How to Start Off Your Day — the Secret of Modeh Ani

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

running the Moda an program so this is dedicated in the loving memory and for The Unique soul and in tribute to Mayor Khan also in loving memory of someone who I also had the privilege of knowing RAB K Baker Kap Ben Hali Bak of blessed memory he was the chairman of the laich foundation of South Africa and in whose honor kabad House of South AFA recording in progress in whose honor kabad House of South in whose honor kabad House of South Africa will in the coming months be publishing the great work known as the essence of inas May both of their memories be a blessing to all of us and may their souls continue to be sources of light love inspiration to their families to their loved ones to the entire South African amazing Jewish community to all of us to all of the Jewish all of the Jewish people and thank you very very much let's delve in to the topic that we want to explore today this evening here it's this afternoon by you it's this evening and that is the meaning of the prayer of mod which is essentially gratitude gratitude for a new day it's today in today's era that we can truly appreciate the wisdom of our sages who told us that the first thing when you wake up in the morning offer gratitude and the way we do it in the Jewish tradition is you open your eyes before you went to the bathroom before you brushed your teeth before you showered before you attended your needs before you made your bed before you even washed your hands washed your face got rid of all

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1. 0:32running the Moda an program so this is dedicated in the loving memory and for The…
2. 6:13and the first thing we say is I'm grateful for the soul that you have given…
3. 11:53soul or I am I in the place of my shells my husks in the soul…
4. 17:35that's the idea in great is your faith in whom in me great is your trust…
5. 23:13that you endured and you know and heaven knows how much you struggled and how much…
6. 29:24in Old voices and old triggers it's not a new day it's SOS same old or…
7. 35:01why why are you real I mean come on I know me I'm a mess I…
8. 40:39probably still do even though it's new generations so one of the great sages of Lithuanian…
9. 46:23grasp we can't make sense of it because if we do it's not infinite it's only…
10. 52:05result realizing that this is exactly where my soul needs to be number two it helps…

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