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Chazaq event with R' Yaron Weisberg on Marriage Partnership or Relationship
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nice that they brought me in the week
before observe it yourself emeritus rl2
to you know be the opening show whenever
we want to do something we always need
to have a plan and we wanted to let say
we just thought we're gonna build a
house okay I have the best contractor
best engineer you can have the best
interior decorator and you could use the
best materials but if you're missing the
plan of what the house is supposed to
look like you're never gonna be able to
do anything even with the best people
and the same is true with marriage very
often we find that there are wonderful
people who get married to each other
we're trying to live together but they
don't really know what the plan is they
didn't know what the plan was when they
were dating if you ask them why are you
getting married they might say I don't
know everyone else's seems like a good
thing to do the Torah says you have to
do it but they don't really know what
they're supposed to be doing and then
they get married and if you ask them
again a couple years later they're still
it's not very you don't get such clear
answers as to what the goal is when
we're trying to get married and if you
don't know what you're doing then it's
very hard to ask for directions you know
you stop someone you roll down the
window hi I need directions where I'm
not really sure where I'm going they're
not gonna be but that would be too much
and it's the same thing is true you get
married and and and and you don't really
know what you're doing suddenly you know
you don't even know what to do with
yourself I got an email just this
morning last night whatever you call
1:30 in the morning from a couple
haven't met yet and basically row we
don't know what's wrong but something's
wrong in our marriage so we want to meet
with you so that's a sign that of people
that really don't know what this is all
about so I'd like to do tonight is maybe
try to give us a sense of direction as
to what we are trying to do
with with our relationships with our
spouses in order to understand anything
we need to have a definition if
something is not defined if we don't
know what it is then you can't really do
anything for example you got a call
about a up so we want to find out
about a boy okay what do you want to
know about him is the eurasia maíam
that's a nice question to ask does he
have uhm I am but what is your
definition of your action I am for some
people definition of yours from I am is
he goes to mignon every day for some
people a definition of uhm I maybe he's
very honest in his business what is your
definition so you're gonna ask me a
question like that and III don't know
what to answer you because I don't know
what you call your charm I am so it's
very important to have definitions for
things if we want to be able to to
accomplish something so in order to
define marriage there are two words that
are very often used and that's what like
to explore tonight which one is the
right one
one is partnership and one is a
relationship what is the definition of a
partnership so if you look in Webster's
dictionary I don't know if anyone does
that anymore but if you would look there
the a partnership is written over there
a relationship resembling a legal
partnership and usually involving close
cooperation between parties having
specified and joint rights and
responsibilities just to say that in
slowly it means two people are getting
together they want to accomplish
something and each of them have their
jobs and each of them have their
responsibilities and this is usually
done to get to some type of benefit to
people are coming together they want to
do something you have a business
partnership so you have two people they
want to make money so they get together
and they decide to cooperate in order
that they can make some money so this
person is this job and this
responsibility this person is this job
and this responsibility great we have a
partnership let's go doesn't sound so
bad
meaning marriage also sounds like it
should be close cooperation between two
people that sounds good
who have specific rights and
responsibilities so person a in our
world we sometimes don't know who it is
can make the food clean the house and
take care of the children person B will
make the money they'll take out the
garbage they'll get the car fixed so
each of them have their jobs great
they're in cooperation and it sounds
very good so we have to sum up
partnership in one sentence it would be
mutual responsibility for mutual profit
meaning we're getting together and we're
each having a responsibility in order to
gain something and have a profit
what is the result of such a thing in a
marriage so I tell you I'll share with
you a story there was a couple that went
to something called the World's Fair for
those of you that don't know what the
World's Fair was in Flushing Meadow Park
right over here that big globe that I
think still sits there I imagine right
that was from the World's Fair I think
before I was born even okay but the 64
that was before I was born by seven
years okay so the the globe is sitting
there they used to have a World's Fair
and anymore they still have it where
everyone gets together and there's rides
and there's attractions and all types of
