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we have an online question unrelated to the class people nowadays are very occupied with different diets reading about them trying them out what is the Tor riew on dieting that's important to a lot of us well uh we really spoke about this at Great length a few months ago about the rambam and dieting has different aspects to it uh the way when say people today it's it uh the way when say people today it's very uh relevant most people today diet for one of two reasons if for health reasons or cosmetic reasons and uh dieting for health reasons is naturally very important the Torah tells us very clearly we have to watch our health and uh we have to eat the foods that are healthy and not the food that just taste good at that time the rambam just to bring it the very in the very precisely the r was talking about people precisely the r was talking about people eating food and uh he's talking about there certain foods called Mo that they're beneficial they're healthy and some calls or they're sweet and delicious but not beneficial the Rama goes on to say that somebody who eats foods that are not beneficial just because they're delicious but they're not healthy this to me and an animal this

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1. 0:00we have an online question unrelated to the class people nowadays are very occupied with different…
2. 0:31it uh the way when say people today it's very uh relevant most people today diet…
3. 1:03precisely the r was talking about people eating food and uh he's talking about there certain…
4. 1:35healthy this to me and an animal this person anal is the same thing it explains…
5. 2:06your physical desires is controlling you at that time intellect is throne out the window I…
6. 2:37not but the not uh the type of food that's healthy for a person the Torah…
7. 3:08reasons could also be a good idea for cosmetic reasons and of course uh great people…
8. 3:39cosmetic reasons and if the right ideas the right thoughts it's a big Mitzvah to watch…

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