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The Art of Preparation - Chovot Halevavot: Cheshbon Hanefesh - Gate 15

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Rabbi Dov Ber Weisman

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so I'll never get that time back we got to church together okay so I don't know if any of you have ever left home and lived in Asia for 6 years but I did but before I went you know what I did and this is a crazy idea I prepared for the trip I was like what do I need to know learn a little bit of the language the first place I went was first place I went was so I learn a little bit of s I only remember the song I used to actually be able to speak it as well that's about a rabbit in the forest who gets thirsty and needs to drink water from the river anyway and mosquito net need a mosquito net nightmare if you don't have mosquito net it's a nightmare out there and the me a piece of string I had which was me a piece of string I had which was everything clothes line hang the mosquito net fix my bag like everything you could need uh utility shorts just below the knee but with like 10 different pockets and like you can put anything in the SAS Survival Handbook a little like SAS is the British Marines type how to build a shelter and fire and Cool Stuff um a book swap my book now what you got to do

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  1. 0:00so I'll never get that time back we got to church together okay so I don't
  2. 2:04I got the maps and I saw where can you get water in the desert and
  3. 4:39life you're going to go on a vacation you're going to get married you're going to
  4. 7:12this world that's the best preparation you can have for the world to come so if
  5. 9:19Shabbat in the Torah it says for six days you shall work but the work is
  6. 11:56fact Mitzvah are only in this world MIT are this is why by the way the
  7. 14:30day we're coming back today I say hey guys there's a play next year everything's about
  8. 16:30I want to learn it's the best now there's something else it so happens that learning
  9. 19:06there's kosher Mak bacon like you're not really missing out on that and she said um
  10. 21:41for he doesn't get to eat cheeseburgers and and and watch the sport on Saturday I'll

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