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Gevurah of Malchut - Counting the Omer - "Stay focused" - Rabbi Alon Anava
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tonight we're gonna be counting who
worship them reports we're concluding
the week of the spirit aroma week
including the entire sphere a tall man
with the week of manhood yesterday we
counted message of manhood yesterday was
the 43rd day and the whole week of
manhood besides that it's concluding the
entire sphere Latimer it's the
conclusion conclusion of everything it's
very very important that we conclude the
right way because if you don't then the
entire six weeks they don't have a
conclusion so the way how I see it
when something starts and you don't
finish the right way it's almost like
going tit and an NA 1010 I mean where's
the 1010 so you wait three six weeks in
spirit oh man and no conclusion then
that's not good so everything that you
start has to be concluded and if you
don't then you leave something open in
the universe so this week very important
that you pay attention to the final week
how it needs to be done now yesterday
when we were counting a crested shoe
bomber hole we were talking about the
idea of that I have to be a giver but a
real Giver not to give because I want my
name on the wall or because I need to
get something from the other person I
have a motive or that I want to be the
hero I have to really give because I
want to give and you had to ask yourself
you still have to ask yourself the
question when you do something good to a
person are you giving it with your whole
heart
are you giving it because there's some
motive there because I need that person
to help me and I need a letter from this
person and I'll do something good and
he'll help me and how they say you Bruce
catch scratch my back I'll scratch your
back and so forth giving has to be real
that you're giving for the sake of
giving so that's what we learned about
Hester to be reported giving it has to
be with all my heart now we're going to
go Vashi tomorrow
well there are many different ways to
explain what Gua means but one way based
on the teachings of Kabbalah to explain
what Guevara is the power of focusing
what's called quarterly goods that to be
able to focus my my concentration or
even my power most people they don't
know how to focus real good they get
distracted like that
they sit start something they move here
start this move here start that go back
to here and and again how special are
not saying this to hurt any person I'm
just making an observation a lot of
people they don't know how to focus
their energy we spoke about that a
couple times in spirit oh man how to
focus your energy you started something
finish it then move to the next thing
you started this one finish it move to
the next thing unless it needs to be on
a low flame then go to do something else
Guha will allow me to focus and again
this is called core core equals the
power of concentration of focusing now
in general any task that I do I need to
be focused on that the reason why a lot
of people are not productive is like I
said they start here distracted they go
here that get distracted and then what
happens is two-three hours passed and I
started a lot of things but I didn't
conclude anything people will know how
to focus themselves then they become
productive because this task should take
me ten minutes in this - should take me
two hours and I'm and I know what I need
to do and you want to become productive
your time is very valuable we spoke
about that a few weeks ago how valuable
my time is and I don't want my time to
run throughout my hands most people
comes or ten o'clock at night oh my god
where did did they go
most people come Thursday Thursday it
was just Sunday whoever's there where's
the week so I need to know how to focus
myself why because I have a mission to
do and sometimes I have a hundred
missions to do today I have to do a B
and C I like working with lists because
when I have a list I know what I need to
do I already make the list the night
before the week before everything is
organized I know today what
doing from 10:00 to 11:00 from day
eleven to twelve everything is organized
I need to focus on my mission now who
technically needs the highest level of
focusing if you want to now kind of
generalize in in in in theory of course
of course also being practical but who
would you think would be the person that
needs to have the highest level of focus
then I would say the king in our
generation we don't have a king so we
have a president Prime Minister you
would think of talking about a real one
not the fake ones you would think that
the talk of the top he will need to have
the highest level of concentration can
you imagine how many tasks the king has
how many tasks the general has the chief
of staff the prime minister so where in
the week of my foot so we're talking
about a king not about a general the
king has to have the highest level of
being focused here a minute here a
minute here a minute here a minute here
a minute and he needs to know how to
direct this the energy now why a king
because the king a real king needs to
concentrate on the needs of everybody in
the nation try to once follow if if we
would be possible the the day of a
president and just imagine how it is so
many advisers around him this meeting is
