When You Guard Your Health Make Sure To Guard Your Soul - The Chofetz Chaim's Reading of the Pesukim

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

Okay, friends. Parshas Va'etchanan. Or better yet, Parshas Va'etchanan. The Hafetz Chaim on the pasuk "V'nishmartem me'od l'nafshoteichem". What do you mean you should guard your soul? We're not talking about guarding your soul. We're talking about guarding your body. >> [snorts] >> We're talking about not endangering yourself. So, it should say it should say "V'nishmartem me'od l'gufchem". Why does it say "V'nishmartem me'od l'nafshoteichem"? Says the Hafetz Chaim, also it says elsewhere "Be careful, guard yourself very much". It's called guarding your soul. Why doesn't it say "V'nishmartem me'od" "l'atzmoteichem" or "l'atzmochem"? To show that when you're guarding your body, like by eating and drinking or doing business, you should also be

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1. 0:00Okay, friends. Parshas Va'etchanan. Or better yet, Parshas Va'etchanan. The Hafetz Chaim on the pasuk "V'nishmartem…
2. 0:31l'gufchem". Why does it say "V'nishmartem me'od l'nafshoteichem"? Says the Hafetz Chaim, also it says elsewhere…
3. 1:02careful not to ruin your soul. The guy is preserving his health, but he has to…
4. 1:34are at my A person's not in his own domain. You're sent here by the Ribono…
5. 2:05part of your mission in this world. You're sent here on a mission. The mission is…
6. 2:42Even when you're involved in protecting your physical welfare, your material welfare, you always you have…

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