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I Used to Think that My Self-Control was a Sign of Growth; Then I Discovered the Truth
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Nice to have you. Wow. Okay. You're a curious man. Yes. Thank you so much. Okay. Yeah. Wow. Yeah. Why did it Why did curiosity get get you thrown out of school? You asked too many questions. And it got you through medical school. And the same trait got you through medical school. Okay. Well, over here we actually appreciate curious people, so >> [laughter] >> you won't be thrown out here. >> [laughter] >> Questions are bliss. Questions are uh the whole Pesach is based on questions. K'an a ben shail. The Mishnah says if there's no child to ask you ask whoever there is. And if there's nobody else, you ask yourself. Sometimes those are the best questions, you know. Huh? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Okay, so first of all, good morning everybody. Welcome. I apologize for my delay. So, we began the Maimer that the Rebbe said the second night of Pesach Tav Shin Yud Tes, that's 1959 after the Seder. Va'avarti b'eretz Mitzrayim ba'lailah hazeh. So, the possuk in Parshas Bo Hashem describes how he's going to pass through Egypt on this night and strike all of the firstborns and destroy all of the Egyptian gods. And then the Haggadah says on this Va'avarti ani v'lo malach ani v'lo saraf ani v'lo shaliach ani v'lo acher me, not an angel, not a saraf, which is a higher level of an angel, not a shaliach, not anybody else, me myself. This is the the dibur hamaschil, this is how the Maimer the Maimer begins. Yes. Very good. Somebody was listening. Somebody was listening. Okay.
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- 0:37Nice to have you. Wow. Okay. You're a curious man. Yes. Thank you so much. Okay.…
- 7:14and by Explain all of this. What is this? In other words, why the two phases?…
- 13:31The egg cracks open, there's nothing left. And alacha, it's called the egg is called offer.…
- 19:48gashmi. So, So happening on a deeper level is there's a hefsek in the metzar hagaren…
- 26:07discipline shem'tzad zeh ain lo gam shamayim lo zakku b'einav. Gevura challenges. That is the pasuk…
- 32:23confined very limited very structured. That is why it's so important. For a person to allow…
- 38:41understand. There's a rational justification. The says cut the fast that the Torah is postponed. It's…
- 44:59Yeah in the books it says IN THE BOOKS. IN IT'S GOOD. The only solution for…
- 51:22I'm very emotional. But there's absolutely no awareness. Nothing. Some of us are challenges, so much…
- 57:37When the person actually experiences ein od milvado, you can't argue with that. Now, you say,…
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