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Parshat Balak: The Power of a Name - Rabbi Eliezer Zeytouneh
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okay why do you wanna welcome you think
your source for joining us tonight she
what old father okay let's get started
this parish up I said Ballack I said the
like Pike is actually a very interesting
Parashar we see the demise the
degeneration the denigrating of someone
who had so much potential was giving so
many gifts by lack was the greatest navi
ever to live you see we think what about
Mazur debate no I thought we shared a
baton was the greatest prophet ever and
the rabbi's right now Michelle Amin was
the greatest prophet of the Jews but
there was someone who was even a greater
profit received more transmission more
calamity and I was belong so could you
imagine with all the greatness that
balaam was bestowed well what old
talents he was given well wonderful
gifts never Ellen was benevolent
and showering on Balaam bill I'm
squandering it all here's I go evolving
he forfeited it was over link wished
from Balaam so let's look take a look a
little bit at the episode everybody
ready so when I comes and he's scared of
Ganesha
he's very fearful they're coming they're
taunting them right that's what it says
it says you know let us start fighting
with them but you could toward them you
can make fun of them
so today so we're taunting them they
were showing off their military prowess
how strong they were wonderful but I
could skin not only does he get scared
it becomes despising of any cell and the
only comes and tries to find some sort
of strategy you can employ or try to
defeat these people he knows of a man
named Balaam me I'm gonna be oil who is
in pit or whatever so he comes in he
sends people to belong and here we go
ready but is coming down charging the
Malik him those team those messengers
the emissaries what are you supposed to
go and tell Galan listen very carefully
make some hockey mom and I've been going
so he comes into this emissary
this contingency he's sentenced to be
lawmen villain pitch oughta I should all
or not it's been a mo the Corolla to
call him little more to say you know
I've got time to meet slime this is the
nation that left the time you never side
they're covering of the eye of the earth
they're all over the place
Julius mu mu Lee and he's standing right
in front of me sitting right in front of
me settled right in front of me Yatta
but not only please right now going
curse them for me a table is in this
nation get some with me many because
they're too powerful for me well I kinda
like it over I gotta shoot my lights
maybe I'm gonna be able to strike them
and I'm gonna cheat them out of the lane
a gentleman he odd idea to share my
vitamin went out because I know that my
new place is blessed that shift all you
want and anybody that you curse is curse
now my question is we know that any time
there's a redundancy something that
doesn't seem like it's consistent in the
pursuit I got a person that says why why
is there a repetition in the person why
it doesn't say the same thing basically
two times and we find that in this
passage what happens comes by like any
sense contingency to villain messengers
right to do what the Corolla to call him
limb or to say I mean take all of the
same he's sending people to call him to
say it's anything people to say that's
it what do you mean to call him tonnison
those words seem extraneous superfluous
what are they doing there why do we have
to use the double language what was the
Corolla what does that mean the Corolla
that's question number one question of
it - why am i interning you know there's
a lot of things going on tonight okay I
have to sit here and look everybody -
nice tan line that just don't need that
I quote why did God want me to come to
the clay so I know there's some people
over here not gonna say who but they're
sitting in the crowd tonight and these
people are only here because I gave them
a certain bit of hot that they should
piss a driver's test and they pissed and
the deal was listen if you pierce the
driver's test
- one day like listen he said rabbi - I
said - all right so worth the pain so
he's took it and he pissed and he's here
I'm not gonna say who he is but he's
wearing a blue shirt somewhere in the
third row over there I'm not saying who
he is but anyway oh he's gonna be
it'll be here again and then will you
know take give the rest but why am i
here tonight what am I supposed to learn
from everybody to need this evening
I am ready ready listen to the words
that need not be something is family
something so beautiful the words of the
kid on our heart penetrating listen to
what he said when we crawl anymore just
a kid on a shallow my did another time
did he see that black line it's a big
device article all anymore
see guys should I go a lovely kilo low
when you get to Bill I'm when you come
