Rosh Hashanah with Reb Chaim Kramer

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Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the weekly Breslov Parshah shiur. This week, starting Wednesday night, is Rosh Hashanah - Thursday and Friday, Rosh Hashanah - and Shabbos is Parshas Ha’Azinu, a song that Moshe Rabbeinu authored for Klal Yisrael to let us know what’s going to happen at the end of time. So, first, we begin with Rosh Hashanah. Understand, these are days of judgment. It’s not a free day, a holiday like Pesach, Shavuos, Sukkos - family holidays. It’s not that way. Today, we are on trial for nothing less than your life. How much is your life worth? What will you plea before HaShem? Oh, you can make a plea bargain. You can go before HaShem: “Please HaShem, I know I did wrong. I know I deserve X, Y, and Z.” Oh, by the way, very important: Never say, “I deserve punishment.” Never say, “I deserve this.” Never say that. Right, it may be true, but never say that you deserve it. Always, always, always plead with HaShem for compassion. “I may deserve it, but I don’t want it, HaShem. I want Your compassion.” And that’s what we’re asking for Rosh Hashanah. We’re asking HaShem to come to us, come for us, to be at our side, to write us down. The Gemara says there are three books opened on Rosh Hashanah: the book of Tzaddikim, the book of the wicked, and there’s a book of the in-between person. Tzaddikim are written down automatically for life. The wicked are written down for death. Those in between they’re given a sentence that’s withheld for the time being, until Yom Kippur. If the person improves himself during the Ten Days of Repentance, then he gets a reprieve. If not, he gets a penalty. So now, the question is always

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1. 0:03Shalom Aleichem. Welcome to the weekly Breslov Parshah shiur. This week, starting Wednesday night, is Rosh…
2. 1:13HaShem, I know I did wrong. I know I deserve X, Y, and Z.” Oh, by…
3. 2:23for life. The wicked are written down for death. Those in between they’re given a sentence…
4. 3:3780s - they lived a life of promiscuity, of theft, and they’re still around. So what…
5. 4:51always evil, and they will always do it and always do something wrong. That’s what it…
6. 6:07and build yourself up so that Yom Kippur, you are written in the book of life.”…
7. 7:17nobody is standing up with the Jewish nation. “V’ephes atzur v’ozuv,” nobody around to help us.…
8. 8:30Biden, who I don’t care for, Biden comes up with a ceasefire plan. Where were you…
9. 9:43nation has been 2,000 years kicked around, and we’re still here. It doesn’t make sense. It’s…
10. 10:49Thank you for watching these videos. I hope they help, I hope they contribute to whatever…

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