Aspiring to Greatness - Rabbi Benzion Shafier

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

I'd like to share with you this evening - life lessons I believe that these two principles these two years sodas you will find in every successful human being and I guarantee if you find me human being with all the talents in the world all the abilities but they don't have these two principles firmly in place I guarantee they will not become a fraction of what they could have been and let's begin with a gazelle goomar and let's begin with a gazelle goomar tells us that when each person has done his job on this planet he stands in front of a goddess bajo and there are a series of questions that the person is asked the very first question that asked is named ma Lois October Tora why weren't you involved into our study why don't you become a giant why don't you become the person you could have been why don't you reach your potential and each person is asked that question and each person has his litany of and each person has his litany of excuses reasons rationales I could have would have should have but didn't and the gamar tells us that an uneven us year a poor man and a rich man comer in front of a guru who and each one a sham begins with that question pendant named al Louis October Torah I gave you a Torah who is the spiritual perfection the guide for greatness the guide to make yourself into it you could have been to successfully live this life why weren't you involved in it so they

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1. 0:19I'd like to share with you this evening - life lessons I believe that these two…
2. 4:26than with Hillel if hillo could have done it so too could have you and then…
3. 9:05certain picture this is what you could have been and the only scale of measure is…
4. 13:47country put forth the best it became an international goal and no one could do it…
5. 17:53point he said I don't understand this it's not the lifting the car that I don't…
6. 22:32and there's a second principle success and I believe that if you have the first one…
7. 27:08down and not get back up and you'll never win you see I don't care how…
8. 31:14success consists of going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm one more time success consists…
9. 35:54Bronx Zoo in the alley next to us because the fellow was wearing shorts and I…
10. 40:33think this Gomorrah shares with us a tremendous concept hillel obligates the poor person the poor…

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