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Never Shop on an Empty Stomach | Rabbi Shlomo Farhi
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It's advisable to avoid shopping when you're hungry because you may end up making purchases that you later regret. Similarly, when you're going through a tough time, it's easier for negative thoughts to take over and lead you to failure. Be mindful of this and take steps to prepare yourself. Want to get these videos on WhatsApp? Click here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JQMXINfWghY0Zroy4zLOWL #vayimaen #shmiraseinayim #fasting #temptation
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You know what they say:
Never go shopping on an empty stomach.
Has that ever happened to you?
You go shopping
on a תענית, on a fast day,
and suddenly you find yourself buying
loads of things that you don't want
and you don't need.
You get home and you're in trouble
with your wife, right?
My friends, life is like that.
You know, it might be that
you take a route to work every day
and you breeze past many נסיונות,
many challenging things
you're able to turn away
and not look at things
that are inappropriate
because you're on your way to work
and you're focused and you’re determined
and you’re in a good place.
But when you're not in such a good place,
when you make decisions
from a place of weakness,
like when you're hungry,
you don't always
make the best decisions.
So beware
when you're not at your spiritual best,
when things are not going your way,
when you're upset,
a deal didn't work out,
you got in a fight with a friend,
suddenly you're
in a lower place from that place.
Even things that you ordinarily
have no trouble with,
suddenly they rear their ugly head,
and you wind up coming back
with things that
you didn't bargain for.
On those days, take extra care.
Go a different route, take a cab,
go with a friend,
איש אל רעהו יאמר חזק
But most importantly, if a person falls,
remember, this is not me.
This is just me when I'm at my weakest.
Me in my stronger self
is capable of being so much better
than the person I happened to be today.
The biggest challenge
that the Yetzer Hara could offer
is by getting you
to think lower of yourself,
and not allowing you to believe
that this is not me.
This is just a decision
I made on a bad day,
and tomorrow I know
will be a better day.