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The Lesson of the Me'il of How To Have Your Prayers Answered - The Approach of the Chofetz Chaim

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

A mussar shiur on prayer and the approach of the Chofetz Chaim.

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correctly in the back of the says therefore it says make them ill completely why why should them ill be is similar to the sea the sea is similar to the way you remember your we find inh goes up to Like it says which is translated to mean even though one's tongue may be wagging here in this world the words rise to the heavens and by wearing the you'll remember a you're going to have to give and two your words will rise before the next detail of the The proy it's basically a converse turtleneck. Men should avoid wearing turtlenecks these days, but it's beyond the scope of this particular shirt on the but the was a reverse turtleneck. The turtleneck is why the says on the what is the world stand and that is that you conquer your desire to speak that it doesn't go out. So therefore you're conquesting your mouth inwardly. Now literally there should be a border for the mouth around a work of weaving. But you should also say this is an illustrative tool. You should envision that your lips were woven m that you that you shouldn't open them. In other words, you're sitting around the table and something enters your mind. By the way, there's a very important principle in life. Not everything that enters your mind, you need to share with other people. In fact, almost nothing that enters your mind should you share with other people. But I had a good idea. I have a good line. Excellent. Great. That's not relevant to whether you should say it or not. Therefore, you should always

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  1. 0:32correctly in the back of the says therefore it says make them ill completely why why…
  2. 1:02which is translated to mean even though one's tongue may be wagging here in this world…
  3. 2:03to speak that it doesn't go out. So therefore you're conquesting your mouth inwardly. Now literally…
  4. 3:03imagine that a professional weaver came to your home and wo your lips shut. A weaver,…
  5. 3:33their armor was the the entrance, meaning the the hole for the head or the arms…
  6. 4:35arrows is well reinforced. So too. And when you wear armor it protects you. armor protects…
  7. 5:36teams with a good defense. Actually, this is not a good analogy for this year, but…
  8. 6:08uh by not answering. However, whenever you respond to insult then you get insulted more. Now…
  9. 7:14You would think, oh, even for a no. talk a lot of righteousness. So according to…
  10. 8:18produce silence or you could produce the therefore on the there was bells and pomegranates. The…

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