The Crooked Cabby | Rabbi Menachem Feifer

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I heard a numerous times from the Mashgiach Reb Don Segal a yesod that he said over in the name of Chazal, >> [music] >> and that is a person thinks when he's faced with an issur that yes, perhaps there's an onesh if I do something wrong, but l'maaseh right now in this world I gain some pleasure which I enjoy. Reb Don said [music] that a person should know that when he grabs an illicit pleasure, he's going to lose [music] an equal pleasure of heter that he would have otherwise had. If a person he would have otherwise had. If a person grabs, let's say a pleasure that he wasn't supposed to have, he'll lose a nachas report about [music] his child. A person looks at something he shouldn't, he'll lose the pleasure of understanding a Tosfos [music] or a difficult sugiyah. Reb Didi had a had a had a story once with a taxi driver in Eretz Yisrael. When I gave him a 200 shekel note, he proceeded [music] to give me change for a 100 shekel note. I asked him, "Didn't I give you 200?" and he denied it. To be honest, I wasn't 100% sure at the time and I accepted the change. Afterwards, I

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1. 0:05I heard a numerous times from the Mashgiach Reb Don Segal a yesod that he said…
2. 0:35he would have otherwise had. If a person grabs, let's say a pleasure that he wasn't…
3. 1:05and I accepted the change. Afterwards, I checked [music] and I saw that I had given…
4. 1:36Avraham Shmuelivitz said to me with great excitement, [music] "Ich veis nit im meg, ober men…
5. 2:07window and I started paying him. [music] I gave my told him I'd given 180. I…
6. 2:37to lie to me." The fellow opens the door. I got a little frightened. He bends…
7. 3:08Let's not be foolish and take what's not ours. The Ribono shel Olam is going to…

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