Parashat Pinchas 5778 - Rabbi Leeor Dahan

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about 100 years ago at the times of Mosha Feinstein when he was a rabbi not here in America but out in Russia he was a rabbi of a city and in the city there was an individual that uh wasn't one of those observant good proper Jews he would report a lot of the events that were against the government so to speak he would go to the people in charge to the officials and he would tell them the Jews are doing this and this is this legal is this illegal he would report on individuals and he would cause a lot of individuals and he would cause a lot of problems to the Jewish community he himself was a Jew but he wanted to show his loyalty his patriotism to the government so he would uh say a lot of the different things that he weren't he didn't find appropriate and the Jews had of course the community had a lot numerous problems with this individual but After many years the man passed away and before he passed away he wrote a letter to theim and to the community. It letter to theim and to the community. It was an open letter where he says I feel really really guilty. I feel so bad for causing so much stress and anguish and putting people in jail, locking people up, causing people to be fined. I feel terrible but all the different things I did and I want to amend. I want to do chuva. I regret it and I feel that the best chuva that I could do is if you were to permit me, I request upon my death, my death wish is that I should not be buried with the rest of the Jews

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2. 4:10to bury him like the and if it's a question of his sins will be atoned…
3. 7:45people dying on the streets left and right from a plague he sees that there is…
4. 11:27Everybody all right? >> He left the entirety of the Torah as a result of that.…
5. 15:35a lifetime. He says, "Look, it's a deal of a lifetime. Fine, I'll do it after…
6. 19:13develop that relationship with that is the reward that you're going to get. Nothing more than…
7. 23:51lose $15,000 because it was never destined to come to him it was never meant for…
8. 27:58this he deserves to be rewarded because the mitzvah itself cannot be counted as the reward.…
9. 31:40followers. That they are looking and seeking our leadership. And if we as leaders we see…
10. 35:14don't show respect and that we appreciate their thoughts and their processes. That's not a question.…

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