The Spy Who Didn't Break | Rabbi Nachum Binder

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

Nisyonos. We tend to look at Nisyonos as our enemy. We tend to look at Nisyonos as a way to get us down, trying to get us to fall, to fail, and it's something that we have to fight and make sure that we overcome. The של”ה הקדוש in Parshas Vayeira teaches us a tremendous יסוד. The Ribono shel Olam sends Nisyonos to us not to see if we will pass or fail, but the Ribono shel Olam sends Nisyonos in order that we should overcome. I once heard a beautiful Mashal. There was once a spy that was spying for a country in a different land. And one day, as he was walking down the street, the secret police of that country jumped on him, took him into a car and accused him of spying. And brought him to a place, a secluded home, in a secluded area, and tried getting out of him all the secrets of the network of spies of the land that he was spying for. Being a good spy,

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1. 0:04Nisyonos. We tend to look at Nisyonos as our enemy. We tend to look at Nisyonos…
2. 0:35in order that we should overcome. I once heard a beautiful Mashal. There was once a…
3. 1:05he was quiet, he was strong, he was resilient, he wasn't talking. Until they made that…
4. 1:36talking in the language of the country that he was spying for. And in a split…
5. 2:07And he wants us to succeed. He wants us to score 100 on every single test,…

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