things so there's a couple they used to
go to the World's Fair
every year and every year there used to
be a plane ride where a guy would just
take you up on an airplane and of course
$50 and every year this husband you say
go to his wife and say look I really
would like to go on the plane so the
wife's like look you know I understand
but we're not doing it $50 is $50 we're
not going and this one year after year
after year and finally the guy is 85
years old they come to the World's Fair
again he turns to his wife and he says
listen you know I don't mean I don't
know how many years I have left can you
please do me a favor once let me go up
on the plane ride you know and and let's
you know let's go up on the plane
together and and do this so is why he
said look you know I'm gonna want to
tell you $50 $50 we're not going on the
plane so the pilot of the airplane he he
overhears the conversation and he turns
to the couple and he says listen you
know I see you really want to do this
you know the
he's too expensive I'll make you a deal
you guys could come on the plane for
free on one condition you don't say a
word the whole time you're up there so
they the husband looks at his wife so I
was like fine here's I guess here's your
chance we'll go up
we'll keep quiet well get you'll get
your free plane ride at the World's Fair
like you always wanted
so the captain takes them up on the
airplane and you know he's trying to get
them to make some noise so he starts
doing zig zags and flipping up and down
and turning over and doing everything
and sure enough total silence from the
back so the guy lands his plane he turns
back towards the guy and he said well I
can't believe it you did an amazing job
you know I really thought for sure you
guys would talk well while I was doing
all those flips you know how did you
keep quiet so the husband said you know
what it was really hard and especially
when you that last split 15 minutes ago
but my wife you know and when she fell
out of the plane it was really hard not
to say anything but hey $50 $50 you know
that is how a marriage partnership looks
there's a bottom line of hey you know
what can you do this is what you have to
do and this what I have to do meaning
that in a partnership marriage you will
find that husbands and wives are keeping
score with each other
one person's thinking I did this for you
so you have to do this for me and the
other ones thinking I did that for you
and you have to do this for me because
that's what a partnership is if we were
in business together we would also be
very worried about hey I'm doing 50% of
the work why aren't you doing 50% of the
work you're not doing your share I'm
doing the moisture that's what a
partnership is and if the partnership is
going to stay then everyone is always
watching the other person to make sure
that everyone's doing what they're
supposed to be doing and once we feel
we're doing more than the other side
then we come with complaints against
them and there might be a point of this
that's even worse because we all know in
a marriage the the media that's probably
the most destructive is being selfish
and the partnership people feel they
have to be selfish they have to look out
for themselves they have to make sure
that they're not
you know getting shafted and that the
the agreement is being held to and
therefore we're focused on always
looking at am I getting when I'm
supposed to be getting and that creates
a very selfish attitude in the marriage
and very often the lack of stability
that some people feel in their
relationship is because they're living
in a partnership they're there they're
constantly thinking am I getting enough
am I not getting enough is this the way
it's supposed to be and they end up just
being focused on the fact that hey maybe
I'm losing out over here because I'm not
getting what I'm supposed to be getting
from the other person this is what a
partnership is and it's not what a
marriage is supposed to be a marriage is
supposed to be a relationship what's a
relationship as opposed to two separate
entities working together our
relationship means were one entity there
is no me there is no you there's only in
us because earners describe this very
well the cause an issue wrote in a
letter that the way a marriage is
supposed to be is like the right arm and
the left arm of a body that's all he
wrote so I to rebbe
who was a Talmud of atomically cousin or
so I heard this fourth generation but he
said that the Talmud of the Casa nurse
said that what this means is as follows
if you have a person who unfortunately
he goes in the breaks an arm breaks his
right arm so for six weeks his right arm
is in a cast his left arm is doing
everything and after six weeks the cast
comes off the guy says okay right arm
listen the left arms and doing
everything for six weeks we'll have time
you could take arrest for six weeks
right arm you do everything I think we
don't call that guy crazy like what's it
what's wrong with you why why would we
think he's crazy because you have one
body if you have one body then each arm
does whatever the body needs sometimes
the right arm does more sometimes the
left arm does more but each arm is
always doing whatever the body needs so
house under said that's what marriage is
supposed to be marriage is not about me
doing and you doing marriage is about
whatever this body called our marriage
