Down Payment for the Year | Rabbi Zev Smith

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Down Payment for the Year R' Zev Smith I recently heard a story Rav Pam once told us of a young woman who decided to undergo excruciatingly painful treatment to treat the Machlah even though there was very little hope of it helping, and she was asked why, she says, I have young children, I have a mission in life, I have things to do, any extension of life is so precious to me. And then Rav Pam added, it comes Yamim Noraim, we ask for everything, זכרנו לחיים וכתבנו בספר החיים, מֶלֶךְ חָפֵץ בַּחַיִּים וְכָתְבֵנוּ בְּסֵפֶר הַחַיִּים for ourselves, our family, what is our claim to all this? And he answered the words Lema'ancha Elokim Chaim. When a person is living with a mission, he has to do something with his time, when he's driven to live Lema'ancha Elokim Chaim for the Ribono Shel Olam's sake, that's a guarantee of Zochreinu L'Chaim and V'Chosveinu B'Sefer HaChaim. Over the years we've heard countless stories of people who faced crisis or needs, problems, and decided to tap into the enormous strength of a Vayimaen moment and were Mekabel to rise above their comfort zone

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1. 0:00Down Payment for the Year R' Zev Smith I recently heard a story Rav Pam once…
2. 0:31what is our claim to all this? And he answered the words Lema'ancha Elokim Chaim. When…
3. 1:02and do something special, and they saw miraculous results. And to me it's not a surprise.…
4. 1:32and rose above their comfort zone and have not yet seen their Yeshuah, but they're still…
5. 2:02So he would give a Mashal: when someone looks at a house, you don't know if…
6. 2:32Take a moment or two in these days before Rosh Hashanah and sit down and think:…

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