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The short way is long and the long way is short

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Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi

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And tonight I have the privilege of having a friend of mine a friend of our community someone that Baruch Hashem we had the privilege of having him having him here already several times and everyone Baruch Hashem like him very very much. It is my honor and my pleasure to ask Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi to say a few words. Shana tova everyone. Gmar chatima tova. I'm honored again to come and speak here. Baruch Hashem. And after 40 intensive days with preparation for the key moment today we feel a little bit drop a little bit drop in the tension in the preparation in avodat Hashem. That's the way of this evil inclination the yetzer hara to tell the person okay, now it's time to relax. You worked so hard selichot this effort ma so much take take a week or two. Come sukkot picnic shish kebab you know Come on ma don't be fanatic. But the truth is that the clever Jew is the one that in these days will go to even higher level. Why? To show Hakadosh Baruchu I do it not because I have to not because I'm afraid not because I am worried judgement day of course judgement day every person will prepare for the judgement day. I'm doing it after I know the judge signed dismissed on my case. Now I'm going to be even better. That's really the goal. Which means I do it because I love to do it because I'm honored to do it. Not because I had to do it because I know preparation for Yom Hadin of course. I wanted to speak about few things that few sicknesses of our communities not

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  1. 0:13And tonight I have the privilege of having a friend of mine a friend of our
  2. 6:33Okay so we see that the body the mind and the body has a direct effect
  3. 12:51actually a long way, as I say. And sometimes there's a long way which is actually
  4. 19:20Kids, 5 6 years old, you already know where they're heading to. He has the the
  5. 25:52those who always live in a doubt that the Talmud, the Gemara, the Mishna, it's also
  6. 32:12Right now, TAKE HIM TO We're hanging him together right now." So they take him. Everyone
  7. 38:31cuz remember, ego created all that. So if we take those hundreds of millions of dollars
  8. 44:51better than him. Second, maybe this guy that doesn't look so religious, maybe he corrected so
  9. 51:17but there's another thing, now he wants to be a chazan. That's called I saw in
  10. 57:34not only will accept it, he'll kiss your hand for it. Thank you for saving me.

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