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So the story that's written in Rab
Mazoo's book,
one of the things that uh Rambam was, he
was he did many things. He says he was
so busy he didn't have time to breathe.
He didn't have time to even swallow his
own spit.
He was so busy.
No time to breathe. No time to eat. He
said no time to study. even though he
wrote all these books.
So one of the things that he was he was
the uh head doctor for the king of
Egypt.
So the king of Egypt liked him a lot and
he always wanted to test his wisdom was.
So what do they do? They always play
chess. This is almost 900 years ago.
They play chess and every time Rambam
wins obviously but Rambam had good
midot. So he also knew he's the king.
So,
right before he got to the checkmate, he
got to the check and then he would flip
the table. Oh, I'm sorry. All the pieces
fell off. We have to start all over.
Never officially winning. What do you
want every single time?
Until one day, the king says, "Okay,
that's it.
Let's put something on the line where
you can't do what you're doing. Can't
flip the things." No, no, come on. You
know, it's go. No, let's put religion on
the line.
If you win, I convert to Judaism. If I
win, you convert and be a Muslim.
Says, "No, come on, please. It's not
necessary. No need." Goes, "No, I'm
making a decree. The king, you have to
now." So they start the game and the
Rambam says all of a sudden I felt like
every single move I'm making is the
wrong move. And it is the wrong move.
I'm putting this one this place, he
beats me. I putting this one this way,
he beats this one. And I keep losing my
pieces. I have no
all the way to the point where for the
first time ever, the king got to check.
not checkmate but check which means he's
one move away from beating him
Rambam will be forced to convert to
Muslim here and he got to a point where
he had check on him
and then at check all of a sudden
somebody knocks on a uh king's doors
open
and they see some tall honorable man
coming in with the gown and looks very
very kashu very important.
So I'm suing
the Rambam
for a 100 zoos. I lent them 100 zoos and
I'm suing him for it, your honor. And
the king says, "This guy lent you $100,
100, you don't pay him. It's not like
you
says, I don't even know who this guy is.
I never saw him. I don't know who he is.
I don't owe him anything.
King says, "You have to go to trial. You
have to do this." And the person says,
"I'm willing to forgive him for the
hundred
if he swears to me." If he swears to me
that he didn't do it, okay, I swear. No,
no, I don't believe you. I already told
my hundred zoos. You have to swear to me
in my language so I know you're not
playing any tricks on me. And the king
says, "Rambam, you have to do it. Come
on, please. We have to go back to the
game. Okay. It's not It's not honorable
for the king's doctor to owe somebody
100. It's bad name for the kinghood.
Okay. Okay. What's What do you want me
to do? Okay. So, repeat after me.
He starts talking to him in Hebrew, but
what is he telling them in Hebrew? Move
the horse two places to the right. Move
the other one three places to the left.
move this one this position five to the
front and he gives him all of the moves
of
the chess match and the king doesn't
understand obviously he doesn't speak
Hebrew
okay and Rambam is surprised he goes he
makes those moves and it turns around
from the king having check on him within
three moves he wins the game wins the
game
the king is about to tear his hair off
He's like, "How is it possible?" Just a
minute ago, you almost lost. Three
moves, you beat me. How? He goes, "To
tell you the truth, the guy that just
came in here, he told me." He goes,
"What do you mean he told you? The guy
that just came in here that I didn't
know, he told me exactly how to beat you
in Hebrew. Find them. I demand you find
this person. I don't believe it. I
demand you find this person." They
looked all over town to find this
person. Eventually they found him. They
brought him back to the king. They say,
"Who are you?" He says, "My name is
Abraham Iben Ezra." "Where are you
from?" "I'm from Spain." "When did you
come in here?" "Yesterday." "When did
you leave Spain?" "Yesterday." "How
could you make it from Spain to Egypt in
one day? And why did you come?"
He says, "I came because I had a dream
that they came to me in my dream and
they said that a very righteous person
by the name of Rambam
is going to need my help at this exact
moment and I have to come to help him
before he loses a chess match." Okay.
So, you had this dream, but how did you
still how did you get from Spain to
Egypt? It's weeks away. Said, "Oh, I
used my uh Cabala knowledge. I came here
in one in one second. What do you mean
you came one second? He goes, I came I I
did the cabala and then one second later
I was here. The king's like, come on.
This is nonsense. And the Rambam says,
"No, it's not nonsense. It's true. I can
do it, too." He says, "To goes, yeah."
Goes, "Prove it to me." He goes, "Okay,
what do you want me to do?" He goes,
"Okay, there's a city that's 3 days away
and they have a store.
I want you to go to that store and bring
me a receipt from that store." Okay, no
problem.
Disappears, comes back 2 minutes later
with the receipt of the store. That's
the Rambam.
That's the Rambam.
So when people are saying, "Nah, I don't
think the Rambam this. I don't think the
Rambam this. I You don't know who the
Rambam is. Please, you don't know who
even Ezra is. You don't know anything."
These people were holy. These people are
like all the superheroes that you have
today. The fake superheroes that you
have today are not even a comparison to
these people.
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