Rabbi Gavriel Friedman - Food for the Soul: Rabbi Akiva - Part 2

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

[Music] here we go so good app more in afternoon good afternoon everyone - first and foremost oh no a my name is Gabriel fever let's get cracking so the question we started to deal with yesterday and I would like to continue with today is the following Rabi Akiva was known before his epic Cuba is known as Akiva 40 years old never learned Torah not only didn't be involved with it be hated tell me the common great stages people that studied Torah he hated them so much he wanted to bite them look bite ever don't care why the bite of a donkey because a donkey when it bites it doesn't just go through the flesh but it goes through the bones and it holds on baby it holds all right we're taking a muy muy fuerte and Buddha where today very very strong okay tell me you hated him why did he hate them it's left to understand why that may be but okay in any event what happened is that one day one day rebbi akiva was walking down the road and what happens he sees I there's a rock and there's a hole going through the rock how many people know this story raise your hand who's heard it more than once raise any event or more than once who's in at more than five times who's out of more than ten times who said of more than twenty times who said it more than thirty times who's hurt avoided fifty times who has learned that more than one-million time okay yeah now you've heard it before it have you learned it before have you learned the Gemara that talks about it where's thinking our what time get out okay now comes Allah this is out to gungame the Toma low trouble me yard set

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1. 0:02[Music] here we go so good app more in afternoon good afternoon everyone - first and…
2. 4:29no the calva comb there it's a calico mare right if something soft can go through…
3. 9:24were to fall on a rock would it make a difference to the rock I don't…
4. 13:44able to get to a point where I can make a hole through the rock many…
5. 19:06people for those who have heard the story more than once my first question to you…
6. 23:27could mean not doing the maximum of one area because you have to have equilibrium in…
7. 28:13did have a spouse by who was that by who you can't say by god oh…
8. 32:33be awkward for you I'm sorry the guy the guy was defending you know it was…
9. 37:37that everyone was looking at that door so I don't think it's a fair justice American…
10. 41:48yourself too quotes there can be miracles when you believe do you believe how many of…

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