and you're about to deliver the message
before you talk to Balaam the first
thing I want you to do is I want you to
call to him I want you to say his name I
want you to come up to him and say mom
why you have to say bill I'm Bhishma
shamone - boqo ah Cleveland's Husky
Rosita mama said it's Anthony and
thinking about my second son comes in
writes what is the word Gil arm come
from
what if they the word bill I'm
signifying the word bill means ship
Allah um he's able to devour to swallow
up to consume an entire nation so you
guys when you're about to go to Bill I
have to try to convince him to go and
curse the Jewish nation the first thing
I want you to do is I want you to remind
them what his name is I want you to tell
him his name is Balaam he could devour
swallow up consume an entire nation
genistein he's gonna have the power to
do so the ability to talent to perform
and to commit mass genocide mass
annihilation right and that's what he
charged him to do that's what he Cuomo
means call him by his name not one
second what does that mean
why is that gonna change anything what
is the name and how was it named give a
person potency has he the potential
how's he gonna power has he given
prowess
what exactly is going on that's really
what I want to focus on tonight tonight
I want to focus on the function of Annie
now I think we spoke about this once in
a certain you know in a certain
direction but tonight
take a different direction why do people
call their children by certain names you
know someone once told me I know
somebody who has a name and he calls his
son the same name now you don't find
that so much in Judaism and Judaism you
don't really see that so offering and I
think that Eliezer is a Tony and I
called my kid early imagine a has it
right and that there was a whole bunch
of little alia liz is a Tony jr. jr. jr.
jr. jr. jr. jr. say myself right imagine
all those 10 lines right but why don't
we do that why does every child every
person have a different name what is in
a name so that we want to focus on
tonight and hopefully you're gonna come
up with something so great and a little
bit more insight about what your name is
and how you can utilize it to your
benefit everybody ready sounds like a
good topic here we go this time I said
you man I think I would say you do
matter Peggy one would bet on the 83rd
page on the second slide comelet's says
the following talks about an episode
that occurs with a great time in
virtually every buda very POC have
rákóczi Baraka what time Ruby may review
that'll be OC walking and they were
traveling yeah repeat me an avid English
man maybe they you're always used to
check people names you always use
interrogate look at the names and try to
analyze the names if you WC in love
would thank you Bhishma maybe a scene
view that would not analyze names came a
to la bouche pizza yeah voulu I'm Lula
Mishima so what happened the rabbi's
come now and they need an inn they gotta
go and have to sleep somewhere so they
go around they take a look in there
looking for a host finally they find
those they come to those they say excuse
me sir
what's your name I'm a little kid or he
said listen my name is Keith or I'm not
sure my me now I dumped her she'll never
be my things look at that name says kid
or he's a la sha he's an evil man why
cuz episode criterium on key door top or
whatever because they are and lopsided
overturned people Roman van
there's no Munna in them there's no
trustworthiness in them if you travel
you see a similar kiss I so what
happened the view down a B or C who
didn't check names they gave them their
belongings they gave could you please
watch this for us he said of course I
can they be may enlarge simply kissing
did not give them did I give those his
belongings to watch he went where to the
grief young as he could tell when it was
time to leave the beer WC lost their
belongings he said I mean he didn't give
me anything now once I could maybe Meir
check the name he don't a port Emma
meaning they are a lopsided and overturn
people a corrupt people that's what this
guy's name is the premier says listen if
that's the case I'm gonna be sane I'm
not giving my things to such a guy with
a name kid or forget it bad how you're
joking absolutely not
so I understand that because he
understood that the name because a
certain coward to a person and what I'm
named
lends certain talents certain
deficiencies certain qualities so its
shortcomings to my persona to my
personality so to be mayor came and said
wait a second this guy seemed as dorky
don't forget about it didn't name or
bomb what I mean in Mumbai someone sit
here wonderful
listen so what the rabbi's right
certainty I'm not feel safe and dainty I
call what do you mean any moon bomb
anyone that means you can't trust them
so he misses one second this guy's name
is you can't trust them I understand but
why did the other two wrap boys now look
