Elul: Days of Return #2: It All Depends On Me

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

all right so for today what I would like to do is go through a passage in the gamar in the tomara and really try to bring out different lessons it's uh quite a uh provocative passage um but as we'll see maybe just we'll start with the we'll begin with the ending mind so the the the this passage will speak about somebody named elazer Bendera Rabbi somebody named elazer Bendera Rabbi elazar Bendera who was a terrible Sinner and eventually repented that's the the quick version now at the very end of the story um it's on the if you have the sore sheets at the very bottom of the of the page so there a uh a Divine voice emerged and said r Bend's destined for the life life in the world to come now this guy was no Rabbi um he really didn't it seems you Rabbi um he really didn't it seems you know didn't have any any reason that we would call him Rabbi but yet it called him that this this heavenly voice that came out and uh and in the conclusion of the gari declares basically like Not only was he forgiven but they even called him rebi they even called him Rabbi so now what does that mean they call him he he got SM like at the end cuz he repented

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1. 0:03all right so for today what I would like to do is go through a passage…
2. 4:45back so too there's no coming back for you again a very strange uh uh you…
3. 9:57on the gamar he says the way he he he explains this way he he describes…
4. 14:38to to amend them at the end of his life um the the r Freelander says…
5. 19:55it's not going to change right so uh so it's true in relationships if uh if…
6. 24:33know that that's that's who influenced me so uh so then uh the answer was no…
7. 29:46wouldn't work because the person will say well you're not really sincere right you have this…
8. 34:21doesn't sin right there's no person who doesn't sin but since these people belittle iniquities they…
9. 39:29it should always be ready to go should always be pure we want to give it…
10. 44:09and and so there's there's things that Inspire us there's things that move us for chuva…

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