The Path to Happiness - Rabbi David Orlofsky

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Somebody once gave this beautiful introduction to Reb David Cohen and he got up and he was visibly moved and he said, "I just wish my parents could have been here to hear that. My father would have enjoyed it and my mother would have believed it." So, uh what a pleasure. I have to admit this is my first time that I am speaking in the Lower East Side. This is the first time I'm in the Lower East Side since Smokey Bernstein's East Side since Smokey Bernstein's closed down. And uh um I think I bought things for my lift tickets while here, but otherwise, you know, the Lower East Side is uh you know, obviously an area of tremendous uh you know, historical importance and um very limited parking. And uh so I really gave me a chance to see the neighborhood over and over again as I searched around for just my place in the world. You don't always know where your place is, you know, but this much is place is, you know, but this much is clear. There's nothing that you're supposed to get that you won't get. I was uh at a supermarket in Yerushalayim that is notorious for not having a lot of parking and there was a perfect spot. Just mommies perfect right by the exit, you know. And uh I was I was a bit of chutzpah, you know, so I decided I'm going to turn around so that I can back into the spot and as I did, somebody else came in and took it. So, the person I was with said, you know, "Look at that. They took your

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1. 0:23Somebody once gave this beautiful introduction to Reb David Cohen and he got up and he…
2. 5:58And I'd imagine that the flip side of that would be atzvus. It's not. It's not…
3. 12:05You know? Relationships. You can't choose whether your parents are going to be reasonable or unreasonable.…
4. 18:12candidate upstairs and they secure the perimeter. You know, Secret Service people are there, you know,…
5. 24:19eventually it came, baruch hashem. You know? So nervous. Most of the things that make us…
6. 30:28and you know, whatever he whatever the Yeshiva needed, he took care of. Now, the first…
7. 36:36So, this guy owned a lot of downtown London, you know? And he says, you know,…
8. 42:44you know, happiness, you know. But happiness does not mean, you know, joy or ecstasy. Happiness…
9. 49:25When I went to Israel back in 19 So, um, we didn't have any cell phones.…
10. 55:33But uh it's just amazing. You know? And we let these people do it. We let…

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