Parashat Tazria - the power of our words - Rabbi Alon Anava

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

[Music] so we're in and one thing that I want to talk about today is how powerful and how important are words cuz that's what it's refer referring to in this par and we don't even notice how our entire life is surrounded by conversations and we constantly talk and we don't value the power of the words both to the negative and to the positive and words are extremely powerful and since we like starting with a little laugh there was once a man he comes home long day work he arrives at the end of the day he opens the mailbox sees a phone bill $1,500 walks home starts screaming at his wife I work all day long and you're running me a phone bill $1,500 phone bill what is that going to be and he starts screaming at her and she tells him I don't know what you're talking about I do all my calls at work I don't talk on the phone at home it's you you talk with your friends he's like me I do all my calls at work I don't talk while I'm home so I look around who's left the cleaning lady she's here all day long they call the cleaning lady and they tell her you know we just got 1,500 phone bill you're making call she's like I'm sorry I'm also only make my phone calls at work so so we don't pay attention to the value of words and to the power of words all day long we're busy with conversations and we never stop to think

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1. 0:00[Music] so we're in and one thing that I want to talk about today is how…
2. 4:18that now it says in thear that when a person after 120 years leave this world…
3. 9:11particular about every little thing that comes into my mouth but there's also a different motion…
4. 13:55into the room and what did she tell him look at her brother he divorced his…
5. 18:44would come up to the surface oh I know how to I know to close my…
6. 23:31the doors are opening in Russia this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to run…
7. 28:20yourself don't worry you're going to have a beautiful family with him he was just saying…
8. 33:10learn from things online because becomes a a broken phone one person says something and then…
9. 38:03bringing the the option to the universe that that's what's going to happen can you imagine…
10. 42:57that with my words I'm able to change my spiritual state by being connected now to…

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