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An exploration of the 3-stage process of dealing with foreign thoughts according to Kesser Shem Tov.
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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Yaakov Klein’s own words— taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.
We Begin this week with 68 and really in a certain sense all the teachings that we are going to learn today these three teachings we've already learned in various forms because you know it's the same ideas that are just recurring themes and the reason why it's worth learning them again is because Al is incredibly convincing and it takes a tremendous amount of reminding you know the of like is remembering you always have to remember remember right it's it's the whole tire is just a is just a reminder because our knows all these things and then we get released into Al and we and we keep on making uh the terrible mistake of falling for the illusion of this realm so we need constant reminders so we begin with the first reminder and says when a person has a a person has a foreign thought and really it's like a broad umbrella for any thought that's not absolutely kades and and T it could really be any kind of thought it could be a thought of TAA it could be a thought of hatred it could be a thought of of of undue fear or anxiety that's misplaced as a result of a lack of amuna it can be a result of thought of jealousy all of these fall under the umbrella of and very beautifully I think it's a very beautiful terminology it doesn't say impure thoughts or they're not
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- 0:01We Begin this week with 68 and really in a certain sense all the teachings that…
- 3:09post that the was part of them because the gar tells us right that the in…
- 6:45it speaks inside of us sometimes with a much louder volume than the atto and so…
- 9:50upas Hashem the purpose that God sends you all of these foreign thoughts is because you…
- 13:26violence and there's a lot of time for breathing in The Dugout and you know fights…
- 17:04through whom I am I am glorified so the B says whatever that you're having wherever…
- 20:07couldn't push him off any longer finally he agreed to have him come for shabas and…
- 23:45have a thought that comes into your mind watch it it's the step one let it…
- 26:50elevated there's no way to elevate the med of of hopelessness no no such thing that's…
- 30:26draw close to my soul and free her free my soul because really those holy Sparks…
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