Rabbi Yom Tov Glaser: Don't Be an Arrogant Bastard

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Shalom and welcome to practical spirituality here in Asia Torah in the old city of Jerusalem overlooking the Temple Mount today's class titled uh how not to be or don't be an Arrogant Bastard is um is the fact that that um ego is always the puffed up nature of someone who feels small ego is always bu up nature of someone small so that means that from now on when you see like a I don't know now on when you see like a I don't know like a fancy sports car go by which you only buy if you want everyone to notice your you know your affluence so if you see a fancy Sports Park go by shed a tear shed a tear for someone who feels small when you see a lady in a long shael and a little too much makeup shed a tear and say somebody feels small when you when you see someone who's like being a know-it-all at a shavis table sh it you it you and know that somebody's feeling small I don't think any of us have to be Geniuses to know that when you run into arrogance you're dealing with someone who's who's hurting inside feeling small feeling weak feeling probably worthless feeling dumb feeling ugly feeling um uh uh insignificant and when they're when insignificant and when they're when they're acting arrogantly or showing off or in any way flexing their muscles so to speak they're their this is their only hope really to feel good about themselves so they're just trying to feel good about themselves people are crushed I mean people are really crushed and and so if you can figure out some way that you can raise yourself above the others and people will choose like

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