outstanding and special people that the whole country that relies on…
  3. 1:02be able to lead and convince others to do the right thing that uh you see…
  4. 1:33and i think that it's sort of a very uh reflecting not good on the american…
  5. 2:04thing and don't try to win over the other side do what's right and don't just…
  6. 2:36people like to get their opinion to be the one that's accepted and they love to…
  7. 3:06think it's ethical what they're doing and we have to learn from that that we have…

About Rabbi Chaim Mintz on Lehallel

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