#32: Iggeres HaRamban (10 Minutes of Meaning)

What’s said in this shiur

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

he writes the following remove and eliminate everything from your heart while you're daving don't be distracted it's an incredible incredible uh exercise to come into sh every day and put your phone on airplane mode and the ritual of not only putting your phone in your pocket and the ritual of not only turning your phone to silent something we have to work harder on and make more announcements about but not only putting your phone on silent but the ritual of turning your phone to airplane mode you won't even be wondering or guessing or curious what's coming in that I'm not looking at when it's not on airplane mode your phone is still filling up with messages and emails and you're curious It's on airplane mode it's all intents and purposes off by the way you're even allowed to leave it in your car or at home when you come Davin because the ramban already writing long before smartphones the ramban already writing almost a thousand years ago to his son says you can't connect to Hashem you can't connect to yourself if you are distracted if you are fragmented if you are able to focus and prepare your heart before and purify all your thoughts you know the Yahara specifically hits Yara most often comes in in those holy moments so you think you're wearing a talson Fillin you're enveloped in kadush in Holiness and sanctity you're wearing a satellite dish on your head and your arm to get a highs speeded connection to Hashem what kind of Unholy thought could I possibly have in that moment at that place is doing those things no no no no

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1. 1:02he writes the following remove and eliminate everything from your heart while you're daving don't be…
2. 2:02focus and prepare your heart before and purify all your thoughts you know the Yahara specifically…
3. 3:03thoughts and think about what we say before we actually express it now this is a…
4. 4:04something that just doesn't fit in line with what we hoped or wanted from them and…
5. 5:07there are important conversations we have to have but often instead of having the conversation the…
6. 6:09what should I say I don't want to fumer I don't want to stumble I don't…
7. 7:11very important to hear whoever you think you are whatever meeting you just think you came…
8. 8:12do I have to take what do I need his help with and the truth is…
9. 9:13with the end in mind in The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen kav has…
10. 10:13advice we tell that to Children certainly we should practice it ourselves think before you act…

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