into his thing what was it about
the other two rabbis they said I don't
need to look at Danny why not
the man's name is kid or it's like the
name pops up the light beam is murderer
you know you're not letting your
daughter date them okay
you know you're not letting you do it oh
by the way did you know I always make
fun of my daughter my teenagers they're
good girls yeah but yeah she's not gonna
marry a guy named Jerry
but outside is he gonna see when you go
out to the to the dinner you're gonna
see it is a on the French fries it says
I heart you says now it's like okay so
don't think it was that wasn't the
restaurant that sent me a personal
message okay my daughter I guess I have
to all the abuse that I eat the entire
year said oh I heart you is that nice no
you know that's nice but if you know
that a person theme stands out why do
the other two rabbis trust him and this
is the one I want to focus on tonight
because once we realize what a name
really signifies now one name is a
really old account then we're going to
learn how to use our name tower
advantage so let's get started
comfort of doesn't says the phenomenal
thing well that's it comes a beautiful
thing listen what he says very actual
human action I may serve in secret
ambition schwa Pete okay me d'ottavio
faith God makes it do you should be cold
you should be named in a way that it
signifies represents your qualities your
powers your gifts your talents the good
things about you and the bad things
about you in fact we know that one of
the worst the most disastrous the most
tragic nations that ever existed was a
nation called Mitzrayim
why was the time such a bad nation it's
right by the way husband a stroll on
countable sufferings untold hardships
why what a mate what's the word minutes
and I II mean the word Messiah means
Consul word mitts are myths are means
problems shortcomings suffering sorrow
mean I met Sarkar atiyah
that shows you what in the person shows
you what's in the nation Oh based on the
person's name no no person whose name is
nemesis does anybody know what nemesis
means anybody nemesis means
arch enemy that's her name her name is
now what kind of crazy mother would call
a kid
nemesis I don't know said but that's the
poor lady's name my name is nemesis harp
you know I know people call their kids
Nimrod
there are names like know anyone who
Nimrod was then what was the king who
came and put a rama v nu in the fire
right but they're called name Ron now
the kid has it can't do anything that's
what he was call my understand the
parents the parents and understand
because the name that you name your
child represents all of his beautiful
talents and all of his tragic floors so
careful we have to be to name our
children with wonderful wonderful names
in fact I'll prove it to you I'll prove
it to you
you know there's a name hits
anybody hear you strike okay maybe it's
like over here so everybody Morrissey
name is its crack is it really much it
and do me a favor go home okay one
second okay but if we take a look at
Moses cracks that I know they love to
laugh
they're always smiling they always
laughing
they always joking unbelievable by the
way the first its targets takamina was
also we see was a very pleasant person
why was it shocked why did he have to
have that name in stock so we know that
the mean Dow of his heart was given a
strict judgment and therefore mi vino
realized they stock was gonna have that
attribute so he called me stocks and
fuse them with this jubilance and
happiness and ability to smile so we see
that he name does affect the person from
India Rams here okay i from so we see
many times
Marcy Sochi name very quickly soon you
can tell me your name is Sarah so that's
okay one second
but if you think like most of rounds
that I know are very kind very good
spirited very generous people's
wonderful it's in the name it's in the
name it's in the talking Elia is there
anybody else here I don't know about you
but Eliezer that I know are good-looking
and charming no you don't think so I
thought so what about you more she can
even tell the SNL no that's you know
okay okay
so we see that a name does affect the
person comes in everything this is a
phenomenal thing listen to this never
saw him comes inside Shan Shan mu8
semi-official oh your name is your net
fish is who you are in fact gotta tell
you something phenomenal listen till
they come here I come here I said
something bull unbelievable astounding I
have a great rabbi story ready listen to
this comes the covetous John says now
when a person names a child by a certain
name you're not naming the body you're
naming the neshamah in fact says one of
the lists comes to cover your science
says you know sometimes you have a
person was sleeping and the person
sleeping in your new gym and doesn't
wake up and you niche it again you know
you kick him he doesn't wake up what do
you do how do you wake up that person
