A shiur on the topic of coming before the King.
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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Meir Simcha Sperling’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
Shalom u’Bracha to the entire Vayimaen family. With Hashem’s help, I want to share with you one of the most powerful parables I have ever heard. And if we can take this lesson to heart, I believe it can completely transform our battle with the Yetzer Hara, especially regarding guarding one’s eyes. There was once a powerful king, and in his kingdom there was a law, if a person would break it, they were killed. Nothing to talk about. There was one man, who thought he was smarter than everybody else, and he broke the law. And, of course, he got caught. Now, he was sentenced to death with one week to take care of everything he needed to take care of. That entire week, he was seized with fear that words cannot describe, and when the final day came, he was too terrified to walk into the palace alone. So he ran to his best friend and he said: Please, I'm begging you. Just stand next to me when I face the king. And his friend said: I am so sorry, but there is no way I am coming. He might think I'm guilty, too, and I can't risk that. So he went to his neighbors and some people he was friendly with, and he said: Please, can you guys come with me? And they said: We'll come with you, but we're only going to walk you to the palace gates. We cannot come inside. It's too dangerous. He was heartbroken,
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- 0:06Shalom u’Bracha to the entire Vayimaen family. With Hashem’s help, I want to share with you…
- 0:39That entire week, he was seized with fear that words cannot describe, and when the final…
- 1:09but the time had come. Now, on the way, he decided he's going to stop off…
- 1:40I'm going to come with you. I know the king personally. Moments later, they're standing before…
- 2:12to the King of all Kings, Hakadosh Baruch Hu. And who are we going to turn…
- 2:43And then we're going to start going up alone. All alone. When suddenly, we're going to…
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