Rav Asher Weiss @TC | Short Thought on Parshas Lech Lecha

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So Mrs. one of the 10 tests and I asked at the beginning of this year was huge. He was great. He was unbelievable. He was the first. So why did he have such a difficult life? The Batulim writes for is the letters her voice. You need to give away your life. Not to be. How does a human being have the courage and the strength to give away his life? That goes against the most fundamental thing in human nature. so many times again and again gave away their lives foresh. It all comes from the so was put to test 10 times and each of these tennis was different than the others. None of them were the same. Am was tested in every difficulty that would be part of the human experience because a kotesh knows that throughout the ages in this long go we will be put to test again and again and many different ways. And those were the and when he rose to the challenge and he passed those tests, he gave us the kayak throughout the generations to do the same. The very first nan was golus tells go where am I going says you don't need to know pack up and go three different things. one of the fathers of modern psychology. I don't like to mention goes names when I'm speaking to and yes, but his fundamental axiom was man is a social being. That's what says about you know the story of honel. There's also a Goyisha version of Honey Hamel. Maybe some of you knew him, maybe not. Gentleman called Rip Van Winkle. And uh Miguel slept for 70 years. And he gets up, he knows nobody and nobody knows him. And he becomes so frustrated he wants to die. And Ro says that is human nature. And people are attached to three different

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