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

It's commendable that um you're all here despite the pes preparations. You've all taken time out. I should also mention that there are no women here today which is also a testimony. They're probably at home scrubbing away which is fantastic that uh some of the husbands have been let out to uh keep out of harm's way. I know that's why I'm here. Okay. Now before I start anything, this sh is Now before I start anything, this sh is of Miriam I want to tell you on Sunday there was a Brit here yesterday. Beautiful Brit. My friend Effie Raymond made a brit here with his his wife Debbie. And um it was an extremely emotional occasion apart from the fact that any bris is uh emotional but there was an bris is uh emotional but there was an added dimension there. It was a very very special sim. I'm going to tell you why it was special by giving you a story about Rash. Somebody once came to Raf. He had been married for a year and his wife had given birth to a baby girl, their first child. So he came to Rav Shak and he said, "Rabbi, do I need to make a kiddish for my do I need to make a kiddish for my daughter, newborn daughter or not?" So I don't want to make a fuss or whatever, you know, is it essential? So Raf Shah turned around to this young man and he said, "Your wife gave birth after a year of you being married." Correct. He said, "Yeah." He said, "Imagine if your wife gave birth after 8 years. Would you feel you want to make a kiddish then?" He said, "Of course." He said, "Well, look at it this way. Hashem

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10. 55:54Of course the Jew you expect him to be the happiest person and the Jew goes…

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