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Choose Your Friends Wisely

2.4K views · Jul 6, 2026

Rabbi Eli Stefansky

A Daf Yomi shiur on the importance of choosing friends wisely, presented by R' Eli Stefansky.

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All Israelis know this line. The Zarzir didn't go to hang out with the Raven for no reason. Point is that they're one of the same. They're what? When a person hangs out with somebody who's no good, then you could tell what kind of person he is. And sometimes, I'm saying that sometimes [music] it happens that you you do a cheshbon hanefesh and you realize, "Wait a minute. I've been friends with these people, but they're not even good people. They were good for when I was younger, when I was a teenager, and I was into I don't know what." These these people are were my friends. It doesn't

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