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Are You Ready?

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Rabbi Joey Haber

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The yetzer hara, in other words, your ego, loves for you to be full of regrets. Loves for you to be full of distractions. Loves for you to feel like a disappointment. Loves to feel like you're not doing enough. Wants to convince you you didn't have a good Rosh Hashanah. I said YOU MADE A MISTAKE HAVING TWO DAYS. HE WANTS YOU TO THINK ALL those things, but that is not what you're here to think. Instead, you're here to think the essence of the week is I am ready to serve the king. That's why the two main inserts in the Amidah IS NOT EVEN ABOUT TESHUVAH. IT'S HAMELACH. YOU ARE MY KING. Hamelach Hakadosh, Hamelach Hamishpat. You are my king. And I am ready. So, if you want to know what

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