Remembering the "Memory" of Maran Rav Ovadiah Yosef on His Yahrtzeit - ג' חשון

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Today, Gimel Cheshvan is the yard site of Maran Gaon Ozeinu Maran Ovadia Yosef Sechat Zach LeBracha. You see behind me over my shoulder is the picture of the epic encounter of Ovadia and Moshe Feinstein. On the shelf above, you can't see it, so I brought it down. Another picture of Ovadia pouring over his forum. A In front of the camera, there's a large picture of Ovadia. >> [snorts] >> Today is a good day to remember Ovadia. Today we're going to remember Ovadia's memory. Surely Ovadia was gifted with almost a supernatural memory. He had a natural incredible memory. Nevertheless, Ovadia did not rely on his natural memory. A Avrech once came to Ovadia asking for a segulah for his zikaron. Ovadia called him into the library. He poured out He took out a Gemara. He turned to a very large Tosafos. Ovadia said, "Look at the Tosafos." Ovadia then began to recite the Tosafos by heart word for word. Ovadia says, "What do you think? I just know the Tosafos? I learned the Tosafos 200 times." It's easier to remember something if you learn it 200 times. So, an Avrech once came to Ovadia says, "Please give me a segulah for zikaron. I can't remember what I learned." So, Ovadia said, "You can't remember what How many times do you review it?" So, the student said, "Twice." Ovadia said, "You should review

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1. 0:00Today, Gimel Cheshvan is the yard site of Maran Gaon Ozeinu Maran Ovadia Yosef Sechat Zach…
2. 0:30Today we're going to remember Ovadia's memory. Surely Ovadia was gifted with almost a supernatural memory.…
3. 1:00Ovadia said, "Look at the Tosafos." Ovadia then began to recite the Tosafos by heart word…
4. 1:30it at least 40 times." The Gemara brings that Reish Lakish would review 40 times. If…
5. 2:00once asked Rav Ovadia how he was zocheh to such a koach hazikaron. He says, "It's…
6. 2:31When Rav Ovadia was serving as the Rav Harashi of Tel Aviv-Yafo and he was working…
7. 3:03veer off and to focus on the man standing in front of him. And they asked…
8. 3:34exceptional children who are muflagin baTorah." Rav Ovadia says that when he sat on the Beis…

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