LOVE: A Power Greater Than Death

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

[Music] today's lecture is in the merit of Karen simcha bas Thalia she should have a speedy recovery I want to talk to you today about a common phenomenon that we see which is that people really don't know who they are as anyone ever asks you who am i I mean a child asking a parent parent asking a therapist or a boy who are you what do you stand for what do you believe in how do we define these things is essentially the subject of today's lecture essentially what we want to say is that unless a person has something that he or she really believes in that that person is actually willing to die for some value some purpose some mission right then that person is in a sense lost because only when a person has that spiritual and a faith-based connection to something that is so important that's bigger than this world that's bigger than our little lives here can that person have a sense of deep security and faith and joy and focus okay person has to be not coming too busy we used to say that a person should always keep it in front of him the idea of the world to come that if you have that in front of you you have your goal you know where you're heading that your purpose isn't just about what we're going to have for dinner here whether it's going to be mashed potatoes whether it's going to be boiled potatoes it's something bigger and more triste transcendence essentially what we need we're going to talk about the tourist sources for this in practical ways we

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1. 0:00[Music] today's lecture is in the merit of Karen simcha bas Thalia she should have a…
2. 4:15then move to the you know once we have that in place and once we have…
3. 9:07examples says Maimonides did you have to watch them they have to way watch how they…
4. 14:00it lights up the entire world that not only does it bestow an incredible merit upon…
5. 18:56something that they believed them for something that became all-encompassing to them that was more important…
6. 23:46to the wall he was ready he had obviously been learning everything that we're talking about…
7. 27:59what life is you don't understand why life has to end life only has meaning because…
8. 33:12took my license my registration comes back after quite a long time he said to me…
9. 38:14important this is why the holy Maimonides he should his memory should be blessing for all…
10. 43:06yourself spending your money to help your child or to help somebody else who's in trouble…

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