Rabbi Eli Mansour on Stop the Talking in Shul January 2017

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

One more time once again uh I address you about the importance of proper decorum in the beta. What I mean by prophet decorum in today's talk is being careful not to speak in the bet at the times that it is forbidden which probably is from the time you walk in until you leave. Clearly, it includes the reading of the Torah and certainly it includes the Let's talk about those two specific items before we uh you know eat something that's too big to bite. The par that we're reading now all talk about most of us have no connection to Mitsah. Most of us were never there. Our grandparents didn't work in Egypt. So was ancient history. But the they learned a very important lesson from by looking at the letters. If you look at the first letter of the word, it's a me. It's called an open because it's a letter that starts the word. It's called Well, if you look at the last letter of it's also a but that's a closed men. We call it a me or we call that meat. Well, it's interesting that the in Shabbat says something incredible about the meat and the meat. Men, the says is an abbreviation for the word. Mama means to speak, to talk. And the two mems represent that sometimes there's a time to open your mouth. And then the other times there's a time to close your mouth. And that's where the is going to

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2. 1:03was ancient history. But the they learned a very important lesson from by looking at the…
3. 2:05fight you in these two. When you're supposed to close your mouth, he's going to tell…
4. 3:09more important, the silent amida or the repetition? If you'd asked me 20 years ago, I…
5. 4:11repetition amid is higher and there's chances that it'll be more accepted even than the silent…
6. 5:13middle of the silent stop go to your friend and talk to him you're better off…
7. 6:14is guilty." How do you know he's guilty? You let me finish the case. He says,…
8. 7:17cord in your heart. Last but not least, the reason why people talk in the beta,…
9. 8:19that is very very attractive or magnetic said on the when Noah was building the it…
10. 9:22synagogue where we cannot tell the difference when we're supposed to have and that's the battle.…

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