The REAL reason you’re STRESSED (and how to stop it)

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

I start using This Magnificent machine to stack all of these narratives these stories about why I am freaked out and in some perverse way I find that comforting because it's an explanation we love explanations I'm not really stressed because of all these stories I'm telling myself I'm telling myself this story is because I'm stressed how should I start a series on is the Hebrew word for faith a Jewish spiritual perspective on this very very hot topic that everyone's so interested in today I I don't think there's a better way to start it than with a classic Jewish joke so one night Abe is tossing and turning and his wife Sarah says to him uh AB dear what's going on why are you tossing and turning and he says well I borrowed a thousand dollars and it's due the loan is due tomorrow I have to pay it and I don't have a scent and I just I'm so worried I can't sleep so Sarah says to Abe dear who who did you borrow the thousand dollars from who do you owe the money to he says well actually it's uh it's our neighbor in this building uh he lives upstairs you know you know Morris right she says yes of course you know Mars well I owe him the money the money's due tomorrow morning and I I don't have a dollar I don't have a spot I don't have a penny I don't have any of

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1. 0:00I start using This Magnificent machine to stack all of these narratives these stories about why…
2. 5:54are good they're a good thing okay that's if we're actually responding to stimuli in our…
3. 12:22appropriate and how to apply them so I'll introduce another verse from from King Solomon for…
4. 18:22that is why you woke up with a stomachache is because your credit cards are due…
5. 24:43read the Maxwell House and you know about the whole story about coming out of Egypt…
6. 30:36on a story Jews love to ask questions everything we ask a question we challenge because…
7. 37:12the definition of addiction distractions which come to be identified in our lives as our main…
8. 43:06not the experience itself the anticipation of the experience right as long as it was the…
9. 49:31get a new job whatever it is okay but the the stories aren't the reason for…
10. 55:21five years old at the time I'm going to be the rabbit because he was the…

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