The Gate of Love | Orchos Tzaddikim

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The opening of this shiur, in Rav Dov Ber Cohen’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[clears throat] We're continuing our journey into perfection. Understanding that you'll never be perfect. >> Only I can be. But you can you can get pretty good you guys. You're not bad. And that's what we're trying to do. We're trying to perfect ourselves as much as we can. We said perfection is three things. Number one, character traits. Number two, positive impact. Number three, spiritual consciousness. That's what we're working on. But the very basic foundation, character traits. And character traits we said are called midot. What does mid mean? Mida means a midot. What does mid mean? Mida means a measurement. So [snorts] who can tell me a bad character trait? >> Anger. >> No, >> they're the true measure of the person. >> Like that. >> I love English people. Why are they called mid dot? Because mid dot means measure. Because they're the true measure of a person. I like that. So yes, but no, the truth is every trait is just a trait and it's every trait is just a trait and it's good or bad depending on when and how and how much you use it. So says you should be angry. Only in one instance should be angry with your yetahara. No, you do not put those thoughts into my head. Bam. I'm not listening to you. Shut up. You can't be angry. Apart from that, you can feel some indignation when there's

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2. 2:33something. But there are better ways to prepare for your exam. But anyway, that's what we're…
3. 5:09anything. I love you. She's like, "Is that are you sure that's okay?" Sure. You know,…
4. 7:45when you're deving, but probably not. You're talking to Hashem, but you're not actually thinking about…
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