Elul Has Begun - Don't Delay Casting Off Your Sins Another Moment

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

Okay, good morning everyone. Shalom aleikhem. Chodesh Elul. We're going to take a look at the Chofetz Chaim on the mitzvah of teshuvah. This is an excerpt from Sefer Torah Saba'os. A person needs to know that his sins are like a heavy load and he should not delay and keep the ruach tumah on himself. The Navi Yechezkel says, "Hashlichu me'aleichem kol pish'eichem." Cast off from upon upon you all your sins. Rashi omer, "K'mai ha niskar lissa maso l'veit Reuven." Someone who's hired to carry a burden, a package to Reuven's house, "Mish'nichnas sha'ah rishonah l'veit Reuven, take off umasha chashuv k'maso achsav ein umasha chashuv k'fi l'egel." Like

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1. 0:03Okay, good morning everyone. Shalom aleikhem. Chodesh Elul. We're going to take a look at the…
2. 0:34like a heavy load and he should not delay and keep the ruach tumah on himself.…
3. 1:04this. Let's say you're schlepping boxes. You have to bring a box from the garage up…
4. 1:35have a conversation, and then put down the box? No. The moment the door opens, the…
5. 2:05You see a tourist who sinned in the night I'll tell him do not question him.…
6. 2:36I really are like a heavy load. You don't want to keep them even one moment…

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