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Short Thought on the Period of Sefiras HaOmer | By Rav Asher Weiss Shlit"a (5786)

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  1. 0:00We are in the midst of Sefiras HaOmer. And next time we will meet the 10…
  2. 1:01with respect. This is the reason. And many people wonder why such a terrible punishment. It's…
  3. 2:01Yiddish Yekusiel Yehuda is Zalman Leib. So my father told me, "Zalman Leib, I envy you."…
  4. 3:01Sanz Rav. What did you learn from him? And that's why I'm envying you." And that's…
  5. 4:01Akiva said that? And Rebbi Akiva is the one that says the whole Torah is love…
  6. 5:01The Maharal says they had one thing lacking. And one thing if you don't have that…
  7. 6:01ways? If [clears throat] the Chachamim would say 48 ways the Torah is acquired, my answer…
  8. 7:04on an other opportunity. What do we do with the extra day? So Rebbi Zalman Auerbach…
  9. 8:05Rebbi Akiva knew what Rebbi Zalman Auerbach knew. What the Chachamim knew. Rebbi Akiva knew what…
  10. 9:07And that is when ultimately the plague was over. We should only share good news this…

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