is that's what we both need to be doing
in our marriage and in order for us to
get to that level that we feel that
there isn't to you and there isn't to me
there's an us so we have to create that
us what does it mean to create in us it
means that each person has to make room
inside themselves to the other person in
a partnership I don't need to be your
best friend I don't need for you to care
about me we just have to get the job
done you have to do your share I have to
do my share we make money
everyone's happy in marriage in order to
create the relationship where there is
no you and no me that means I have to
let you inside of me and you have to let
me inside of you and this has nothing to
do with whether or not you are doing
your job you're not doing your job
it even has nothing to do with the
reason why you married the other person
you could have married them for many
different reasons but right now if I
want to create a bond with you those
reasons are pretty irrelevant I need to
let you inside of me and you have to let
me inside of you let's explain this a
little bit further because I'll tell us
in Turkey avos that the only love that
lasts is what's called a novice unit of
a diver a love that's not dependent on
anything else a love that's dependent on
something cannot last I love this
dependence on nothing can last why is
this true because if your love is
dependent on nothing then it's always
stable as long as I am dedicated to
loving you and I'm making the choice to
love you so it doesn't matter what you
do the love is always there but if the
obviously of a duffer then that love is
always going to be fluctuating if my
love of my wife would be dependent on
our making a good dinner for me then
some nights I love her and some nights I
don't some nights the food's good
sometimes it's better some nights maybe
she doesn't make dinner
but that means my marriage is a
rollercoaster up and down up and down
because it's all dependent on this
factor and we all get married to each
other for many different reasons but as
long as we're tied to those reasons and
our love is tied to those reasons
means that we can never have a stable
relationship what's supposed to start
happening at the Hupa and continue is to
love the person as a choice we're just
choosing to love them and we're slowly
supposed to move from a novice at 3:00
observer we get married to a lot that's
dependent on nothing else living with a
partnership hurts this because living in
a partnership first of all means that my
love is going to be dependent on you
fulfilling your side of the partnership
and it also hurts this because when
you're not fulfilling this part of the
partnership there's a lot of anger and
resentment that comes between two people
because the other side is not fulfilling
their share of the partnership this
kills the growth of the relationship and
doesn't allow people to really meet to
make this deep meaningful connection so
how do we build this relationship so the
first thing we need like we said is our
goal has to be that we want to get to a
point that our love is dependent on
nothing and this is very hard for a lot
of us because in some ways we feel that
as long as our love is dependent on
something I could control the other
person if I tell them my love is
dependent on having a good dinner every
night that means I'm in control I could
hold it overhead you must make me a good
dinner I'm not going to love you and
people use their there they're obviously
of another as a way of trying to control
the other person and it's hard to give
up that control so our goal first has to
be to let go to let go and just to
decide to love this person for no other
reason other than I'm choosing to love
them roles and jobs in a marriage or
fine if they are not looked at as an
obligation if we each fall into our role
here some not this guy has to make the
money or sometimes the woman has to make
the money and sometimes the man has to
make the food sometimes the woman does
but whatever it is as long as we're not
looking at it as if the other person
doesn't do this then but rather we see
it as a function of our relationship
that we're each trying to do whatever we
can for this body
for the marriage then everything will be
good we won't get upset at the other
person when they don't do the job that
we think they're supposed to do and when
they do do it we'll have a lot of a cars
that talk towards them a lot of
gratitude and so often we don't have the
gratitude that we were supposed to have
for the other person because we think
that's what they're supposed to do why
should why should I thank them in
reality no one is supposed to do
anything it's just as much your
responsibility to make the fuzes your
responsibility to make the food you know
why because we're married and if we're
married there's one body and if there's
one body we both have the responsibility
to try to help that body function as
great as possible so these two things
together is what helped the relationship
grow it's not making your love dependent
on anything and it's also the
realization that we're supposed to get
to this us as opposed to me and you so
how do we get there how do we generate
these feelings of closeness I don't know
where I heard this from it's almost tore
alike see what I mean in a minute but
there's a word in English that means
closeness and that is intimacy and if
you break down though that word in two
