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Understanding Mitzvot - Part 1 - Rebbetzin Raquel Kirszenbaum
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so we finished with all these things now
we understand what the purpose of Tarawa
is the purpose of the world nothing when
I raise this but you all get in her
contact info okay great so now we said
right that ties the condition of the
world Jewish people chose to die
everyone else sort of didn't choose but
there were people that chose this is
comfort comfort are the souls that do
want to be part of the Jewish people but
as a whole their nations are not what
they said yes so God says welcome ok
great so then right we said Jewish
people chose what does it means to
choose where was Abraham's life time
like your ears listen to what your mouth
is saying if something is true you have
to do it no because you like it or not
but rather because something is true
right that's what it means to be a
chosen people it means ambassadors of
Gordon chosen means responsibility we're
chosen because we chose really I could
have taught two more classes about this
but apparently all of you are deciding
to leave anytime soon so I should get to
the next topic great so the next
question would be God so we're the
chosen people that's beautiful what do
you make our life so hard you know to be
exact we have 630 meets world that are
divided into thousands and thousands and
thousands and thousands on minimis Road
so that pretty much every single she's
looking at me in a very traumatized way
pretty much at every single second of
your life you could be involved doing a
mitzvah right actually there meets
photon your basic necessities and other
things that you would even have to do
just because you have to like eating
drinking sleeping right showering right
but if you do them with awareness that
you're doing a mitzvah they become its
work so now we said Judaism is not a
self gratifying religion it's pretty
hard we're here to serve God right God
is the center I'm trying to reach the
center so my question is what do we have
so many we talk why is I so hard
couldn't just go make it a little bit
easier right literally you have meat
well for when you sleep or when you you
know so what do we have so many me too
so that's one question
first of all let's understand what I'm
advice so if you've been in a van
enough and you talk to a seminary girl
and you ask her what a mitzvah she'll
tell you any nice thing I want you to do
for me okay did you ever know that this
is like the definition of people can you
do a mitzvah can you bring me a cup no
that's not a mitzvah is not included in
the 613 commandments okay
do not let don't tell me I didn't tell
you do not let people brainwash you and
take advantage of you calling it a
mitzvah this is specifically when you go
home your parents go
isn't there a mitzvah to respect your
parents you have to do everything I say
I mean there is a mitzvah to respect
your parents that doesn't mean you have
to do everything they say you can't
contradict them but we're not going to
go into it because I'm not teaching you
how to respect your parents now they are
good at it but I've gotten so much
better so if mom you ever see this the
beauty of being recorded okay great so
again most people think what Sumitra
Mitzvah it's a good deed
this is no true whatsoever okay the word
Mitzvah is really translated as a
commandment okay we have six hundred and
thirteen of them but now what is a
commandment okay the word Mitzvah comes
from the word self self has two meanings
now you really need to understand what
I'm going to say right now because then
I'm gonna give you some truth that
you're not gonna like but I'm gonna
teach it anyways because this is what I
do that were me track ons were in the
word Java Java has two meanings
it's order commandment this is why we
call it a Maitre or connection yeah say
that no this it's a dick but no say that
it's order of like one two three four
five yeah Savitz order of commandment
you shall be nice to your mother okay so
now right this is very important by
definition when someone tells you to do
something do you want other where no by
definition even when someone tells you
to do something that you usually do
because you want to do it the moment
someone tells you
do it now you don't want to why because
you like doing whatever you want
whenever you want you have a sense of
autonomy independence you want to own
your life which I'm not really gonna go
into it but we spoke about this last
time the more you think you do whatever
you want and therefore you're free the
more not free you are because you really
enslave to your own self right but what
do we know when someone commands you to
do something you by definition do not
wanna do you love watching TV your mom
comes and says now you're gonna see that
watch TV here were so Mathilde right the
kid loved chocolate cake what happened
when the lady says mrs. what's-her-name
I forgot she's caring okay
ask Trunchbull ah what happens when mrs.
