Rabbi Chay Amar - Building Your Temple

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The opening of this shiur, in R. Hecht Wednesday Night Shiur’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

[Applause] Thank you. Prayer for our brothers and sisters in Israel. Those who can't find their seats, I'm sure there's a bunch of seats here. Hashem, I invite you to shut your phones, open your hearts, and uh let your minds explore the unexplored. She [Music] may be for [Music] [Music] the royal Israelch. [Music] Fore [Music] may be adulter. be adulter. Good evening. We find ourselves in the 3 weeks and the nine days which are supposed to be the most difficult days of the history of the Jewish people. The Sabbath days, the most complicated days, the darkest days, days of destruction, days of mourning. But at the same time, But at the same time, the month that we are in is called the month of aim of the father. Why is this month called the father if it's so low? If it's so broken, if it's so dark, our sages teach us because this month will be the father of all months. We know the time of glory of the Jewish people, the time that made us who we are. A nation for God suddenly will pale in front of the month of Av. What is special about Av? First of all, on the 17th of Tamuz, First of all, on the 17th of Tamuz, there was the first breach in the wall that surrounded Jerusalem. Three weeks later, the destruction of the first temple and then the destruction of the second temple. What lesson do we need to learn? And almost 2,000 years later, what is the lesson for every single one of us? Originally when God commanded that there should be a temple, he saidd, "Make for me a mikdash. Make for me a sanctuary, a holy place, and I will dwell." It doesn't say, "I will dwell in it in Hebrew, but rather it says

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1. 0:00[Applause] Thank you. Prayer for our brothers and sisters in Israel. Those who can't find their…
2. 4:22Originally when God commanded that there should be a temple, he saidd, "Make for me a…
3. 8:58is it exactly? The answer lies in the word Jerusalem. The word Yahushim in Hebrew which…
4. 13:03towards a purpose, towards a mission. Taking a potential and not let it be broken. by…
5. 17:50it means a whole word world. It says concerning Abraham, Abraham, our forefather [Music] got tested,…
6. 22:34later, himself became sick. Another rabbi came to visit him and he said, "Do you enjoy…
7. 26:46No, I don't. Ah. Now we can start the process of healing. It's time to go…
8. 31:28The middle on one side the spiritual opposite to it the physical but a beautiful marriage…
9. 35:36Our prayer what we do three times a day is actually in lure instead of the…
10. 40:18Celebrate your shortcomings because they're not failures. They're actually the step that's going to push you…

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