two minutes this meeting is 30 seconds
this meeting is a minute the person
comes how about this and that yes sign
that's it next how about this one is no
right this is the way of how if you
could just imagine how a king is
operating now and again we're all
talking now in theory how I can relate
with it later in my life a king needs to
focus on the needs of all the people in
his nation their army the government the
poor people the rich people the business
the taxes everything so there are two
general details that one the king the
real king needs to focus on the needs of
the nation of this world and also the
needs of the world to come not only in
this world it's important in this world
but also the needs in the world to come
now I spoke many many times that every
time that we reach to the sphere of
manhood last week was
- I thought before that mascoutah of
netizens offered every time I mentioned
that we are a smoking each and every one
of us is a king of my own domain so in
my kingdom then I have a wife and have
kids and I have workers and I have
students or whatever I am a king in my
little domain and I need to worry about
everybody's needs
so forget about now friends students
workers it's just concentrate in my
little house there's a wife she has
needs there's kids they have needs it's
a lot of them that's kids needs is this
and this kid needs is that he needs
shoes today he needs today help with his
homework this kid has a test everybody
has needs so me is the king of my own
domain I have to worry about the needs
of everybody preferably before my own
needs each one needs to get their needs
now this is where moring about the needs
in this in this world but I also want to
worry about their needs in the world to
come
don't say a lie don't cheat don't steal
don't take come with me to bed to show
to pray I need to worry about their
needs in the world to come so this is
when we're trying to create some type of
a imaginary system in my mind we're
looking at the king the real king then
he has to focus on his nation now I'm
the king how am i focusing on the needs
of the people around me both in this
world and in the world to come since
we're in the week of Marcos the whole
idea behind my food is leadership that
I'm a leader that I'm a king that I'm
I'm taking charge I'm taking control
everybody has to be a leader at some
point even though a lot of people says
listen I don't want to do anything
you run the shots you tell me what to do
although but at the end of the day we
spoke about it already that we all have
the power in us this is called the power
of manhood that I'm a leader - even if
I'm leading to people it doesn't matter
but I'm the leader I'm the one who's
calling the shots and not only that that
it's built in us we also have that
desire most people I will call it now in
an extreme way are lazy and they don't
want to take charge some people they
they can do anything but taking charge
but nevertheless inside of us not only
that I have the power to lead I also
have the desire to lead and to lead the
right way of course
what does it mean to lead the right way
it means to do blessed and kindness to
do acts of charity acts of kindness and
to do good to other people that's a good
leader that I take charge and I help you
and I hope you want to help you and so
forth now if there's only tested so
yesterday we were counting message'
member would unbelievable kindness I
just given given given give that's not
good because too much has said then it
gets spread around it doesn't get stay
contained the Kabbalistic term to it is
called hit push to toe spreading of the
light so I don't want it to spread I
wanted to stay in one place imagine now
you go now to a wine store and they tell
you we have a very special wine oh very
expensive wine so you tell them okay I
will want some listen we have it in a
barrel
and we don't have bottles for it so you
will need to bring something to take the
wine with you if you just tell them give
me the wine and they open the faucet all
the wine just spilled no no I don't want
it to spread I need it in there
contained in a bottle or in a cup so
bring a cup bring a bar oh so when
something spreads too much like a
ballistic term - it's called it
prosciutto that the light it just gets
spread this is when it's too much that's
it that's not good it doesn't it's not
focused and then it's over the place so
too much credit is not good what do I
need I need to apply glue at the guevara
will be focusing where's that has it
going to imagine how a rich person has
millions of dollars he hires a gabbai to
tell the gabbai every person the ones
they help you he comes to you he tells
you the situation we gave a cheque
imagine the gabbai will give to
everybody a million dollars million
dollars million dollars the money will
run out he just needs a thousand he
doesn't need a million and he needs two
thousand and it's 500 you give every
person according to what they need
enough to just give because we have so I
need to know how to go down to details
and the details are where how war - this
is the global market that I want to give
but it has to be focused it has to be
where am I giving
the energy I give right now from again
to give you an example from a private
life not from a king's life then if I
have kids this kid needs 10 minutes
right now this kid needs an hour this
