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welcome to episode 16 of our basaly
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series The baly now tells us an
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important principle continuing from the
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previous class that when a person has
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nothing to do then he shouldn't feel bad
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because he just it's not his fault he
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can't pay the work tax I'd like to read
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to you his words
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inside
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when a person has no intermediary to
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[Music]
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do he should not be discouraged by this
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he shouldn't feel
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down if the gates of have been
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closed he has now been uh he's now no
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longer responsible he's been absolved of
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his responsibility
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of and now all he needs to do is that
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means is giving us a new twist the man
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that has no ability to he can relax now
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as long as you have to do the work tax
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what should I do a man that has to that
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is fully able to work and and doesn't
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have a job should I try this should I
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try that what's my what happens if a
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person can't work he's stuck in bed and
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he can't work you're absolved of your of
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your tax therefore don't get down you're
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absolved of the tax and I have one of my
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favorite stories the brisar the grandson
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of the BET Lei that illustrates this it
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was during World War II bombs were
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falling and people were not sure what
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the safest place to be is should you
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remain in the house which is a larger
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area should you go to a bunker but if
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there's a direct hit it's all over and
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the brisar was contemplating he seemed
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very very nervous thinking back and
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forth like a difficult any difficult H
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question this is a question of P it's
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life and death and he's thinking and
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he's all Disturbed and he thinks back
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and forth he say I can't come up with a
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decision I don't know what to do and
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then suddenly he becomes calm he takes
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out his G and he starts to learn in his
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living room and the people is is I don't
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understand what's going on over here you
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don't know what to do and now you're
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calm and before when you had a possible
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way out you in a tizzy
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and he says as long as I had a
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responsibility of as long as I had to
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try to save myself and the people around
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me I had to put my effort forth and I
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was in a
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tizzy but when I know now I don't know
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what to do I've been absolved of all
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responsibilities now I can relax and the
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commentaries say when do we have the
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opportunity to say hey now I can relax I
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have no responsibilities anymore it
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comes once a week on Shabbat every
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Shabbat God
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says you have to make believe all your
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work is finished I'm not asking you it's
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a tax-free Zone on Shabbat there is
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nothing for you to do and that's the
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source of manat Shabbat that's the
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source of the relaxation on Shabbat all
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week long maybe there's something else I
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have to do I don't know it's very hard
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to know how much is I have to do Shabbat
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you have been absolved of and therefore
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sit back and relax have a wonderful
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day