Spiritual Spring Cleaning (Pre-Pesach Lecture)

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Shais Taub’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

So, the Israeli Air Force built a new fighter jet that uh flew uh faster than the speed of sound. The problem was that every time they brought it up to top speed, the wings would fall off. So, they called in all types of engineers and experts in aerodynamics and uh nobody could figure out a fix that would work. So, finally they said, "You know, we're Jews. Let's ask a rabbi." So, a rabbi came in and he said, "What's the problem?" They said, "Every time we take this new fighter jet to top speeds, the wings fall off." So he said, "Drill holes, perforations around the fuselage where the wings enter the fuselage. Just perforated. Put holes there." They're like, "That's going to damage." He says, "Trust me, just just do it." So they did it and they took up the jet up to top speed and the wings stayed on perfectly perfectly well. And they landed it and they asked the rabbi, "How did you know that would work?" It's very counterintuitive. He says, "I knew from Pesak the matzah breaks everywhere but along the holes." So that's how I knew. That's how Yeah. Anyway, so Pesak, yeah, Passover, festival of our liberation. Um, contrary to popular misconception, Passover is not the commemoration of our people leaving Egypt. And that is because for the simple reason that our people never left Egypt. There were many attempts to leave Egypt and they never succeeded.

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1. 0:00So, the Israeli Air Force built a new fighter jet that uh flew uh faster than…
2. 6:04that's real powerlessness. It's where my best efforts not only don't improve my situation but make…
3. 11:43your weaknesses. You know, the the Greeks, they like drama. They used to call it the…
4. 17:55the extent that even when it's not serving me well and people don't like it and…
5. 23:38Now some people can keep up this racket for a lifetime and never give up. That's…
6. 29:52father's gazun is a psychologist for many many decades. He told me this joke. So, I…
7. 35:36We completely let go. We completely admitted our own inability to improve our lot and to…
8. 41:21That's phase three. No, that was phase one. Phase two is now you start to build…
9. 47:35died. So now let me use them to serve a higher purpose. What's the timing of…
10. 53:14Yeah. Okay. I got to wrap up over here because I got to get to my…

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