kid has a big test I have to sit with
him I'll sit with you tomorrow because
do they have to do this I need to know
where where it's going to can just sit
with one kid for two hours and then
neglect the other one that actually
needs me today cause tomorrow is a big
test I need to know how to focus my
energy this called washa bomber port
market is the desire to give as to be
the leader to run the show and the grow
wise how much I'm giving every person I
can guarantee to you that many people
you know not too long ago somebody
emailed us and I always say it out loud
because people sometimes get very
offended the email mean I don't answer
them first of all I don't check emails I
get in an average day between 1,500 to
3,000 emails that's the amount of emails
we get every day from all around the
world coming funneling from social media
from emails from what steps whatever
that's the amount of messages that are
coming every day I don't even check
emails I don't check whatsapp messages
so we have a crew of the few girls and
they check all the emails and they
filter them this email doesn't need to
go to me they answer this and send it
all around now of course a lot of people
have a question they load up I don't
even answer all these questions I don't
have time to answer all these questions
hundreds of emails coming every day just
questions so other people can answer the
questions don't me I don't need to
answer every little question but
nevertheless many people also say I'm
coming inside I want to meet the rabbi
okay you have ten minutes ten minutes
what I'm gonna do ten minutes well
there's another 500 people so the other
day somebody emailed em I'm coming to
the spot on this day can I see the rabbi
yes I need three hours three hours you
get ten minutes you're lucky what I mean
ten minutes and what I'm gonna say in
ten minutes well what do you think
you're the only one in the world there
are many others and the time is very
limited if I would give now imagine I
would sit down with a person three hours
you know and I'm not too long ago when I
was in one of my tours somebody emailed
us and said I will give the rabbi ten
thousand dollars I want to hang out
with him I mean hang out with him what
are you gonna hang out with him I'm
gonna give the rabbi 10,000 I want to
hang out with him for the whole day no
you can't because then I come to a tour
that everybody wants to have a five
minute meeting a ten minute meeting 20
minute meeting I didn't hang out with
him if two million dollars what is the
matter it's not about the money
so if I not only me any person gives no
he also wants the time of my time if you
give too much here without any limits
then here suffers and the right way is
to where can I give my time how can i
spread my my day and I'm giving your
examples for my own life because I can
only give example for my own life you
take it to your own life and you decide
how do I focus my peasant because the
nature of the king of manhood is
hazardous to give to give a real king is
a giver not talking of the Kings that
talk about a real king that with a mere
Leviosa family these are the real kings
that I need to have some type of an
image motion was a King David emilich
was a king a real king now a dimeric was
all about giving motion was all about
giving King motion took a vacation
I think Moshe had some time to rest all
day long he was giving it was giving his
time giving his knowledge giving his
effort and so forth a real king is all
about giving so market is the desire and
the ability to give the grocery market
is how am i focusing my kisses so
yesterday i told you you must do
crescent there's no there's no way out
of it there's no such a thing that you
can't live your life and at one day out
of your life and not do something to
another person I said in the last class
of a credible quote that if I found
myself comes the end of the day and I
cannot point on something good that I
did to another person then don't go to
sleep how can you pass a whole day and
not do some type of active kindness and
my in my library it's minimum five a day
you don't do five acts of kindness today
don't go to sleep what do you think the
shame is expecting you right now to
laughter power massage it's not worry
about your partner so don't worry about
it
Shem says you just now do acts of
kindness and learn Torah I quoted last
class that it says in the second the
Talmud in tract it's and handling that
we're about to go into a massive war and
you have to be a total ignorant not to
see that we're going into the war I
don't know if you read even read the
headlines here in Israel the Israelis
attacked I here on bases in Syria
tonight just tonight I don't know if you
heard the Jets I was up too late I heard
the Jets and you wake up in the morning
you heard them too yeah so and in the
morning you wake up in the morning you
open the news and Israel attacked died
Iranian bases in Damascus Damascus
because yesterday Syria shot two
missiles into Israel they fell in the
Helmand you have to be completely
ignorant not to see that we're walking
in we're going into a war I'm not
worried about anything
now with them Alexis deformities
California hello Akash a thousand before
here ten thousand for here nothing will
go to you so but nevertheless the Talmud
gives us instructions how what saline
and semi Google Magog what person wants
