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Rabbi Daniel Kalish

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[applause] >> Klal Yisrael focuses Binyamin Eliezer right now our people are focused on Rebbe Akiva Dovid. We zone in on Rebbe Akiva. Rebbe Akiva was one of the entire She B'al Peh was was one of the most important mesorah of Torah, one of the most important chains in the link of Torah She B'al Peh. When when Moshe Rabbeinu saw Rebbe Akiva he said to Hashem, why are you giving the Torah through me? Give it to Rebbe Akiva. So Rebbe Akiva is one of the important links in the mesorah of Torah. The Mishnayos, the Gemara that we have, one of the most important rebbeim, one of the most important teachers in the Torah is Rebbe Akiva. And Klal Yisrael focuses in these weeks leading up to Kabbalas HaTorah, to receiving of the Torah, there's a tremendous focus on Rebbe Akiva. Of course, of course Rebbe Shimon Of course Rebbe Shimon bar Yochai, the Talmud, the great great Tanna. And the Talmud of Rebbe Akiva, of course, is going to be a massive focus Lag B'Omer and these and these weeks, but I want to learn a Gemara about Rebbe Akiva. It could be It could be to speak about I have thoughts to speak about my own rebbe. My rebbe's yahrzeit was this past week. And in thinking about Rebbe Akiva, I think about my own rebbe. I'll tell I'll tell the guys an interesting thing. When I moved to Waterbury 26 years ago, so I was zocheh to learn I was zocheh to learn with three couples that are geirim, three three families that are converts. And two of the three, the husband and wife are in Olam Haba today. And I was saying at the time that I become closer with them. When I would quote names, when David, when I would quote names for Akiva

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  1. 0:00[applause] >> Klal Yisrael focuses Binyamin Eliezer right now our people are focused on Rebbe Akiva
  2. 3:40very Torah of you're quoting the very Torah, so Now, >> I don't think you can
  3. 7:58This Yid's name this this tzaddik's name was Kalba Sava, the satisfied dog. It's funny in
  4. 11:42like people are close. People are hanging together. The friendships are the iker. Then you have
  5. 16:05It calls him a sad Somebody comes hungry Caleb, he leaves and leaves Savua. He's not
  6. 19:53kalba now I'm not a dog. I'm not a hunt. A hunt is the spitz is
  7. 24:08This girl who grew up in the lap of luxury with fancy therapeutic mattresses, she's lying
  8. 27:50parent who doesn't understand acts cynically if the parent doesn't understand like >> [groaning] >> yeah
  9. 32:00I thank Hashem what we have." Rebbe Akiva through this story, Hashem sends Eliyahu Hanavi and
  10. 35:48have I would I've been speaking about this prayer of David with David says we could

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