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

He went to visit Elisha ben Avuya and he saw that he was deteriorating. So, Reb Meir turned to Elisha ben Avuya and said, "Are you thinking about doing teshuvah?" Which think about it, it's a courageous thing to say. He wasn't a 14-year-old kid. He was the greatest sage who abandoned everybody. And this is what he told him. So, Elisha ben Avuya says to Reb Meir, "And if I do teshuvah, you think I'll be accepted?" So, Reb Meir said it says in Tehillim, So, Reb Meir said it says in Tehillim, "Tashuv enosh ad daka." Which means, "Let a human being return ad daka." What's ad daka? Ad dikhdukh shel nefesh. Until the last vestige of life in the soul. Until the soul expires, "TASHUV ENOSH, COME BACK." ELISHA started to sob. The Gemara says, "Veniftar." And he passed away. Reb Meir was overjoyed and he said these words, "Doyim anashim mitoch teshuvah niftar Reb Yitzchak ben Shalom Tovias, in tribute to his wife, an Eishes Chayil, Rachel Sarah bas Naomi, for all the bracha v'hatzlacha ad bli dai. Thank you very, very much. Also dedicated anonymously as a zchus for a shidduch for myself, the person writes, "My siblings and for everyone who is searching for their bashert. Amen. Easy, smooth, and b'karov. And a mean you know they are thank you very, very much. This week This week we're going to explore together the Hashem a fascinating Mishnah in Pirkei Avot chapter 4. The fourth chapter of the Ethics of the Fathers. As we discussed in previous classes, the Shabbat after Pesach when spring and summer arrive the Jewish custom is to learn each Shabbat Pirkei Avot the chapters the Ethics of the Fathers. This Shabbat would be chapter 4 Pirkei Dalet.

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1. 0:00He went to visit Elisha ben Avuya and he saw that he was deteriorating. So, Reb…
2. 6:20didn't sit and ferment, which is basically compared to life experience. Where somebody who learns Torah…
3. 13:01he hear a screech? And he can't even turn around. The pressure and the wind throws…
4. 19:09was considered the greatest of the great, and this was his teacher, his master. And yet…
5. 25:14concrete layer of Torah, which is very concrete and material and practical and physical and dense,…
6. 31:25the soul, the mind, the legacy, the perspective, the Weltanschauung of this particular sage. When Elisha…
7. 37:03way I'm processing what you're saying. Children don't do that. Children actually listen. And you'll be…
8. 43:14evolved from the apes. And the apes, they evolved from the monkeys and the gorillas and…
9. 49:24would flow sifrei minim. All the books of heresy would fall out of his bosom. When…
10. 55:34experience. IT WAS A DIVINE EXPERIENCE. The mind was on fire, the heart WAS ON FIRE.…

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