Rabbi Meyer Yedid — The Power of a Giver

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[music] >> Welcome to Inside ArtScroll, where the books that we read and the people that write them come to life. It's a zechut a pleasure to welcome to ArtScroll Studios Rabbi Meir Yedid. >> Thank you. Thank you for having me. >> And what brings us to the studio is yet another blockbuster book. This time the power of a giver. It's a gorgeous book. It's a sefer kadosh. It's a really holy book. kadosh. It's a really holy book. And before we even start, I have to tell you that my mother has a chavrusashaft with another friend of hers, and they go through your books one at a time. Every day they learn a little bit, and they say that they're transformative. So, if my mother's learning your sefer, Rabbi Yedid, you made it. >> Baruch Hashem. It's a big chizuk. >> Rabbi Yedid, um giving is giving is something that's super important. It's who you are on some level. I think it's something that we all want to do, hopefully. And for those that read the book, And for those that read the book, they're for sure want to do it. I want to begin by asking a question. Certain people naturally are givers. They just they like giving. They're looking for opportunities to give. Other people have a really hard time giving. It almost feels like it's not a an equal playing field, you know? So, what do we tell the people who by nature don't want to give? If they read this book, it's going to empower them to give? >> The book's title is called The Power of a Giver. Um as opposed to power of giving, right?

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2. 2:39person is a new person. It's a different person. So, a person who has a hard…
3. 5:44for and you know, chazal tell us mi talmidai yoter mikulam. How can a say I…
4. 8:18>> I would say that enjoying being a great person in any capacity is the pleasure…
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6. 14:25growing as a giver. Um I think it I'm I think it's in the book that…
7. 16:56their work, they're raising their their their earning money so that they could give their children…
8. 20:04role in that and it it's it's a huge part of being a baal hesed, being…
9. 23:10they were doing was under the umbrella of giving. And sometimes we don't see that cuz…
10. 26:13this is a very hard question to answer because in every great person, they had to…

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