Can My Intelligent Soul Overcome My Weak Body - Jewish HaShkafa (93)

The Chazon Ish begins the next segment with practical advice that will change your lives. Its not easy or quick to learn, the wise ones among us will listen diligently as we grow spiritually to become the angels among men. Inspiring and captivating Shiur by Rabbi Yaron Reuven Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi-fAdFBv83gUzBgKm3PAyw/join BUILD WITH US (Who Is BeEzrat HaShem Inc) http://www.BHYESHIVA.com BeEzrat HaShem YESHIVA & BEIT MUSSAR BUILDING BUILD A JEWISH COMMUNITY THAT WILL CHANGE THE WORLD 0:00:00 Introduction 0:03:12 Advantage of being born into family of Tzadikim (Chazon Ish) (recap) 0:07:12 R. Elyashiv: Life-long Servant of Hashem, who stayed in the same corner 0:09:10 Sacrifice is required to become a Torah Scholar 0:10:28 Torah & Mussar—fixing middos—both must be learned (Chazon Ish) 0:10:53 Very few born on a high level (Chazon Ish)—work on self to attain high level—purpose of life 0:11:53 Middos (Chazon Ish) 0:15:07 In all its perfection (Chazon Ish; R. Kachlon: uneven table) 0:16:18 Necessity to work on all middos—especially the difficult ones 0:18:54 The Scary Books (i.e. The Books of Mussar) 0:19:55 A price paid for anger: Eliav, brother of King David (Pesachim 66b) 0:23:01 Character flaws when the stakes are high 0:25:41 Fear: The Greatest Motivation—The Books of Mussar 0:30:04 Set amount of time required to learn Mussar 0:31:32 Separate chapter in Mussar for Middos development (Chazon Ish) 0:32:10 Reason Separate Chapter & Prioritizing Intellect 0:32:53 Bodily desires opposite intelligent soul (Chazon Ish) 0:34:17 Middos (Chazon Ish) (continued) 0:35:34 Solution to overcome bad Middos 0:36:20 Examples: Eating Food, Alcohol, Shopping 0:48:36 Prepare in advance while healthy (Newly religious: spiritual battles) 0:52:52 Remind yourself: No one ever lost following Hashem 0:53:47 Strengthen belief through Torah; those waiting for all knowledge 1:00:55 Sage Advice & following Hashem blindly (R. Abramsky) 1:06:13 Following Hashem blindly—The Biggest Winner—Noach 1:10:08 Those who wait to understand the Torah before following it 1:11:09 Perfect traits by waging war on flaws—Lustful desires 1:11:52 Promiscuous People Have Worst Lives 1:14:27 More successful, more misery—year later, back to start 1:16:19 Desire cure: strengthen intellect/soul 1:18:28 Anger cure 1:21:56 Jealousy cure: Not talking about other people, Rosh Hashanah 16 1:26:30 Men & Women finding difficulty in finding zivug 1:39:22 Middos (pride cure, etc.) 1:40:22 Torah: Cure—Toil (Kiddushim 30; Succah 52b) 1:41:33 Torah's effect on Jews vs non-Jews 1:50:35 Conclusion 1:55:22 R. Abramsky's blessing: A Story of Sacrifice 2:01:35 Donate; End of the Year 2022 (5782-5783) #soul #intelligence #torah #jewish #rabbiyaronreuven #judaism