Simchas Torah: Would You Sign the Contract? | Rabbi Menachem Schmelczer

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[music] >> I had a talmud who was struggling with his ear to sky. He unfortunately [music] purchased himself an unfiltered device. As I was smoozing with him, he was belittling himself, calling himself a bum and a low life. It bothered me very much that he spoke that way and I wanted so badly to give him his act. I remembered a story that I heard from one of the Mashkeem in Panovich Yeshiva who came and spoke in a show in my neighborhood. He said that in Panovich Yeshiva in the early years on Simchas Yeshiva in the early years on Simchas Torah, the talmidim were dancing vibrantly the sixth Hakafa. They were dancing around the safer Torah which was held by one of the Hashiva Bachman in the Yeshiva. The Bachman in the middle who was clutching the safer Torah is singing out loud "Toivli Toraspiha may al fe zhav v'chasaf." The words of Torah are more valuable to me than all the money in the world. Chatzkel Levinstein, the illustrious Mashkeer of Panovich Yeshiva, zichrono livracha, approached the Bachman and asked him, "Do you really mean what you're saying? Do you really believe that the Torah is more valuable than all the money in the world?" The Bachman responded, "Of

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1. 0:00[music] >> I had a talmud who was struggling with his ear to sky. He unfortunately…
2. 0:30Yeshiva in the early years on Simchas Torah, the talmidim were dancing vibrantly the sixth Hakafa.…
3. 1:00world?" The Bachman responded, "Of course, Rebbe. Of course, I believe it." Chatzkel Levinstein then turned…
4. 1:31al fe zhav v'chasaf'? It's a blatant [music] sheker while you're clutching the safer Torah." The…
5. 2:02Not me and not one bocher in this entire [music] base matters would sign such a…
6. 2:33take the money?" He thought for a moment. He looked me in the eye and he…

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