R’ Rosenfeld – Sipurey Maasios 07 – The Seven Beggars – Day 1 – The Blind Beggar – Day 2 – The Deaf Beggar

Sipurey Maasios 07 – The Seven Beggars – Day 1 – The Blind Beggar – Day 2 – The Deaf Beggar – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Lesson rw33b. Recorded in 1977.)

• 00:00 Review of the story thus far.
• 05:25 On Day 1 of the Sheva Brachos (seven-day wedding celebration) the Blind Beggar explains his initial blessing to them by telling a story that reveals the powers of memory. The Blind Beggar reveals to the chatan and kallah that “I am very old, but very young.”
• 36:36 The Blind Beggar now presents his initial blessing of long life to the couple as a wedding gift.
• 38:36 The Deaf Beggar appears on Day 2 of the children’s Sheva Brachos and describes the satisfaction of his good life.