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  harvey -4 years ago

  Rabbi, you explained how the Yetzer Horah (or the Klippah) is the voice inside of us that says, I’m no good, I’m not worthy, I’m a sinner, I did so many things wrong, who am I to think that I can approach the RBS”O and for forgiveness, and ask for a good year , and for parnassah?!

  Rabbi Sinmcha Weinberg Shlit’a says, on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, in every Sh’moneh Esrei, we say “U’v’chein, tayn pachdechah . . . “ and “U’v’chein, tayn kavod . . .”, and “U’v’chein, Tzadidkim . . . “ What’s this “U’v’chein”?

  He says, that in Megillas Esther, 4:16 לֵךְ כְּנוֹס אֶת-כָּל-הַיְּהוּדִים הַנִּמְצְאִים בְּשׁוּשָׁן, וְצוּמוּ עָלַי וְאַל-תֹּאכְלוּ וְאַל-תִּשְׁתּוּ שְׁלֹשֶׁת יָמִים לַיְלָה וָיוֹם--גַּם-אֲנִי וְנַעֲרֹתַי, אָצוּם כֵּן; וּבְכֵן אָבוֹא אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ, אֲשֶׁר לֹא-כַדָּת, וְכַאֲשֶׁר אָבַדְתִּי, אָבָדְתִּי.16 'Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day; I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.'

  Rabbi Weinberg explains, Esther said to Mordechai, let all the Jews in Shushan fast for me for 3 days and nights, and I and my maidens, too, will fast for 3 days and nights. After the 3 days, I will have not showered, not washed my hair, not changed my clothes and I’m gonna stink and look all disheveled . . . וּבְכֵן אָבוֹא אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ

  That’s is what it means when we say 3 times in each Shmoneh Esrei, וּבְכֵן  -->I am soiled, I am no good, I have made so many mistakes and sins, some intentionally and some by accident, I said bad things to, and about, people, and I stink and look disheveled and feel unworthy . . . וּבְכֵן אָבוֹא אֶל-הַמֶּלֶךְ –

  Nonetheless, I come before you to do teshuva.

  And My thought is that teshuva does not mean repentance, it comes from the shoresh la’shuv – to return, which means to return to the relationship that I had with you Hashem, before I messed up.

  Kol Tuv!Warmly,

  Harvey (Heshie) Klein, MD,

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  Sara -4 years ago

  You cracked me up with the story

  Of the boy who was singing his own song. That happens 😊

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  Molly -4 years ago

  WOW !!!!!

  Dear Rabbi. 
  
  

  Thank you for today's class. It was so deep and yet basic ! It was so fundamental. an absolute 101 life class. It also gives another whole understanding to free will because when you understand a Mitzva vs a sin your starting point is different. 
  It felt like one of the classes from basics of Emuna !

  Even after hearing the class of does HaShem need you, today's class added more deeptg and explanation.
  A very special class ! 

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• Anonymous -4 years ago

  The idea the Rebbe makes is found in the great Mussar sefarim, for example, in Rabenu Yonah in Yesod Hateshuva

   

  Smiliarly in Mesilas Yesharim (19) regarding Davening:

  

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• Anonymous -4 years ago

  The Tzemech Tzedek writes 

  

  it seems that only a talmid chacham needs this yeshus NS THE WAY WE ARE SAYING - IT IS THE OPPOSITE SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A TALMID CHACHAM NEEDS IT?

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Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #2

Rabbi YY Jacobson

• July 9, 2020
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• 17 Tamuz 5780
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Classes in this Series

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  1 hr 14 min

  Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #1

  When Arrogance Is Good for You

  Why Every Sin Is Defined as Spilling Blood

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  1 hr 26 min

  Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #3

  When Toxicity Defines Itself By Its Name, It's Not Toxic

  What I Observe Becomes Part of Me

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  1 hr 3 min

  Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #4

  Are You Alive or Do You Just Make Believe?

  Why Does the Yetzer Hara Never Stop Trying to Trap Me?

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  1 hr 10 min

  Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #5

  What Is Bitul? Shedding Any Thought That I Am Not Divine Light

  When You See Yourself as the Divine Light & Vessel in This World, You Become Fully Alive

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  1 hr 16 min

  Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #6

  One with the Source of Life

  Even the Finitenss of My Life Can Become a Conduit for Intrinsic Life

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  1 hr

  Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #7

  How Kedusha Thinks; How Kelipa Thinks

  What the Casinos Do To Keep the Addicts

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  1 hr 11 min

  Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #8

  The Core of Kelipa: Negative Existence

  The Three Differences Between Kedusha and Kelipa

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  1 hr 12 min

  Chassidus: Maamer V'hikrisem, Matos-Masei 5712 #9

  After Spilling the Blood, I Need to Find Refuge in the Divine Oasis

  Conclusion and Summation of the Maamar