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The Clever One and the Simple One: Part 1

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Rabbi Lazer Brody

An introduction to Rebbe Nachman's tale about emuna and intellectual sophistication.

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  1. 0:00[Music] with Hashem's loving grace. Welcome to Rebi Nakman's Tales. Tonight we begin the clever one…
  2. 4:35and the clever one. But they learned trades. Okay. So the first uh Reb talks about…
  3. 9:49they parted peacefully and they parted amicably and uh he went and now offered himself to…
  4. 15:03does Hashem want me to do? He's philosophy. What is the best thing for me to…
  5. 20:07and three months. Everything learns in three months. A quarter year and he became a big…
  6. 25:13expertise and he took a wife but he made a bare living with this craft. So…
  7. 30:18drink. That's why he was at clothing. He and his wife, they shared Reb now calls…
  8. 35:25day long. Okay. But he says, "Why should I talk about other people? They have their…
  9. 40:34returning the returning dignitary. And the simple man, he also came. He to his long lost…
  10. 45:40feeling for anyone other than himself. So, still the simple one is always happy. The clever…

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