Finding Your Path Mesilas Yesharim PT 41

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

good evening everybody um it's interesting I think it was today was the Oscars in Los Angeles California and it's interesting tonight we're going to be dealing with the the character trait of covered of seeking honor of having your name up in lights so I thought it was kind of appropriate hash the Divine Providence had it that we should reach that point in MIM where we're talking about the the character tra of of covered of honor of seeking status status seeking there's a lovely story maybe I'll start with a story about of the one the Russa of the M Yesa and he made a he was became friendly I don't know exactly how it was with somebody who worked um collecting the the garbage but you you never actually seen him working but just whatever he he knew he was a garbage collector they became friends so one day the rash was coming out of the Yeshiva out of the Mir Yeshiva and he saw this guy that he knew on on the on the back hanging onto the back of the garbage truck so the guy in the garbage truck says he lent down to the Raj said look the rush should know that I I normally work in the in the cab the idea is that cover is so ridiculous you know to him that was like uh we're all the the point is that covered is an illusion it's an illusion it's gives you

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2. 2:43increases as a person gets older and he believes that he is by virtue of the…
3. 5:56a person the desire for money is not necess necessarily the desire for any specific thing…
4. 8:35because we have something called Theon says what's Theon Shon say it's a silent prayer where…
5. 11:52so you know the next morning right they go to Shia and of course they don't…
6. 14:30for money leaves a person to relate to negate to um ignore to let go his…
7. 17:44world and he's pursuing all this and it takes this k out of him because of…
8. 20:21lost he was only pushed out of the world he lost his covered Ben was lost…
9. 23:33completely look another example okay so let what caused kak that he lost his right he…
10. 26:11they were prepared to speak lanar about ER Israel and has caused their own death and…

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