A thought-provoking look at Parshas Tazria with Rabbi Chaim A. Reichman.
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[Music] About 25 years ago when I was learning yeshiva, one Friday I had to go back to yeshiva from Brooklyn with public transportation. I took the train to Manhattan. I got to Port Authority and then I boarded the New Jersey Transit bus New Jersey. That trip usually took 45 minutes. But on that particular Friday, there was a lot of traffic and the trip took a couple of hours. Thank the trip took a couple of hours. Thank Hashem that I made it back in time to Yeshiva before Shabas, but just barely. As the bus turned on to Main Street 15 minutes before Shabas, I started making my way through the crowded bus to the front. So, I should be able to get off right away. As the bus pulled into my stop, I noticed the woman standing behind me was also getting ready to get off the bus. So I turned to her and I apologized and I said, "I did not realize that you were also getting off the bus. I would have never gone in front of you had I known." And with a wave of a hand, she smiled and said, "Go
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- 0:00[Music] About 25 years ago when I was learning yeshiva, one Friday I had to go…
- 0:30the trip took a couple of hours. Thank Hashem that I made it back in time…
- 1:00wave of a hand, she smiled and said, "Go ahead." I got off the bus and…
- 1:30illegally. And I said, "Thank you, Hashem. If I would have gotten off the bus one…
- 2:01spiritual leprosy. If a person gets a white spot on his skin, he has to show…
- 2:32it gets bigger, so why is it that when the leprosy gets so big that it…
- 3:04every single good deed that a person does, no matter how small and insignificant it seems…
- 3:34its entirety, I'm not going to do anything. And that's completely false. If a person does…
- 4:04one small apology saved me from tragedy, we have to realize and remember that every good…
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