Alacrity

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

Good evening. We speak a little bit about parashat Vayeira, the continuation of the lecture I made yesterday in Brooklyn. I spoke about it a long time yesterday, but we didn't finish. The story of Abraham Avinu teaching us something very important about the way we should be. What does it teach us? There are two ways to do a mitzvah. One, I have to do it. I have no choice. I'm obligated. I force myself to do it. When you force yourself to do it, do you know how it's going to going to look, right? When you have a worker that comes to work just because he must make the money. Not because he loves the job. Pain here. You know, when you go to Home Depot or to Walmart to all these places and you ask for help, do you see how the workers react? First of all, it takes 45 minutes until someone will come. Right? And then when he comes, you have to help him to pick up his legs. Can I help you? You already see him, you don't want to buy the product anymore after he made you wait so long. And then when you finally ask him, it's like you killed him. He's suffering that he has to look for something on a shelf for you, where it is. Of course, not everyone, but this is not how you're supposed to do your job. What is the main and the greatest things we learn from Abraham Avinu? Zrizut. Zrizut. How do you say zrizut in English? Alacrity. Huh? Alacrity. Alacrity? First time in my life I hear this word. In America it doesn't exist, I guess. How can it be? I'm 26 years in this country and not once I heard it. Alacrity? Alacrity. Alacrity? A L A C R I T Y.

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6. 32:12this language. And also, the Midrash say, "Kol ma'aseihem shel hatzaddikim bemhirut." One of the ways…
7. 38:48With all their things going with the with the animals, with the donkeys. Who would go…
8. 45:23emergency, it can happen sometime. But we talking overall, not once in a while, yeah? How…
9. 51:48carry the suitcases, at least once a month they have to have a day or two…
10. 58:17is going maximum four generations. Meaning, the son of your grandson. That's when you have connection…

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