Parshas Emor with Reb Chaim Kramer

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Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the Breslev weekly shear on parshas Emor. Um Emor has a lot of different uh laws and ideas in it. It starts off with uh the laws of purity for Kohanim. And uh the lesson to us is that we should be careful not to uh make ourselves impure. It's as simple as that. Everyone has a different level of where they're on. Some are on a very high level. The priests are commanded, the Kohanim. The priests are commanded to keep a certain amount of purity at all times. Uh the general populace does not have to be careful with that, but they do have to be careful in uh times when they come to Jerusalem and bring sacrifices. So, everyone has their position, everyone has their point. And uh we got to do the best we can. That's as simple as that. The uh Torah continues with laws of a uh Kohen who is blemished or handicapped. He cannot perform the service of Hashem. And many sefarim explain that this applies to a person who feels himself handicapped and that he can't really come to serve Hashem. Well, if you're handicapped, it's harder. But, the fact remains that most of our handicaps, especially the spiritual ones, or specifically the spiritual ones, are handicaps that we can overcome. What we need to do is teshuvah. Repent and come back to Hashem. If we do that, then we're able to partake of sanctity, of holiness, of the spiritual benefits that each Jew deserves. The Torah goes on to teach us about

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1. 0:03Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the Breslev weekly shear on parshas Emor. Um Emor has a lot…
2. 0:35not to uh make ourselves impure. It's as simple as that. Everyone has a different level…
3. 1:05to be careful in uh times when they come to Jerusalem and bring sacrifices. So, everyone…
4. 2:06are handicaps that we can overcome. What we need to do is teshuvah. Repent and come…
5. 2:39the holidays. The holidays are Pesach. We have to bring the sacrifice of the Omer. We…
6. 3:42But, we have to realize that it pertains to every single day of my life. I…
7. 4:12Or do you want to take advantage of the time that we're residents in this world?…
8. 4:44it's not. It's new every single day. Which is why we say the blessing, Reb Nosson…
9. 5:47somebody who cursed Hashem. And it wasn't a very happy ending for him. And what we…
10. 6:17makes him better than me? God is above us. And we don't know. So, we have…

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