transferred says you have to eat
chocolate cake who would want that I
don't want right so now listen to what
I'm it's like God gave you 613
commandments with millions and millions
of ramifications by definition when God
commands you to do something you don't
want to work but you overcome the fact
that you don't want to do it because you
yearn for connection with God more than
you yearn for connection with your own
self you heard that this is very
important let's go again
what a mitzvah Mitzvah comes from I
desire to connect to work how do I
connect to God by being commanded into
doing something I don't want to do it
but God I love you more than I even love
myself and therefore I let go of my own
ego I let go of my own wants my own
needs because I yearn for connection
with you
therefore let me make a bold statement
right if the whole point of doing a
mitzvah is developing a relationship
with God and I'm gonna explain so don't
go yet if I have no awareness that I'm
doing a mitzvah when I'm doing a mitzvah
is not a Mitzvah right because why by
definition can i connect to someone that
I don't know it's on the other side of
the table no I can only develop a
relationship what's the first step in
developing a relationship it's
acknowledging there's someone to develop
a relationship with right can I develop
a relationship with so many if I don't
know they exist no and therefore let's
say this again in order for a mitzvah to
be our mid son I'm gonna explain I have
to have a where
mamita so one more time God commands you
to do something you don't want to do it
but being that you want to connect go to
God so much you overcome yourself you
overcome your ego and therefore you
connect with God right this is the way
once therefore that means right there's
a very famous saying in Hebrew right
this is written in Bukavu it's a
reformer Dada
Agora according to the effort is that we
weren't right this is like equation
according to the effort is that we want
some people say but it's so hard for me
the harder it is for you the more of a
relationship you're doing because when
we spoke about now seven each man why
did I said if I don't like cookies and I
give them to you is that called giving
now what is altima giving I want it for
myself my Belgium waffle but I love you
more than I love my Belgian waffle and
therefore I'm able to share like any
shares all of course but she doesn't
like right right but what is the point
the harder it is for me do I have to
overcome myself so much more but
therefore I am making a statement that I
love you that much more that I want to
connect them much more so sometimes
people say oh but it's so hard for me
you're so lucky your statement is that
much greater because being that you have
to overcome yourself so much more you
are making a statement that that
relationship matters to you much more
right it is not hard to give when I
don't really care about what I'm giving
that's why I told you one time and let's
repeat this phrase it's very important
phrase that or that says right we know
we have free will what is the ultimate
choice of free will listen to it is to
let go of your free will to go I say to
God God Willy I love you so much
whatever you want that's what I do
because we said when you love someone
right
what makes you happy to make that
someone that you love happy and really
love it is measured like how much would
I what would I be willing to let go for
you because what did we say right how do
I know what I really want you remember
this there's something you
tell me what you want what you really
want and then there is do you really
want it how do you know which one you
want
how do you know what's number one why
would I be willing to let go for number
one the more you're willing to let go
for something the higher up on the scale
on the on the priority order goes all
right and therefore God commands you to
do something I don't want to do it but
God I want you and if it doesn't really
matter if I want to do it or not the
fact that I am commanded gives me that
resistance that I wouldn't want to do it
because I am a commander but I do it
because I yearn for connection this is
why Ryland make a statement that Dora
says a person should never say I don't I
don't like big right but rather a person
should say I wouldn't eat pig but God
doesn't let me you hear the difference
I would it be I would wear shirts I
wonder cuz I don't know good on them but
right but God doesn't let me because
really why don't we eat pig cuz God says
you can't eat pig if God would like you
surely Pig do you have to be big yes
this is why by the way if you ever look
into a Torah all of the people that were
tested were always tested with that
quality which was natural for them for
example Yakko we know that Yakko was a
man of truth where was his test go cheat
and pretend yourself how could I be oh
are you a truthful person because it
managed from you because it's your
nature or because I command you you hear
that how am I gonna know when God asked
you to know be truthful are you gonna do
it yes why because I wasn't doing it
just because he was emanating for me but
because God said Xterra she was the most
modest woman that ever existed you don't
know Westar from a Gila tester Queen
across Pharos whatever then there was
the skin color as well she was speaking
