This is Not the Time (Ep. 143)

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

Hi, this is Rabbi Olswang, and welcome to the Rabbi Olswang show. You're watching with our friends over at Eternity time or wherever you watch or listen to your podcast. It is as always an honor that you're taking out some of your time to spend it with me. And with our entire Rabbi Olswang show community. And repeating what I mentioned last week, we have an idea we would like to make a special um special um event if we can. A doing a little video. Uh Those who are participants in the Rabbi Olswang show. Just if you film yourself saying uh Shana Tova, K'siva v'chasima tova, happy new year. Uh to all of our listeners. It's so nice to add faces to the hundreds and hundreds of people. Possibly thousands of people depending him. Should be tremendous host for him and all of his loved ones. And uh mits hashem mits hashem the schus of uh this program should go towards saying only good things for you and all of those that you care about. Okay, uh we're finishing up our second series of Pirkei Avos and uh like I say I'm just pulling out here and there a line from a particular Mishnah. There is so much to particular Mishnah. There is so much to talk about. We could spend hours and hours doing this. And we're going to take a line from Perek Revi'i. Fourth perek. Don't try to calm someone down when they're angry. And do not try to comfort them when their dead lies before them. The loy don't ask him when he's making a neder if he means it or not. Don't try to see someone in their hour of despair. When they're when they're in trouble. So let's let's unpack this first just to

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1. 0:00Hi, this is Rabbi Olswang, and welcome to the Rabbi Olswang show. You're watching with our…
2. 4:34Sometimes people are not ready for nachama. That's how the chazal set it up. When a…
3. 8:40And a person has to know when is the right time and when is not the…
4. 12:46say at that point? "Well, I'm sure he had a good reason. I'm sure you deserved…
5. 16:53bad teacher, a snake. He was very mean. And somebody asked her in a forum, "Why…
6. 21:28So, you have to understand where a person comes from. So, he has this step in…
7. 25:34And somebody went to speak to him and he's like, "She can't believe she walked out…
8. 29:43This is the problem." And they'd say to me, "No, no. No. I I see why…
9. 33:48I have to keep the door open. I can't tell her it's awesome. Of course it's…
10. 37:54giving the Yeshiva to leave the Mizrach wall. We have a new Rosh Yeshiva." Rav Shimon…

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