Say the Word | Rabbi Mordechai Kamenetzky

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[music] >> Baruch Toby was an 8-year-old boy who went with his class to one of those rock climbing amusement centers. You know, the ones with the big wall and all those rocks embedded inside. You put on a harness and you climb up there and you get to the top [music] and you go one step at a time, one step at a time and all the kids are climbing up on this great big [music] wall. And he's Baruch Toby is working hard and he's not looking behind him, going [music] and going and going and it took him a while. And as he's reaching the top, [music] Rebbe is basically saying, "Okay, boys, Rebbe is basically saying, "Okay, boys, it's time to go." Well, Baruch Toby didn't hear them. So, he's higher and higher and finally he gets [music] to the top, oblivious to what's going on. He's savoring the moment, a little bit scared to turn around and look. But when he finally does, he sees that there's nobody left in the room. Meanwhile, the boys are loading onto the bus and the Rebbe realizes that Baruch Toby is missing. The only way to get down from those walls is when the fellow, was a

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1. 0:06[music] >> Baruch Toby was an 8-year-old boy who went with his class to one of…
2. 0:38Rebbe is basically saying, "Okay, boys, it's time to go." Well, Baruch Toby didn't hear them.…
3. 1:09walls is when the fellow, was a teenager, lowers the harness >> [music] >> and you…
4. 1:40word." Baruch Toby says, "No." And the teenager says, "Say the word. [music] I'll let you…
5. 2:11when he's in a very difficult, almost to him life-threatening situation. But where did he get…
6. 2:42But it was that type of mesorah and that type of zehirus that was [music] inculcated…

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