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Rabbi Yisrael Yakubov - Character & Livelihood: The Hidden Connection Between Emotion & Success

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Rabbi Shay Tahan

Rabbi Yisrael Yakubov discusses character and livelihood.

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Okay. The class is in English, right? Not in Russian. As that I'm saying now, so everybody understand we will speak in English. And um And um I want to dedicate the class to the memory of Zina but Yaffa Hashem to have her in Gan Eden. Today's class First of all, I'm very It's a big honor to be here. First time in this shul. I was asked to speak about a topic that everybody needs. And everybody will benefit from. It doesn't matter what age you are. Everybody needs success in Everybody Everybody needs success in Everybody wants to over. And there is a big connection between our emotions, our character traits, and our success in life. The same way as there is a connection our emotions and character traits to our health. You know that today even the conventional medicine, yeah, the doctors, the scientists, they say that each one of us sometimes we sick. So, years ago people would think that you get sick because of physical reasons. You know, you drink too much cold. You go outside, you know, when it's You go outside, you know, when it's windy and you don't have a jacket. You eat things that are not healthy, so you get sick. God forbid. Yeah. Different Yeah, you drink things that are not healthy and you get sick. God forbid. But recently, not long ago, the the people in science even, they understand that there's another element that affects your health well your health sometimes your health well your health sometimes even more than those physical things that you do wrong. Your emotions. In Chinese medicine and even before that in Kabbalah, they teach it they teach it long time ago. They say that if a person has certain emotions that are not balanced, those emotions cause certain diseases.

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  1. 0:02Okay. The class is in English, right? Not in Russian. As that I'm saying now, so
  2. 6:41A person that has the Gamorah says "Rekev atzamot". A person that has jealousy. He's always
  3. 12:52Rabbi Nachman says that everything in this world has a spiritual root in heaven. So for
  4. 19:03success. And one of the most important emotions that destroy our success in livelihood is this
  5. 25:14because she has a part of him inside her. Now, what's happening now is very interesting.
  6. 31:26They're not happy from the right things. But they're happy. They get. Their wives are happy.
  7. 37:41how much it works. It also works the opposite, by the way. If happiness is giving
  8. 43:55Angel of poverty says, "Ish tabach shemol ad." Open his tent, put a table, I have
  9. 50:15most important mitzvahs before Shabbat. One of the biggest preparations before Shabbat What is the biggest
  10. 56:33This is what the emotion do. So, how do we become happy? And not get angry?

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