CHAZAQ's Torah Talks #213 Rabbi Hillel Eisenberg - Passion in Judaism

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It is important to remind oneself perhaps every day, perhaps every hour, perhaps every 10 minutes that God is perfect. He needs nothing. He does not need us. We are ants in his eyes. Obviously, we're not, but we are ants. He doesn't need us. So, why did he give us the Torah? He gave us the Torah because he is a dispenser of good. He is interested in giving goodness to the world. We have been granted access to the most exclusive blueprint and road road path and treasure map to the best road path and treasure map to the best way to live your life on earth. It's not a book of laws. It's a rule book to guide me to the greatest, most fulfilled, most meaningful life on earth. [Music] And welcome to Kazak Torah Talks, Kazak's program with special guests. We have with us all the way from Lakewood, Rabbi Hill Eisenberg. Welcome. >> Thanks for having me. >> It is so good to see the rabbi over here >> It is so good to see the rabbi over here at the Kazak headquarters. And we're going to be speaking about passionate Judaism, which is which is a title and topic I'm really excited about. And it's just in time for the high hol days, which we'll discuss as well. Before we get to the exciting topic, Rabbi, we got a little bit of background about yourself and the great work you're involved with. >> Sure. So, my name is Hill Eisenberg. I am originally from Rochester, New York, which is very up north near like polar bears and penguins. And I grew up in this small little town. My father is a baluva. He grew up and be

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1. 0:00It is important to remind oneself perhaps every day, perhaps every hour, perhaps every 10 minutes…
2. 2:06>> it's Gishmak to be a Yid, but also not everyone's to not everyone could merit,…
3. 4:41needs nothing. He does not need us. We are ants in his eyes. Obviously, we're not.…
4. 6:44holy days where it could be daunting. Even life in general could be daunting. Here you…
5. 9:17simply recommit to make the commitments knowing that we're probably in all likelihood going to fail…
6. 11:49and this is how I'm going to do it or these are the areas of my…
7. 13:53my wife a $20,000 ring. I bought my my son World Series tickets. I just don't…
8. 16:24your coffee on your shirt. You have 30 things. Your kids are flinging schnitle across the…
9. 18:29tell me well that's how the events came about, right? That's where the Jews went out…
10. 21:02a zebra and you go back to sleep. Well, that's who you should, you know, emulate.…

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