Mussar Mondays: Mesilat Yesharim 56 (Abstinence 1) with Rabbi Aryeh Wolbe

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

okay good evening everybody it's so wonderful to be here and to have this incredible opportunity to learn together so we are now beginning in a brand new chapter the chapter of abstinence which is the 13th chapter of Missy latisha rim of the path of the the the way of the upright oK we've been learning this book this is our 56th learning this book this is our 56th installment of this class and the first of the trait of abstinence what is abstinence we'll see in a minute we'll talk about it but what we discussed last week where we left off was that in order to get into a frame of mind of understanding you know what's going on inside you got to step out a little bit and look right we we many times in our lives we get stuck in the times in our lives we get stuck in the in the weeds and we don't see the big picture and what pre-shows is this trait of abstinence is to take a step outside for a second so you can see the forest from the trees it's to get a global picture a global perspective okay and that's why we'll see it we'll see some before defining the trade of flourishes of abstinence ROM how points out a fundamental shift that occurs at this point of missile at leash arena in point of missile at leash arena in essence the general subject of this book that of achieving perfect service of a Shem can be divided into two distinct parts Capricia heat realistic acidosis is the trait of previous of abstinence is the beginning of the practice of piety material shikko Masha be our new adapter you should realize that everything we explained in this work until now who Marsham it storyteller

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1. 0:01okay good evening everybody it's so wonderful to be here and to have this incredible opportunity…
2. 4:21its relationship to the trade of services which is alacrity Chezza the sameera this is zebb…
3. 9:01or say just talk about you know having a certain level of abstinence when it comes…
4. 13:39first commandment to mankind it was the first commandment to mankind anybody know the first commandment…
5. 18:01now is there a safe going there there's no sin to go there right there are…
6. 22:44problem go to a bar don't drink no nope why not because the temptation is there…
7. 27:19and all Clow and will take no joy from the world at all tomatoes afar Lavazza…
8. 31:27a a how do we translate a comma homers when I tell you a a a…
9. 36:17his follow Allah heliosphere sleek on supersoft may have he should pray that find foods and…
10. 40:57protected from evil that these worldly matters produce key he may anal ahem tano Cola me…

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