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Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer CHAZAQ The End of Days CHAZAQ

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Rabbi Yitzchok Fingerer

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It's a privilege to be here in Queens. I got to tell you though, it's tough to navigate Queens. You have road, terrorist, street, avenue. It's a nightmare. You know, some people say I come from Brooklyn and some people say that Brooklyn and Queens are two different worlds. You know, I thought that I'm going to have to go through customs to get here. I brought along a passport. You know, in Brooklyn, we speak Brooklyn. I don't know if you speak queenies. But the truth is that we have a lot in common. You see, because we all have to keep New York City's laws. And they're very, very hard. I think they're much harder than Judaism's laws. You see, first of all, alternate side alternate side parking is very, very hard. It's much harder than Judaism. Judaism says, "Remember Saturday and make it holy." New York law says remember Tuesday and Thursday or Monday and Friday and move your car. Come on. It's terrible. Come on. It's terrible. Judaism says there's milk and meat. New York law says there's recycling. You have to separate your paper with your plastic. No, no. Paper goes separate from plastics. You have to put your plastic and glass together. And then you put your paper and aluminum separate. And then you could have your regular garbage. I got to tell you, one time accidentally I mixed it up. I mixed up the paper with a glass. So I said, "OH MY GOSH, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?" I CALLED UP 911. THEY SAID, "CALL 311." I

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  1. 0:01It's a privilege to be here in Queens. I got to tell you though, it's tough
  2. 6:17So the observer asks the psychiatrist on duty, says, "Tell me, what's the guy doing?" He
  3. 11:28The fourth son was grieving and mourning and terrible grief and sorrow and devastation. And the
  4. 16:38law, it is something that is without a doubt. How do you know? When the Jews
  5. 22:18like a line. History is a circle. Everything comes back. All the ancient rulers are reincarnated
  6. 27:27are Jewish." says, "You see, I grew up in a nice Jewish family, but I was
  7. 32:38Jerusalem and the temple and Barak Hashem a nace a miracle happened and Israel was able
  8. 38:17The Torah tells us explicitly that there will be two nations left and a third, Israel,
  9. 43:32a question. It calls the king of Saudi Arabia the king OF THE ARABS. ISN'T IRAN
  10. 48:38HIS CHILDREN ARE LOST FROM HIM. OTHERWISE, be happy. Walk around happy. Another thing you could

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