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#556: When To Say "It Is What It Is"

#556: When To Say "It Is What It Is"

Netziv on Parashat Devarim, Devarim/Deuteronomy 1:28

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A lawyer shrugs his shoulders and thinks, “It is what it is.”

Devarim/Deuteronomy 1:28

אָנָ֣ה ׀ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ עֹלִ֗ים אַחֵ֩ינוּ֩ הֵמַ֨סּוּ אֶת־לְבָבֵ֜נוּ לֵאמֹ֗ר עַ֣ם גָּד֤וֹל וָרָם֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ עָרִ֛ים גְּדֹלֹ֥ת וּבְצוּרֹ֖ת בַּשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְגַם־בְּנֵ֥י עֲנָקִ֖ים רָאִ֥ינוּ שָֽׁם׃

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