World of Lies - R. Eliyahu Maksumov - TorahAnytime.com

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

When I was younger, I used to go to camp. And my camp used to like to take us to baseball games. And I remember the first time I went to a baseball game, thousands of people on the bleachers gathering together. Maybe 30,000, 40,000, who knows. So many people gathered, took a day off of work to come together, and I said to myself, "If so many people are gathered together right here, right now, it must be it's for a bigger purpose." Why did they all come here? Why did they all take a day off of work? What are we about to witness? What are we about to about to witness? What are we about to experience? And I was waiting for that moment when they're going to get up in front of everybody, the people down there, and the and the and the field, and they're going to get before the mic, and they're going to announce the purpose of life. That's what I was waiting for. I thought everyone gathered for something much deeper. And I'm waiting for the moment. And all of a sudden, they have a guy come up, and he's standing at the triangle, the home run, and he's standing over there, and he takes the mic, and he starts singing the Star-Spangled Banner. And you see everyone takes off their cap, and they put it right over here. They look

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1. 0:00When I was younger, I used to go to camp. And my camp used to like…
2. 0:30about to witness? What are we about to experience? And I was waiting for that moment…
3. 1:00put it right over here. They look I'm thinking this is a very emotional moment. It's…
4. 1:31"Play ball!" And then from the audience, you hear somebody scream back, "Popcorn! Hot dogs! Burgers!"…
5. 2:02people, is not an easy task. It's very difficult. To gather so many people in an…
6. 2:33As I grew up, I realized the answer is because we live in the world of…
7. 3:03From the moment that you come out of your mother's stomach until you leave this world,…
8. 3:33You have to figure out what is that purpose.…

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