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Be A Genius And Learn From Zalman The Fool (4 Minutes)

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Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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[Music] one time there was a story that became famous in Israel about a fool called Zalman or zalal zalal 20 years he was directing traffic where at the entrance of Jerusalem in the entrance of Jerusalem many cars pass 20 years he's there directing traffic go right go left go this go that he wasn't exactly the brightest there was his wife same she also wasn't as bright about 20 years he's directing traffic go right go left Stop go yes one day he calls his friend early in the morning and he says listen I can't do it today I can't do it today 20 years I'm going to work I can't do it today I'm sick I'm sick I got a cold I can't get out of bed you have to go for me or else it's going to be accidents there's no one to replace me 20 years I've been going they don't even have a replacement for me his friend says okay okay fine fine where do I go goes go to the entrance of Jerusalem direct traffic over there now his friend was a little brighter than him but he wasn't exactly one of these people that travel some people live in in Jerusalem and they never to leave they just live there they enjoy that's it so he goes to the entrance of Jerusalem and he sees there's traffic lights traffic stops traffic goes traffic stops traffic goes everything is managed perfectly fine with traffic lights so he looks for a place where there's no traffic lights he can't find it so he goes to the next pay phone calls the city goes listen listen it's getting late zman told me that I have to be here at this time where is there no traffic light and he starts hearing people laughing on the phone as if he said the funniest joke that ever was and he says why what's wrong with you why are you laughing goes oh that Z yeah he's there for 20 years he goes yeah he works here he goes no he doesn't work here he just decided to direct the traffic he goes okay so where does he direct it he says he doesn't really direct it he pretends like he's directing it but there's traffic lights for 30 years already there traffic lights but he makes believe like as if he's the whole traffic is depending on him 20 years he's working for nothing 20 years this fool is working for nothing he doesn't even get a penny from the government or any employer nor is he even helping anyone there's traffic lights the b b says this is us this is some of us who're going to work 60 70 80 years in this world collecting money collecting 401K accounts collecting Ira accounts collecting saving accounts collecting houses collecting cars collecting watches collecting jewelry collecting collecting collecting we go up to Sham to tell us youman you worked for nothing you lived for 70 years you have nov why because everything I gave you you left it in the safe everything I gave you it's in a fourway 1K account that half the half of it the government's going to take anyway instead of using what I gave you to collect mitv you left it in the for a rainy day that never happened we're not smarter than Zan [Music]