you know how you wake him up you play
recording of his mother-in-law that's
how what you do what you do is you call
him by his name says the cabochon when
you call a person by his name the
company key all the sudden he wakes up
how does that work why is it that when a
cool person by his name he wakes up what
is it and says the cuff and I came to
white because the person's name is Miss
Emma when a person goes to sleep what
happens then a shaman goes up to shaman
so if you know a person while he's
sleeping it doesn't wake him up why
because in a Shabbat still in Evans how
do you wake up such a person you know
what you do you call his name and when
you call his name what happens
delecia ma re-enters the body and the
person wakes up that's the greatness of
above Annie
that's the potency of a person's name
unbelievable in fact if that's the case
so why didn't it be you down to be
you'll see worry about kid or and the
answer is very simple
your name gives you qualities it gives
you those talents it gives me a
personality the type of person he gonna
be but at the end of the day ladies and
gentlemen you have something even
stronger than that you have the ability
to choose
you have something called patina of seat
you have the ability to go against your
nature against those qualities against
what we thought and cancels attributes
and you have the ability to maleate
yourself and transcend your name and
make sure you mold yourself into a
wonderful person so to be with that ax B
or C said wait a second he has his name
his kid or but that doesn't
automatically mean mizuhashi maybe he
worked for himself
maybe improved himself maybe it came and
he caused his shortcomings to subside
and that's why they were willing to give
their belongings take lead or to watch
over because according to them I don't
have to admit they can shim on I don't
think you book it means I'd have to know
what they're all about I don't have to
know what they signify because a person
can always change his qualities you can
always change actors you always overcome
your shortcomings your flaws your
personality quirks and that's why we
were created we were not created to take
our name and just write the time that's
not why we were created this night we
were born
if we don't wanted us to walk around
like robots the way we are programmed
then there's no point of us being here
when obviously but I wanted to give you
your package he wants to give you at
that fish he wanted to give me your
shortcomings you want to give you your
flaws and went to giving you the
efficiencies and he wants you to change
them he wants you to overcome them
he wants you to conquer them and that's
what I want to talk about tonight you
know every times people come to me and
say rabbi my wife she always gets angry
everything I do she gets angry I come
and I want to touch her pot she gets
angry I asked her honey morning coming
downstairs she gets angry I forget her
birthday she gets angry everything I do
she gets angry I don't understand why is
he getting angry so I talked to the wife
and the wife tensions wrap-up well you
let me do that's where I was created
that's why I'm born my natural
tendencies are to get angry and she
thinks rabbis it was gonna say all in
that case house he tells me well that's
not what I say because if you were
created that way because I shouldn't
want you to overcoming
you were created with that floor you
created with that core
with that moral deficiency because she
wants it overcoming any wanted a
conquering and he wants you to come and
transcend that's why you were created
with that package in that package home a
person has no patience zero patience you
know I'll tell you depending where you
are you know I was deal in New Jersey
this weekend and it's a different world
when you go to New Jersey different
world because in New Jersey no New York
everything is fast paced everything is
pissed it's like press you know and the
olden days you guys don't know what to
talk about
there's they've called fast forward fast
forward as you see everybody moving very
quickly like right and I think there are
you know at SuperSpeed
that's Brooklyn but all of a sudden you
walk into deal and everything is
slow-motion you walk into the
supermarket and the poor little lady was
born
I don't know Virginia is sitting and
scanning you things one at a time
looking at it so how's it doing this
morning you're gonna scream at her this
morning it's nighttime already let me go
what are you doing and you have to learn
patience your rook 'ln if you don't beep
you know you're breaking the wall you
got a hunk in Brooklyn if you don't like
it was some sort of foreigner but
there's some places if you honk you just
committed a capital crime y'all I'll be
the person you know what they do they
stop you get out of the car they woke up
to Hinds everything right okay yeah
except for one thing what I want to
