Netzoir - What the Baker told the Chofetz Chaim

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

So many words are being said today in so many different forums in which they're being said. Mail, messages, posts, tweets. So little me, the words that I say and the words I don't say, do they really matter? Do they really make a difference? The Chofetz Chaim once bumped into a local baker in Radin where he [music] lived before World War I. And he asked the baker how business was going. And the baker responded to him, "Actually, thanks for asking, but business is really tough. I work all day and all night. I make all different types of bread, rolls, sliced bread. I even make pastries. But the customers, they're just so demanding. Some tell me that [music] the bread is too salty. Some say it's too bland. Some say it's overbaked. Some say it's not been in the oven for long enough. The customers are just so demanding. And however hard I try, they're just so difficult to please." Obviously, the Chofetz Chaim, being the Chofetz Chaim, showed him empathy and

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1. 0:07So many words are being said today in so many different forums in which they're being…
2. 0:38really tough. I work all day and all night. I make all different types of bread,…
3. 1:10support. A few years later, after World War I had broken out, World War I was…
4. 1:41Business is booming. It's never been better." The Chofetz Chaim reflected, "This story," he thought, "could…
5. 2:13he's happy to take. So, you might think, my little contribution, does it really matter? Says…

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