to be Civic to survive this war called
Gogu Magog yes Akhmatova should learn
Torah Ovid me root has a demon acts of
kindness that's it that's your ticket
learn Torah two to five hours every day
and I know it's I know that people raise
the would through two hours where two
hours you two hours on Facebook so be
five minutes on Facebook and tourism to
up so stop watching their cats
breakdancing and all this junk that they
have there so learnt about two to five
hours that you find the time so watch a
little bit less TV oh you know I don't
want to say it because people get
offended stop talking with Sean around
let's turn that takes at least two hours
a day so your mouth and you don't have
one you have a lot of time to learn
Torah cuz all day long did you hear what
they said he said what are you talking
about you know I heard about this one so
if you cut them Hashanah I guarantee do
you have a place another hour a day so
learn Torah two to five hours five
minutes a day is nothing and yeah so
quick you lose custody me Duke we lose
custody make some kindness doesn't mean
area you have to open a soup kitchen but
you can find Allah
a lot of people to help them genuinely
help them but because I want to thank
you know because I want money not
because I want gratification gratitude
Oh recognition
you do a real acts of kindness so again
Varsha Burman hood is taking all this
desire and the will for me to help
another person but to focus it sometimes
five minutes here is enough I don't need
more than that I told you ready when I
always go into the stores when I'm going
to another two tours and we always book
a lot of the meetings before other
people say I won three hours three hours
you get half an hour that's the max ten
minutes to half an hour but I need an
hour and I always say you don't need
this is just smoothing the answer the
question should be two minutes the
answer is seven minutes that's it ten
minutes and we're done don't need to
make a whole cup of coffee here how are
you okay you I'm doing great how are you
so you know how to focus the energy the
GWACs abama wood is to focus the
pheasant is to take all the stresses but
to focus it here five minutes here 10
minutes here an hour here two hours
whatever it needs now I need to so to
say live horn to test what is the need
of that person sometimes the person
doesn't need much they want that's a
whole different thing I have six kids
boku sham you know what it means just to
spread my time on six kids besides
everything else around me I think my
kids also deserve my attention just to
give five minutes to each one that's
already half an hour laughter now I know
for some people segment what's happening
now let me have for now you know what
happen now is that's why that's the
amount of time I sleep so or they can
get five minutes this one needs 20
minutes this one it's 20 minutes this
one has a test I need to sit with me
half an hour all my boys I learn with
them so I'm just talking to my kids
right now no are people around me but I
need to know today this kid needs much
more time he had a hard day in school
somebody bought him I need to hang out
with him this boy is doing good okay you
need two minutes whatever it is I know
it sounds very technical
I'm just giving some examples because
the talking theory is one thing but to
see how it actually works that's a whole
different thing so I need to constantly
I don't know the right word in English
in Hebrew
selim horn if means to test to
analyze how much time every person needs
right now my wife needs a lot of
attention whatever for whatever reason
this person right now needs a lot of
attention so what we need to focus on is
how to focus my time especially the
cursor that I give I have to give a lot
of tenses if you looking at yourself and
you can summarize every day that you did
a lot of acts of kindness you're missing
a big part in your data Jam now now
we're focusing on takuna me no no no
goguma go but nevertheless I need to
find a lot of time a day that I do acts
of kindness because that is my ticket
out only acts of kindness I mean learnt
over like we started the class when I
told you a lot of people are failing
because they don't know the hello hood
have to learn Torah even if you do it in
small increments 15 minutes in the
morning 15 minutes in the afternoon 15
minutes in the evening 15 minutes at
night boom you have an hour but
nevertheless I also have to focus my
facing bear in mind then a week exactly
it sure would exactly a week from now is
the holiday of Sherwood now we what are
we celebrating that we got the Torah how
was the tour given so I was given from
the mouth so to say of the Guam appeared
wah we got to get the Torah back Vern by
chesed now even though the Torah is full
of Crescent that Torah is full of
kindness but nevertheless the Torah can
only give kindness when it's focusing on
grew up and if you see look at the Torah
yeah there's a lot of kindness in the
Torah lot of lesson but it cannot be
given and it cannot be focused all the
Torah is about focusing can only come
from grew up so I need to know how to
focus in my life my energy today we're
talking about kindness from Crescent but
anything and this is washable Mirkwood
practically saying so we have some
homework is you have to ask yourself
constantly if you're able to focus your
good desires how many times you wanted
