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What Is a Real Simchas Torah?

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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Rabbi, yes. What is a real Simchas Torah in your eyes? >> [sighs] >> You know, in an ideal world, where cuz Kish Baruch who set up the Torah and and Yahadus that it should be ideal. Okay, if it's not ideal, we figure out what to do. Um Uh >> [clears throat] >> I think it was with Cooperman from Machalah who said, I think, that he said, Hala- Halacha will tell you what to do in any situation. Hashkafa tells you what situations to be in. So, if never you know, a kid is a momzer, there's halacha is what happens. But as the Kashrus Newsletter says, not recommended. As then, you should be having a wife. So, let's say you did it right, yeah? So, you went through all of Elul, and you used Elul as that preparation, and you do di vi do di di li that Hashem loves me. And then you had Rosh Hashanah where we were mamlich Kish Baruch, you made him the king, and he's in charge of the entire world, right? At least us, at least us he's in charge of, yeah? And then we did a series made chuva to live our best life, to become as as Hashem dierash Hashem bimatsu, he comes closer and closer and closer to us. And on Yom Kippur, we mamesh walk into the Kodesh Hakodashim. We're on the highest level,

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  1. 0:00Rabbi, yes. What is a real Simchas Torah in your eyes? >> [sighs] >> You know,…
  2. 0:30Uh >> [clears throat] >> I think it was with Cooperman from Machalah who said, I…
  3. 1:01Elul, and you used Elul as that preparation, and you do di vi do di di…
  4. 1:32we're like malachim, we say dress and way say Baruch Shem k'vod malchuso l'olam va'ed out…
  5. 2:04and replaced with the Sukkah, which is a Kadosh Baruch Hu being so happy. It's being…
  6. 2:35you know, my mother used to stay in a hotel for Sukkot and uh we'd come…
  7. 3:06entire life. Tov li tov li Toras picha me'al alef vaches ef. The words of Torah…
  8. 3:39from Elul, 30 days of Elul and then 21 days of uh Tishrei, that's 51. That…

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