Impact on Youth, Delayed Not Wasted | Letter #15 of Thirty Letters in Thirty Days 5786

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

And I've got the watch. Welcome to our program. Tonight is day 15. That means we are halfway. After we finish this class, we'll have finished 15 out of 30 classes, which means we're at the point of no return, which means it's You know at the point of no return it means it means when it's easier to go all the way to the end than it is to go back. So, if learning the office letters every night learning the office letters every night has changed your way of thinking, it's probably just better to continue rather than to go back the way you were before. Truth is you can never go back the way you were before because Torah has that effect. Like [snorts] it says in Pirkei Avot Tanya, it's mazeh in you metabolize it becomes part of your flesh and blood. It changes your changes your thinking forever. And speaking of Torah, gifts of Torah, that's why we're learning Igros. And then gifts of tzedakah. Gifts of tzedakah is my Hilchos Shabbos Pushka app. Uh-uh. The sound wasn't on. Okay, here we go. Okay. And Motzei Shabbos there's a minhag to drink hot water. But I'm going to drink cold Selray. Cuz that's what helps me give a good Cuz that's what helps me give a good shiur. You'll be the judge if it was a good shiur. Baruch Atah Adonai Eloheinu Melech Ha'olam shehakol nihyeh bidvaro. Okay. Shall we? Tonight's letter is the longest letter of the 30 letters in 30 days. Um by far longest letter. I don't know how long it's going to take us. I usually try to keep the show to 30 minutes. >> [snorts] >> Um I don't know if that's going to work out, but let's go. I'm not going to

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1. 0:00And I've got the watch. Welcome to our program. Tonight is day 15. That means we…
2. 6:15from your religious backgrounds or perhaps even sadly enough, maybe they come from religious homes, but…
3. 12:28self-satisfaction. I've done a great job. Pat me on the back. I'm good. I'm retired. Okay,…
4. 19:14remember, "Oh, yeah. I remember when I was taught by that guy in that place." They…
5. 24:51made it that everything in Torah is instructive for every individual. Not just everything in Torah…
6. 31:37they lack subtlety. That's just a general weakness of human beings. But especially when you learn…
7. 37:46Okay, I don't know if this is something that the person writing the letter brought up…
8. 43:20That's not the whole thing. >> [laughter] >> individual is obligated in all 613 mitzvahs. Okay,…
9. 49:38Not just I am the one God, but every word and letter in Torah communicates the…
10. 55:56In a way that's fitting to our living Torah >> [snorts] >> and its mitzvahs. And…

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