Ten Minutes of Meaning (Part 82): You are What You Eat - Mesillas Yesharim

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

everyday we don't at the end of that day live with regret and shame and guilt we don't squander and waste but we look back and reflect on that day and say I set resolutions I made goals I pursued them I was mindful and cautious and conscientious and all that I did I was present and my thought my speech and my actions and I go to sleep each night with a sense of pride and what I accomplished and who I am and what I contributed to the world around me this 11th chapter we've been exploring the quality of what's called Nikias the quality of cleanliness Nikias quality of cleanliness Nikias cleanliness means that I don't simply confront or combat the challenges the qualities the temptations the desires in my way but I've purged them I eliminate them I'm able to in fact live a life of a certain sense of purity that the things that are negative that sabotage my own success our happiness are not even part of my life or lifestyle I've purged them all together I'm not tempted I'm not distracted I don't desire I don't even notice them they're not even Bob Akashvani in my life and we've been Bob Akashvani in my life and we've been going through the areas that they're on pal Dean's or emotional totter says of the universal human struggles so first I began with gazelle with money honesty and integrity our attitude to our interpersonal relationships and to our business dealings to carry ourselves with honesty and with integrity then he moved over to what he called our Aya's promiscuity sexuality in area so many brilliant genius accomplished great men and women nevertheless fall prey and sabotage their own success and their own

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1. 0:36everyday we don't at the end of that day live with regret and shame and guilt…
2. 1:38Bob Akashvani in my life and we've been going through the areas that they're on pal…
3. 3:09of that cow or your own enjoyment of a barbecue dinner so there's the there's the…
4. 4:40are sitting right there and they've got my name I think I talked about the corn…
5. 6:13bagels you could eat a two dozen Krispy Kreme Doughnuts coming right off the conveyor belt…
6. 7:46Oh mr. caucus mean Manu when we absorb if we were to eat god forbid non…
7. 8:47what they eat and what they consume what they are exposed to because even if it's…
8. 10:19our body but we've contaminated our very soul the Mishna says that on Chamba son Yount…
9. 11:50purity of impurity whether we are contaminated or whether in fact we are elevated who Masha…
10. 13:24by my grandparents they would wrap the food in the napkin and take the extra and…

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