Pardes Shlomo Daily: R' Daniel Glatstein - Niflaos Habore Series: Elephants

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

elephant what does the elephant say how great are your Deeds your thoughts are exceedingly profound so literally we understand why this song is appropriate for the elephant the elephant is the largest land animal and therefore it appropriately says hasem by the way elephants are able to run 25 M an hour it's not technically it's not considered running it's more like speed walking because they always have one foot on the ground but we understand why the elephant says mlu how great literally the elephant is the largest land mammal in size however upon further analysis the word God in tanak does not specifically refer to size to be large God refers to theid of for example says and Rashi says was saying you have just begun to show your servant God says is your your attribute of kindness further more we have in refers to and there are countless examples of this how then is this praise appropriate for the peel appropriate for the elephant but if you

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1. 0:32elephant what does the elephant say how great are your Deeds your thoughts are exceedingly profound…
2. 1:04M an hour it's not technically it's not considered running it's more like speed walking because…
3. 1:39says and Rashi says was saying you have just begun to show your servant God says…
4. 2:11study the characteristics of elephants we learn that elephants are exceptionally kind beings they have very…
5. 2:41where elephants have come unsolicited to the aid of humans to help them with their tasks…
6. 3:11so perhaps from the elephant we we don't only see the magnitude of size of the…
7. 3:42self-awareness actually the elephant is one of the very few species that could recognize itself in…

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