49 R Zev Leff

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

so first of all i want to say thank you so much for being a guest on drops of inspiration the last time you were on unfortunately i was in the hospital and my husband took over for me so it's important for me to introduce you myself thank you so so much thank you i am uh on the one hand uh flattered that you invited me back for a second time invited me back for a second time a little uh intimidated and reminds me of the story of the cousin who was when he finished the number that he was singing they asked him for an encore so he sang it again [Music] and when he finished they asked him for another encore and he sang it again after seven encores he said i'm flattered that you keep asking me to sing this over and over again but how many times over and over again but how many times and somebody from the back yelled out until you do it right i hope this time i'll do it right you won't have to invite me back again rabbi you did it so right the first time the only thing was i wasn't there to introduce you so thank you again for coming on okay um we uh refer to the holiday the time the torah was given the time the torah was given the truth is that according to one opinion in the talmud uh the torah was not given on that day the day we celebrate slowest is the sixth day of season and according to rabiosi the torah was not given until the seventh day of siva so there's no question why we celebrate lewis because the torah said to count 49 days and make the 50th day shabbos but to relate it to the giving

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