The Repairman： A Tale about Trust

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

[music] With Hashem's loving grace, we're learning a lesson about and trust in Hashem. Rabbi Naf told a beautiful story that shows us that we don't have to worry about anything in the world except being close to Hashem. No one people think their their their bosses, their income is up to their bosses, up to their clients, the competitors. No one. No one could affect no one could touch a hair on your head or a hay penny like they say in the UK. A half of a cent that's coming to you. If Hashem says it's ordained for you, you're going to get it. You're going to get it. So we only have to worry about our closeness to Hashem and nothing else. And the story is based on a king. And there was a king who thought he was the happiest person in the in the kingdom. And he looked around and saw if there's someone happier in the kingdom. And he saw there was this poor repair man that was happier. And the king will see who tries all types of ways to knock the repair man down so the king can remain his title as the happiest person in the kingdom. Okay. So with Hashem's loving grace, there was once a certain king that thought to himself, who in the world has fewer worries than I do. I have everything good. I'm the king and I'm the ruler. Well, he decided to investigate if this was really true. So

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1. 0:03[music] With Hashem's loving grace, we're learning a lesson about and trust in Hashem. Rabbi Naf…
2. 3:36over and over and over again because it's not a simple thing oh put a smile…
3. 7:10turns eight or$10 then he goes and he buys this food and drink for himself. He…
4. 10:50the person was obviously a merchant or something, a school teacher or someone. He says, "Uh…
5. 14:56reaction. This is his gut reaction. This is his default. His default when he faces a…
6. 18:30The king thinks that he's not going to have any solution. But he has a solution…
7. 22:08care about people don't care. People are innately the mammals. This is they're worried about themselves.…
8. 26:14again disguised and the guy is singing and dancing and playing his violin and he's happy…
9. 29:49Why why me? Is the verdict so clear-cut?" uh he says perhaps perhaps the the person…
10. 33:25the king saw he was an excellent man and this thing sent him off in peace…

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