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Elul with Reb Chaim Kramer

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BRI Breslov: The Breslov Research Institute

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We're going to have a short about the month of El should be familiar that uh when Mushu came down from the mountain with the first set of tablets, he broke them. That was 17 Thomas. He went up for another 40 days and he pleaded with Hashem to forgive the sin of the golden calf that ended on 29 of first day of is a 40-day period that went up to accept and to receive the second set of tablets and that ultimately ended on Yum Kiper and which is why Yum Kiper was set aside as a day of repentance and since it started so the month of set aside is a time of repentance and really it's like our lives you know when we're young beginning of the year we go through the 11 months, you know, we feel invigorated. We feel it's a new year, we'll do this, we'll do that. But when you come to the it's like I passed my youth, I passed middle age, I'm in the golden years. Hey, I got to start taking stock. What did I accomplish in my life? That's what we do. Hello. What did I accomplish this past year? I'm going to head to Russash Shana. I'm going to start a new year, a

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  1. 0:06We're going to have a short about the month of El should be familiar that uh…
  2. 0:37pleaded with Hashem to forgive the sin of the golden calf that ended on 29 of…
  3. 1:07Kiper was set aside as a day of repentance and since it started so the month…
  4. 1:37it's a new year, we'll do this, we'll do that. But when you come to the…
  5. 2:09new uh time in my life. But uh I have to be able to uh take…
  6. 3:11walk on, that I can make my life stable. Not like I'm on the sea. the…
  7. 3:41Hashem from now on I'm going to try and do good that's So I'm going to…
  8. 4:13I need to look into myself. I have to be honest with myself. If I'm not…
  9. 4:45to walk the straight and narrow. I'll be able to do good things. I won't get…
  10. 5:16the ideas of we hope you'll be able to share these ideas with other people too.…

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