Don't Be a Fool Focussing Your Tefilla on Parnassa - The Piercing Teaching of the Chofetz Chaim

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

Okay, good morning everyone on paras sustained his father and his brothers and his whole father's home with bread what was needed by their children says a great king went to visit his army and they found favor in his eyes so he made a great announcement you know you're the best army in the world you're the best troops you have the best generals whatever anyone needs come and Ask one of the one of the soldiers comes to the king. He says, "My master, the king, I want you to know, I am devoted to you with all my heart and all my soul. He my question to you, my request of you is please give me breakfast every day. King, I heard your announcement. You said, "Ask me whatever I want." King, you should know I am wholeheartedly devoted to you. Therefore, I ask you for a daily allotment of frosted flakes.

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1. 0:01Okay, good morning everyone on paras sustained his father and his brothers and his whole father's…
2. 0:38a great king went to visit his army and they found favor in his eyes so…
3. 1:11I am devoted to you with all my heart and all my soul. He my question…
4. 1:46The other soldiers laugh laughed laughed at him. You fool. You have frosted flakes every day.…
5. 2:16Hashem. We say, "Hashem, give me." That's what you ask for. You're a fool. Give me…
6. 2:52You come to Hashem, Hashem, give me money. You're out of your mind. You ask You…
7. 3:22You need to ask Hashem, "Elevate your honor in this world. Elevate the honor of the…
8. 3:53says to make requests for livelihood is like the soldier who when the king announces you…
9. 4:24word unless he actually meant it. I don't think anybody would want to be called a…

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