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A Torah shiur by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein on the Chofetz Chaim's insights into Shabbos and Jewish identity.
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Okay, good morning everyone. The I want to bring to your attention a very famous piece from the Chofetz Chaim. Yesterday we learned that observance of Shabbos is the engagement ring. It's the wedding ring. If you if you observe Shabbos, it means you're still connected to God. If you don't observe Shabbos, the engagement is broken. There's another analogy of the Chofetz Chaim. Yesterday's analogy was on the possuk ki ani Hashem mikadishchem. Shabbos shows we're still married. There's another famous story, famous mashal that the Chofetz Chaim gave. And it's on the possuk beini u'veini Bnei Yisrael os hi le'olam. Shabbos is called an os to show to reflect its importance. You have a storekeeper who puts on the outside of the store a sign so that everybody knows what line of business he's in. So for example, if a tailor he'll put clothing on the front of the store. And a shoemaker he'll put shoes. He puts up a sign. If there's a sign up, then everybody knows the store is open for business. Everybody knows the store owner is there, he's present. And what what so Well, you say one time I came to the
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- 0:00Okay, good morning everyone. The I want to bring to your attention a very famous piece…
- 0:32shows we're still married. There's another famous story, famous mashal that the Chofetz Chaim gave. And…
- 1:02what line of business he's in. So for example, if a tailor he'll put clothing on…
- 1:32store and the store owner wasn't there. He wasn't there for a few days. It doesn't…
- 2:02sign, not only that Hashem created the world, it's a sign that the Jew is open…
- 2:33Hashem. It's ois be neyu u'venei Yisrael l'doroseichem ladaas ki ani Hashem mekadshechem. So even if…
- 3:04open. He's still a mamin ba Kodesh Baruch Hu. Hashem still resides within him. But heaven…
- 3:36an akum and therefore if he donates a ner or a shiva to a beis haknesses,…
- 4:08Recording stopped. Bye.…
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