Small Things Count - Episode 5: The Real Life - Rabbi Yirmiyahu Abramov

[Music] one of the central themes of the prayers of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and they assert mi Chava is we add in insertions into the shmona esra the rain'll hi melica fates behave a hot available save orihime LeMond hey Luke my aim at throne and so forth now it's very interesting in one sentence we say the rain'll FIM melica fates behind remember us to life God who once our life wants us to live vocal spannabis Abraham in scribers in the book of life the man hello Kim hey I'm for your sake we should have life that's very strange that the word hayom is mentioned four times in the context of one verse and this is in fact the very central theme in our prayers and the High Holidays what is this issue of high in so first of all it said in the name of the great Cabalists that there are four parts portions of our neshama our souls that's the nefesh which is the lower part of the soul which is inside our bodies is the roof which is the connecting channel which connects us to the third part which is the neshamah which is the actual source of our soul connected to all the other souls of the ovum Israel and there's a higher part of the soul which we have very little virtually no understanding of called the high ishida which is a very high part of the soul so when we pray on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and ass smh even these very crucial days we askings of raynella hime please give us life give us life in all aspects of my soul may my whole being every part of me be in fused with this hi I'm that it behind on all levels of my being now we are asking for life what kind of a life so obviously when asking for life let's not forget that we've got to remember that it's got to be a life of meaning just to have life that the body can function that we can be alive and that's very nice but surely am I so want much more for ourselves we want the real hi I'm we want a shame we want to live in every sense of the word living in every sense the word is loving connected to a sham connected to spirituality connected to everything holy and great this way a person feels tremendous fulfillment personal fulfillment and that's why we say in the pisaq they are tamadre kimba shama location if we can cleave to osh em high in calcium ion that's life then we live living is being connected with a holy source and it's interesting because I'll tell us that Sadiq in people who are pious and righteous even the meta Tom even after they depart they still called high him because the real essential aspect of high end is the spiritual someone who is pious and holy and lives a significant life of godliness and and ash murata realm it's what this person is living life and this life continues and goes on we should be very diligent and careful when we praying for life Anna Shem gives us the life he keeps our neshama alive and vibrant on all aspects of our neshama we hear he keeps us connected to him it's important for us to bear in mind we must retain this connection we mustn't let the this vitality the life vitality which is stemming from our soul be clouded by the body or overruled by the body or so engulfed in the physical in the matter that the spirituality is not a parent so when we sang too ashamed zoran elohim remember us to life give us this life in able us to be able to cleanse our souls that the life our life I tell it will be will be a movie will be present Melek operates bahama shame you wanted so much you want here the creature that you created who are so to speak a part of you her face behind you want that life because available safe Orihime and inscribe us that our entire year our entire lives will be in this book of life we will be living in the fullest in the word LeMond ho alok mhmm and this vitality that you've given us it should all be directed lomonaco we should live a life with lofty ideals we should live a life how can we affect others in the profound and meaningful manner that everything we do in our lives will be Lemann for your sake grant us life [Music] you