Sparks of Alshich: The Excitement Of Doing Mitzvot - Rabbi Shmuel Wagshal

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And this sheer was dedicated by the friends of Mosha Lebdev. We wish him brocha and hatzlacha in all his future endeavors. And he should have success in the rest of his journeys. So this week's parasha the Alshich discusses the pasuk U'shmartem mitzvotai va'asitem otam ani Hashem. You shall watch my commandments and do them, I am God. So what exactly is this pasuk referring to? What exactly is the commandment to watch my to watch my commandments and to watch my to watch my commandments and to do them? And why end off with ani Hashem? Now we know that the Alshich was the rabbi who gave the sermon on Shabbos afternoon in Tzfat in a very special period. In that period of time in Tzfat lived the Beit Yosef, Rav Yosef Caro. Lived the Arizal. Lived Rav Alkabetz and all the great wise people of Tzfat, the golden age of Tzfat. And he was the one who gave the sermon every Shabbos afternoon. And the book Toras Moshe, the sefer of the Alshich the Alshich is kind of the compilation over the years of the different things that he taught. And the sermon wasn't just a few minutes, it might have reached sometimes two, three, four hours. So if you actually look inside the Alshich, it's quite long. But as we know the minhag is in the Jewish people the custom is to during the weeks of Pesach and Shavuos to read and learn the Pirkei Avos. Right? The ethics of the fathers. It's the tradition to learn it between the weeks of Pesach and Shavuos.

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1. 0:03And this sheer was dedicated by the friends of Mosha Lebdev. We wish him brocha and…
2. 1:34weeks of Pesach and Shavuos. And in these weeks he regularly expounds during his sermon on…
3. 3:06oh look there's a poor person let me give some charity. A person should always be…
4. 4:37people who do them with all the right mind with the right kavanot, with the right…
5. 6:09He gives an example. He says a person who's very poor and he wants to start…
6. 8:12idea that we speak about regularly, but from this angle. And he says that a person…
7. 9:45and put puts up pulls your spirit up. In order to allow you to look at…
8. 11:16And this is the spiritual energy that someone is rewarded for doing a mitzvah. Of course…
9. 12:48the power and empower you and and and to give you the chizuk you need to…
10. 14:19need Hashem, I'm here. It sounds very, you know, big and I have to do mitzvahs…

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