parts it comes out too into me see
meaning the closeness is generated by
the fact that you could see into another
person when you get to know someone
better when you get to really see what's
going on inside them you feel close to
them if you've ever read a biography
about someone whether it's a goggle or
anybody else
yo Pew a book yeah I read 500 pages
about them you close the book you feel
you know them you feel like you know you
had something to do with them even if
you've never met them the way to get
close to people is through getting to
know them in fact raashi and partially
repaired you've had persecute at writes
this Rashi writes cha Mojave versa Adam
makar vote at slow vo doe amok hero
someone who you want to love you bring
them close to you and you get to know
them that's how you get to really love
someone
so the way to feel connected to the
other person to allow them to get inside
of you is for each person to let the
other person really see what's going on
inside of them and here's something that
many people have difficulty being
nowadays and that is real being real
with someone means that you're really
showing them what's going on inside of
you when you're talking to them there's
not so many real interactions that we
have nowadays anymore you know you call
up your bank and there's a recording on
there we are so happy you called
all we want to do is please you please
stay on the line you know and you hear
these things over and over again but
unfortunately if it's just the recording
that would be one thing but when it's
the teller and when it's everyone and
all they're saying are things that are
fed to them with absolutely no real
meaning to them so this desensitizes us
to what it means to have a real
interaction with somebody one time I was
speaking to a katana and he was telling
me how he spoke to her sort of rabbeinu
Z Shiva and the rabbina shiva was
telling him when you get to the theater
Euclid after the wedding
tell your caller this and this and this
and I was like no don't do that
he's like why these are very nice things
I said there are nice things but then
your Rebbe is talking in the East Room
and not you your wife's gonna marry your
Rebbe that she wants you or your Rebbe
has to say your wife's married you
whoever the real person in you inside is
that's who she should be hearing
whatever you say should be something
real coming from you
so if we want to connect to people in
general and with our husbands and wives
in particular we have to be real with
them and when we're dating we're not
really the other person they were real
five percent ten percent maybe we're
trying to put on a show we're trying to
show the best sides of ourselves and
that's wonderful and then we get married
and okay we don't know the person so
well so again we're not so real with
them you know maybe we don't tell them
that you know we fell asleep during
Korea so it's over in shul you know
maybe we want to tell them that we bring
the kala and we threw it out and this is
the second try you know we're we're
scared to be real with our spouses but
if we're not if we don't grow out of
that slowly and we don't become really
the other person you can never connect
to that person it's impossible to
connect to another human being unless
there's two real people in the room and
I want to add one other point when we
look at the world today as opposed to 20
years ago someone would ask what's the
biggest difference in the world I think
the answer ever would come up with this
internet the thing that's probably
changed the most and change society the
most is that what is this the gymnast I
know if you want to call it it's a heart
I'm not talking about doing any of
arrows on the internet but what is this
thing that is there everyone just loves
being on the Internet so the answer I
think is is that curiosity or some type
of sense of excitement meaning that
there's something there we're gonna see
new there's something there that I don't
know about that's gonna come and I'm
gonna see and I'm evil and not only that
but I'm able to get to it so quickly
I mean I'm able to see or hear or or
read something new that I didn't have
before and our society has become driven
by excitement and we all need something
exciting to get us going and to do and
it's coming to the schools you know
where you know it's so it's almost as if
a teacher has to dance on the desks to
get the kids attention
there has to be some type of excitement
in order to get us moving and then we
get married and we all go to weddings
and weddings are really exciting so if
someone single they go to a wedding well
this is great like I want to get married
this is like really exciting and very
often in the beginning of marriage is
really exciting and and society is all
about excitement but getting to know
another person well is not exciting
it really isn't maybe every so often
you'll hear something really interesting
like I can't believe you did that you
know did you really take the teachers
watch and like turn the time ahead 45
minutes that he let you guys out early
for recess yes I did but I'm not proud
of it but whatever but you know but
sometimes you find that something that's
a little bit exciting to you but getting
to know another person is not exciting
so people instead of doing what they're
supposed to be doing in order to connect
to the other person they get married and
