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okay good afternoon everyone it's really
amazing we're only here a short while
and we saw so many
K and amazing animals and I want to
share with you a very interesting uh
brief presentation is there a Biblical
obligation to visit a safari in your
lifetime are you obligated to visit a
safari
so it's very interesting when the
circuses began the pkim discussed are
you allowed to go to a
circus and
the and other came to the conclusion
that even though the only way in those
days to make
the would be to go to the circus they
did not allow people to go to the circus
it was considered forbidden to go to a
circus so then the question became now
that they're zoos are you glad to go to
the
zoo
and and said you're allowed to go to to
be make
the and he brought a from the we know
was one of the most uh prolific writers
was born in
1724 and the in many of his travels
describe the various zoos that he
visited the various animals that he saw
he writes about the wondrous animals he
saw in the Tower of London and in many
other zoos and based on that RAB
concludes that it's permitted to go to a
zoo to say the
of the question though is is one
obligated to go to a zoo let's
say every day you go to the B Med and
you learn in all of your free time are
you obligated to go to a zoo to make the
bra of
M so it's very interesting
some of the for example the Y comes to
the conclusion that even though the on
many occasions visited the zoo one is
not obligated to go to the zoo to be
able to make
the there's an article that was written
by alzar BR where he comes to the
conclusion that if went to the zoo
numerous times and he describes many
animals that he saw and not each animal
that he saw would warant
it has to be that at least once in your
lifetime you would have to go to to be
able to make the of
M I don't think that's a very compelling
uh conclusion the fact that the went to
the zoo numerous times doesn't mean that
every individual is obligated to go to a
zoo We don't know why the wanted to go
to the zoo the never wrote in the if
you're obligated to go to the zoo you
can't derive
from a report of a story of what the did
personally we don't know what his
personal calculations are but I want to
share with you something very
interesting by the way mayor bayu in the
official biography on
the says that the was very curious he
always wanted to investigate new things
the even writes about various plants
that he would see on his visits and his
trips however what's very interesting is
that many people like to say over a
story of
RF even though we don't really have any
recorded evidence that he said this Ram
once on a visit when he came back from
the Alps so he was asked you know where
he went and why he went there and RAM
says that the reason he visited the Alps
is he said now I can answer properly
when Hashem asks me in the world of
Truth did you see my Alps this is like
one of the most famous of
repeated uh stories that we have no
recorded uh written record that Ram
actually said this upon his visit to the
Alps it's printed in his biography but
he never wrote it himself but I want to
write read to you from the collected
writings of Raman f h something that he
did say perhaps even more uh
emphatically than this
story wrote as follows I almost believe
so now he doesn't actually say he does
believe but he says I almost believe
that all you home bodies you know some
people like to go and some people like
to stay home says of I believe I almost
believe that all you home bodies will
one day have to gain atonement for
having stayed indoors and when you seek
entrance
to the world of Truth and they ask
you and they want to know and you're
going to say God I want to see your
Marvels in the heavens so they're going
to the heavens are going to say why
didn't you see my Marvels on
Earth then ashamed you will Mumble while
I miss the
opportunity how different were our great
rabbis in this respect they breathed
they felt they thought they lived God's
marvelous nature
how they wanted to awaken our senses for
all that is Sublime and beautiful in
creation how they wanted to teach us to
Fashion a wreath of adoration for God
out of the morning's rays and the
evening blush out of the daylight and
the night shadows out of the Stars
glimmer and the flower scent out of the
Roar of the sea the rumble of the
Thunder the flash of the lightning how
they wanted to demonstrate to us that
every
creature listen to this kazal wanted us
to understand that every creature was a
preacher of his power a monitor of our
duties what a divine revelation they
made of the book of nature so is there a
obligation to go on a safari no it
happens not to be in it doesn't say in
that you're obligated to go to a safari
but one day when you go upstairs and you
want to see the Li of the
creation you're not going to have to
face the question well why didn't you do
it here on Earth because at least you
flew all the way to Africa to
see and you'll have an easier time
getting into the where they show
the
so since it is friends since it is
somewhat of a Mitzvah to visit a safari
and wouldn't it be a shame that you flew
all the way to Africa to see the wonders
of hem and you weren't to be the Mitzvah
so if you want to actually get credit
for being the Mitzvah which I don't know
maybe it's
a you could say to study the Wonders ofm
actually says that one of the greatest
Avenues
of so nnest what's what what's your name
Ernest
Ernest Ernest is giving us the
opportunity
to so you could
be okay we'll talk more about it uh
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