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0:00 We must remember that we should be clean and be proper before Hashem and have derech eretz between man and his fellow, between man and his Maker, we should be clean toward Heaven, the Holy One, blessed be He, hears us. Many people, the Holy One, blessed be He, does not hear them because they are not clean between man and his fellow. They say I do everything, I learn, I pray, I do everything, but he does not know that in the morning in the kollel where he sits and learns he behaves crudely when pouring the coffee that he has there, he pours the milk uncleanly, he distresses many people over very small things.
0:38 In small matters of derech eretz they can stand against him and rise against him through this, that this will hold back his prayer. Therefore, a person must be clean in derech eretz, cleanliness, first of all, this builds the vessels, afterward he serves his Maker, and even if he is not yet close, not yet enough, the Holy One, blessed be He, will still hear him, but if you ask why a prayer is not accepted, sometimes it is not because of some sin that a person did between him and his Maker, sometimes it is because of some lack of derech eretz and cleanliness, because Hashem, blessed be He, is merciful and gracious.
1:10 But when a person behaves crudely and desecrates the name of Hashem through his behavior, it is hard for the Holy One, blessed be He, to hear him. So therefore I always tell everyone, a person who behaves with derech eretz and is happy and rejoices, of course joy will come, and with Hashem's help Hashem will also hear him and give him salvations, many good things, a good life, protection and safeguarding...
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