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A Torah shiur by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein on the importance of selective memory in Jewish learning.
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Hashem has selective memory, which by the way, every human being must have selective memory. You have to have selective memory in this world. >> [snorts] >> There are going to be people in this world who say stupid things to you every single day. Not only that, the people closest to you are going to say dumb things to you. They're going to say hurtful things to you. And they don't really mean it. So, you need to forget about it.
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- 0:00Hashem has selective memory, which by the way, every human being must have selective memory. You…
- 0:31So, you say, "Well, then maybe I don't have to have hakaras hatov for all the…
- 1:01rabbis. They're going to say things they didn't mean to say. And you can say, "They're…
- 1:32and blood. So, you need to have selective memory in this world.…
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