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Parsha with Rabbi Shmuel Brazil — Shoftim 5783

Выпуск: Parsha with Rabbi Shmuel Brazil — Shoftim 5783. Темы: shabbat_laws. Поисковые термины: шаббат, законы шаббата, melacha, hilchot shabbat, שבת, הלכות שבת, מלאכה. The Baal Hatanya writes that history has demonstrated over and over again that even the greatest sinner when faced with surrendering his life for Kiddush Hashem or being killed, will choose the former because of that pill that lies deep in his hidden essence. Without it some of us would never have realized even up until the day of death, that all through life we were bad actors who were carrying a foreign passport instead of being the active citizens of Am Yisrael fulfilling the purpose for which we were created. As panic spread, the king's physician came to him relating that he has in his possession two anti insanity pills and he is advising that himself and Your Majesty must take them in order to save themselves from becoming insane together with the population. It is then that you reach the awareness that the bad things, beliefs, and actions in your routine living are merely the role of an actor but not your true identity, nor are they in alignment with his deep yearning which comes from your inner existence. From here a Yid draws supernatural strength to overcome overwhelming challenges of spirit by its constant reminder not to allow himself to be completely hijacked by the negative forces and beliefs which seek his spiritual demise. This is the purpose of Elul, a time to first realize that you have gone off the divine track of emes and fallen astray in a falsehood, and yet you still have the ability to return to Hashem and once again become close to Him. As we say in Birkas Ahavah Rabba ‫וקרבתנו לשמך הגדול‬ ‫ סלה באמת‬You brought us close to your name through the middah of Emes which is the middah of the neshama ‫( חלק אלוק ממעל‬Orchos Tzadikim 22 Sheker). The wise king questioned the plan by asking, "If we will be the only ones not becoming insane, then the entire country will look at us as individuals who have lost their minds and will overthrow the kingdom". With the realization that we are constantly attached to this emes of our neshamos, we are led to ‫להודות לך וליחדך‬ ‫ באהבה‬to thank you for this relationship and to unify and sanctify Your name. However when we at least realize our shortcomings and embark on the challenge to correct them, we are on the journey to perfection which

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Parsha with Rabbi Shmuel Brazil

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18 августа 2023 г.

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3

Темы: shabbat_laws