One Minute Late

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

I'll never forget my first day on the job as a rabbi Shockers was called for 6:15 in the morning and I walked in one minute late the digital atomic clock in the wall read 616 when I walked in the show I was in for the shock of my life I noticed that most of the elderly members of the congregation were already sitting wrapped up in their talent filling waiting to start Dominic and I remember thinking to myself what's going on my name is joy Lee I grew up casting my name is joy Lee I grew up casting session where I come from one minute late is still a half hour early I quickly put on my thousandth fill in and daven after Dominic I remember a maybe year-old man walked over from the back of the show came over to me and introduced himself as Alma dumb dice he welcome you to the show congratulated me on my new position and then he said to me rabbi I noticed that you were late this morning rabbi it really hurts me to watch people come late to Dominic please try to be on come late to Dominic please try to be on time tomorrow I was so ashamed and so embarrassed I resolved right then and there to come a half hour early the next day I was determined not to be outdone by a ninety-year-old congregant little did I know that him Amram was going to open the show every morning at 5 o'clock so by the time I walked in at 5:45 he was already sitting in learning machine ayahs saying the hell I'm sipping on ass cup of coffee I had no chance it wasn't until a year later that I finally

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