Just for Me | Rabbi Zev Smith

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There are many benefits being part of a big family, but there's one drawback, perhaps, a dangerous part of being part of a big family. A person loses his self-identity. He's one of 10 children, he's one of 100 grandchildren, and that cousin is much better than I am, and my younger brother is certainly better than I am. And when a person feels he's a nobody, he won't succeed. Life is typically a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's gratifying to watch the unbelievable growth of the Vayimaen family, but I wonder if each and every one of you realize how important you really are. Now imagine you're a camp director ten years ago and you get a call from a Bochur. He says: I had a very hard winter. I know it's the middle of the winter now, but I need a break. Could I go to your camp for two days and relax? So you say: My camp? It's not winterized. It's not a camp now. I can't open a camp for you. Please find a different alternative. Ten minutes later, you get a call from R’ Chaim Kanievsky’s personal Gabbai. R’ Chaim needs a vacation and someone suggested that he travel and come to your camp. Could you accommodate him? You would say: Get him on the next plane. I'll do it. Now, is that a double standard? No. You can't open a camp for one Bochur,

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2. 0:38Now imagine you're a camp director ten years ago and you get a call from a…
3. 1:09but for the Gadol Hador, you'll do anything. But although that sounds convincing, it's not true.…
4. 1:41No one looks alike. The Ribono shel Olam made that no two people are the same,…
5. 2:11to say: The world was created just for me. Not just for R’ Chaim Kanievsky. Just…
6. 2:41I remember once, our camp, we were seeing the beautiful Niggun, I am, I am, I…
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