Eat to Live, Don't Live to Eat - A Torah Philosophy of Food

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The opening of this shiur, in Living with Emunah - Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Good evening and thank you for joining us for part two of our four-part series at BRS on how to break bad habits and forge good habits. This series all delivered by rabbis of BRS is all about recognizing that if we want to grow spiritually, if we want to be the best version of ourselves in terms of our neshama, of our soul, then we need to be disciplined, we need to be in control, we need to be healthy when it comes to our body. We need to be able to breathe right. Breathing, neshama, neshima are the same word. Last week Rabbi Moscowitz spoke about the importance of the breath of life, of breathing, not in a shallow way, not in a rushed way, but to be conscious of our breathing and to breathe deeply and breathe meaningfully. Tonight we'll speak about eating, the Jewish philosophy of eating. What is our attitude, what is our approach, what is the role of food in our religion? How could we be more mindful in what we eat and how we eat and how much we eat and when we eat? How can food become the fuel that elevates us and enriches us, that drives us to a better version of ourselves instead of food becoming a phobia, instead of food becoming the

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1. 0:02Good evening and thank you for joining us for part two of our four-part series at…
2. 4:50texture, I love the aroma, I love the mix of flavors. I'm a foodie. I love…
3. 9:28destined to exist? So, that same Gemara Sanhedrin Daf Ayin tells us drosh l'kabel sachar. We've…
4. 14:16a conflict which takes place. And that's why Rav Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin, the great Rav…
5. 19:06when we attain holiness. That's when we attain the highest levels. The Chida, Rabbi Chaim Yosef…
6. 24:20Rabbeinu Yona quotes this in his Yesod HaTshuva. Because the Raavad wanted to show that he…
7. 29:32childhood obesity crisis in this country because we're so undisciplined in our eating, because we're giving…
8. 34:20day where they are born. There is no barrier. There's no interference. They are like a…
9. 39:36way the Almighty created the world is we need to eat in order to live. And…
10. 44:19does it not bring us closer, it drives us further away. Ledavasha davasha gerum l'haragash and…

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