a wife right Esther Esther if I said in
Ashkenazi make sense okay Esther no it's
really a stain about best-selling okay
so you know what happened with Queen
Esther as Esther I started right now
okay I'm like getting into my Ashkenazi
guys there was this King color
we know she was speaking a wife right so
all of the wives lead a parade everyone
came with their makeup their stuff
whatever and I thought that Esther came
without anything she just you know she
was shy so she was like okay they'll
pick me whatever and then suddenly what
happened Mordecai said to Esther
Mordecai or whatever you people call it
right cause that's - I said gosh where
oh she wants to kill the Jewish people
because of her man you need to lose
something go and present yourself to a
king right obviously doesn't mean like
go and present yourself to a king and
like that you want to say something it
means now you know like use your female
enchantment okay now that Tyrell says I
said when she will were here oil
clothing okay get a hint on it and she
seduced a hospital now imagine you're
the most modest woman in the world and
you have to go and seduce this guy you
don't even like you have to do some
stuff you know you have to have some
tricks under the table right why did God
do this to her
because Esther are you modest because
that's your nature how am I gonna know
of you being modest because it's your
nature because it's a mitzvah when I
request you to break that Mitzvah would
you do it yes because how do you know
when a meteorite sumitra would you be
willing to break that midwife God tells
you to do so because in reality why do
you keep them intra because God told you
and if the me tries to break the mitzvot
does the meter you understand is it
coming from you or is it coming from God
Abraham was the most kind person always
fighting against sacrificing is some
people's children whatever says God go
and talk about your child by the way the
whole Torah says you shouldn't do it but
God says go on do it
what do you mean God you learn in your
trial you shouldn't do it fine but he
thought that I was written by me and now
I decide to write something I mean he
didn't decide to write something else
but I tell you once I do you have to do
it yes because what is at the end of the
day your choice what I'm choosing is to
the will of God does it matters right if
I can't not get understand not
understand that we love God no my choice
is to do the will of God even when the
will of God looks different from what I
thought was the will of God
you understand that so now what person
says you shouldn't say I would
big I would eat big but God does not let
me and if you want I'm starving and
there's nothing to eat except for big
and you might be very happy okay
and you eat that pig you're doing a
mitzvah because the Torah says you
cannot die out of starving I mean
there's something to eat you're
obligated to break them into an area to
it and if you're in the middle of
Shabbat and someone is dying or whatever
you need to call you know someone you
have to do it and breaking Shabbat in
that moment it's actually doing a meat
wrap and if you're going to our wedding
and the bride is horrible okay the have
you ever seen a horrible bride not so
many and she asked you how do I look and
you tell her you look beautiful
you're not lying you're doing a mitzvah
because there's a mix of making a break
happy and her wedding day you understand
this this is how it goes so now let's go
into a next point what did we say if I'm
doing a mitzvah without awareness that
I'm doing a mitzvah is not really a
mitzvah now it could be making me into a
better person because obviously there
are some it's vote that are just gonna
make you into a better person if you
speak the truth is that a bit try not to
write yes if I'm a person that always
speaks the truth
am I getting into being a better person
of course I am if I did if I returned
lost objects is that turning me into a
better person
yes but if I don't do it with the
awareness it is a mitzvah it's
thermometer and whenever I say these
people go crazy you know cause like it
could be you kept me it's what all of
your life without having really don't me
drop but that reality is let's say I
have money in the bank with this Kostas
condom but I do not know I have money in
the back do I know I am do I have money
in the bank no you understand if you do
a mitzvah without knowing intermittent
are you relating to someone no you still
did the meter I still have the money but
I technically don't have the money you
understand that's the way it works right
now obviously there are some it's world
that you cannot do without knowing their
meter at Shabbat nor whatever just
decided I'm gonna keep Shabbat right
okay
board the greater your awareness like
doing something because it's a mitzvah
the greater the mitra is therefore that
means right the divine only do something
because it's logical because I like it
because I agree with it
my meat is not that big because let's
say I keep caution because I think it's
healthy right
Who am I connecting to myself I am the
center of my world am i connecting to
God there's not even going in the
picture right I don't even realize
there's go let's say I keep you know
let's say the fashion now is maxi skirts
everyone has maxi skirts to it take
advantage of the fact you could wear
