High Holiday Series Part IV Rabbi Leiby Burnham 10 6 16

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

okay by raise of hand if I could just have raise of hand only who here believes in 9-year-old children working 12 hours a day in back breaking and dangerous conditions I raise a hand no okay fine let's try a different one who here thinks it's okay for men to be forced to climb in Barefoot into deep Minds with no ventilation no helmets no drills just a shovel and a crude hammer and a headlamp and stay down there for and a headlamp and stay down there for 12 hours or more often sleeping there overnight to keep drilling inhaling methane and noxious fumes and at a constant threat of losing life or limb to cave-ins or gas blowouts you believe in that raise your [Music] hand okay who here believes that it's okay to pollute Rivers used by millions for drinking water bathing and cooking with mineral that can cause birth defects cancer and lung defects cancer and lung disease nobody wow I think not even one person I think I may be in the wrong room I'm sorry okay now next question raise your hand if you have a smartphone any smartphone Apple Samsung LG Acer Sony that's it that's it okay raise your hand if you have a laptop at home okay now I don't mean to be [Music] mean but you are supporting child mean but you are supporting child labor the death and dismemberment of thousands of miners every year and the pollution of drinking water for Millions okay Pat yourselves on the back the recent Electronics Revolution that has really changed the way we live our lives I try to describe much I I grew up in a in when there was no such thing as a cell phone right I grew up before the internet and you did as well right our Electronics Revolution is

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1. 0:03okay by raise of hand if I could just have raise of hand only who here…
2. 5:08mines which then get sold at these stores called comp compas which are run by Chinese…
3. 10:17Walmart recently how do you think you can walk out of a Walmart with four carts…
4. 15:28me you think I want to be an angry person you try living with my kids…
5. 20:41massive Tire circles so they can cover their tracks or hide where they are there's the…
6. 25:48here you guys go back to the forward base he calls in for a armored vehic…
7. 31:26it the opposite of Outsourcing your ethical problems is taking extreme ownership for your ethical problems…
8. 36:36man who took a piece of sh Shard of pottery that had God's name written on…
9. 41:45that squeeg the squeegee guy squeak squeak squeak squeak let we come out squeaky clean how…
10. 46:59of the night and the alarm got reset and then I wake up the next morning…

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