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I used to wonder, David says in Tehillim, "Adam be ko a person in a pressure situation he doesn't understand. Nimshal beheima is nidmu." He's comparable to an animal. Now, we usually speak with finesse. We try to even avoid saying the word tamei. Why did David compare us a human to an animal? Obviously, there's a message that has to be conveyed. Did you ever wonder, an ox is one of the strongest animals, strong like an ox expression goes, and the ox works day and night for human being. It's much stronger than a human being. It's much stronger than a human being. You learn parshas Mishpatim, you learn maseches Bava Kamma, a shor nogeach, an ox could gore a person and kill him. Why doesn't it revolt and rebel and run away? Why is it working day and night since time immemorial for human beings? Think about a horse, a muscular animal, and what does it do? Person gets on it and whips it and it goes winter and summer, mud, snow, ice. Why doesn't the horse just give one kick and the owner is gone? The answer is the animal doesn't know its strength. It doesn't know its
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- 1:06its strength. It doesn't know its capabilities. And that's why forever it's the symbol of subservience,…
- 1:36dormant and it's wasted. David wanted to accentuate the depth of the tragedy. Adam be ko…
- 2:08tzniut. And we were victims of Adam Biqar Ve'al Yavan. We never realized how yakar be'eini…
- 2:39kosher. We will decide should I go, should I not go, should I go there, should…
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