they just look for excitement so in the
beginning is exciting the excitements
going away so then they try to figure
out maybe we have to go to the Caribbean
maybe we need to move to a different
house maybe we need to have guests over
and entertain that maybe then who knows
what we need to do but the the
excitement starts to wane after the
wedding and and they just there's we
have to find something to keep things
exciting and it's not exciting to get to
know other another person but you know
what excitement doesn't last either
and now sham knew that if you want a
marriage to last it's not through
excitement it's through depths when you
really get to know someone in a deep way
and you have a real person in front of
you and you're talking as a real person
and you get to know someone deeper and
deeper and you get to understand them
more and more so this is what develops a
relationship and not only that but when
someone has this they don't need the
exciting anymore they don't need to go
on there try to find fancy vacations or
fancy things to do not saying people
can't go on vacation but they don't need
excited the depth is what they need
best vacation in the world is me and my
wife on some mountaintop in a house
probably with no electricity right
that's probably the best vacation in the
world because you know what you left to
do there's only one thing left to do
talk that's it and that's depth and
that's where we need to get to if we
want to develop a proper relationship we
have to prioritize getting to know our
spouse in depth and it's not dependent
on necessarily how much time you have
but it's really on what you do with your
time I want to give you an example there
are two examples husband comes home from
work one night his wife is very upset
because the kids are still awake and
it's 9:30 at night so there are various
different reactions the husband can have
at that point one is and don't think
some people don't do this they tell
their wife I'm going back out call me
when the kids are sleeping okay that's
one reaction
all right nobody try that at home okay
but unfortunately there's people like
that some people will go to their wife
and say don't be so upset it's okay you
know okay that seems pretty nice you
know telling her you know not not to be
upset at the situation or sometimes you
think in that husband that says you know
what I'll put them to sleep you go sit
down that's a very very nice after a
whole day at work I know it was
realizing your wife's having a hard time
very nice all of those are very good but
if he never explored the situation to
see why are you so upset that the kids
aren't sleeping now I'm not saying you
should do it in the moment because it
could be at that point you know she just
wants to run as far away as possible to
just get a break but if he never turned
to her at some point and said by the way
why are you so upset when the kids
weren't sleeping the other night and to
hear what's going on inside there could
be so many things going on inside I was
really upset because I wanted you to
have a quiet house when you got home
I was really upset because I wasn't able
to make you dinner I was really upset
because now tomorrow morning the kids
are gonna
want to get out of bed and go to school
I was really upset because I feel it I'm
a failure as a mother because I can't
get the kids to sleep on time tonight
you know I'm really upset because the
neighbor came over and saw that our
house is a circus
there's so many possible reasons as to
why the wife might be upset on that case
and if you never asked the question then
you're losing out on the opportunity to
really find out a lot more about the
other person and to create that intimacy
to greet that closeness give you an
example in a reverse housing come home
when one night from his learning and the
wife sees you know well something's
wrong what's wrong my club rooster said
he doesn't want lower than me anymore oh
okay I'm really sorry about that you
want some dinner
okay not bad I feel really bad for you
you know maybe I can you know do
something for you that's that's also
nice but if the question is never asked
what makes you so upset about that and
again here too there could be numerous
reasons I feel like a failure
you know it's humiliating there was a
hit to my ego you know I was ready to
dump him and he got me first you know
there's there's so many reasons why he
could be upset at it and if we don't
take advantage of these opportunities in
order to learn more about who the other
person is then we're losing out on our
ability to get close to them so there's
some practical pieces to this that also
need to to be implemented one is
obviously there has to be time there has
to be time to talk to the other person
everybody's busy some of us very busy
some of us even more busy than that but
one thing is for sure and that is on
things that we really deem important we
all make the time there is no one that
doesn't make time for the things that
are very important to them this has to
become something that is important for
every couple in order for people to
develop
relationship so many times there are
marriages that actually start as a
relationship and then people start
getting busy and then what happens well
he has to do carpool and she has to go
grocery shopping and he goes to his job
she goes to her job someone has to pick
the baby up from the babysitter and the
