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Stop PRAYING! Think about THIS first | Living with Emunah #369

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Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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soldiers and alumni of Ben David Mkhani. And this week we're highlighting Captain Deal Susa who was 23 years old dam platoon commander in the Golani brigade. He was stationed at the IDF outpost in ontora morning sle commander on duty. Thanks to his bravery most of his soldiers survived. His soldiers testified decel saved our life and fought to his last drop of blood. was buried on Harertzel October 12th. He is survived by his parents and by his three older siblings are learning should be should be back doing karate in no time and lots of other things too. Okay, I I have so much to say. We got so much to learn. We got so much to cover. I don't know where to start. So, let me start with uh let me start with this even before I get into letters. I want to sh start with Torah. Not to say for we're learning. We'll get into that too as well. But I want to start with an insight from this para. Maybe I said it in the past, but every year when we encounter it in vigash, it has an enormous impression on me and I hope it will on you. It essentially is one of the letters that's only written by Yoseph to all of us in our para because and I don't want to belabor it. I don't know when people are listening to this at maybe it'll be in the middle of the summer now, but the story is just as relevant. The lesson and insight are just as relevant nonetheless. Yoseph who has lived through Ghanam. Yoseph, who lost his mother when he's eight years old, who's

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  2. 5:39"Good job. Job well done. That was the correct action. Good for you. Says this is…
  3. 10:12in an article two years ago because there was an extraordinary woman if you remember Iris…
  4. 14:15many other stories as well. It was amazing. Like Yoseph, we have that capacity. Whatever we're…
  5. 18:51cognitive behavior change the way you think you change the way you feel it'll change the…
  6. 23:29other families who were also waiting. After two hours of queueing waiting, the car rental place…
  7. 27:36year on Kaneka, I was so excited to find out I was expecting. It had taken…
  8. 32:10course your ding is not going to get started. And that's essentially in other words, what…
  9. 36:24and what's obvious and frankly what's easy what's in the sitter and what we've been doing…
  10. 41:00underlying at the core the foundation of all mitzvah is faith. You know what? Bar Cooperstein…

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