The Chofetz Chaim on Why Bnei Torah Should Be Happy Even If They Don't Have Nice Things

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Rest. Okay, good morning everyone. Yesterday we saw the epic observation of the Chofetz Chaim on the carbon ani the other message I guess that the same way only an ani can offer a carbon ani. Someone who's an ashir for him to offer a carbon ani is not acceptable. Likewise, in general, there are many people who are ni'ei hadaas and they don't get it. So, they serve Hashem on a very low level. Chofetz Chaim says they could get away with it because they're an ani. They're ani b'daas. But you, you're an ashir b'daas. You can't get away with that kind of service. That's what we saw yesterday. So, he brings here the following story. The Chofetz Chaim once bemoaned mishu hu mi bnei beisai al asher hayu lodim chlofim luvish gam b'yom tov bigdeihem hayishanim b'eishav al bayis hadar mimula manik l'vanav mimetaf. Basically, someone in the Chofetz

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1. 0:00Rest. Okay, good morning everyone. Yesterday we saw the epic observation of the Chofetz Chaim on…
2. 0:32Chofetz Chaim says they could get away with it because they're an ani. They're ani b'daas.…
3. 1:03Chaim's house looked across the street and he looked at his Yom Tov outfit and he…
4. 1:35she'hineinu b'atzmeinu bnei Torah v'hineinu megadlim es baneinu l'Torah. This is the way it's supposed to…
5. 2:05hadinim she'cholim al ba'alei nisyonos l'chazek avishus b'vanim b'gaddim chadashim l'Yom Tov. Don't forget that at…
6. 2:36Okay. You can't have everything. You can't also have nice Yom Tov clothing. But they What…

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