The Nail in the Wall

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

with Hashem loving grace this is laser booty from the Holy Land of Israel with amudha beans podcast number 13 today's beam is entitled the nail in the wall and it's an amusing parable that brings a powerful message to every one of us our story takes place in Beverly Hills where a prominent investment banker builds himself a 20 million dollar mansion complete with swimming pool tennis court three car garage and a beautifully landscaped garden smack in the middle of high society's most the middle of high society's most sought-after neighborhood one day the front door bell rings and the owner opens the door himself and he's alarmed to find this hobo looking character standing at the entrance well disheveled down and outter says good morning sir I want to purchase your home it's quite beautiful well the impatient banker says well thank you but this mansion is not for sale besides its market value exceeds 20 million dollars oh that's exaggerated says the hobo beautiful yes but 20 million dollars no so the hobo reaches into his vest pocket so the hobo reaches into his vest pocket his tattered overcoat that looks like was a fifth generation and me down from the 99-cent rack at Goodwill and he pulls that two stacks of hundred-dollar bills 100 bills in each stack well that's a total of $20,000 who says here's my offer sir $20,000 cash on the barrel for your mansion are you crazy says the banker $20,000 can't even pay for one square foot of this entries for your wall oh that's fine says the hobo we finally started to negotiate to show you that I'm an

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1. 0:00with Hashem loving grace this is laser booty from the Holy Land of Israel with amudha…
2. 1:03so the hobo reaches into his vest pocket his tattered overcoat that looks like was a…
3. 2:05three million dollars per square foot well that's a tantalizing offer but the bankers still refused…
4. 3:08eighteen point five billion dollars per square foot well that's a deal that the banker could…
5. 4:09California Commission of industrial standards that this nail is less than one-half of millimeters square in…
6. 5:11can rightfully visit his millimeter in every light and with no legal recourse the banker was…
7. 6:12entire mansion when the bank and his family they had to leave the house and they…
8. 7:14mansion assess the twenty million dollars looking brand new was completely his well that beloved brothers…
9. 8:15their personal holiness with the mirror unauthorized first touch of the opposite sex what's the big…
10. 9:17other girls call me nippy so she takes her hem line up a little inch only…

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