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Lawrence Hajioff

Rabbi and educator

Aug 26, 2026

17:08
Give me the beginner's approach to Shema and the more sophisticated approach that
17:12
you share with people.
17:12
Well, first of all, I want to thank Ray Buchwald because he was the one who came up with this initiative.
17:15
And he approached Tanya Singer, who really puts everything together in terms of our organization.
17:20
Second shout out to Tanya.
17:22
Well, she does all the work.
17:24
We're a small organization right now.

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32:16
What about you, Rabbi? How's it going? What do you think? So I kind of
35:30
Okay.
35:30
Okay? That's mentioned, the Gemara mentions that.
35:32
That, that's how it's divided up.
35:34
2,000 years of tov va'ra, 2,000 years of Torah, and 2,000 years of Mashiach, the potential that Mashiach can come.
35:39
So that's spoken about.
35:40
But again, those final 2,000 years that Mashiach could come in can always be explanated and can always shorten.
35:48
Otherwise, why are we praying for Mashiach to come? Just let the clock tick out and dayenu.

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41:34
Yeah.

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