Rabbi Yirmiyahu Ullman - Orchot Tzaddikim: Happiness - Part 12

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

So, on page bet aleph, uh the paragraph starting with the word "Uva oilam hazeh." "Uva oilam hazeh tochal lahakir katzas oilam haneshamot." "Mita'anugei haneshamot belo achilah ushtiyah." He's saying, based on the previous point about discussing things having to do with the pleasure of the world to come and how that's totally different from any type of physical worldly pleasure we have here in our present existence. Still, even in this world, you can find Still, even in this world, you can find some measure of degree of pleasure for the soul without eating and drinking. For example, "Kegon benei adam hamisnakmim besoneihem." That's interesting. "Kegon hakavod be'eish shemechadim benei adam." Huh. "Uch'she'adam ro'eh dvarim yaflim, uch'she'ro'eh adam beno o chaveiro shelo ra'ah zman me'uber." He gives examples here of I guess He gives examples here of I guess non-physical forms of pleasure. And the first one he gives is the joy that a person has when he takes vengeance against his enemies. "Kegon benei adam hamisnakmim besoneihem." I mean, we're not supposed to take vengeance, um but perhaps he's talking about uh if a person nevertheless does take vengeance, there's a certain type of um non-physical pleasure that the person experiences. Although, we would associate that with a negative form of pleasure, but perhaps the point is not pleasure, but perhaps the point is not so much positive or negative, but non-physical. Or for example, the honor that one gets at the time that a person that that people give him honor. It's a very good feeling. Or a person who sees very beautiful things, aesthetic pleasure. The feeling that a person has when he sees his beloved son after not having seen him for a very long time. Or if he hears other forms of good news.

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1. 0:23So, on page bet aleph, uh the paragraph starting with the word "Uva oilam hazeh." "Uva…
2. 4:04tsafanto l'yere'av, which you have hidden for those who fear you." Meaning, this goodness is so…
3. 7:39the Nefesh itself that's undergone kares can still be redeemed through the lowest sphere of ruach,…
4. 11:15Rambam's uh opinion on that yet, but you know, we we we were discussing and it…
5. 14:46and multiplying so forth and so on. So that certainly the act itself is enjoyable, but…
6. 18:24to flatter them. Meaning to condone the things they're doing. And he'll also have to give…
7. 21:58That's the first commandment. So it all starts with that. The if you do not believe…
8. 25:31always have that bit of of um of a un lack of lack of assurance lack…
9. 29:05it's from our perspective infin- infinitesimally small, hitting the rock, you know, it it it's of…
10. 32:44She mean our in the merit of the belief that our forefathers had in God the…

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