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Today's Mess is Yesterday's "YES" | Living with Emunah #375

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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hours. I wish it only took two minutes. But once a year, in order to do all this, in order to provide all this, to have a rabbi who's paid a salary, who gives shurim, to be able to share it and promote it online in a professional way, to be able to have a building that has lights and air conditioning or heat and coffee and slushies and security and parking, it cost money. It costs money. It's unfortunate. I wish it didn't. I wish the way of the world were different. Our members do their part. They pay membership in order to provide it. But if you're not a member and you enjoy it, is there any other area of your life where you gain value and you don't pay? You just expect and feel entitled for it to come for free. Do you walk out of Costco with food? Do you stream things that you watch for free? Do you go places and not pay? Everything else in life that we benefit that enhances our life. The gym, you go work out of the gym and you just insist that you should be able to go and not have to pay. So we need your help. It's not a payforplay. We don't do that. all the shirum everything everyone has access but we need your help to make it

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