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Daf Yomi Menachos Daf 32 by R' Eli Stefansky

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Rabbi Eli Stefansky

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Good morning. Welcome. Welcome to all the guests. We have a guest. I've been waiting for the entire week. He sends me an email a week ago and I put it in my charts and he doesn't show up and then I put the next I I can't I have to go like this today. How you doing, Rich? I'm going to read your email. I hope it doesn't embarrass you. Rich Marinelli, February 5th. I keep hearing about people having gumar tra. I'm definitely sympathetic to that. I've met many people over the years with bad yeshiva experiences. Some moved, some moved on and some continued to struggle. I wasn't so lucky. My parents forbade me to go to yeshiva and I was jealous of people I met who did. When I was 7 years old, I knew I wanted to be a religious Jew. Although I had no idea what that actually meant. I was fully show Chavez and kosher by age 15. It takes a personality for that. I entered yeshiva college JSS program at the age of 17. They took me on tour of the campus. They saw a bismeish for the first time. Hundreds of people in a gigantic room all very animated in groups of two or three. All I could hear was a very loud hum. It sounded like everyone was meditating together. I walked around a bit and it became clear that they were passionately trying to understand what Hashem wants from us and what our ancestors really already figured out. I wanted to be part of that magic. Unfortunately, although I had a great experience that year, I was on too low level to learn Gamarra. In 2021, I retired from computer program and was looking to find the kuta, but it wasn't

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  2. 5:44lives and theirs to viewing center with appreciation. >> As a side note, the next day…
  3. 13:06end of the left side. It's it's closed off over there. How do you tell me…
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  6. 30:42it. We listen to them. That's the same as before. If he says do not use…
  7. 36:26there wouldn't be a problem going from the higher to the lower it seems like you…
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  9. 47:49that's because you might make a mistake. But when it comes to since it's so it's…
  10. 53:42something off the bed and put it on the floor. So this amar was like oh…

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