Our Roots, Our Strength - Rabbi Zamir Cohen in English (AI)

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

The Magid of Dubna explains a verse in Isaiah with a beautiful parable. There was once a lion that fled from the cage in the king's courtyard. The king adored this lion tremendously, but it fled and began roaming the streets of the kingdom. Everybody shut themselves in their homes in fear. The king commanded the lion to be caught alive at all costs. "I don't want the lion to be harmed in any way," he said. In those days, they didn't have any tranquilizers. The matter became known to the king's general, who called his son, a young man in his 20s or so, and said to him, "Your mission is to capture the lion alive and bring it back to its cage." He went out and wandered the streets until he spotted the lion. The lion roared at him. He then approached the lion and a fight broke out between them until he managed to capture it and tie it down. Such a brave, courageous, fearless, and

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1. 0:00The Magid of Dubna explains a verse in Isaiah with a beautiful parable. There was once…
2. 0:31The matter became known to the king's general, who called his son, a young man in…
3. 1:01powerful man. But in their struggle, the lion managed to tear his sleeve and scratch him…
4. 1:32they saw how everybody respected and admired their son. Surprisingly, the general approached his son and…
5. 2:03We fought a tough war with spears and swords like in the old days. Soldiers fell…
6. 2:33her, "Let's sit down and talk. How did you become the leader of the bandits?" She…
7. 3:05His mother is such a courageous and brave heroine. And he got a scratch from the…

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