My Story with Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai | From Court to Dismissal, Through the Merit of the Tzaddik

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

Shalom may Hashem give you happiness and good health. Amen. A short story that happened to me a long time ago, about 40 years ago. I had a problem. Somebody accused me for something. So, I had to go to see the judge. That was in France. And he accused me and he accused another two rabbis. So, we had to go to So, we had to go to the judge. We explained him all the problem. And then he said, "Okay, after a few hours that we waited there, I I I will send my answer." Okay. So, that week I told my wife, "I want to go to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. Let's go there. I want to pray there. Let's ask Hashem. We will receive a good news that we are not not guilty." Because now we have to wait. Guilty or not guilty. Of course, we played not guilty, but uh but we need to I went with the lawyer. The three rabbis with lawyers uh the similar area for the for the three rabbis. I went the same week to Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai. And I told my wife, "You know what? I want to test the Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai.

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1. 0:05Shalom may Hashem give you happiness and good health. Amen. A short story that happened to…
2. 0:35So, we had to go to the judge. We explained him all the problem. And then…
3. 1:06not guilty." Because now we have to wait. Guilty or not guilty. Of course, we played…
4. 1:36Yochai. I want that here the next hour that we stay here, I will meet two…
5. 2:07they see somebody that his name is Shimon?" No. After 1 hour, we had to leave…
6. 2:37"What do you mean?" So, I told him the story. So, he said, "Baruch Hashem. Please…
7. 3:10of my sister Marcel who live in Montreal. And his name is Shimon. He just arrived…
8. 3:42to happen. Now I'm not guilty." He did not understand, so I explained him. I told…
9. 4:12I saw the date when that letter was sent. It was the day that I was…

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