Off the Record: A 9th of Av Conversation With R' Ari Bensoussan

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🗓️ 3 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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This Off the Record segment was filmed in the lead-up to Tisha B’Av — and it gets real.
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0:00.0	How you doing, Nahi?
0:02.0	I'm trying to figure out how some people grow like beards nicer than others.
0:09.0	And I look like the way I look.
0:13.0	Well, I'll be honest, it takes a lot of work.
0:17.0	Here, I will show you.
0:19.0	I have this in arms reach.
0:22.5	Do you understand that?
0:24.4	This is specifically a beard.
0:27.3	This is a beard brush.
0:28.8	This is a beard brush.
0:30.3	I believe what's it called like natural boar bristles.
0:36.0	So this is from a boar.
0:37.8	Isn't a boar a pig?
0:40.3	It is.
0:41.2	It is.
0:41.7	And I'm actually feeling guilty as I use it now.
0:46.5	Yeah.
0:47.3	Like that's not kosher.
0:48.7	But you know what?
0:49.3	I know that's not cool,
0:50.7	but nothing tames the beard like a boar.
0:55.7	I don't know people laugh as much.
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