A Short Thought on Parshat Vayera | By Rav Asher Weiss Shlit'a

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

[Music] so once again a short for short thought for the weekly parsha the secret of netzach of claudius oil the eternal nation the dust of the earth and ashes what does that mean being various different fillers that the greatest you could destroy everything man invented the means of destruction of unbelievable destruction everything could be burned everything could be destroyed besides the dust of the earth offer a two atomic bombs were dropped on japanese cities at the end of world war ii ii hiroshima and nagasaki in a moment were reduced to ashes in ground zero nothing was left not a leaf not a tree not a blade of grass no living creature not one structure everything was reduced to ashes besides the earth we cannot destroy the earth the earth we cannot destroy the earth and traces explains not in numbers but in eternity mighty empires rose and fell each of them having its moment of glory under the sun moment of glory under the sun and then sinking into oblivion the romans the trojans the babylonians and many others claudius a tiny nation for thousands of years exiled from its homeland not even a common language but this is the people of eternity interesting language i heard another interpretation the same applies to clarissa we all abuse the earth every day we trample the earth the earth is patient at the end of the day he always comes up at the end of the day he always comes up comes out on top and each individual is buried after his demise the marshall writes that is the story of kalali israel we patiently wait to the end of days of our lives

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1. 0:00[Music] so once again a short for short thought for the weekly parsha the secret of…
2. 1:32you could destroy everything man invented the means of destruction of unbelievable destruction everything could be…
3. 2:33the earth we cannot destroy the earth and traces explains not in numbers but in eternity…
4. 3:49interesting language i heard another interpretation the same applies to clarissa we all abuse the earth…
5. 4:58ash ash symbolizes destruction when you see heaps of ash you can never know where those…
6. 6:00it's horrific climax in the holocaust hitler yeah martial thought they would implement the final solution…
7. 7:00thousand years and then with its powerful wings it soars up to the heavens coming so…
8. 8:08thousand years after a thousand years fire consumes it it is reduced to ashes and out…
9. 9:09afar that is the side of our eternity my offer huckle dorothy moley the best i'll…
10. 10:14ago and many times i think to myself what would the bianca vending right today after…

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