Amazing Story: When The Baba Sali Saw The ANGEL OF DEATH

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

It's a well-known story from the Baba Sali was in Yavneh. And there was a coil The rich coil asked to have a meeting with the Baba Sali. The rich coil who was a descendant of the Vilna Gaon made a disparaging remark about the Baal Shem Tov. Something to the effect that we all know that when it comes to Nigleh de Torah, that the Vilna Gaon was greater than the Baal Shem Tov. greater than the Baal Shem Tov. The Baba Sali was very upset. And he says to this guy, "Atah ba la gidli mi hu zeh Baal Shem Tov, mi hu zeh Gaon Vilna? You're coming to tell me who's the Vilna Gaon, who's the Baal Shem Tov?" Told him, "Kum, get up, get out of this office." And after the rich coil left, he told his grandson, "I'm telling you that this man's coil will not stand here by tomorrow, it'll be gone." Kach hava, that's exactly what happened. The very next day, the funds from the The very next day, the funds from the government for the coil were cut off and they were forced to leave Yavneh. And soon after that, the Baba Sali himself decided he can't he himself cannot remain in Yavneh cuz he doesn't want to be in a place where such an incident happened. In other words, it caused him such pain to hear somebody speak disparagingly of the Baal Shem Tov. So, what is this connection that the that the Baba Sali has to the

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2. 1:34that the that the Baba Sali has to the Baal Shem Tov and to Torahs of…
3. 3:09seder with him. And on the condition that this this Jew wanted that the Baal Shem…
4. 4:40the Baal Shem Tov heard a bas kol, a voice from heaven, that says, "Because you…
5. 6:11quote the in Yiddish here at the Hilula, but uh the the Alter Rebbe the Baal…
6. 7:41and it hit his truck. It got stuck in between the boxes of fruits and it…
7. 9:15loses their olam haba, says the Baba Sali, "To save the physical life of a Jew,…
8. 10:46and be free to connect to Hashem and not to have to deal with all of…
9. 12:22So you have an obligation to lead. And this that you're saying you want for your…
10. 13:57And this is what a real Tzadik is. And this is what a Melech is. The…

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