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one, I don't know. I am not a
journalist. I don't I do not I did not
investigate what happened to those guys
in Qatar, what their state is. Did they
get them? Did they not get them? But I
will tell you that I've received
countless messages that they were not
there at the time because they had to go
davin. They had minion and they left
their phones in the room and they didn't
dive in with their phones. And I got
numerous messages that even those guys
are protected when they don't have their
phones on them. So even though at first
I was not going to, you know, I don't
like to do uh generic, everybody's, you
know, jumping all over that, but I got
enough messages that if I don't uh at
least throw this in, it's going to be
like, "You didn't know that. You didn't
know that?" Yeah, I I did hear. I I did
not I was not able to do my own
independent research on that. But if
that's what people are talking about,
you could be sure that whatever happens
in this world is for says in that even
whatever happens in this world is for
even a ship that goes from Spain to
Gallaya is only blessed because of the
Jewish people. Everything that happens
in the world is because of Jewish
people. And if it's on the international
stage that these guys were saved because
they don't have their phone on them,
then you could be sure that the in the
shamayim they want to remind us about
how important that is at this time. And
that's something we spoke about for many
many years. My humble suggestion is if
you accept upon yourself this year not
to bring your phone in sh that will be
the best decision you ever made in your
life. I'm sure you made other maybe I'm
sure you married uh uh Kash of Rabbitson
or you have uh you have made good
decisions in your life. This will be
among the top ones. But here's what I
would like to do. I'm telling you
something personally this year and uh
I'm I'm I'm sharing it with you for your
consideration
because
um this this uh American a proud
American
who tragically
was gunned down in the prime of his
life. someone who spoke up for
values, was proud of the American way,
uh, stood up for the morality of the
Bible in a very upstanding and
respectable way. And it's tragic to see
someone murdered in the course of his
debate and in the course of standing up
for for morality and ethics. It's it's
tragic. It's tragic. This is what our
country has come to. But he was someone
who
he was not a Sabbath observant Jew,
but he actually turned off his phone
every Friday night for 24 hours
and the media couldn't get him and all
of his fans couldn't communicate with
him and all of the outlets couldn't
communicate with him. He was not
communicable for 24 hours. He did not
have a phone and he actually he learned
it from the Bible. The Bible says
to spend with his family. And by the
way, this is another thing that's uh a
lot of people are speaking about, you
know, of of his many admirable
qualities.
This is something that he promoted. He
said uh you know his wife said that he
needed the mental reset.
You know think about
think about how good it feels after a
two-day yumptiff or especially a
three-day yumptiff not to have a phone.
You know it's it's good for your mental
health. Everybody knows it's good for
your mental health. So besides not
having the phone by uh Davening,
I find it um very distracting when I
have it on me when I learn. And I'm just
telling you personally because we're
close. I hope this year at least a good
chunk of the time not to have it on me
during learning. I find it very
distracting. I find it takes away from
my focus. So, I think these are things
that we should focus on, especially in
light of these two events that happened
this week. I can't tell you again how
accurate that report is in Qatar, but
this is definitely what people are
talking about. So, it means it's
something we should think about. And the
technology that we have today is a is a
tool. No question. And it's a powerful
tool. And it has,
you know, I'm not uh burying my head in
the sand. It has many powerful benefits.
There's no question, many benefits even
of Tyra. And I'm the first to
acknowledge that. And at the same time,
it is extremely distracting. There needs
to be time in the day, you know, that
you that you're able to pull away. And
if you do that, it just creates a much
healthier relationship with these tools.
Not every tool is meant to use at all
times. You know, uh the tongue is also a
tool, but it's not meant to use always.
Anyway,
that's
where the says that it is a great um
glory to Hashem to praise him provided
that we uh we conduct ourselves
appropriately and the Bakess.
Okay, I have one more thing that I want
to do.
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