Regaining our Sensitivity | Rabbi Elchonon Jacobovitz

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

A Ger Hasid by the name of Yankel who lived in a mixed neighborhood was approached one day by his secular neighbor Ron, and Ron was livid. He said, "You dati'im, you people, you're so primitive." And he starts telling him that he was at a tzahal event where the soldiers were graduating, and there was a woman who was put up to sing, and the dati soldiers, they made a whole balagan, kol isha, kol isha. And he said, "What's wrong with you, dati'im? I hear kol isha all day, it doesn't have any effect on me. You people are so primitive." So, Yankel says, "You know what? It's a great question. I don't what? It's a great question. I don't know the answer, but let's go together to my rebbe in Yerushalayim. We'll see what he has to say." Shockingly, Ron takes him up on his offer, and the very next day they find themselves in front of the Gerer rebbe in Yerushalayim. And Yankel tells the rebbe, "This is my neighbor, and this is the question that he asked me. What does the rebbe have to say?" >> [music] >> So, the rebbe looks at the fellow and asks him, "Tell me, did you ever see the Bedouins? Did you ever notice how they walk barefoot [music] on rocks and glass, and they don't even flinch? So, tell me, who's more primitive, you or the Bedouin? You know, our generation is called

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1. 0:05A Ger Hasid by the name of Yankel who lived in a mixed neighborhood was approached…
2. 0:35what? It's a great question. I don't know the answer, but let's go together to my…
3. 1:05You know, our generation is called ikvisa d'meshicha, and ikvista means the heel. And my rebbe,…
4. 1:36doesn't even have an effect on you anymore?" And the Sfas Emes tells us that that's…
5. 2:07emotion. The soldiers were bawling, and one soldier of that T soldier, a religious soldier, turned…
6. 2:38yetziat Mitzrayim mitachas [music] shibud Mitzrayim. Because to get into that palace, you can't be callous.…

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