relationship that used to be there when
they weren't so busy suddenly just goes
away and they're just left with the
partnership him doing his job her doing
her job and in our world it's so easy to
fall into this and if we have fallen at
this we have to get out of it there
really should be almost no day that goes
by without time that is spent getting to
know the other person better sometimes
it's more challenging as your kids get
older you know I'm saying brakesh and I
already have two daughters that are
married and you know teenagers in the
house so yeah you see we used to sit on
the couch and I'd be able to talk now we
have to either lock ourselves into the
bedroom we have to leave the house we
have to go into a car you know it
doesn't become more challenging at some
point but it is something that we all
have to realize it's a necessity this is
not a luxury the second thing is when we
speak to the other persons we have to
have a focus we have to give them our
full headspace they did a study have the
source word somewhere where they tested
people's brains when they had a phone on
silent in their pocket to see if they
were distracted more than someone
without a phone and the answer was yes
they found they were distracted just by
having a phone in their pocket on silent
just distracted them more when it comes
to something so important as to paying
attention to the other person there is
no such thing as 99% because 99% is
almost a zero because there's a part of
you that's not there and the other
person feels that part of you is not
there then it's going to lose the moment
that is needed so during the time that
you're trying to accomplish this
connection and it's not the whole night
it might be part of the night it might
be you dedicate 20 minutes half an hour
whatever time you do dedicate to getting
to know other person better there can't
be any distractions and those
distractions don't only have to be a
phone there could be other things it
could be it's a distraction because you
have to you know leave in 20 minutes
that's going to be a distraction that
might not be the best time to to talk
again if there's children around they
could be distracting if you want to
accomplish this goal it has to be done
with full headspace so finding the time
and giving the full headspace to the
other person on a consistent basis it's
what is going to build a relationship
and help you get out of partnership mode
the more this is done the more natural
love develops where do we see this the
most probably with children where we're
the relationship that most parents have
with their kids is one of constantly
getting to know them more and more it's
a log that's not dependent on anything
and as the years go by that natural love
continues to develop there's another
benefit to this and that is is that the
more we focus on getting to know the
other person better and the more that we
start to feel the depth in the
relationship and the wonderful feelings
of closeness that come with it
the less we focus on the externals the
less we care about all these other
things you know there's times you know
we have a situation where a wife does
something she forgot to have dinner on
the table or she you know it didn't take
care of something whatever it is and and
she says you know I hope I hope you're
not upsetting me the answer should
always be how could I be upsetting you
you know this isn't what this is all
about
it's not about missing dinner one night
we're all human even if you made a
mistake we all make mistakes it's not
about running the errand it's not about
how you look what it's about is is that
we're very closely connected and just
like with ourselves because we love
ourselves
when we do things that are wrong and we
messed up a little bit is that okay
nobody's perfect and we go further and
we continue to love ourselves that's
what we're supposed to get to with our
spouses I do want to finish off by
saying that everything that I've said
tonight I will take questions afterwards
if there are any it's much easier said
than done the fact that I have this cook
to be up here and to speak about it has
been through many many years of not only
telling other people this but through
living it in fact when I teach other
people to be constant teachers you know
I think I what am I ready to teach no no
one's ready to teach until they live it
when you live what you're teaching and
I'm talking about the Holocaust I'm
talking about the hot rock LA and now
Java and and all those types of things
that that I teach cotton in when you're
talking about all these things you're
not ready to teach until you live it you
have to live it first and it's only
after living it can hopefully help my
wife agrees can you get up and speak
about it
so tonight was really just the tip of
the iceberg I just really wanted to give
people some ideas to think about some
ideas that they could go work on for
anyone that's interested in them what
the marriage initiative is I brought
cards here that people could take a look
at that there's an email on the bottom
that they could reach me or through
Kazak they could also reach me I'd like
to thank for Zach for having me and
thank everyone for coming
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are there any questions questions yes
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did you ever run on a treadmill okay
