The Haftorah Series: Parshas Nitzavim - The Ben Ish Chai Reveals the Symbolism of the Shofar

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

interesting the navi uses the expression assist a double language what's the double language so the benefit is in his commentary to the haftarah he cites the gemara in rosh hashanah about the size of a shaipha how big does the shopher need to be so you can hold in your hand and you could see on this side on that side literally you could hold it and then there's stuff coming out on both sides but this has symbolism as well says the baneshkai regarding the shira of the shofar it has to be kadeshi adobe it has a remnants to it of course the shofar is marami's to chuba the shayfer arouses and inspires our heart to the chuva and it needs to be able to be seen this way in that way which means about shiva has to have two perspectives when it comes to cuba number one you have to look at it and you have to look at it some people they focus on their learning their davening and their mid-space and the fact that they step on everybody else's uh doesn't enter their consciousness some people as long as they're a good good person that's all that counts no you need likano lacan you need to look both ways another remez in order for about shiva to conquer his yazar and to have a broken heart so as not to sin he needs to have the following two perspectives number one where do you come from your big big shot where do you come from what's your origin you come from a smelly drop and number two where are you going

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