The One Mistake That Pushes God Away

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

You can operate and live in this world with one of two mentalities. Either I've moved in permanently. This is all there is. I've unpacked. I'm here to stay. This is all that exists. Or you can enjoy this world and all that it has to offer with the recognition I'm only here temporarily. I'm just passing through. The mafam describe when they're born Jacob and Asov. Yakob is an ava heel. When a person takes steps, what touches the ground first? The heel of the foot. First, he steps with the heel. YaKob is growing, walking, progressing, moving, advancing. He's always, he's not a finished product. He's not done. Yakov is the best is yet to come. As of in contrast, Asov, on the other hand, As of Asov is a finished product. What you see is what you get. Asov was born that way. You know, thanks to AI, you could do anything today. So, somebody created on AI and I saw it in my family WhatsApp group. It was a meme or gif. I don't know the difference, but two babies in a double stroller that looked exactly the same, but one was ruddy, covered in red hair, and one looked like a baby. Right? They use AI. How did Yakov and Asa, these twins, Asa we know came out fully developed like a mature adult. He already had a beard. He was already covered in hair. Why? Because physically was reflective of spiritually, emotionally, Asov is he's done. He's complete. He's a finished product. What you see is what you get. There won't be any progress. He's not going to advance. We said this last week from the Meshma. Remember what we said? Beautiful insight from the Meshma. After Jacob takes leave of Lavan, Lavo, Lavan goes back to his place, the Yakov

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1. 0:00You can operate and live in this world with one of two mentalities. Either I've moved…
2. 0:30the ground first? The heel of the foot. First, he steps with the heel. YaKob is…
3. 1:00to AI, you could do anything today. So, somebody created on AI and I saw it…
4. 1:30Because physically was reflective of spiritually, emotionally, Asov is he's done. He's complete. He's a finished…
5. 2:30goals. This is it. What you see is what you get. This is who I am.…
6. 3:01changing. What Carol Dwek would call not a fixed mindset, but a growth mindset. A growth…
7. 3:31hall that the Mishna Perovas describes. So our stay in this world, you can operate and…
8. 4:33says, I've moved in. This is all there is. There is nothing more. So, I'm here…
9. 5:05him to understand Hashem's mitzvah? So Ephraim explains that one shares one's inner thoughts and feelings…
10. 5:36heart. But somebody you travel with, someone you go on a journey with, someone you're vulnerable…

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