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Shnayim Yomi - Bereshit - Sh'vi'i - #7 - Rabbi Joey Haber - As Long as You're Trying

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Rabbi Joey Haber

A shiur on Parshat Bereshit by Rabbi Joey Haber as part of the Shnayim Yomi series.

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You ever feel guilty? You ever feel like I'm the worst? If anyone knew all the things that I'm thinking about, wow, I would be embarrassed. If you ever felt that way, the last aliyah she in Parashat Bereishit is for you. Because in this aliyah, we got the last three generations um Methuselah, Lamech, and Noah. Okay? And we're introduced to Noah. Okay? And we're introduced to Noah. And Noah now the Torah starts to tell us that the world is bad. And Hashem says these words, "Yad Hashem ki ra bad Adam." Hashem sees that man is bad. The whole the whole yetzer machshavot libo rak kol hayom. All his thoughts are bad all the day and therefore Hashem destroys the destroy us. The pasuk sounds very simple and straightforward. Until you get to Parashat Noah, cuz in Parashat Noah, Hashem destroys the world and brings them a bul, brings a flood, and then after a year, he removes the

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  1. 0:03You ever feel guilty? You ever feel like I'm the worst? If anyone knew all the…
  2. 0:33Okay? And we're introduced to Noah. And Noah now the Torah starts to tell us that…
  3. 1:04and then after a year, he removes the flood. And then the pasuk says Hashem says,…
  4. 1:35of us there's a lot of negative tendencies. You and me and him and her and…
  5. 2:06Once they're trying, I understand that you're created with evil inclination, as long as you're trying.…
  6. 2:37"That's not the way I want the world to be." But if instead you're working and…

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