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The A.R.T. of Prayer & 13 million Mitzvos with Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit

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Rabbi Asher Baruch Wegbreit

A session on improving connection to Hashem and His Mitzvot.

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[Music] You see your tomorrow. [Music] like to welcome back the viewers of Yen and Torreni time to the Kavanait's Foundation where we're trying to become present in the presence of Hashem. What could be better? So, and um I'm going to I've been called I' I've been called into Miloim of Yuben because Rabbi Flax has been called into mill defending the country and uh I hope we all u let's all do for him and everybody else that they're safe and victorious against the enemy. Having said okay the other thing is this I I I've as I said the goal of what I'm trying to do is help us be present in the presence of Hashem. The idea of mindfulness is very popular these days and it's it's very helpful. It it helps to be present. However, as my Rebby taught, Rabbi Green Shiman Green that meditation and mindfulness finish, Judaism starts because we are also trying to be in the moment but in the in a moment of relationship with the one who is fueling the universe and helping our heartbeat, etc. So that's that's what we're focused on is being present. So it's really fitting um that I was asked to speak about to file about prayer because that's a that's very direct in and but we also teach in this foundation how this can bring you into the presence of Hashem. This can connect you in a very deep way. And I'm not talking about the blessing only. the blessing obviously, right? But I'm saying the act of drinking can draw you close to Hashem. A smile can draw you close to Hashem by driving. There's so many there there's just really no uh activity that isn't um isn't an opportunity if you're not if you're present. Okay. Having said that, I just want to encourage people of

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  2. 4:56the word kavana like I had good kavana in prayer anyone not rabbi posted any how…
  3. 9:16the other person is by being concerned about their financial welfare and their self-esteem and their…
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  6. 22:12everything's good you're the source of it all okay now that it help okay it now…
  7. 26:25this because I'm teaching adonoi." Right? When you make a blessing, when you pray, you're saying…
  8. 30:46you infuse the fact that all the shea everything like every time I do this where…
  9. 35:05dry run okay it helps to take a deep breath beforehand by the [Applause] Bor adonoi…
  10. 39:13recognize You're dependent on Hashem for your perna for some deal to succeed and you're like…

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