Nissan: Time for Transformation | Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Katz

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

One of the hard things for all of us when we work on guarding our eyes is some people could say, It's not me. It's not natural for me. I've tried many times and I'm still not perfect. And we can feel, It's hard for me relate to it and be that kind of a person. The month of Nissan is very auspicious for a fundamental principle in Yiddishkeit. In Yiddishkeit, we believe you could always change, you could always grow. In Nissan, the Gemara in Rosh Hashanah 14 says, the world was created. Why is it telling me the history of when the world was created? It's telling us what this time of year can bring. There could be a new creation. In Nissan, our forefathers were born. These eternal Tzaddikim were born in Nissan to tell us that you, the Tzaddik, could be reborn in Nissan, too. In Nissan, they were redeemed, to tell us that you can make a transformation in Nissan. It's a very, very, very auspicious time for that.

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1. 0:06One of the hard things for all of us when we work on guarding our eyes…
2. 0:36the world was created. Why is it telling me the history of when the world was…
3. 1:08The Jews went from a situation of crushing labor, in a physical way, to they were…
4. 1:38and it could be your time for a transformation, too. How do we make a transformation?…
5. 2:08Says the Chofetz Chaim, They were in a tremendous exile, which was so hard. So Hashem…
6. 2:38to being the king. Says the Medrash, Yosef is a lesson for the Days of Moshiach…
7. 3:08By nature, we all have challenges. Overcome. Keep on keeping up. Keep on trying. Keep on…

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