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A Bachur Does Not Decide for Himself | Letter #19 of Thirty Letters in Thirty Days 5786

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Rabbi Shais Taub

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All right, we're live. Uh, excuse the tardiness. I was coming from Yeah, it started just started right now. Someone was writing in the chat, "Did it start?" Yes, it started just now. Um, by the way, I just changed my air updated the software on my streaming software. So, I'm paranoid that this is not streaming properly. So, if you hear me and you see me right now, write in the chat and say hello. Let me know that you hear me and see me. Thank you. We're going to give a little tzedakah Kayla Chabad pushka app as we always do. Ah, I didn't do this I didn't take the silent off. Hold on. Okay, amazing. All right. Guys, I'm not seeing anyone Oh, someone wrote hello. Snortfish. Snortfish wrote hello. Okay. I hope that's just your username. Although, if your real name is Snortfish Here it is. PDF of letter 19. Oh, somebody asked to point to to uh post it in the chat. I'll post it in the chat right now. Sure. Here we go. Paste. There's the letter. All right. You ready? Want to learn a letter? Let's do it. >> [sighs] >> This is letter 4,144 of the Igros Kodesh. >> [snorts] >> All the letters as we said are from Chelek Yud Beis, volume 12. Baruch Hashem Aleph Adar Tavshin Tet-Zayin Brooklyn Shel Mevorach, this is Rosh Chodesh Adar 5716, spring of 1956. Greetings and blessings Bimayna Mikhtavei Mikhaf Shvat Biksov Shel Biyeshivas Temimei Min Hasnif dot dot dot. In answer to your letter from like 5 days ago, you said you wrote that you learn in Temimei Min Hasnif in dot dot dot. Temimei Min Hasnif is the name of the official Lubavitch yeshiva. It doesn't say where it is. I suspect that it could Okay. By process of elimination, um it could very well actually be related

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