Vayera: Test in Progress | Rabbi Ariel Mizrahi

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Okay, good morning everyone. Thank you for joining us on this beautiful Thursday morning as we are studying together. Our course is the example the paradigm of tests the word appears in our God tested and life really is all about tests. We are all tested constantly. tests. We are all tested constantly. Sometimes the tests are easier. Sometimes the tests are much harder. And so today I want to share with you some gems from the Shalom, the book that we're using this year to help us and guide us in life. And what does the shalom have to say today about a when we're going through a test? What is some what are some strategies? What are some ideas that we can maybe use to remember to help us plow through? to help us plow through? Well, he says a lot today and we'll see how far how much the time allows us to go through. But the first thing the uh shalom notices when you read the paragraphs of the and I want to read it to you rather quickly and I want you to try to hear for yourselves if you notice what the shalom notices Anyone notice over here something notices that the name of God that's used is Elohim. We know God has multiple names. Most famously he has the two names of rahim famously he has the two names of rahim kindness and justice vav for mercy and elohim for strict. And when we open the parasavia when we study the theim um we don't find the name v we don't find the name of god which is associated with mercy but we find the name of elohim which reflects judgment and then shalom explains [snorts] that

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2. 2:37that is teaching us what a test really is. When a person's going through a test,…
3. 5:44I'm prepared to be alone. I prepared to go through this test without feeling God's shine…
4. 8:18person? I grew up. Now I'm so tight financially. Now everything is a fight. Now everything…
5. 11:23it's there that I could find God's face maybe you've seen the video of the hostage…
6. 14:02It says that Abraham woke up the next morning after praying for. It says stood up…
7. 17:08talk about it, it's a fight. And somehow tonight when he came home and I tried…
8. 19:442,000 years of history. By the way, two covers 2,000 years and then the next rest…
9. 22:47Hashem does not raise a person to prestige. until he first tests him and examines him.…
10. 25:26wants to have a huge company. Day one, he wants to have the numbers like his…

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