Thanksgiving, Vayeitzei & Chanukah: A Torah Perspective | Rabbi Dovid Rosman

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You ready? Honey. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> We're going to we're going to focus on the para, but we're also going to focus on special time of the year of giving thanks because Khan is coming. Oh, that's why. Okay, here we go. Um, bring us bring us all bring us all together. Okay, so let's let's go through some basics here. We're going to get get straight into not going to spend uh you know 12:35 a.m. going to spend uh you know 12:35 a.m. We're not going to uh read the sources heavily inside at least you have it and we'll do it again. Okay. So the Rambam says as follows. We have something called a mitzvah of right and if you want to know what is a mitzvah of what do you have to do right by we know you take you shake the lul right but what what is it supposed to do what is supposed to do when you d so the says this is the mitzvah a person is supposed to every single day give praise of hashem give praise of hashem he makes an ask afterwards he gives a thank you. Okay, so it's very very simple. It's a praise, ask thank you. That is a anytime you give a praise, ask thank you, Hashem, you're amazing. I need a million dollars. Thank you very much. You have fulfilled the mitzvah. As simple as that. Okay. The next Rambam, the Ram says that's at its core, right? Very simple. Praise ask, thank you. Then the Rambam goes on and he says

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1. 0:01You ready? Honey. >> Okay. >> Okay. >> We're going to we're going to focus on…
2. 2:02and the middle all the middle 12 or 13 now we have an extra braha are…
3. 4:36amazing almost uh like worrisome is the last line of the Rambam's Alanim the last line…
4. 7:15thing is full of $100 bills. He says, "Sir, you won a million dollars. I came…
5. 9:18She stopped having children. Why does it tell me that? Nowhere in the Torah, in the…
6. 11:54you a gives you a child. Wow. Hashem, you took away all my anguish. Thank you.…
7. 14:28You could have been a rabbit. You decided to be a god. Thank you for being…
8. 16:32mean thank you. Really? No. So let me explain to you something. What is a person…
9. 19:04So, asking is a form of showing that you really believe that I admit and acknowledge…
10. 21:37don't know if you should try it at home. But when it comes to that is…

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