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Shmuel Ozhekh: 'The greatest blockage to a person's spirituality is their own mind'

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Shmuel Ozhekh: 'The greatest blockage to a person's spirituality is their own mind'

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  1. 0:01Rabbi Smallman, Isaac. >> The Rabbi Alon Anava, Cape Town, founder of Rejuvenate, and most recently…
  2. 3:38shame. Because an individual and every human being, especially every Jew, has to have an and…
  3. 7:44Just stop before you lose yourself. And on the most basic level, even if a person…
  4. 11:54to tap into Menuchas Nefesh, to tap into Hashem, to tap into a simplicity of life.…
  5. 16:00about is misperception. The misperception of the role of Torah, the misperception of what God is,…
  6. 20:12externality, the identification with all of the aspects or or pseudo experiences of infinite, money, food,…
  7. 24:17you live in Cape Town, South Africa you come from Sydney, Australia. Hands down, as far…
  8. 28:20originally, you studied different mystical teachings, you you you looked at things like yoga and different,…
  9. 32:25like tequila, but let's say you have the greatest drink that will allow you to have…
  10. 36:28doubt, of depression, of loneliness The experience of Torah and the experience and fabric of the…

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