Nitzavim - choose life

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

Hi, this is Everel Askey. Welcome to the Parsha in 5, where in 5 minutes we give you an insight into the Parsha to hopefully enhance your Shabbos. And now we're coming to the end of the year. We're coming to the end. We have to uh appreciate the final Shabbos of the year and to make it meaningful for us. So uh Parshas Nitzavim some of Vayelech are separate this year. Parshas Nitzavim, I'm reading to you from Perek Lamed Pasuk Yud Tes. Heydosi V'Achem Hayom Es Hashamayim V'Es Ha'aretz. And I bring as witness heaven and earth. HaChaim V'HaMaves Nosati Lefanecha HaBracha V'HaKlala. I place before you today life and death, bracha and klala. Life is bracha and death is klala. And I put these two things in front of you. UVacharta BaChaim. And choose life. Says Rashi, Ani Moreh Lachem She'Tivcharu BaChelek HaChaim K'Adam Omer L'Vino Bo L'cha Chelek Yaffa B' Nachalosi. Go out and choose the best thing that I have. And the best thing that I have is bracha and life. I knew a young lady who was struggling with mental illness. And uh she was becoming lax in her mitzvah observance. And uh her parents wanted me to speak to her. She was not doing well. They were trying to find the right cocktail of drugs to be able to help her. And it was very hard. Uh she was clearly in a lot of pain. I mean, that was obvious. And I said, I don't think anybody gets

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1. 0:00Hi, this is Everel Askey. Welcome to the Parsha in 5, where in 5 minutes we…
2. 0:30Heydosi V'Achem Hayom Es Hashamayim V'Es Ha'aretz. And I bring as witness heaven and earth. HaChaim…
3. 1:01UVacharta BaChaim. And choose life. Says Rashi, Ani Moreh Lachem She'Tivcharu BaChelek HaChaim K'Adam Omer L'Vino…
4. 1:31and life. I knew a young lady who was struggling with mental illness. And uh she…
5. 2:01how hard life is for you. And she says, I feel like if I didn't keep…
6. 2:32can't take it. The The The pain of the mental illness that they're going through. The…
7. 3:03and one is the mountain of and one is the mountain of and says, choose which…
8. 3:34not going to be buried for 40 years. But they're already dead. Because when says over…
9. 4:05motivated by suffering. I don't know I don't want to tell you how many people are…
10. 4:39besefer hachaim. I'm still available for Rosh Hashanah. Yeah? The choose life. Choose life. That's the…

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