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Rabbi Meyer Yedid - The Power of a Giver

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Welcome to Inside ArtScroll, where the books that we read and the people that write them come to life. It's as they would, a pleasure to welcome to ArtScroll Studios Rabbi Meir Yedid. Thank you. Thank you for having me. And what brings us to the studio is yet another blockbuster book. This time the power of a giver. It's a gorgeous book. It's a safer kadosh. It's a really holy book. And before we even start, I have to tell you that my mother has a chavrusa shaft with another friend of hers, and they go through your books one at a time. Every day they learn a little bit, and they say that they're transformative. So, if my mother's learning your safer, Rabbi Yedid, you made it. Baruch Hashem. It's a big chizuk. Rabbi Yedid, um giving is giving is something that's super important. It's who you are on some level. I think it's something that we all want to do, hopefully. And for those that read the book, they're for sure want to do it. I want to begin by asking a question. Certain people naturally are givers. They just they like giving. They're looking for opportunities to give. Other people have a really hard time giving. It almost feels like it's not a an equal playing field, you know? So, what do we tell the people who by nature don't want to give? If they read this book, is it going to empower them to give? The book's title is called The Power of a Giver, um as opposed to power of giving, right? And uh the reason for that is that there are many times in life where we actually give to others,

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  2. 2:52himself, whether it's money or anything else, if they see something greater in return. So, an
  3. 5:38hard to give them what they're searching for and, you know, hazal tell us mi talmidai
  4. 8:16I would say that enjoying being a great person in any capacity is the pleasure of
  5. 11:28But, generally speaking, I'm assuming this young lady was not from that group of people. I'm
  6. 14:07of the tragedies of not being a giver is not realizing how much you give. And
  7. 16:42you don't need to do something grand to become a grand person. But just think about
  8. 19:52and no matter what we do, whether it's a tfilah or it's learning or anything between
  9. 23:04this area. Especially when we read the book and we realize how much of what they
  10. 25:43there's so much Torah, so much beautiful Torah in here. But person or person in Tanakh

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