The Joy Of Pesach | The Rabbi Orlofsky Show

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the chair. Safer Orchos Chaim L'Harosh is a timeless mussar classic. That's true. Enhanced with hundreds of stories and insights. The Safer Orchos Chaim L'Harosh has been treasured as a guide to living with yiras Shamayim, refined middos, and true Torah values. Written by Rabbeinu Asher ben Yechiel, better known as the Rosh, Rabbeinu Asher. I may be just throw in over here. Um Um I had a talmid once. This happens often. That when I have a shiur, uh I teach Gemara, uh I tend to be uh I'm looking for the right word. Obnoxious. The reason I do this is to irritate people. >> [laughter] >> And the reason I want to irritate people is so that they will be motivated to get me. Then they put in extra time learning cuz they want to catch me. Anyway, I said something in shiur and somebody says, somebody says, uh "No, that's not right." And he says something else. I said, "Where'd you get that from?" He says, "The Hagahah." I said, "The Hagahah?" So, he shows me. It's the Hagahos Ashri in the Rosh. Not Hagahos. The Hagahos Ashri. The Hagahah? Needless to say, I did not let that line go for the rest of the year. He He turned out to be a kind of a big-time turned out to be a kind of a big-time hakham. But to me, he'll always be the Hagahah. >> [gasps] >> This work has been learned in the great yeshivas of the past and present and is used as a road map for avodas Hashem and personal growth. The new edition by Oh, surprise! Yehuda Windzelberg has opened up this work and geared it to our generation and is filled with uplifting insights, practical guidance, and great stories that bring the Rosh's teaching into sharp focus for our lives today. I always say this, that

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1. 1:03the chair. Safer Orchos Chaim L'Harosh is a timeless mussar classic. That's true. Enhanced with hundreds…
2. 6:38"How is it I have time for tragedy and I don't have time for simcha?" So,…
3. 12:17there's kishka, forget about it. They can go on for days, you know. >> [laughter] >>…
4. 17:57Amazing, you know. I once went to a house of shiva and it was only I…
5. 23:40>> [laughter] >> And it was getting ready for Pesach. You know, "Are you already ready…
6. 29:20So, he says, "Because that's the concept of avdus." We We didn't go down to Mitzrayim…
7. 34:59And that's just the same you [clears throat] know, so you're not beating the kid but…
8. 40:36to be a successful teacher. And uh and I tell the story about this person who…
9. 46:14He says, "If I sting you, you'll fall into the river and I'll die, too." That…
10. 51:52because we're showing avdut. We're showing that we're an eved Hashem who's living our entire life…

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