them they're not made for people like me
the point is okay you go and what's
fashion now maxi skirt so you go you buy
a few are you wearing a skirt yes are
you dressing modestly yes are you
keeping from you
no you don't even know what to notice
how could you be keeping something if
you don't even know what it is you know
what happens if I'm dressing modestly
because maxi skirts are in fashion right
let's say by the way I do people do it
yes
when maxi skirts are not gonna be on
fashion am I gonna wear them anymore no
so was I ever really 10 or what did we
set last time when a baby gives little
steps the whole point of those little
steps is to get to work but if I only
gave baby steps I mean obviously my case
I don't even have awareness I'm doing
the baby steps right but I didn't get to
walk where there are points for the baby
steps
no if I wear skirts because I like them
right without having awareness I'm doing
it because God says I should do it does
that means I'm gonna wear skirts from a
whole life am i relating to God am i
doing it because he's right am i doing
it because I like you understand it if I
keep kosher because it's healthy and
logic will I keep all of the other
mitzvahs when I don't think they're
healthy and logic no and on the end of
the range that or I it's truth and a try
is perfect
it comes from God and therefore
everything in it is truth I'm perfect
now it might be I don't agree with it it
might be I don't like it but my no
to swimmin in anyways I never it's okay
you understand
now obviously there are many things that
you're so dictates to you and you know
for them to be right but again I cannot
relate to someone if I don't know that
that someone else and therefore if all
of my life I've returned those two
objects and if I went to a cashier and I
gave back money I could be a nice person
I could be mother Teresa I am a very
good person right but I'll show you this
in one moment but my question is right
did that allow me to connect to God no
because it emanated from myself it
didn't emanate from God and I'm gonna
tell you something very big and using
great so let me tell you one of the 613
commandments one of the sticks on an
thirty commandment is quote you should
safeguard my Torah next one you should
not deviate from the rabbi's either to
the right or to the left
wait wait wait wait wait wait
you should safeguard my Torah yeah does
that means that rabbis need two things
to in order to protect the Torah
whenever they see that someone could
fall on that yes
therefore if you're doing what a rabbi
said you should be doing not a Brahmin
there's ways it's the majority lots of
things right then am I actually keeping
the Torah if your mom goes out with your
dad and she says your older brother is
in charge do you have to listen to your
older brother by listening to your older
brother are you listening to go to your
mom yes same thing you understand now
when it arises you should not deviate
from the rabbi's here to a rider to Alec
because in this we have no ability to
know exactly I mean it's obviously in
the Torah but when I have a question how
do I know what God wants God is not
going to reveal to me and give me the
answer you understand right but what
happens god we have something going on
Mona come in God's eyes in this world if
you want to call it that way is the
rabbi's and therefore when I'm doing
what the rabbi said I'm really doing
what God says because they're
representing God in this world you
understand why because obviously they
studied the most or the closest to what
God is you understand
and
when I'm doing what the rabbi said even
though it is from the rabbis I'm really
doing what God is saying the only
difference is I say Shabbat and I have
to break Shabbat there would be a
difference whether I break it from the
Torah from the prophets how do I break
it but at the end of the day everything
that I approach it like that you know by
the way it says you shouldn't deviate
from the rabbi's to a writer to a left
so Rashi the main commander in the Torah
says even if the rabbi's tell you you're
right is your left on your left is your
right you you have to do what they say
so all of that up I was like really
that's crazy like imagine you believe in
something and their eyes tell you
exactly the opposite you have to what
they said this is why it doesn't take
you shouldn't deviate shouldn't deviate
to a rider to a left even if they take
you right is your left your left your
right you have to what they said so how
could you accept this but then one day I
understood you know by the way did you
ever notice also that rabbis don't agree
with each other
Ashkenazi in donee kidney attempt essa
as Fareed doesn't he kidney attempt a
sac they died when I was dating I
wouldn't date an Ashkenazi I'm not
joking just because he wouldn't he try
some better and then I was like wait
it's just a week of your life you know
you have potatoes but like really I
wanted to i okay now I am Ashkenazi
sorry potatoes you people it's so much
potatoes okay I get started for us
Freddie now how could it be that for
someone something it's completely right
for someone something is gonna be me
wrong
yes so then I am there Stuart there was
this cake in facebook the other day
what's all this cake it's a big lesson
on shallow bite how to have peace with