evolve go what's wrong with you oh
because in this town we only argue if
it's an emergency
if it's an emergent nobody honks in this
town
and you have to learn patience you know
there's some people that their entire
lines they get everything they want when
they one they want a bay a bottle when
they're babies they get it and if they
get older they want a candy they got it
as they get older they want a toy they
got it and they get older they want a
car they got it and then they get
married
and the first time the guy come to this
honey
steak and she looks in him like he's
crazy
honey steak are we playing some sort of
game steak chicken honey I want steak
and all of a sudden you go from getting
everything that I want instantaneously
having to learn how to be patient
I want to go honey did a time let's go
I'm getting ready honey okay how long
you mean all five minutes 25 minutes
later honey
I don't saying don't you want me to look
pretty for you honey whatever you do
it's not gonna work let's go you were
born without patience it's in your name
but you have the ability of the choice
to change that and that's what we have
to do in fact it's possible that a name
is there to help you let me speak to you
so the pill you it's a phenomenal thing
words into the pillow wait says the
pillow waits
vemma shimmying Gordon loved me I'd see
you are the look at modesto beam mottos
if your name just helps you a little bit
gives you that boost to do good to go in
the right path to commitments Lord
that's wonderful because you know what a
name is a name is a prayer that the
parent bestows upon a child I'll prove
it to you Debra you're listening to this
isn't it a bit ugly Duff design Macbeth
and the ref talks about a woman her name
was Leah
our mother out grandma yeah Leah just
gets married and has a boy her first
point my Brooke was altos one of them
what is she gonna call this boy so says
he coming out everyone knows what you
called him the first one was called
little Ben
why would he call today
what's going on here Reuben I might be
like Sodom rally us as they are my big
been in the been coming you take a look
at the difference between my son and my
brother-in-law do Bellamy ever grab him
in the heart is a man in the Bitterroot
a new market made my storm your course
our choco my brother-in-law willingly
saw this before at Yaakov and he hated
Jakov ever since it's a baby the arc of
why you willingly sold you know what you
were doing you went to a commitment you
acquiesced you decided you agreed why do
you hate him so much
now my son the profile was taken from my
son by force
and give it to yourself and my son went
and saved his competition the one who
took the greatest from him the grandeur
the picanha
the firstborn rights the one who
relinquish them of all that honor he was
about to die who saved him my son but
wait a second ladies and gentlemen
that's not gonna happen for another 22
years more sorry 7 yeah 20 20 years 19
20 years didn't happen yet so I
understand understandable then I was
saying looking at between my son and my
brother-in-law and the answer is very
simple
they are add row' ha'qodesh then in the
future her son wasn't gonna be the
before he was gonna be relinquished
abdicated of that great first born right
and she wanted that her son should act
differently than her brother-in-law so
she called her son will be infused in
her son that ability to withstand the
pressure the jealousy to stand up and
save the one person who took all of it
away from him that was the name that she
called him not as a prophecy but as a
prayer I'll give you another example
well I being comes back it's a good
sign he saves the Jewish people
and then he reunites with his two
children what we're two children two
children's names so says the Pasig get a
show really isn't my kid show Minnelli
has him so for surprise get us some wine
come again I yeah
I was a stranger in a strange land wait
a second you don't call your son after
something that happened why are you
calling you son why you're naming his
son after an episode that happened in
your life I don't understand Misha Misha
nearly as in killer have you guys leave
I didn't help at all because the second
one he called Eliezer
good god save me pump at all what's
going on here it's very possible now
what was the greatness of
Avenal what should have been was the
Prince of Egypt the Prince of Egypt he
had it all accolades wealth fame
affluence opulence power and he was
exiled into another nation and he
married the Pope's daughter Oh Oh bite
he was excommunicated but all throughout
those years should have been who never
assimilated and now he has a son who's
living in the midst of me John who's
facing the same exact danger what shadow
penises wait a second I gotta do
something for my son to safeguard him to
make sure that he doesn't fall just like
I didn't fall he calls him get is shown
in order to infuse him with that power
