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[#883] Shoftim: This Rabiner doesn't need to carry a Bible ...

Parshah - Shoftim
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One of the greatest weddings of all time in the Chassidic legends and lore, was the Chatina Chasuna. And the holy Rebbe of Sadiger, a son of the Riziner, attended that wedding. But it was fraught with tremendous danger, because there were outlaws. They escaped into Austria and they weren't allowed back into Russia, but he attended anyway. And when the Russian government found out, they sent a subpoena, to make sure that they catch him and keep him within the Russian borders in order to bring him to justice. And as he got closer to the border, many Chassidim went to the Poritz who was the land-owner in that region, and they convinced him to let him go through. And when the Poritz heard this whole commotion about this Rabiner that was coming, he decided that he wants to see what everybody is talking about. So as the Rebbes carriage is passing by, him and his wife went up on top of a porch and they were looking down. And when they saw the Rebbe passing in the carriage and they saw his Hadras Panim, his wife said "wow, he really looks like a holy man, but where is his bible?" She was used to seeing that priests are carrying the bible. Said the Poritz: "this Rabiner doesn’t need a bible, because he himself is the bible." And when this story was repeated to the holy Sadigerer, he said "that's what the pasuk says: וְקָרָא בוֹ כָּל יְמֵי חַיָּיו – the king has to write a Sefer Torah, וְקָרָא בוֹ – and you have to be able to see him and say that he is the bible…" Today. Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Listen and get inspired. Subscribe, Like, Share, write us a comment, and stay tuned for more! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mytorahtoday/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mytorahtoday Telegram: https://t.me/mytorahtoday Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mytorahtoday/ Google+: https://goo.gl/dfZ1c0

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[#885] Shoftim: Love isn't enough !

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[#884] Shoftim: Make for yourself a Mentor

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[#880] Shoftim: What if you were the cow?

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