Journey to Jacksonville: Rebbi Meir and the Principle That Awarded Us the Torah

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of >> [clears throat] >> there's one PSA for any of the any of the children want to play uh we can play in the lobby or play um in the playground. We asked for everyone to decorum uh this morning. We have one more chance to hear from Reb Glatstein a short presentation by one of his swarim. We have then we have a chance to purchase some Reb Glatstein's swarim. I once heard in the name of the Baal Hatanya the Baal Hatanya says that he had so many Hasidim that wanted to meet with him. That was called the yechidus. They wanted to meet with him. He had no time to meet with everybody until he wrote the Baal Hatanya and he said instead of meeting with me one on one come here to today to hear about the Spanish moss. I want to tell you a little bit about the Tanna Reb Meir Baal Haness and then we'll talk about some of the other swarim. Uh Reb Meir Baal Haness, I can't explain it. One day I just became fascinated with the great Tanna Reb Meir Baal Haness and he wouldn't let go of me. Almost practically every week when I needed to prepare a sheer, ideas about the Tanna Rama Balanes just struck me and he grabbed a hold of me and he wouldn't let go until the book came out in English and in Lashon Kodesh. Let me give you a little background. What is our relationship with God? What is God to us? We know he's our God, but what did how would you categorize our relationship? Is he our king? Is he our father? This is a subject of great debate in the Gemara. Rebbi Yehuda, who ordinarily if there

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1. 0:00of >> [clears throat] >> there's one PSA for any of the any of the children…
2. 2:34would be a machlokes, a dispute between Rebbi Yehuda and Rebbi Meir, we would always follow…
3. 4:08nikra'in banim." That no matter what we do, no matter how far we fall, no matter…
4. 5:39Why not? Why Why are they not allowed to? If they want to put up a…
5. 7:42first refusal to my neighbor. If I'm putting up my my house for sale, how Halacha…
6. 9:13And there's another important phenomenon that's dependent on us being the children of Hashem. And that…
7. 10:44itself in Tiberias. Another interesting tidbit about Rabbi Meir is that Rabbi Meir was buried standing…
8. 12:48beseech. There's an idea we have to demand it like it's a debt that God owes…
9. 14:20with a degree of urgency. Finally, this final safer is also interesting. If uh you want…
10. 15:51And I figured when I'm coming out with the book, I better get a letter from…

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