Shavuot: The Secret to True Spiritual Growth - Rabbi YY Jacobson

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They say an old joke about Moshe Dayan. I'm not sure if everybody remembers Moshe Dayan was Israel's defense minister. He had a patch on his eye. They say a joke that he was driving on an Israeli highway very very fast way above the speed limit, which in Israel it takes a lot to go above the speed limit. And a policeman stops him and he sees Dayan and he says, "General Dayan, defense minister of Israel, you should be a role model for citizens. Instead of driving like a madman, I'm going to quadruple pull your summons." He looks at the policeman and he says, "Officer, I don't need a chauffeur. Look at me. I have one eye. Now, what would you like me to do with this eye? Look at the speedometer or look at the highway?" >> [laughter] >> Okay, so sometimes the moral of the story is sometimes we get stuck looking at the speedometer and we don't see enough uh the highway, the larger picture, the big vision. Okay, so Baruch Hashem, we're here together and uh may Hashem bless us all with keen vision >> [laughter] >> and sensitivity on all levels begashmius ubruchneus. Royan asan nishma v'asainu asanera. So, today as we prepare for the festival for the holiday of Shavuos, Matan Torah, the receiving of the Torah, we're going to explore two stories that the Gemara shares connected to this very special day. And as usual, at the surface, the both of the stories seem very enigmatic, very difficult to comprehend. Yet, as we delve into it, we see here profound layers of

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2. 6:19And we're going to get back to it base of Hashem soon in the class. Let's…
3. 12:38he went back to the present. And he comes to God and he says, "I'm going…
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