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From Loss to Legacy

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Rabbi Yosef Palacci

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The Schmo problem says the story is a rabbi from Lida. And he meets a very wealthy guy. And he keeps on saying about what he has. He says, "Yeah, but you still need Schmirat Hashem V'yishmerecha, that you should have Schmirah on the money." He says, "Rabbi, not me." A few months later, the rabbi of Lida was in a shul. In the back of the shul, a fellow. He looked literally homeless. He's coming close to this fellow. It's that same wealthy guy. He says, "What happened?" He says, "Rabbi, you're right. You need Schmirah. You need Hashem to protect you every single second. Yes, you need it." "What do you mean? Tell Tell me the story. What happened?" He says that he had a bridge. And one of the generals in the Russian army was walking by, slipped,

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  1. 0:00The Schmo problem says the story is a rabbi from Lida. And he meets a very…
  2. 0:32Russian army was walking by, slipped, collapsed, and died. [music] The Russians did an investigation, and…
  3. 1:02guess what? Without Hashem putting the bracha on that money, no bracha on the money. You…

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