October 7 Took Everything From Them — But Not This - Rabbi Shlomo Landau

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The golden sky above us burning. We dream of better >> I woke up very early this morning as I try to do every day. And I didn't think about the fact that it's October 7th. I didn't think about it at all. I go to shul. I usually learn with a chavrusah. He wasn't there today. So, I decided I want to learn something else. I take the safer Mayan Base Hasheveva from Reb Shimon Schwab off the shelf. I open it up and I begin to go through his peirush on parshas Bereishis. And I come across an understanding that jolts come across an understanding that jolts me. He asks the most basic question. We know that Hashem creates man. Vayipach be'apav nishmas chayim. Hashem blows into Adam's nostrils a soul of life. Says the Targum, what is nishmas chayim, a soul of life? Ruach memallelah. The ability to speak. Says Reb Shimon Schwab, why does Adam need the ability to speak at that point? He's alone. He is the only person in the world. He has no one to speak to. Says

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1. 0:00The golden sky above us burning. We dream of better >> I woke up very early…
2. 0:31come across an understanding that jolts me. He asks the most basic question. We know that…
3. 1:02world. He has no one to speak to. Says Reb Shimon Schwab something surprising. He says,…
4. 1:33That means if you strip away a human being and take away everything from around them,…
5. 2:03to breathe, thanking Hashem for the fact that they were still alive, asking Hashem to protect…
6. 2:35forget who we are. We are the communicators, we are the medabrim, we're Yisrael, the people…

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