The Yeshiva that Changed the World

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So good to see you all this morning. Um we are getting closer and closer to Rashashana to um the new year which is and also to the end of the Torah um which will be in on Torah in just a couple weeks. Um, let me start actually with a para. Um, we have five paras. So, we're getting really, really close to the end. Um, this week's para is called kavo when you come. And Moshe in this para concludes his very, very long speech. Um, and as you recall, the last speech. Um, and as you recall, the last three weeks we've been going through commandments that Moshe has been reminding the people. So, he he concludes the speech by giving two more commandments. one about first fruit that when you are a farmer in the land of Israel, you must take your first fruit that grow and bring them to Jerusalem or to the temple and um give them as a gift to the Cohen. And when you are there, you shall declare um thank Hashem for having given you the land and tell the story of the Exodus for Egypt to show your appreciation for what Hashem has your appreciation for what Hashem has given you. And the Torah, it retells the story of the Exodus in about four verses. And those are the verses actually that we read in our hagada and serve as a basis for us telling the story on Passover night. And then the final mitzvah the Torah tells us is that every 3 years one must make sure to have paid up all their tithes and one must make a declaration that they have paid up all their tithes for the farmers of the land of Israel. Then Moshe turns to the people and he

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