your husband and wife right
the wife wanted a white wedding cake the
husband wanted a wedding cake that was
from Superman how do you call these
people Superman and Batman there's a
name for them
superheroes whatever no but they're it's
like okay super comics the point is that
designer made a white cake that then
open up a little layer was like a
curtain and then you heart papa
okay so if you look at it from this side
is it white if you look at it from this
that is it Batman if this person says is
Batman is this person it's like you
crazies white
in this race assesses white is this
person like you crazy Batman can both of
them work together yes you see
Judah is right everything works because
what did I tell you last time you rise
to meet the circle I could come from any
point of the circle to a center on each
always okay
right but what is the point the rabbi's
are there to protect the center when we
make choices many times it's because I
want to be I said I just don't like it I
don't agree with it it's not comfortable
for me that's the difference you know
it's right when you're looking to
protect that or when you're looking
through that or a better what I'm
looking to like do my life better
you know then obviously there's a little
problem I move the center you understand
right
so as I think so having said by all
right I do want to add this really I
think you said it but I'm gonna do it
now because you guys are here lots of
people say oh but what do I need Gord in
order to live a good life you know lots
of people tell me but I'm a good person
you ever heard this okay you need to
know this because you're always gonna
get someone that's usually Jewish that
tells you I don't need to be religious
I'm a good person you ever heard this
okay you're not in Israel they have this
thing called an eld belief about you in
the heart you know so a lot of people
put all of the pressure in the heart so
this is not good you could get a heart
attack
no okay but a lot of people say this so
my question is can you really be a good
person without God why do I need God to
command every single area of my life
okay so let's say I didn't do a mitzvah
what I can't be a good person because I
don't have meat what what Mother Teresa
she was a very good person
yes very good when they had a lady
Medina she didn't know like Mother
Teresa okay I don't know why but they
were no friends she was his mother that
is a good price yes was she religious
did she ever keep a mitzvah no so why do
i do meatwad in order to be a good
person why do I need like if I know when
it's wrong to steal do this to us
still being a good person I don't need
God yes it is a valid thing so now let
me really ask you a question and think
about this can you be an ultimate good
person without Torah yes or no
ultimate meaning the best you could ever
be best buy can you ever be glad kosher
without Torah yes or no no how do we
understand this and I'm gonna give you
something big think about this it is
written in the Torah this is an ethics
of our fathers without amend their
credits in Torah if you don't have good
values you cannot have torah meaning you
have to have morals and like good
qualities before you even get to her
remember the story of Rabbi Akiva he
didn't even eat Arab or his wife was
able to like sacrifice everything for
him why would you do it he was an
ignorant and after Isis because she saw
potential because he had good qualities
good qualities are like the container in
order to have Torah you need to have
good qualities you don't have good
qualities Torah doesn't go into a
container it's as if your container has
holes and therefore everything goes out
this is why many times you see religious
people that are not very good people
because they could be storing a lot of
Torah but there's nothing to contain it
and therefore it just goes outside it
doesn't remain right by the way I always
like to say and this is very important
don't George Torah by Jews
we don't always represent that order you
know even that religious Jews we're not
keeping we're not perfect because we're
religious don't judge Torah by Jews if
we would be behaving in the Torah way
believe me that way the work would be
perfect but no because I look religious
that already means I'm perfect and the
difference is I'm trying to protect
myself which maybe other people are not
but I'm for sure not not perfect you
know for sure right but now what does it
take if you don't have good values you
can't have to remain Directorate in
Turin right but then it says quote
Valley main Torah and their appearance
but if you don't have Torah you cannot
have good values you hear this if you
don't have good values you can have
Torah but if you don't have to really
you can't have good values
apparently they're interconnected
interdependent you can't have one
without the other one now why does it
work like that so I always say we all
have a definition of what's good and
what's not usually it according to our
society our house where we come from
right and we have a moral
compass but this compass is not always
in tune with reality how many things did
you guys say five years ago you would
never do and five years later you did
all of them how many things lots of
things and by the way when you said you
would never do it you were like that's
completely wrong I'm guaranteed when you
