Earning a Lucky Dollar | Rabbi David Sutton

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

[Music] when I was in elementary school I did a book report on a famous figure and I don't know why I chose this but I chose lucky luchano 1897 to 1962 he was a famous mobster and actually interesting he uh mentored under a Jew but this lucky luchano was a crime figure organized crime I actually know he got organized crime I actually know he got the name lucky he was once going through a motorcade and uh they Tred to assassinate him and he luckily survived and got the name lucky luchano what does this have to do with us lucky luchano was put in jail still running crime from jail and during World War Two the mob owned the docks and they were influential in keeping German spies out and in recognition for what lucky had done for the country they allowed him to leave and go back home to Sicily live

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1. 0:00[Music] when I was in elementary school I did a book report on a famous figure…
2. 0:30organized crime I actually know he got the name lucky he was once going through a…
3. 1:00leave and go back home to Sicily live out his life and he was interviewed by…
4. 1:31the same money I didn't have to do it illegally you can make the legal dollar…
5. 2:01any pleasure you take is coming out of your worldly pleasure bank so you think oh…
6. 2:32equally cuz otherwise it would pay to sin no you're going to get even more that's…
7. 3:03chase worldly pleasures do it legally and you'll be ahead [Music]…

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