Le chemin vers la grandeur - Rabbi Zev Smith

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

[Music] Growing up as a child, we had a neighbor whose car often stalled and we had to give him a boost, but it didn't last long. And I realized a boost is just a temporary solution. But the right approach is fix the problem. People often say, I need is like a boost. It's some quick energy, but it doesn't last. What we need is a right ashkaf a right appreciation a right ashkaf a right appreciation a right understanding of what's really important to us. The garra tells us in kadush about we find in the end of and in as well that the greatest title that a person could earn is the title even greater than what was am's credentials that he earned this distinction. Theor says that there were girls that were ransomed from and the Aconam had to find a place a safe place to keep them for the next few days. And of course the obvious few days. And of course the obvious choice of Raam a great sadic Rav was concerned about the potential Yehood. So he put them all in an attic high up out of sight out of mind. But additionally to make it impossible to do any a he removed the only ladder that connected downstairs with the attic. And as says even 10 people couldn't move the ladder. It was so heavy. A few moments later, one of the girls image appear downstairs. Somehow the bey says it was a miracle that he saw an image of the girl and the great Rev Amram grabbed the

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1. 0:00[Music] Growing up as a child, we had a neighbor whose car often stalled and we…
2. 0:31right ashkaf a right appreciation a right understanding of what's really important to us. The garra…
3. 1:01few days. And of course the obvious choice of Raam a great sadic Rav was concerned…
4. 1:31girl and the great Rev Amram grabbed the ladder single-handedly put it leading up to the…
5. 2:01embarrassed for eternity. There's a lot to learn from this story but I think the most…
6. 2:31paralyzing thought when a person thinks look at me at my age at my stature at…
7. 3:01yelling, "Rebby, I'm dying. I'm dying." And as a young 10-year-old, I wasn't equipped for a…
8. 3:32When we have those temptations, it's the stepping stone of greatness. We're not dying. We're rising.…

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