did them you found a million reasons why
wasn't that so wrong
could be because everyone does it are
you dream you better you know whatever
but is this the way it is does everyone
have that moral compass but it changes
with age it changes with you know
knowledge of life whatever you want to
call it you know one time I'm not
discussing whether you could do it or
not
but one time I was like giving a speech
to a like 18 years old so I don't know
how we got into it so I was discussing
something and I said like what do you
guys think of abortion I'm not
discussing whether you could do it or
not there's space for both in the Torah
but I'm not discussing this so they said
no I would never abort that's completely
wrong you know they came from like a
religious Society so then I'm like
playing with them whatever 20 minutes
later I'm like telling them a story and
then I said but she was 14 and she got
pregnant what was she supposed to
they all said she should have aborted
I'm like what did you just tell me 20
minutes ago you shouldn't do it I know
you're saying you should and they're
like I mean but like I'm 18
she's 14 how could you do it I'm like oh
so abortion is very wrong unless you
need to do it my way this one however
one lives their lives something is very
wrong unless I sort of need it you know
it never becomes right let's give you an
example does everyone thinks killing is
bad
yes right Hitler made killing into not
something something not into not only
something allowed something good pretty
much a mitzvah you show kill you know he
made this into a mitzvah right now you
could say Oh cause Hitler was evil
that's not true
the Germans you ever saw the Nuremberg
trials the movie okay if you haven't
seen this you should all of that 11 12
they were 12 but one of them committed
suicide 10 11 one of them committed to a
site when they were all asked why did
you do what you did and if you find
yourself guilty
no I follow instructions this is what
each one did after they were shown that
they killed thousands and thousands of
people how could it be it's very
important because you could take every
premise in the life and reduce there you
know I like rationalize it until not
only is it allowed it's a mitzvah right
could be another example you know let's
take our graffiti killing is bad right
you know that Walmart publishes every
single year a list of how many people do
they think will be damaged or dead after
the holiday season by being trampled ok
I'm not joking I think last year they
did or two years ago they did 2500 you
know cuz you people have Black Friday
I'm it's like after you're being
thankful for everything you have you
should kill other people okay whatever
I'm not making joke about it but there
was this guy one year I don't remember
when he was he went into Walmart you
know unlike the queue people it's a
Jumanji Stampeder
last year a woman one of the next box
she like not joking she stabbed three
people in order to get the Xbox in say
she went to jail she still got the Xbox
because apparently if you pay for it is
yours okay questions about this okay now
if you would have asked this woman
before she had a criminal record
probably no but I want the Xbox on
therefore it's okay it's okay to kill
its stealing bad yes or no you ever go
to the Eminem stories if you take the
Eminem's without paying for them that's
cause you know like American Airlines
not joking
saved I think a million dollars maybe a
billion I don't remember
by taking out one olive from each plate
of food in first class so believe me
when you're taking those M&Ms and you're
not paying for them you're stealing okay
you ever go to a supermarket and you
take grapes and the grapes and grapes
how much grapes people without paying
you ever go to a doctor and you get
there late yes or no you know that's
called stealing the next patient you
stole from their time you ever go to a
supermarket and you put your
carrot and then you go shopping that's
called stealing you're stealing people's
time by a way there is this famous movie
called Robin Hood or cartoon or whatever
you want right
roaming who was a thief right he's
considered a hero okay
in this case I guess it's a little
different because the guy stole from
everyone else okay whatever but still
what he did was through stealing yes or
no one time I was talking to someone in
Panama and she was like poor robbing who
steals from the rich to a poor I'm
looking at her and I'm like wait so if
you're stealing from rich people in
order to give to poor people then it's
okay she's like well yes poor people to
leave I'm like wait so you're rich and
poor can I steal from you so she says no
and I'm like why not cheap like cuz you
know me
am i okay we're not friends anymore can
I still know when does it become right
by the way this is a hero do we have all
of this thing yes so what happens listen
to is you can take any premise in the
world and change it according to your
needs by definition right have you ever
met someone that doesn't consider
themselves a good person not talking
about someone with self-esteem if you
like someone do you consider yourself a
good person most people say yes by a way
let me ask a question if you would put
it into his room mother Teresa I'm
Hitler okay both of them and you ask
them do you consider yourself a good