potency that gift that quality to be
able to withstand the forces the
pressure of a simulation that's why you
called him McKenna shaman Eleazar
because again that God should always be
able to save you to watch over you so
the name it's possible it's a prayer
wait a second does he Jean and the
cyclist writes the following it wasn't
once a man and a man film he felt
terribly spiritually and he came back he
did this Shaban so you came to the
rabbi's and the rabbi say one second
how's it possible unit issue about my
shimma what's in him I'm not late
Eleazar my name is all eyes on my mother
via BA but
Sobotka remarked deluxe a are must being
a name really helped you because God
helped you because if you name what I
mean
so since ammonia is what is the word
Allah does that mean Eliz that means God
helps imagine what a lucky person that
man is that he has a name allows us
because his name gave him assistance and
making sure he was able to persevere but
wait a second if everything rabbis
attornies thing right now is true well
then I have a question you know does he
coming out my second tiny tough couple a
date and there are talks about around my
name of that but I thought I like that
but I'm out with a very long life and
the rep y system please rabbi give us
your secret what was it you did the
American longevity how is it possible
you live so long and one of the things
that the rabbi said is ready here we go
say the rabbi little karate Lahani the
honey hole behind shot oh sorry I never
called my friend by his nickname I never
gave a nickname to my friend you know I
know people that have a nickname for
everybody everybody they call this guy
you know hubba bubba right this one
chubby hobby that's what my wife calls
me like that one no okay she doesn't
call me that take it easy I know a guy
used to comb pickle had a friend his
name was pickle okay his first name was
Isaac but if you call him Isaac he
wouldn't even look at you cuz he was so
used to the name pickle wait a second
why did if I doubt but I vowed never
longevity a long life because he didn't
call anyone by his nickname what's the
correlation because between Cole's owned
by his real name and the one life and
the answer is that every time you call
the person buys name you reminding them
of his talents you reminding him of his
gifts you're telling about great is how
specially is
and therefore you're giving him life
because even a man encouragement you're
letting him go on yeah yeah assisting
him sorry
you're aiding and abetting and making
sure you fulfill his mission in life
so you give somebody else life God gives
you life I want to tell you something
has only strikes that every time you
call person by his real name or her real
name you give them a certain color you
get my haha so your name is not Ali is
there and I just talk and not much it's
and every time someone calls
you more they give you Shiva -
great Baraka because they remind you who
you are and remind you about your
talents and the great things about you
but wait if everything I'm saying is
true
none of our problem with a certain get
my now they think I was it tiny on the
other side of the page stuffs off I'm
what Alice and then what talks about a
man named like demon being goody on
anybody know that is anybody know well
I'll tell you very in brief like the
moment gonna be on was a man who was a
very wealthy man and being sized to go
up to Jerusalem three times a year one
time they went up and there was no water
say wonderful person who owned Springs
and said please
I want to buy from you I want to lend
for bus or bar from you twelve Springs
of water and I'm gonna pay you back by a
certain day but everybody else really
covers gonna pay you back and if he
doesn't pay your back I'm gonna give me
thousands of thousands of dollars well
my guy says ok no problem sounds like a
plan he gives up the water and he ever
gates feeds all happening so the date
comes to pay back and it doesn't rain
like the moment go do things look at the
guy guy says okay no he doesn't give me
the water
I'll give me the money which one you
gonna pay back in that are you gonna
make it rain
you want me to Ben Gurion says listen we
have all day that's only the morning
time
well means high time comes nothing close
to shake yacht comes guy says listen
which one is it is it the water and the
money well rabbi says listen like the
moment good you wanna take it easy I'm
gonna uh you know I
a little time the guy left said the rat
boy walks into the bathhouse and starts
taking a bit with extra water like the
woman girl comes and he wraps himself in
tell me and he walks in and starts
praying to God and says God I want you
to know I didn't do it for me I did it
for you please let it rain well it
starts raining and raining and meaning
until not only does it fill up the
reservoirs it exceeds the reservoirs and
overflows so he comes back to me good
