Looky, Looky! | Rabbi Gavriel Friedman

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If there are three things you can be certain of in this world, it's death, taxes and the Yetzer Hara. We are constantly being called to look over here, look over there, always trying to get our attention. To me, this is reminiscent of my family and I, we went on a trip and we went on a hike and we ended up at the top of this mountain. And there was a fellow on the top of the mountain who clearly, English was not only his first language, it wasn't his second language or even his third language. And he kept yelling, Looky, looky! And my kids till today, they always say, Looky, looky! So eventually, we look. And this guy, he starts pulling a string out of his nose, and it just keeps going and going. And then this one out of his ear, and he's taking coins out of every part of his body. And then he takes out a coloring book and he... he flips it. He says: Looky, looky! Atención, atención! Looky, looky! And he's flipping through and it's totally empty. He flips the other way. Looky, looky! And what happens? It's magically filled with stuff. Clearly, the guy's trying to make some sort of living over here.

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1. 0:06If there are three things you can be certain of in this world, it's death, taxes…
2. 0:36And my kids till today, they always say, Looky, looky! So eventually, we look. And this…
3. 1:07I don't know how much he made. He didn't make any off of me. But looky,…
4. 1:37Why did I do that? I could have not done that. I could have overcome that…
5. 2:09and the Resha’im are going to be crying. And each one is going to look and…
6. 2:39but they don't look, then it seems to them like a mountain. And this crying is…
7. 3:09of “Looky, looky!”, we just have to ask ourselves, Do we want to look back and…

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