A discussion on the expansion of the soul on Shabbos according to Rav Tzvi Pesach Frank.
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progress. >> Okay friends, I have a very beautiful idea. So late last night and the safer and I was actually very surprised that the quotes none other than the Talmud of the BMT. My friend Olicitzki is working on a translation on the and he says an amazing idea. Anyone who observes the shabas they'll give them inheritance without boundaries. What's the idea? Why if you guard Shabas will you be given inheritance without boundaries? Says as follows. There's always a contention between the body and the soul. The body says I want food. The soul says, "No, I don't want food." The body says, "I want pleasure." The body says, "I want I want the currency of this world." The soul says, "No, I want the currency of the next world." They're always fighting. That's why everyone always has inner turmoil and and uh everyone always has to navigate opposing forces within them. Whatever a person does, you're you're fighting something. You're sitting and learning. The body says, "I I don't like this. I'm hungry. I'm tired. I this is not doing anything for me. And so you go and you eat or you enjoy and the soul says I don't like
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- 0:00progress. >> Okay friends, I have a very beautiful idea. So late last night and the…
- 0:32Anyone who observes the shabas they'll give them inheritance without boundaries. What's the idea? Why if…
- 1:02says, "I want I want the currency of this world." The soul says, "No, I want…
- 1:34this. This not doing anything. There's always inner turmoil. You're always constrained. You're all a human…
- 2:06mitzvah. So when you're the shabas, it unloads you. It frees you from any shackles. So…
- 2:40the soul is getting disgusted with it the body is like this is really good and…
- 3:10know, you could keep you could keep it up. You know, I don't mind this. So…
- 3:51Have a great chabas everyone. Good chabas.…
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