Ki Tavo: The letter Samech | Rabbi Ariel Mizrahi

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Okay, good morning everyone and thank you for joining us on this beautiful Thursday morning um as we are studying together. Our para tells us that there is a mitzvah called bikurim means that the um a farmer you have a farmer he has a whole field produce fruits vegetables so says that there's certain fruits that you have to bring from you have to bring from the bring from you have to bring from the word first you got to bring the first fruits so if you're a farmer you plant a tree let's say a pomegranate it grape vineyard. The first fruits that start to ripen, you have to make a little uh sign and then you keep track and when it fully ripens, you harvest those first fruits. You bring them to the beta mdash and you make a whole declaration. You say to the kohen, you bring it in a basket. The pas says you have to put in a basket. Very says you have to put in a basket. Very specific vessel, a basket. It doesn't say uh just put it and bring it. It says put it in a basket and then you have to come to the kohhan and you have to say you know I uh I came from nothing. I'm uh I'm now very successful and um the sh the amount anyone know how much fruits you have to bring like what's the amount of how much

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1. 0:00Okay, good morning everyone and thank you for joining us on this beautiful Thursday morning um…
2. 3:09on prayer. Okay, it's on and it has to do with our you know we talk…
3. 6:45day. What's the connection? So, like we said, is bringing the first fruits for the Torah.…
4. 10:25was no uh showers needed. You didn't need Under Arour. You didn't need you didn't have…
5. 13:31learn. That's what you do all day when you're in yeshiva. It's great. Then you come…
6. 17:06going to keep you in the desert because then what's the point?" The whole point is…
7. 20:46Says the famous story of the two guys that were arguing, could they get H angry?…
8. 23:49You know why they ate bread? Ask a guy, why do you eat bread? What does…
9. 27:21to me. So that's why how much do I do? is when I bring my fruits…
10. 30:55through a selfanalysis critical judge myself the word pale we said so many times the root…

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