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Vayishlach - Believe in your kids

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Rabbi Dovid Orlofsky

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Hi, this is David Olowski with the para in five where in five minutes we try to give you a little idea in the para that hopefully will enhance your shabas paras vishlah we have the terrible story of dina being kidnapped and raped says why did this happened cuz she's a sonus just like her mother was yet she was she went out now to be fair she went out to just to see the girls of the city and see how they lived and how they and see how they lived and how they celebrated and was just looking for a little female companionship but because of this she got spotted cuz panima and you don't go walking by yourself into a idol worshippers's city and you know you got to be careful but why was she I heard this idea from the rebi many years ago and he says like this when Asa was coming so it says here's Yakov and here's his 11 sons And Rashi says, "And where was Dina?" And Rashi says, "And where was Dina?" Says, "Yakov put her in a box." As the tone of Rebel, why do you lock the box? Did he really think that Asa was going to go through all of his boxes in the hope that maybe there was a daughter hiding out there that he could take as a wife? He says he locked the box because he told Dena in no uncertain terms, I don't

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  1. 0:00Hi, this is David Olowski with the para in five where in five minutes we try…
  2. 0:32and see how they lived and how they celebrated and was just looking for a little…
  3. 1:03And Rashi says, "And where was Dina?" Says, "Yakov put her in a box." As the…
  4. 1:34told Dena in no uncertain terms, I don't trust you. I'm afraid you're going to come…
  5. 2:04get, they run off someplace else. You got to be very careful when you start to…
  6. 2:37"What do we do in our family?" And he said to me, I suddenly realized I…
  7. 3:07Jew. It's galdic. It's fun. It's enjoyable. Look how wonderful it is. But if people don't…
  8. 3:37It may not even been a problem that he put her in the box. But when…
  9. 4:08live true and honest meaningful Torah lives mit by all of us. Chavis.…

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