A thought-provoking look at the Torah portion of Ki-Sisa, with Rabbi Mordechai Horowitz.
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[Music] there's an incredible Story related by rabi SAR friend about the and ra Shimon Schwab rabi Schwab visited theim once and asked him reim are you a Cohen reim are you a Cohen a Ley or a is R Shimon answered I am a is we all know that the RAB Isel mayor Kagan was a Coen do you know what the difference between you and me is asked I a CO and where the will be rebuilt very soon and many people will be gathering from all over Israel from all over the world will be coming to the doors of the world will be coming to the doors of the mikash and want to enter and want to service hem but there are going to be guards there the guards are going to say are you going or are you isra and I will be allowed in but you Shimon will be outside with the rest of the Israelites and I will be allowed to do the service of the BET mikash and the israelim are going to be jealous and angry and feel terrible why can't we enter and do you know why that is
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- 0:00[Music] there's an incredible Story related by rabi SAR friend about the and ra Shimon Schwab…
- 0:30reim are you a Cohen a Ley or a is R Shimon answered I am a…
- 1:02world will be coming to the doors of the mikash and want to enter and want…
- 1:36enter and do you know why that is so it's because of something that happened thousands…
- 2:08Moses when he saw that he told the Jewish people he made an an announcement a…
- 2:41back that act had ramifications for thousands of years later and when the temple will be…
- 3:12world there going to be moments in your life that you will feel challenged you'll hear…
- 3:42say I would like to be count let us all at those moments at those challenging…
- 4:13Generations let us stand up for Hashem meem El…
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