to do something and you didn't do it
okay something good not only now opening
the next startup the next new Facebook
talking about that how many times you
want to do something good you have a
good desire
we all have good desires good wheels I
want to do this I want to do that I want
to do this but then nothing happens and
I'm not talking in our opening a big
soup kitchen and turbid little things
that you say that you want to do and you
don't really do and even if it's just
for yourself how many times I see people
in a class sitting I just said learn how
to hot I see the wheels turning you know
that's a good idea
I'm gonna start learning and you already
you're pumping it up in your mind and
you're all pumped up now I'm gonna start
learning I'm gonna buy a book I'm gonna
start learning ten minutes a day on the
quote that's a brilliant idea
and it's cooking in your mind for two
three days and somehow evaporates from
the front of your brain and you totally
forget about it till you come to the
next class I wanted to learn somehow the
hood so you have to ask yourself how
many times not only how many times am i
able to focus my good desires to
actually do them how many times you
wanted to do something and you actually
didn't do that there's a lot of good
will there's a lot of good desire in my
mind I want to do a lot of good things
now the question is if it's actually
done and don't think big thinking big
then takes much more energy think small
and the question you want to ask
yourself am I able to get it done so if
you want to do practically something we
talked about learning out of pot take on
yourself so you know that's a good idea
I'm gonna run 5 on a hot everyday five -
now open up the host of Carnival go to
the Judaica store across the street buy
a book of a la carte run 500 for today
and and and keep do it now you will have
a good desire now see if you can focus
and actually do that and this is the
gouache of amar woods it's about
focusing on the good things that I need
to do but actually doing them and
needless to say that I'm the one who
benefits from that the point to take
from that is not to disregard the little
details a lot of people are looking at
the big picture they're not focusing on
the little details if you don't focus on
the little details you'll never focus on
anything in there in there in the
picture you need to have the ability to
focus on little things that's how you're
able to go to bigger things and the
focusing
that's the key to any success whether
its relationship business spiritual
growth whatever it is if you know how to
focus and to see the little details that
would be your key to the success not to
look too broad because you know in
Hebrew there's a term our sages say the
first time it will be a lot of faster
you try to grab too much you're not
gonna grab nothing like a person going
to the market and he starts putting
oranges you can take like these ten
oranges put another two blue they all
fall down this is the fast and it will
be a lot of faster try to grab too much
at the same time you're not gonna grab
anything so the idea is how do I focus
on the little details and get it done
once I'm done with the little details
you'll see that by default I'm growing
and growing and growing that's why we
spoke about many times and many good
successful businessmen entrepreneurs
generals whatever it is why they know
how to focus the time time is very very
focused I spoke about that two weeks ago
and we learned about the time my time is
so calculated and on the minute you know
I don't I don't sit and have a cup of
coffee and hey let's meet for coffee I
don't sit on a cup of coffee cup of
coffees as I'm doing something I don't
waste my time because I'm a big shot
because my time is valuable and I want
to make sure that my time is focused
here five minutes it doesn't mean more
than five minutes move on next next you
know I know it sounds very mechanical
like a machine but my day is extremely
productive and not because I don't sleep
because everything has its time
everything has the the amount of time
that needs to be done this is five
minutes at four this is an hour at six
and more than that it's focusing on the
little details there's no how-to seen on
the big picture is to stand in front of
five hundred details and look at one
video and says that's the detail right
now that needs my attention next I'll do
this next I'll do that next to do this
this is the power of washable hood we
all have it in us now you need to know
how to bring it up to the surface the
simple way of doing it is you take
little tasks you focus on these little
tasks and you do them and the tasks are
not on going going through your shopping
today that's not I'm talking about
is tasks of acts of kindness where can I
help here where can I help here once a
week a volunteer here once a day I do
this once a day I do that it has to be
focused and if you're not focusing on
community consul Iman acts of kindness
you're missing the biggest part of your
spiritual growth of getting closer to
Hashem and making the world a much
better place it's all about doing
crescents and the rest like I told you
it has to be done with no with no agenda
with no way a motive behind it it has to
be done for the sake of giving this is
the short version of Google Sheba
motherhood
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