The Hobo and the Mansion

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

with hashem's loveing Grace this is laser Broody from the holy land of Israel today's it's an amusing Parable that brings a powerful message to every one of us our story takes place in Beverly Hills where a prominent investment banker builds himself A2 million doll Mansion complete with swimming pool and tennis court three-car garage and a beautifully landscaped Garden smack in the middle of high society's most sought-after neighborhood one day the front doorbell rings and and the owner opens the door himself and he's alarmed to find this hobo looking character standing at the entrance well the shovel down and out or says uh good morning sir I want to purchase your home it's quite beautiful well the impatient Banker says well thank you but this Mansion is not for sale besides its market value exceeds $20 million oh that's exaggerated says the hobo beautiful yes but 20 million dollar no so the hobo reaches into his vest pocket his tattered Overcoat that looks like was a fifth generation hand-me-down from the 99 cent racket Goodwill and he pulls out two stacks of $100 bills 100 bills in each stack well that's a total of $20,000 he says here's my offer sir $20,000 cash on the barrel for your Mansion are you crazy says the banker $20,000 can't even pay for one square foot of this entrance for wall oh that's fine says the hobo we finally started to negotiate to show you that I'm an individual of reason I'll offer you the same $20,000 in cash for a mirror 1

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1. 0:00with hashem's loveing Grace this is laser Broody from the holy land of Israel today's it's…
2. 1:03Goodwill and he pulls out two stacks of $100 bills 100 bills in each stack well…
3. 2:05go metric I'll give you the entire $20,000 in cash for a mere square millimeter of…
4. 3:11with a mere square millimeter he can't do anything with that so he signed the contract…
5. 4:16foyer entrance wall the banker he couldn't say a word when the hobo he knocks the…
6. 5:21droppings the foyer was now smelling worse than a Hoboken sewer that's not all the following…
7. 6:27Department they put up a condemnation notice on the front door and no one would even…
8. 7:28chocolate covered poison they're sweet sweet on the outside but deadly toxic on the inside you…
9. 8:30truth a little bit a little nail on the wall but how many White Lies end…
10. 9:31luck we have nothing more valuable in the world than the sparkling cleanliness of our souls…

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