Rabbi Yoel Gold discusses the secret to a happy life in this inspirational talk for Chazaq.
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a few weeks ago I was shopping for Shabbos in one of the local supermarkets in LA it's called La Brea kosher as I'm checking out I have my bags in my hand and I'm walking out the door and I hear someone yell rabbi gold rabbi gold I turn around I see a middle-aged woman turn around I see a middle-aged woman she says rabbi gold have I got a story for you and I always tell people my brothers in real estate I always tell people that whatever a good piece of real estate is to a real estate investor that's what a good true story is to me if I hear someone wants to share his story with me I'll be here all night I put my bags down and I'm all ears and she proceeds to tell me the following story she says my daughter my 15 year story she says my daughter my 15 year old daughter was walking on La Brea that's the Main Avenue I don't know what it is in Queens it's like 13th Avenue in Borough Park Coney Island and Flatbush that's La Brea in LA my daughter was walking on La Brea she was walking past the Yungas rail of La Brea she notices there's a officer that's issuing a ticket to a port to a car that's parked illegally by a an expired meter so she looks at the car she looks at the officer she looks at the synagogue to
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- 3:33rabbi goal 10 minutes later everybody files out of the shoaling you'll never believe whose car…
- 7:07the window and they can't fathom what's going on they pull in and they come in…
- 10:45her you know is anyone in your family still alive your parents your uncle's your aunt's…
- 14:50seven or eight-year-olds from all different backgrounds in the Boston area they went to their schools…
- 18:35Brooklyn my parents I grew up in Brooklyn I could never imagine how I grew up…
- 22:15called a knob a knob and this is called a hole this is a hole okay…
- 26:29all your contact information all of your meetings everything is on your cell phone who remembers…
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- 34:46great he looks at me very serious and he says can I tell you a story…
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