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

We need to stop thinking about merits and start thinking about mercy. I did this, I did that. Why am I not receiving? Our sages tell us that whenever you pray for something in a way where it's an expectation, they open up your books and they check to see if you're worthy. Actually goes against you. It's like an audit. An employee comes to you, I need a raise. I did this for you, I did this for you. Let's open up the books to validate that. Another person, listen, I'm struggling with my bills. Yeah, I need a raise. I need to raise my family. Even though the performance is not that great, usually that guy arouses mercy. We get into this

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