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Understanding Your Soul - Nefesh Hachaim Part 2

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Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair

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  1. 0:00Great. Okay, good evening everybody. Understanding your soul. The seminal work of Chaim Volozhin, Nefesh HaChaim.…
  2. 2:31>> Which prioritized Yiras Shamayim. And they were concerned and in point of fact, there was…
  3. 5:03This is what we're in this world to do. To learn and to fulfill the Torah.…
  4. 7:35could possibly become disconnected and his Yiras Shamayim, so to speak, would become overpower his chachma.…
  5. 10:07original religion by itself. And I think this is exactly, and some people say that's why…
  6. 12:40objectives of with the of an of another with tolerance and that a policy of tolerance…
  7. 15:11him to have signed. And also, he says there's an interesting idea that Chassidism had basically…
  8. 17:46spiritual ecstasy when learning the Gemara. And Reb Chaim says, "No, that's not what lishma means.…
  9. 20:19was evening. What is evening? Evening is an arev, a mixture of day and night. So,…
  10. 22:51in a like a very stark a very strong way. Against the background of this widespread…

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