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Don't Give an Inch | Rabbi Elchonon Jacobovitz

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Don't Give an Inch | Rabbi Elchonon Jacobovitz

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[Music] I was once visiting my dear friend shal rubashkin in prison when he told me something that absolutely blew my mind he nonchalantly mentioned that in prison he almost never knows what time it is I said why not there's no clocks so he tells me well yeah there's clocks but all the clocks are on the televisions and I decided the day I walked in here I would never look at the TV I said for would never look at the TV I said for real so he says yeah let me tell you a story in the 1920s there were two friends who immigrated to America they get off the boat and Naya goes One Way sh goes the other way and they lose contact with each other for 20 years 20 years later shm who's now Sammy a polished businessman beely sh shabas he walks into a wedding and who does he see there he is aaya looking like the day he got off the boat he runs over to him they give each other a big hug they catch up on the news towards the end of the conversation Sammy turns to and says

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  1. 0:00[Music] I was once visiting my dear friend shal rubashkin in prison when he told me…
  2. 0:30would never look at the TV I said for real so he says yeah let me…
  3. 1:00the conversation Sammy turns to and says Jay I just got to ask you one question…
  4. 1:30now do you think this conversation is over of course not tomorrow morning the aahar will…
  5. 2:00most famous one is and the fourth one is an amazing thought he says you know…
  6. 2:31remember this rule of thumb mama start that conversation and it's endless frustration don't give an…

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