A Short Thought on Parshat Shlach | by Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a [5781]

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[Music] so once again a short thought on the parachute in the beginning of this pasta pasta and the question is their transgression took five minutes 10 minutes 15 minutes when they spoke wasn't 40 days so why 40 years against 40 days the answer is very simple russian horror doesn't start in your mouth it starts in your attitude your mind your heart says people usually see what they want to see they see what they are i once said you could learn more about a person from what he says about others then he can learn about a person from what others say about him we see what we wish to see this is a story in tom alamed bays about alexander the great gazelle call him alexander magdon alexander the macedonian he was the greatest conqueror in early history and the gomorrah says he called together and he told them i have a plan i want to conquer africa how do i get there and told him we can't get there there are mountain ranges and jungles and forests you'll never get there and alexander was angry he said i didn't ask you if i asked you how so give me eight says how do i get there so they gave him aces they gave him advice one of the points they told them you need a lot of rope and you need a tie rope wherever

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1. 0:00[Music] so once again a short thought on the parachute in the beginning of this pasta…
2. 1:02i once said you could learn more about a person from what he says about others…
3. 2:04you go otherwise you might get lost on your way back you should know exactly how…
4. 3:05so let's sit down around the table what do you want let's negotiate why bloodshed let's…
5. 4:09ano alexander schatte de bossie alexander was a fool all my life till i came to…
6. 5:12but in gun aiden nobody was in a sport nobody was afraid of alexander they told…
7. 6:13africa that's why he tied ropes so why didn't he smell that fragrance of grenadine on…
8. 7:14philosophers friedrich was very brilliant extremely insane and the nazis based their warped philosophy and his…
9. 8:18and the same rules apply to mankind so powerful nations should overpower the weak pillage kill…
10. 9:41cruelty brutality the other sees snooze is miguel person sees what he wants to see you…

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