It's All About Perspective - R' Naftali Reich

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

[Music] Everything in life we could look at it from a positive lens or a negative lens. In 1936 my father Oliver Shalom was 16 years old. That time a great saddic came to Manchester. His name was Rabit Masmid a kabad of great stature. He was someone that didn't sleep on a bed. He kept his hands above his waist. He was so saintly. He hardly ate. When he sat on a chair, he would sit up the whole time, sitting up for the so to speak, not wanting to derive benefit and pleasure from this world. He was a holy man. And my father stuck around him, accompanying him wherever he could. One Shabbas morning, my father accompanied him to the local central synagogue. Rabies was collecting for the yidden behind the iron curtain and he came into the shul

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1. 0:01[Music] Everything in life we could look at it from a positive lens or a negative…
2. 0:31hands above his waist. He was so saintly. He hardly ate. When he sat on a…
3. 1:01before Musf and he spoke for a few minutes to the congregants. They put him at…
4. 1:32this great sadic. Well, in those days the people used to spend Sunday betting on the…
5. 2:03horse being a jockey, looking after the horse and bringing it to the winning round of…
6. 2:33And everything that God gives us, Hashem gives us is opportunity. If only we could see…

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