Naso: The Chofetz Chaim on the Eternal Reality of Each Day

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

Good morning, everyone. Pasha's Nazir, we have the subject of the Nazir. If the Nazir becomes tamei, so then he has to count the days again. The days fall away. The lashon of the pasuk is, "The hayamim harishonim yippalu." The original days fall away. Perek vav, pasuk alef bet. That expression, "The hayamim harishonim yippalu." The day falls away. So, there is a common misconception that when a day when a day passes, it's over. I never have to face that day again. Adam choshev ki hayamim she'avru holchu holfu ve'einam. Man thinks that the days that passed, they disintegrate, they disappear. Aval emes ki the truth is ki sof sof yitzei Adam li'pogesh es hayamim she'alav. A person will one day meet up with those days again. Ve'im lo avad es hayom be'torah u'mitzvot, u'mitzvot, if a person used the day, expended the day by learning Torah and doing mitzvot, az ilu yehei bo she'yitzei Adam li'pogesh es ha'panim el panim, then one day when the day comes back and says, "Shalom aleichem, Reb Yid. I'm Tuesday, May 26th, 2026. It's been a while." Hoshia es ami, ki yeshu'asa le'cha. You know, a person gets scared. They were hoping to meet someone else. They weren't They didn't want to have to meet that Tuesday.

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1. 0:00Good morning, everyone. Pasha's Nazir, we have the subject of the Nazir. If the Nazir becomes…
2. 0:30when a day passes, it's over. I never have to face that day again. Adam choshev…
3. 1:01u'mitzvot, if a person used the day, expended the day by learning Torah and doing mitzvot,…
4. 1:33Ve'zeh she'amar Ne'um Zimras Shir Shelomo, this is what Dovid Hamelech says, "Mi ha'ish he'chofetz hayim?"…
5. 2:03who anticipates a good life. No, says the Pirush ki oyev hu es hayomim. He loves…
6. 2:33bimei cheldi. So mi ha'ish achafetz chayim? Who is the man who desires life? You know…
7. 3:04in a special account. And after a person's lifetime, one has to give a din v'cheshbon…
8. 3:34As what the Chafetz Chaim is teaching that one day we will have to meet up…

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