The Light Inside | Rabbi Asher Steinmetz

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Is there an antidote? [music] Is there a formula, something we can utilize to give us power to overcome [music] this the sign of schmira sinaiim? Says Reb Chaim Volozhiner, yes, there is. And that is tfila. Says Reb Chaim Volozhiner, when one wakes up in the morning, he should recite and say [music] a tfila asking Hashem for siyata d'shmaya, for heavenly assistance. And he goes as far as to pen for us a tfila. Ribono shel olam, hinni holech b'gei tzalmavet u'makom m'sukon. [music] Ribono shel olam, I'm going in a gate Ribono shel olam, I'm going in a gate tzalmavet, in a dangerous place. Hoshi'eni And Reb Chaim Volozhiner concludes, v'yoshi'eihu [music] Hashem. Hashem will save you. And the language of Reb Chaim Volozhiner is very challenging. Gei tzalmavet, explains Rashi in Tehillim, means a valley of darkness. >> [music] >> Here it's bright and early. I'm going out in the morning, getting in my car, the glare of the sun is on my windshield, and [music] we're saying hinni holech b'gei tzalmavet. Reb Freifeld was a rosh yeshiva in America in Shaar Yoshuv in Far

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1. 0:05Is there an antidote? [music] Is there a formula, something we can utilize to give us…
2. 0:35Ribono shel olam, I'm going in a gate tzalmavet, in a dangerous place. Hoshi'eni And Reb…
3. 1:05in America in Shaar Yoshuv in Far Rockaway. And he was a rosh yeshiva to many…
4. 1:36asked Reb Shmuel Brazil, of Regesh fame, to sing >> [music] >> Reb Meir Shapiro's song,…
5. 2:06cold, dark, winter night. And he turned to them and said, "It may be dark outside,…
6. 2:37in this area, is holech b'choshech. It may be light outside, but it's dark inside himself.…
7. 3:08some effort in this area, with all the light outside, it could be dark inside. But…

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