person who would say with much more
prying Hitler mother Teresa Hitler isn't
that interesting because what is good
who's defining what's good and good
what's not who's doing that I'm defining
it I am defining when you live a good
life yes your definition of what it
means to be good it's coming from
yourself right it's coming from whatever
you learned in your life but it's
dictated by yourself by definition if
good is dictated by you it's always
subjective it's always biased it is good
for you know an hour maybe and they do
it to like blow himself up they make
streets on the name of people that you
know blew themselves up and kill people
they consider them heroes are they wrong
right for them this is good okay for
everyone has a different definition of
good does that make sense and therefore
by definition this is what a Torah
saying if I want to be ultimately good
my definition of good needs to come from
somewhere objective because that would
be the only way of dictating what is
really right and not what it sounds good
to me by definition there is only one
objective truth that's good because do
all of us gain from whatever choice and
decision and understanding we have in
life of course we do this is why your
moral compass is changing you understand
because you're changing and you need to
make it look good because none of us
want to be bad people we all want to be
good people so what am I gonna do I'll
still do something that looked at me as
being bad but I just made it look good
you know that's why by the way we call
it rationalizing you know what is
rationalizing rational lies but you're
still lying to yourself you're not
listening to what your mouth is saying
you're doing something else you're not
in tune you understand and therefore
let's go back to it what does that saw
that says you cannot have Torah if you
don't have good values but you can not
have good thoughts without Torah because
the only way of really being good is
having objective truth that dictates to
you what good is and therefore coming
back to everything I've been saying
right was the whole point of a mitzvah
all of them it's why every single
Mitzvah and I'll talk about this more
tomorrow is done like this I could study
anything I want about the Mitzvah that's
in order to make myself do it happily
and inspiring or whatever but when it
comes to why am i doing the Mitzvah why
am i doing it cause God said oh nothing
else matters it doesn't matter you like
it if you think it's Rajic nothing
why am i doing it because God said oh
because the whole point is when I allow
some of my self to get in the middle of
my action then I'm gonna lose at the end
of the day because I'm gonna allow
myself to be able to make the choices
based on what I like based on what I
want and
myself the center you have to train
yourself to always do the actions just
because God said so that's the only way
you could guarantee that you really
making the right thing because it's not
emanating from you you're not biased
it's emanating from God
you understand and by the way if you see
this whenever we seen that you know
there was a there's a famous part in the
Quran then I'll finish with this that
Abraham goes down with Sarah to our
email not so much King Saudi manic was
gonna sleep with Sarah you remember the
story i REM said she was the sister so
he was gonna sleep with her so a sham
sent like a plague and Abimelech got
hurt by this plague so the next day of
him Alexei sever Hammonds are playing
okay there were no plane Barack or they
were playing other things okay whatever
and I'm email access to our ham why did
you lie to me saying she was your sister
when she's really you're right
don't you know that in this country
zombie hey like that we don't do like
you know taking people's wives because
what what used to be people would kill
the husband in order to stay with the
right savvy Malik says don't you see
don't you know that we don't behave like
this
some Abraham said it's only because I
saw there was no God in this place
so Rashi says what does it mean only
because I saw there was no go
I mean something huge it says I saw you
have rules but there is one little only
you don't have and that's called rule go
and you know what happens when there's
no God
there's no rules is that true when
there's no god there's no rules you have
rules when you change the route you know
rabbi fan the beat brings a story in
order to like put this point he says
that it was in Germany was Kristallnacht
you know the night of the broken glasses
whatever you want to call this so there
was a Jewish family that their house was
on fire what do you do when your house
is on fire you call the fire people yes
you call them fire people okay
he called a fire they call the fire
people so they said we have a fire you
need to put it up so the fire people
said we're not allowed so they said what
are you talking about isn't your job to
like put out fire and they said we're
not allowed to put out fire of Jewish
people when there's no God rules are not
everyone does whatever they want swiping
a vertex pray for the welfare of the
government there should be only one king
when you have more than one people to
each other alive great submits VII and I
want to do it I do it because I connect
we'll continue with this tomorrow
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