that's what it's supposed to be meaning
a human being every person is not only
very different than every other person
but people are changing during the
course of life you know I tell people
you get married I say wherever you're
married now they're gonna be very
different in 10 years and so will you
it could be when you get married that
the wife thought oh I want to be a
speech therapist and five years later
with two kids at home when she's like I
just want to stay at home with the kids
and five years and another kid leader
she's like I gotta get out so I'm going
to be a speech therapist and five years
later she'll be like you know what I
want to just go be an accountant I've
had enough of speech therapy you know
and that thing that can be true with a
man people are always changing not only
in their careers but in in in in and
what their values are and what's
important to them in how they view
different things in the world there is
no end to getting to know another person
absolutely none so as well as we slowly
get to know our spouses there is there's
always room to grow and I think if we
watch carefully we will always see new
things that we didn't know about them
that come up and hopefully those things
will be actually things you know then
process I can tell you I've been married
24 years that you know through the years
- how many times I've just looked at my
wife I was so impressed with different
things that she did and there were
things I wasn't expecting when I married
her for sure I didn't know this aspect
about her but it was something new and a
moment came and you know she rose to the
occasion or sometimes she'll experience
pain that someone said something I
didn't realize she was sensitive to
certain comment that someone might make
but the reality is is that even if we
had hundreds of years here it's the
wouldn't be enough to get to know
another person
so maybe I didn't say this clearly in
the examples I gave but to ask why we
meaning if whatever happens don't just
leave the facts on the table I had a
good day I had a bad day what made today
good
what made today there he's going to
share things with you and if he tells
you today was good because we made
$5,000 what makes you feel good why is
that what does that make you know why
does that make you feel good so he might
say I feel like I'm successful
he might say I'll be able the family
would go on vacation now
he might say because now my boss will
give me a promotion who knows what he's
gonna say there are a lot of things he
could say and you don't know the answer
so when he tells you different things
you know about where how is that Fela
and Shula on Rosh Hashanah and he tells
you a fact I was very inspiring
what made it inspiring to you to you we
asked it to you right it has to be I
want to know what made inspiring to you
I don't know people say oh there's a
great cousin okay very nice but to me
that's not inspiring to him it might be
very inspiring you might like cousin it
but to ask questions that will allow you
to get to know him better it's very
interesting because sometimes when
people are dating they go out on a bunch
of dates and they come back five six
dates how's everything good but I have
no feelings for the other person so I
remember I asked my Rebbe once you know
what do you tell these people that say
they've gone out numerous times they
have no feelings the other person but on
paper everything is very good he said
the first thing to check is what's
happening on the date what are they
talking about are they talking about
facts and opinions or are they sharing
feelings if he noticed that he hasn't
shared any feelings with the other
person then tell them on the next date
he should make sure to ask certain
things about sharing feelings that they
could share feelings with each other
sure enough that was it once you open up
and share yourself with the other person
that's what builds the connection
any other questions yeah
yeah
it's yeah the question was is uh when
when she sees that a rabbi outside is it
the right thing to do to say hi to them
or is it not the right thing to do to
say hi to them it seems to be from the
strict language of the show Honora that
it's a man and a woman in general are
not supposed to it's not the best thing
to do to say hi to each other at the
same time when you're in a certain
society where it's expected that people
do then it could be not saying hi my
core some type of Jewish M so it really
would depend on you know the situation
if the rabbi is someone who is expecting
you not to say hi to him chances are
then that's what you're supposed to do
if for whatever reason he would be
expecting you know or a part of his
feeling as being the rabbi that he says
hi to everyone to do it so then there
you know could be the right thing to do
would be to do that but it's not it's so
I would say if he doesn't say hello to
you then the best thing to do is
probably not to say hello to him
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so again in my opinion I'm not saying
but it really depends on on the
community that you're part of it
I right so again I don't know the
community here so well I have a few book
larren tell me them but so I like you
know it's hard for me to answer the
question without without knowing the
situation any other questions okay
thank you very much if anyone wants to
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