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What are you busy with these days?

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Rabbi Alon Anava

What are you busy with these days?

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[Music] foreign [Music] and I have noticed that as every year most people half the month almost passed and they didn't do anything towards nothing towards the month of elul you guilty no very good very impressed so you must be listening to me so uh a few very quick important things to make sure that you follow a rule of course we know that zone it's a suspicious time and etrotson means that you can get something easier that's that's really what it means now when comes the question why would Hashem have times that things are easier or harder I mean why should I have to wait 11 months to the end of the year so if every moment of our life would be an etraton which means an auspicious time then we wouldn't value those times and not only that we will be double lazy because we would know that I can get everything for free the proof to that I mean there's many different proofs but I can tell you the proof to that from my point of view is when I look at my kids if I give them everything because I'm a loving father then they get used to getting everything then they turn to demand everything and if something is missing then there's going to be a problem even though I didn't do anything I'm pouring on you love warmth clothing whatever teach you spoil if one day I take a break then they feel the lack and what's going on here if they don't get my full

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  1. 0:00[Music] foreign [Music] and I have noticed that as every year most people half the month
  2. 5:50in the previous years uh we we we had what we call then the tuba boot
  3. 13:25and the change is coming very very fast the ones who already will be able to
  4. 19:45before the elections ah when the enemy wants to know an enemy when you want to
  5. 27:20started learning a lot of things so I'm not going to be dependent on anyone but
  6. 33:14one time not too long ago I was introduced to a very important woman okay she
  7. 39:47if you know how to weigh things right you know how to juggle good and bad
  8. 45:35the kitchen and she's like looking at me like that and uh and and we had
  9. 52:12for something much greater I'm willing to take the theft charge me with the theft and
  10. 58:02she's neither and don't be close or loving but he was like you can't even give

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