A short Pesach message from Rabbi Chaim Mintz, founder of Oorah.
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I'd like to uh give over to you a thought about matzah that I think everybody will find interesting and uh helpful in performing this wonderful mut that we do in pes and uh we know that there are three different character traits main ones that uh drive a person On one hand we that uh drive a person On one hand we have arrogance and humility. We have uh desire and being satisfied with what we have and we have also to be lazy or fidious to do things quickly. If we'll think into it, we see that has all three negatives. It blows up. It's high like arrogant people that hold themselves high and mighty. It has a taste to it. The fermentation gives it a taste to it. The fermentation gives it a taste and uh also it has to with the laziness because you can't bake bread fast. You have to wait for it to rise and wait rise again and rise again before you bake it. On the other hand, matzah matzah has the opposite. It's flat, humble, shows humility. It's also it uh doesn't have the taste of the fermentation that says and uh also it uh
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- 0:00I'd like to uh give over to you a thought about matzah that I think everybody…
- 0:30that uh drive a person On one hand we have arrogance and humility. We have uh…
- 1:00a taste to it. The fermentation gives it a taste and uh also it has to…
- 1:30fermentation that says and uh also it uh must be baked very quickly. Any of you…
- 2:01the Torah. The Torah is God's Torah and God's together. He's connected very strongly with the…
- 2:31enjoyed having these three types of perfection of these midas, these character traits that uh we…
- 3:01uh right uh position and understanding and uh worthiness of accepting the Torah. And this is…
- 3:33Torah and would be worthy of it if we'll work on our midas on our character…
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