Shalom Bayit - Peace in the home - How to attain it - Rabbi Alon Anava

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We all want a happy life. Unfortunately, some people have they perceive the happiness in their life is based on on nonsense. Some people think that if they drive a Mercedes, they'll have a happy life. And some people think that if they go twice a year on a cruise, they have a happy life. But unfortunately, the reality is that we run after different pleasures and after a certain amount of time of disappointment but not getting these pleasures or even that I get what I thought would give me pleasure and then I found out that it's actually not giving me pleasure then I fall into a a disappointment. I get disappointed. But we were created with a system that we constantly want to have pleasure. That's how we created. Before you ask me why didn't God create us with a system that we just want to do good so God created us the same way that the body has a DNA, we have a DNA to our soul. And God creating us created us with a system that we constantly want to have pleasure. We are creature that needs pleasure. So we constantly run after this pleasure. The problem is that in this world there's a misconception what is pleasure. So when I grow up and I glued to a screen and all day long my opinions are based on what the screen is showing me then my perception of the The is

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2. 6:15most people, their understanding of marriage and any type of relationship is because of what they…
3. 12:01wine like this with the wife. I don't do it with my wife. Just just take…
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10. 54:13hastened. And it all starts in in the home. It says make me a dwelling place…

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