Bitterness or Depression | Letter #17 of Thirty Letters in Thirty Days 5786

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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.

All righty, good evening. And uh sorry for the late start. We're going to give tzedakah Kollel Chabad Pushka app. >> [bell] >> Trying to shake it up, not shaking. >> [snorts] >> By the way, somebody asked me in the chat uh I don't know if it was last night or the night before, but I didn't see it until I already ended the live stream. Someone said, "I thought you're not supposed to give tzedakah at night according to the Arizal." So, there is such a thing according to uh the Arizal. But, I give tzedakah at night anyway. You know why? Cuz the Rebbe said you could. And the Rebbe knew about that Arizal. Actually, the Rebbe spoke about it. First of all, there's a cute story. The Rebbe said that um one time he told his father-in-law, the Friediker Rebbe, that he said, "Somebody rebuked me for giving tzedakah at night." And uh the Friediker Rebbe said to him, "Yeah, don't worry too much about it. The guy who rebuked you for giving tzedakah at night, he himself probably doesn't even give tzedakah during the daytime." And it triggered [laughter] him. He saw you giving at night, and it they made him feel bad about himself. He doesn't even give during the day. So, that's a that's a cute story. But,

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1. 0:00All righty, good evening. And uh sorry for the late start. We're going to give tzedakah…
2. 3:41that um that Rabbi Yerkovich himself didn't even know about this letter until he saw it…
3. 6:20yourself. Shu Assur Gam Kein. That's also forbidden. This is um something that the Friediker Rebbe…
4. 8:55Okay, that's interesting. That's not yet the fun fact that tickled me. Here it is. Of…
5. 12:09And you're not allowed to do that. You couldn't do that about somebody else. Take somebody…
6. 14:51you're you're focusing on it and therefore you're thinking about it more. Like it's literally objectively…
7. 17:36told you I've seen the parable of the seed hundreds of times. I don't recall seeing…
8. 20:54It'll only encourage me to do it more. Okay. So Meriros is bitterness or frustration we…
9. 23:38Cuz you're disintegrating, fine. But is it good disintegration or not good disintegration? Heyma Toitzos Avos.…
10. 26:25day, like, oh, this is my time, but setting it in your soul. It's a fixed…

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