EMET Talk - Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Binyamin Yuhanan’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

thank you so if I ask you what is simha what is happiness and uh when do you have it and then we'll speak about how to get it if you don't have it is simha is happiness when you are dancing at a wedding is that how you measure your level of happiness is happiness measured when you are riding on a roller coaster is your happiness measured when you're on vacation or planning it I would say that the real measure of happiness is how you feel during your quiet times when nothing is happening when you're alone when you have nothing to do even though you have a lot to do in in the near future but right now there's nothing you can do how do you feel at that moment are you bored are you sad are you worried or are you happy so if you say that whenever I have a free moment I'm happy I enjoy life then you're really fortunate and you're happy but if you say I'm Only Happy When there is external music laughter friends money coming in then I'm happy but if I'm by myself I'm not so happy so then we have to work on it and how do we do it so the first thing is gratitude when I'm alone and I think there's nothing happening in my life I have to look around and uh see all the blessings in my life like it says who is truly wealthy the one who is happy with what he has which means if you know what you have you are going to be happy but if you have a blank mind you look at the

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2. 0:32measured when you are riding on a roller coaster is your happiness measured when you're on…
3. 1:04nothing you can do how do you feel at that moment are you bored are you…
4. 1:41but if I'm by myself I'm not so happy so then we have to work on…
5. 2:47alone and again you're not feeling happy so it means something else is missing in your…
6. 3:20again you see I'm worried sad not happy so start praying connect to Hashem with sincere…
7. 3:52alone and again you saying I'm not so happy so what's the next idea you can…
8. 4:54understand that when we Face The Challenge and when we accept it and try to work…
9. 5:29is sending me another package that will enrich me I have an opportunity to connect to…
10. 6:01it's going to be the challenge that I passed it's going to be on my personal…

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