Parking Spots for All | Rabbi Elysha Sandler

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One of the tell me day Bal Shem Tov was a tzaddik by the name of Reb Baruch of Kossov known by his safer as the Amud HaAvodah. In his safer he says something unbelievable regarding pleasure. He says that Hakadosh Baruch Hu decides [music] exactly how much pleasure, how much benefit every person gets in this world from the things around him. And the choice that we need to make is are we going to get it b'derech heter [music] or are we going to do something wrong in order to get it? But either way we're going to get it. If somebody takes money from a pushka and puts it in his pocket from a pushka and puts it in his pocket when he thinks nobody's watching, he hasn't gained the money. He would have gotten the money anyway. All that he gained was that he has an issur to [music] his credit. I want to share with you an unbelievable story that happened with me not that long ago in the holy city of Yerushalayim. I rented a car, a full-size car. It was a seven-seater SUV which is nice to drive but difficult when trying to find parking in Yerushalayim, especially around the Old City. It's uh 12:00 at night. We drove through the Old City, came along the wall. Each spot that opened up was taken

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1. 0:06One of the tell me day Bal Shem Tov was a tzaddik by the name of…
2. 0:37from a pushka and puts it in his pocket when he thinks nobody's watching, he hasn't…
3. 1:07wall. Each spot that opened up was taken by a car in front of me looking…
4. 1:37Resigned to my fate, I pull out ready to go back to Yerushalayim and take the…
5. 2:09the car and says, "Nu, at a roel?" I thanked him very much, wondering how I…
6. 2:40window, and says to his wife and to me, "Atem ro'im? Ein adam nogea b'meshu muchan…
7. 3:11me and loses out. We should have the inner strength and the fortitude to take what's…

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