Rabbi Guy Matalon - Mesilat Yesharim - Chapter 7

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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.

we just finished yesterday the site of ishmael chapter 6 where we learned about this idea of quickness right when we have a mitzvah what are we supposed to do it right actually do it why because if we don't there is an aspect of our nature that's going to drag us down and the idea there's something very interesting in the end he mentions that i didn't mention so he says that the reason once we get to a level of of this quickness and this ability to go against the human nature of being lazy we reach closer and closer to the level of angel because angels when god commands an angel to do something what does the angel do i don't want to do it i'm tired i'll just do it later can somebody else go destroy sodom can somebody else go kill these people i'm busy i'm playing what was that candy crush i come in like level whatever it is i can't stop doesn't work that way so the idea is to get as close as we can to angels we're angels where hashem says do something he doesn't there is no lag time there is no i'm gonna go to the bathroom i gotta wash my hands i gotta eat a lollipop and bother the instructor in front of his face okay

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1. 0:11we just finished yesterday the site of ishmael chapter 6 where we learned about this idea…
2. 2:52i'd say maybe take a question up which is the things that you don't do very…
3. 5:27i was walking home and i saw this lady with bags and she was carrying and…
4. 8:07to the action now let's talk about when the action you started the mitzvah so let's…
5. 10:46this it's a missile you have to do it i mean even if you don't like…
6. 13:24uh that there's lots of cases in the torah that when you learn torah you see…
7. 16:07do i need to be lit up first to get this quickness or do i need…
8. 18:44see that the body has this one feeling of heavy of just leave me alone let…
9. 21:26but i'm not here for that right now that's for later i'll do it in the…
10. 23:57correct no but but it's only it only works when you know you're aware that the…

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