Covered in Garbage | Rabbi Mordechai Finkelman

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

[music] >> Approximately 15 years ago in Camp Tour Goldie, we had the special privilege of the Nicholasburg Rebbe of Muncie, Shalita, coming to visit. [music] And this was his message. In the 1700s, Sultan Suleiman of Turkey was in control of Eretz Yisrael. And in addition to his beautiful palace in Constantinople, [music] he had one built for himself in Jerusalem. And he just loved being there. [music] He loved the view from three sides of the palace. But the three sides of the palace. But the fourth side disturbed him. It was a landfill, a [music] mountain of garbage. It was not pretty at all. One day, [music] he sees an expensive coach, a rich-looking coach, pull up near that mountain. An elderly woman comes out with [music] a stick in one hand, in the other hand a bag of garbage. And she climbs a little way up that [music] mountain of smelly garbage, opens up her sack, dumps out her garbage, and then goes back into her coach. Quickly, he [music] told one of

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1. 0:05[music] >> Approximately 15 years ago in Camp Tour Goldie, we had the special privilege of…
2. 0:36three sides of the palace. But the fourth side disturbed him. It was a landfill, a…
3. 1:06coach. Quickly, he [music] told one of his servants, "Bring that woman here." And he asked…
4. 1:38but that fourth wall, the Western Wall, he just couldn't demolish it. It was frustrating to…
5. 2:09That's why I come here." "Aha," the Sultan said, [music] and sent her off back home.…
6. 2:40able to see the Coastal Maravi, at least the beginning of it, and eventually the way…
7. 3:11not a garbage dump. I will [music] not have any of your garbage. I will close…

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