Ha'azinu: What's Wrong With a Little Shtick?

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

Hi, this is Dov Odolensky with the Parsha in 5, where in 5 minutes we try to give you a little insight into the Parsha. This week, Ha'azinu. It's a Shira. We talked about this a few years ago. What What it means to have a Shira, what it means to have a song. But I want to focus on one pasuk. Yeah. Perek Lamed Beis, pasuk Hey. It's talking about Hakadosh Baruch Hu, Tomim Pa'olo, called Ruach of Mishpat. God is good. God is honest. Shicheis Lo Lo Banav. If there's something wrong, don't blame God. He doesn't do anything wrong. Banav Mumam. You are the ones who have the mum, who have the disfiguration. Dor Ikesh U'fitaltol. That's how we describe the generation. Ikesh, bent. Says Rashi. Akum U'me'ukar. Bent. Twisted. U'fitaltol. K'patil hazeh she'godlin osah, makivin osah saviv. It means uh twisted. Twisted. You read the story of Ha'azinu. And it tells us about the suffering of the Jewish people. And says, "Don't blame God. You are bent and twisted." What does that mean? There was people had this sort of way of trying to make money. I don't remember what it was. Something to do with tickets or something. I I don't remember the whole story. But uh somebody asked it to Reb Moshe Shapiro, and he says, "You know, this is a shtick that the people do." He says, "Mah HaTorah Koreh Isor d'Oraisa, atem korim shtick.

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1. 0:00Hi, this is Dov Odolensky with the Parsha in 5, where in 5 minutes we try…
2. 0:31God is good. God is honest. Shicheis Lo Lo Banav. If there's something wrong, don't blame…
3. 1:01Akum U'me'ukar. Bent. Twisted. U'fitaltol. K'patil hazeh she'godlin osah, makivin osah saviv. It means uh twisted.…
4. 1:33and twisted." What does that mean? There was people had this sort of way of trying…
5. 2:03>> [laughter] >> What the Torah says is forbidden cuz it's dishonest, you call it a…
6. 2:36that's when things get messed up. The Mesillas Yesharim says, I wrote this sefer to teach…
7. 3:06People say, yeah, I came up with this shtick, I came up with this, I came…
8. 3:37wine. Lost all his wine. So, uh he brings them to din Torah and he says,…
9. 4:07Chassidus." Be straight. Be honest. You'll never go wrong by being honest. When someone wants to…
10. 4:37some of his troops with him and some of his people. And he comes out cursing…

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