Rabbi Moshe Gruenstein - Stop Baseless Hatred!

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Okay, [Music] so good evening. Uh, it's a great honor to be here. Anytime have an opportunity to speak to Jews, it's a it's cavote. It's a great honor. The shorel and benis also esatisa. [Music] So I understand I'm speaking here to young professionals, singles. They tell a story about this fellow singles who uh got this like obsession couldn't help himself. He kept thinking I want to live forever. I want to live forever. He was consumed by it. Couldn't eat. Couldn't sleep. So he asked to speak to his rabbi. He says, "Rabbi, I can't I can't take it anymore. I'm going out of my mind. I I I have this obsession that I want to live forever and I can't do anything. I can't function. He said, "I told you already. You have to get married." He says, "You mean if I get married, I'll live forever." He says, "No, but those feelings will pass. I don't want to discourage you. Don't worry. It's good." So my friends, I was invited to speak, but we're in the three weeks now. This is a time of of mourning for the Jewish people. Don't shave, take haircuts, listen to music. The weddings take place soon. is tishav the ninth day of the most tragic day on the Jewish calendar. So we're mourning for the destruction of the temple but it happened a long time ago over 2,000 years ago. Get over it. Why are we still mourning? I'm sure there are many reasons for that. I want to share with you my only reason

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1. 0:04Okay, [Music] so good evening. Uh, it's a great honor to be here. Anytime have an…
2. 3:21And the in page 9b when it discusses the destruction of the second temple, it says…
3. 6:30you can do everything you want, you can do every mitzvah in the book. But says…
4. 9:34on our own level, listen, I was a rabbi for many years. I've seen a lot…
5. 13:06shows that I'm right and that's exactly what happened. So the the verse says now listen…
6. 16:10very carefully. When there's a when there's an argument, when Jews are fighting, you create the…
7. 19:13should have realized. Okay. But what do you want from me? I don't. I'm not in…
8. 22:46supported him during his struggles. They were on his side for whatever political reason the difference.…
9. 25:51they never chose her but at the same time such a terrible tragedy she felt connected…
10. 28:59you know, to my dad number one, something like that. And I was so proud of…

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