Rabbi Zamir Cohen - How Spiritual Growth Overcomes Fear

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

Shalom and blessings. Good evening. Most people in the world dedicate the majority of their time to building what is related to the material. Career, house, pleasures. That is how the world works. Human beings live in this world and feel more the body, the matter, the reality they see around them. That is why, naturally, they invest most of their time in the material. Few really invest in their spiritual construction, in shaping their personality, in doing good deeds, in elevating themselves, and see that as the true center of life . Life in this world also needs sustenance, a home, a car; one must provide for oneself, but the center of life revolves around a person's spiritual construction. Rashi writes in the book of Ecclesiastes that the world is called "world" from the root of concealment. There is a verse that says , "Also the world He set in their hearts." The word "world" is usually written with an additional letter. But King Solomon wrote it without it. The biblical text has no vowels. So, it can also be read as "concealment He set in their hearts." That is to say, the material world hides, masks the spiritual dimension that exists within it. And in reality, all the materiality of the world was created as a tool for a person to build their spiritual world . Let us reflect on some tips on how we can introduce more spirituality into life; how to strengthen that spiritual construction without the material being affected in any way, but rather by paying attention, investing in the spiritual construction of the human being, something that not only improves the quality of life in this world, but also grants the person eternal life in the world to come and finds favor before God. Here are several verses in

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