Rabbi David Kaplan - Philosophy of Mitzvot: Self-Control

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

all right gentlemen so the question was important question yes yesterday yeah he's asked alike this what do you do about if your you ever have it I didn't try do you break the habit already in the face so I do you break in the phaser you're doing so ok the answer to that is the answer that is so there are two types of there are two types of phases there's one phase which is a chemical addiction okay and there's one which is a psychological addiction so a physiological chemical addiction is already a whole that's all process you have to practically be weaned off something like probably the most difficult habit to break a cigarette smoking is is very difficult Coffee I wouldn't run off of coffee I had a guy in my shear who was like one of these flower children it was all about detoxing me and everything else and I in he got me off a coffee slowly but surely I'm gonna had a migraine for a week I had a migraine and if he kept coaching me through it I eventually I got through it and and then after I was off for about a year and a half even heroin they

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1. 0:13all right gentlemen so the question was important question yes yesterday yeah he's asked alike this…
2. 3:20surely you see that it could be done muster up a little willpower anything that you…
3. 7:00hey there's a home is within reach and you might reach for it and watch love…
4. 10:41you very deeply anybody who's been Shabbos Friday night you go to Sheol and you're diving…
5. 14:43when you've educated your children that we're talking about a father we're talking about a father…
6. 18:23who I'll hang up I'd be hanging up on me I can't be helped I have…
7. 21:58he comes over here and I can you tell this guy had to get to Columbus…
8. 25:38next week then you you've grown you've improved right obviously when we go back to where…
9. 29:21and therefore a person's in you Shiva you're right you're seven the great environment is good…
10. 32:58interestingly enough you know that there's a there's a source that compares a verse that compares…

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