Why Live So Far?

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

I want to tell you a story I read couple of weeks ago the story to me was unbelievable it was about the brother of the vilna gaon the brother of the Von was very righteous in his own in his own life everybody knew the Von the great villon but his brother was very righteous also but Abraham he used to go a few times a year to visit with his brother the gra and to get there was very difficult Journey it was very hard to get there it was a lot it was expenses it was hard by the time he got there it was a weeks of travel and he would say when he got there he was in ganeden sitting next to his brother it was like being in the presence of a Mal and he gained so much every time he went and Tora and so somebody once asked him they said Rabbi anyway you learn all day why don't you just live in vilna next to your brother why do you travel so far three times a year he said it's a good question it's a good question I'll tell you the answer it starts like this many years ago in our community there was a short of before the holiday of and the word went out there are no in the entire city you can't get a good at and I said I have to have my wife said don't worry I'm going to get you in I'm not going to rest till I get you in AOG and my wife she went and she searched and she found somewhere in a back alley someone selling at and she spotted one and she said

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3. 1:05him they said Rabbi anyway you learn all day why don't you just live in vilna…
4. 1:35went out there are no in the entire city you can't get a good at and…
5. 2:06there it is perfect he said yes this is the only one probably available in the…
6. 2:37house is on lean he said okay they signed the contract she took the atog she…
7. 3:08of money so they were forced to sell their home the home was worth more than…
8. 3:42she goes in the morning she goes in the afternoon and on the way from our…
9. 4:15for an I want to thank you for that and he said every single day when…
10. 4:45can't take that away from her and I'm reading this story and I said what would…

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