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Pink's Hot Dogs: Are You Just Following the Crowd?

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Rabbi Eli Scheller

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Here we are by Pink's Hot Dogs in Los Angeles, California. A very well-known spot. It is known to have very long lines. Sometimes it could take 2 or 3 hours to get the hot dog. Now, why do people come here? How did this place start? It started 85 years ago. Listen to the story of how it began. When it started in 1939, the owner had a little push cart selling hot dogs. Nobody was

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  1. 0:00Here we are by Pink's Hot Dogs in Los Angeles, California. A very well-known spot. It
  2. 0:31push cart selling hot dogs. Nobody was coming. After a few weeks, he decided to hire
  3. 1:03of people come. Why? Only because they see so many people online. So everybody's coming because
  4. 1:33crowd. As a wise guy once told me, "Want to know what's the right thing to

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