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Shoftim: Will A Very Smart Person Be Affected By a Bribe - The Chofetz Chaim's Dramatic Insight

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

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  1. 0:00Yes. >> Okay. Good morning everyone. Shalom aleichem. Parshas Shoftim The Chofetz Chaim on Parshas Shoftim…
  2. 0:31actually smart or not, the fact that Berel said he's he's smart is irrelevant. How smart…
  3. 1:01a chacham. Or let's say like this. Reuven says on Shimon, "Shimon, he's so rich. He's…
  4. 1:32you Shimon is rich, then you can know Shimon is probably very rich. The same thing…
  5. 2:33really smart." What if HaMelech said, "You see, Berel. You see, Feivel. You see, uh You…
  6. 3:03And even so, if he gets one penny of benefit, the Torah says he has no…
  7. 3:35Chachamim here is not who you think a chacham is. Chachamim here means even really sharp…
  8. 4:42dollar, even let's you know what I have in my pocket now? I have something less…
  9. 5:12give me They were supposed to give me I was supposed to give them 11 shekel.…
  10. 5:44and you have a for them, you need to ask somebody else. Really, where does it…

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