Why Saying Thank You is the Key to Spiritual Growth

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

Hashem Tiyona base learning Rebbe Nachman bright and early the best way to start the day. Let's go and give a broad overview of everything we've said so far but see how to this line. So we said that the days of Hanukkah the highest of a hollow Hanukkah is about giving thanks. Thanks for the miracles that Hashem did for us. for the miracles that Hashem did for us. Thanks for the miracles of the war. Thanks for the miracles of the park sherman. And we said when you're able to say thank you as opposed to a narcissist who lives inside themselves when you're able to say thank you you're acknowledging that there's something that's beyond you. Which essentially means that I'm able to connect to that person. If I could thank my friend who said for his shot in Russia then I'm acknowledging that there's then I'm acknowledging that there's somebody beyond me that's helping me and I become close to that person. If I can't even acknowledge them then how is there any connection? So that Hanukkah is all about Hoda acknowledging getting out of oneself acknowledging and then we said that all of that is the pleasures of the world to come. The show I don't have a what are we going to be doing in Hava? Hoda we're just going to be acknowledging acknowledging and getting close to God acknowledging more that we depend on you God we need you acknowledging it deeper and deeper. All of learning Torah is a process of acknowledging. And then we said what is an absolute example of acknowledging God in a very fundamental way is halacha. Cuz halacha says to me this is how I should live. It's guiding me. That's halacha. We said halacha is halacha the way that you go in this world. Halacha is hakala,

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2. 5:09us to understand Reb Nachman. And we said that there's three names of God. And these…
3. 10:30you play the right notes. But not from talks a lot about music. That you ever…
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6. 26:58light. Someone's shining. You don't mean that like I said like he's got a lot of…
7. 32:07try to imagine. That's why the Torah say God have fingers and have a body and…
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