When God wants His children to IGNORE Him

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

If you're talking to one of your children and they say, "I'm getting a call from a sibling. They need me." You don't say, "How disrespectful. Call them back later. Continue to talk to me." You say, "Nothing gives me mater greater joy or happiness in the world than the loyalty between my children." Aram at an advanced age underwent a serious surgical procedure. He performed the circumcision of Brrism Milan on himself. He's on the recovery. Aram is sitting outside of his tent. And more painful, worse than the physical recovery is that feeling of loneliness and the feeling of lacking purpose. He wants to be helping. He wants to be doing. He wants to be hosting. And Hashem had thought he was protecting Aram by making it so hot outside nobody would be passing by. Aram for once would not have to host. But it turns out it was more painful for Aram to be alone than even to host others. Aram is in the middle of a conversation ostensibly. We'll come back in a moment with the Almighty when he interrupts because he raises his eyes and he sees there are three men who are standing over him and so he runs to greet them. Runs runs while in recovery in pain but again he doesn't feel the pain. He feels more pain not helping than he does running to assist. He runs in order to greet them. And Rashi Rashi quotes the great rabbis who conclude from here It is greater greater to receive guests than even to have a conversation with Hashem because after all Aram is in the

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1. 0:00If you're talking to one of your children and they say, "I'm getting a call from…
2. 0:30feeling of loneliness and the feeling of lacking purpose. He wants to be helping. He wants…
3. 1:03there are three men who are standing over him and so he runs to greet them.…
4. 1:33middle of a dialogue with the Almighty. Hashem has come to visit him and he says…
5. 2:03[clears throat] put Hashem on hold, to tell the Almighty, he'll come back to him later,…
6. 2:34doesn't express disappointment it's not wrong to put hashem on hold to help others Why? Because…
7. 3:04"How disrespectful. Call them back later. Continue to talk to me." You say, "Nothing gives me…
8. 3:34with a tremendous aas hashem. What a great loss.…

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