If He Wants it so Badly

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

About 150 years ago, in one of the Jewish villages, there were two big, big, rich people, millionaires. And they used to call them the Barons, the Baronim. So let's say one of them was called Baron Weiss and the other one Baron Schwartz, yeah? Black and white. The Baron Weiss was a big Talmid Chacham. The Baron Schwartz was a big Am Haaretz, he didn't know nothing. He didn't even know how to read, nothing. Once a year, Baron Schwartz comes to Shul. When is it? Yom Kippur. The rest of the year, you never saw him in Shul. It's Yom Kippur in the morning, between Shachris and Krias Hatorah, and here the Gabai stands by the Bima and is starting selling all the Aliyos. The Aliyos from the morning, then the Aliyos for Mincha, Maftir Yona, and then comes the Aliya from Psicha D’Neilah. We all know Psicha D’Neilah, when we open the Aron Kodesh to Neilah. Baron Weiss right away says, $10,000 for Psicha D’Neilah. Baron Schwartz hears that. $15,000. Baron Weiss: 20. Baron Schwartz: 25.

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1. 0:06About 150 years ago, in one of the Jewish villages, there were two big, big, rich…
2. 0:36It's Yom Kippur in the morning, between Shachris and Krias Hatorah, and here the Gabai stands…
3. 1:07Baron Weiss: 30. It went up to $100,000. And here Baron Schwartz made it. זכה לו.…
4. 1:38I know my friend, Baron Weiss. He is a businessman. If Baron Weiss was ready to…
5. 2:08we can never know that. But meanwhile in Galus, we could only say one thing. If…

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