Journey to France: Ramerrupt - The Kever of Rabbeinu Tam, R' Yaakov ben Meir

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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.

Firstly, he was Yaakov, Rabbeinu Yaakov. And he was Yoshev b'Ohel. As we mentioned, he supported his whole yeshiva. The Yam Shel writes that he had at all times 80 baalei Tosafos that that sat before him. But there's an incredible p'shat of why he's called Rabbeinu Tam. In the tochacha, one of the klalos of the tochacha, we're going to be walking over there, so we have to just clear out this area, but one of the klalos of the tochacha is going to be is is that v'sam l'rik kochachem. That the Ribbono Shel Olam will deplete in emptiness your strength. What's that referring to? The Sifri says that what that refers to is that somebody marries off their daughter and then the guy dies right away. So, the family gave the guy a big dowry. The guy they put they paid for an apartment and they paid for all the all the equipments and the guy the guy passes away or or the the daughter,

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1. 0:31Firstly, he was Yaakov, Rabbeinu Yaakov. And he was Yoshev b'Ohel. As we mentioned, he supported…
2. 1:03l'rik kochachem. That the Ribbono Shel Olam will deplete in emptiness your strength. What's that referring…
3. 1:33excuse me, passes away and the guy walks away with all of the family's wealth. So,…
4. 2:04That's where he got his name, Rabbeinu Tam. Now, Ramerupt was in the heartland of the…
5. 2:35But, Rabbeinu Tam is in the time of the Second Crusade. In the time of the…
6. 3:05someone Rabbeinu Tam lent money to and he was kind with the payment and he uh…
7. 3:36Tam already had to leave Ramerupt. In fact, some say that Rabbeinu Tam's view on certain…

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