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Lessons from Avram Avinu :Always room for growth Rabbi Avraham Gaon

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Rabbi Avraham Gaon

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this characteristic trend of a ram of you know why because a person who is uh because a person is called a person walks right so it's called and you always need to work and move from one level to another level from one level to another level to get to get rid of your habits or what you used to to get rid of your comfort zone to seek Improvement all the time to seek Improvement all the time as Jiro Cooks associated with Dream Sushi says I wanna get better every day better than yesterday do you want to get better than yesterday you ever think about getting better than yesterday did you think about what you did yesterday what you did today so tomorrow you can do better or you're repeating the same thing you know this is why you are so controllable because you're very predictable Jews are not controllable because Jews are not controllable because they're unpredictable because they're always in movement so guess what happens when you become predictable you lose your Jewish uniqueness I explained to you this morning why Jews are always at the top because they're always moving always moving the wandering jew is an expression that fits us very nice now you think about that and you think about where you're holding as a person in the world and even when you already reach a high level in avodat Hashem in your spirituality you're on a high level the worst thing you could say is okay because then the Habit becomes a second nature to you and you get used to it and you seek to improve so every single time you have to

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  1. 0:00this characteristic trend of a ram of you know why because a person who is uh
  2. 0:32to seek Improvement all the time as Jiro Cooks associated with Dream Sushi says I wanna
  3. 1:04Jews are not controllable because they're unpredictable because they're always in movement so guess what happens
  4. 1:34now you think about that and you think about where you're holding as a person in
  5. 2:05improve so every single time you have to look for new habits that will make you
  6. 2:35is a constant process that would never end and the more you polish your soul the
  7. 3:05later on also in the parashah we also find the other the other movements of ram
  8. 3:38and and and uh and and and quiet and Shanty you know the negative the desert
  9. 4:12he was a nomad he goes to one place sits a month goes to another place
  10. 4:44to to develop this spiritual ability to keep on growing

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