CHAZAQ's Torah Talks #202 Rabbi Nechemiah Gottlieb - Contemporary Challenges, Eternal Values

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That is insanity. Insanity. You're texting when you're driving. That's the kind of nefasious. That's life-threatening. You're going to have kids in your car. You're a father. You're a mother. That's just a little hint how enslaved we are. Even unfortunately, when we use it as a tool, the tool is enslaving. We don't have workplaces anymore. We don't have work hours anymore. We're busy with our emails, with our WhatsApps, with whatever. Forget about the entertainments. Forget about it. Forget about everything else that's going on. It just transformed life. All of a sudden, people like embraced it in a crazy crazy way. Where's your private life? Where are your priorities? Money is important. Believe me, I get it. But what about all the other things which enrich our lives? I'm not even talking about spirituality. I'm talking about relationships. I'm talking about you have a hobby. You want to do something. You you know, you're you're a person. You're you you have so much to yourself. [Music] And welcome to Torah Talks Kazak's program with special guests. We have with us all the way from Lakewood, New Jersey, Rabbi Godly. Welcome, Rabbi. How are you? It's so good to have the rabbi on Torah Talks and we're going to be speaking about contemporary challenges, eternal values. And uh before we get to the topic, we get a little bit background about the rabbi and the great work you're involved with. Okay. Um we'll start where I think from where it's

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1. 0:00That is insanity. Insanity. You're texting when you're driving. That's the kind of nefasious. That's life-threatening.…
2. 2:34the and the children and as a I became involved in that and eventually when I…
3. 5:38their marriage and for and for everything else but that is easily identifiable and it's and…
4. 8:43Everything is in the palm of your hand. So I think that is that is what…
5. 11:49way the way most people in our generation struggle with their weight and struggle with their…
6. 14:53runs the world. There's nothing neutral in the world. That is a fiction. If this thing…
7. 17:31Okay. So I think uh it to a large extent you know it's it's it's the…
8. 20:36Thank you. It takes less than 30 seconds. And I know that that means that you…
9. 23:43It's an area in which I'm constantly looking for ways to grow. Not too much, not…
10. 26:47maybe it's life-threatening he said but a flip phone is suicide so a person who went…

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