Are You a Bull, a Sheep, a Donkey, or a Garment? Parsha Ki Seitzei - By Rabbi YY Jacobson

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[Music] you good evening and welcome to all tonight's class is dedicated in honor of the wedding anniversary of David and EDA Schottenstein by their loving parents and parents-in-law Abbess raúl and Hana Shirota and family Mazel Tov they tell the story a cute story about a Jew from the Polish city of Hallam he lost the keys to his house and he's standing under a streetlamp looking searching a friend of his approaches him and says hey what are you searching for and he says I lost the keys to my house I'm looking for them says friend says tell me where did you lose the keys he says oh I think I lost them a few blocks down so if you lost them a few blocks down why are you searching here he says there it's dark here it's bright and light so I'm looking here but this anecdotal hellim story often depicts an accurate picture about many human beings who are searching for something that was lost but often in the wrong locations tonight we explore four types of people are you a bull a sheep a donkey or a garment we explored the psychology of aggression the psychology of passivity the psychology of treachery and the psychology of meekness we will also go on a fascinating journey and demonstrate the unique synchronization between the legalistic practical concrete earthly dimension of Judaism and Torah and its spiritual mystical emotional and psychological counterpart alone allowing us to see the seamless unity between the two dimensions of Judaism its body and its soul this week's Torah portion keysight's a articulates the mitzvot known as hash of Aceveda the responsibility to return a lost object of a fellow Jew if you find something of

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1. 6:05and a garment the terror anyway says the st. osterlich all our Vedas efika anything your…
2. 12:23claimant the donkey so we explained two terms in the posse now the Gemara continues we're…
3. 18:17loses part of himself or part of herself there are many lost people in this world…
4. 24:44passive as a stubborn donkey this is the second category of a lost soul somebody who's…
5. 30:31meekness the Sheep is a docile submissive animal easily surrenders easily follows orders and will go…
6. 36:47source number 6 that lovely expression and tehilim where King David says mm I let's talk…
7. 42:28scattered ah here there's a new design I have to embrace here there's a new style…
8. 48:44and only the rabbis allowed us also to claim something by giving signs without witnesses or…
9. 54:31being obstinate and persevering consistency strength not being affected this is how you returned the donkey…

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