A Torah class on Parashat Vayishlach, exploring how to handle loved ones going in the opposite direction when focused on Hashem.
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I'm sure every person that is going to listen to this class has at least one individual in their life of what I'm about to explain. I'm assuming that every person that is either physically here or watching the class is in time some type of a way on a path of a doing chuvah. Whether you're 20 years into your chuvah, whether you just started, whether you're whether you just started, whether you're just looking into convert, whether you're just looking to do chuvah, it doesn't matter. If you're listening to this class, the common denominator that we all have is that we're all trying to have some type of a relationship with Hashem, and we're changing our path towards this connection. And again, it can be 30 years that you're already doing chuvah, and it can be 3 months. But nevertheless, since we all share a common denominator, I'm 100% sure that we also share another common denominator that we all have at least one person in that we all have at least one person in our life that is going completely the wrong way in regards to Torah and mitzvot. And it bothers us. That's the fact that we all share. Because whether you are a convert, whether you're about chuvah, whether you so much more so if you were born observant, everybody has in their life at least one person that is going completely into the wrong direction. Forget about the wrong direction in life. Talking about wrong direction in regards to Torah and mitzvot,
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- 12:21pursuing these pleasures. I told you already that the mantra that goes on in my mind…
- 18:31that type of person, he will never be satisfied. If your passion is money, it doesn't…
- 24:38Berditchev used that to be the the defense attorney of Am Yisrael with that story in…
- 30:46sense. What's going on here? What is Jacob afraid of? Why is Jacob have to pretend…
- 37:01apologizing, "I'm sorry, my brother, that I'm late with giving you the message." What's this message?…
- 43:11the vessels that you can't contain the the the message you heard, the happiness or sadness.…
- 49:53Take now a cup of glass, smash it on the floor. Can you fix the glass?…
- 56:04we're talking about Asav is us. We are the Do you feel you are a Yakov?…
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