העמוד היומי מסכת עירובין דף י עמוד ב

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Dovid Hofstedter’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Music] Page 10 Page 2 Many times a person prays to the Holy One, blessed be He, but he thinks, "Let's not hide from Him." He is a little lenient. He somewhat reduces what he planned to ask for and says, "Yes, I really want so and so and so much." But I don't want to exaggerate. I don't want to sound like someone who takes advantage and asks for a little less. Or sometimes a person also says, "I don't need the Holy One, blessed be He." If I have a problem with the mortgage, if I have a He." If I have a problem with the mortgage, if I have a problem with the apartment, that's already a serious matter. But asking for all sorts of small things, about passions, about ego, about things that are really not essential and significant. He is ashamed to ask, and that's a big mistake. First of all, with the Holy One, blessed be He, everything is the same. It doesn't matter if I ask Him for a lollipop or a spacious apartment in Jerusalem. There really is no difference. Everything happens in one second. And another thing: "Open your mouth, Eve, fill it up." You are ashamed to ask. You are going for small. That's your problem. Don't go for small. The Holy One, blessed be He, tells us, "I will open your mouth wide and fill it up." Ask for as much as possible. Even unrealistic things, even

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1. 0:02[Music] Page 10 Page 2 Many times a person prays to the Holy One, blessed be…
2. 2:05canceling that kana has no meaning. The Gemara says very nicely. So you told me what…
3. 4:0610 cubits that he jumped on the cheek or a great beam this is a wonderful…
4. 6:09Put it more divided like this. I see that there are some kind of barriers here,…
5. 8:12all sorts of other standing people who are far from him, he will be able to…
6. 10:18cubits, it is also fine. The Gemara asks why is it really fine. You are building…
7. 12:19were Rashi, I think he calls it Rim or something like that and he says they…
8. 14:26that it is a tap. The question is only how we defined it. In what dimensions?…
9. 16:32much greater innovation. To my friend, my brother Bali, to say "a finger is two-thirds from…
10. 18:37Why didn't a line with it be a quarter of a cubit?" The Gemara tried to…

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