even comes to the guys okay you owe me
money now look I give you extra water
give me money for the guys it's very
nice red white but guess what
the Sun Center mean the Sun cetera so
it's too late give me money like mommy
greedy one says one second one second he
God he goes and he puts out his cell and
he goes back it's a bit me does and he
starts praying to God and all of a
sudden the clouds spread and the sun is
shining and he comes out to the guy and
says take a look the Sun still shining
you owe me money and the guy comes and
says something phenomenal not v-mon
being good young ladies and gentleman
was not his name his name was not like
me more big courtyard and a bunny Shamu
his name was boonie so why was it called
like naman ben-gurion she nicknamed
mohammed abu know because God made the
Sun stand still because him wait a
second I think that supposed to call
someone by his nickname but they can I
call somebody by his nickname
his name was born e why are you calling
him like Iman what's going on one second
I think we could answer the question
with that I'm done cuz then I'm Bob and
also do it in the first pity the seventh
aha ladies and gentlemen this is what
the class is all about says an imam the
tiger Guillemots all but the author lou
and chic grupo house the person
accustomed himself to good meat on this
is what am I supposed to do we are
Syrian a vicious rumor seems ocap I do
time
so meant Amin find good attributes fight
your natural inclinations your
shortcomings your bit personal
personality traits fight him over and
over and over once and twice and thrice
that's worth it you know what price no
it's a way
Marlene is that a word it is right what
do you say price before no that's it up
till there only three times are to you
my same Kathleen elaborate rules so easy
for you tax benevolently ve'lo you buy
him torah and it won't be hard at all
listen the next three words because it
won't be enough sure what happens these
personality traits these good traits
become part of your nefesh you know what
happens when I work on myself so often I
changed my name I could change my name
by changing my qualities I changed my
attributes I changed my quality so I
could change my name that's what
happened to that demon be good he on his
name was boonie but because he worked so
hard on his attributes on his qualities
it's a defeat his shortcomings his flaws
and sham I mean he changed his natural
inclinations and therefore he changed
his name and that's what we were able to
do a guy is born lazy I want to tell you
something naturally I'm lazy I am a lazy
person naturally I don't like to do
things that require tenacity effort hard
work moving too much
no I think I was playing there school my
son the other day okay mister now we
have like a competition every year from
the time the kid was 14 yeah buddy and
he couldn't beat me I was going doing
circles around their double poms around
the back you know and my dreams about
and I was winning 14 15 16
17 now but Hashem is gonna be a senior
in high school but I can say no more
tuition great I mean uh right he's a we
happy that he's progressing and this
summer we decided to play but I didn't
play in a year since last summer and he
plays all the time so he gives me the
ball and I saw shooting I couldn't get
it shot it and he's speeding me three
nothing for nothing
five nothing and imma give the ball get
all right
and I take four timeouts because I have
no stamina because I didn't work on it
because I didn't practice but if I'm
able to run everyday a block and then a
block again and a block again the first
I will be hard and the second time will
be hard but it'll eventually get easier
and easier
until me able to do with great facility
and it becomes part of me I could become
an athlete I can become a patient person
I could become president doesn't anger
like if someone who's not cheap like me
someone who's giving and generous kind
kind-hearted soft-spoken it's not in
your name but tonight I'm here to tell
you can change your name you could
change your qualities ladies and
gentlemen everybody knows this but I
want to finish tonight's class with an
insight Bill Harmon who was good on is
that really his name was Balaam this
gentleman's name well I'm gonna meet you
hey Davina a time Newseum and Abuna time
you know ZL tells us exactly who this
man Balaam was listen to this cuz you're
going to be dumbfounded says there be no
time in ozium ready this cigar is
getting Levant dollar comes in he sends
messengers to live at levan Hara me who
did he send messages to Park send
messages to lavon's
women but LaVon the Ferrara me
Balam the finally me is ghulam his name
is not alarm his name was not Balaam him
was a sign everybody remembers my fine
uncle LaVon grandpa LaVon he was born
with the name love and what is LaVon
mean that means white he was born with
the ability with the potential to be
pure to be clean but he exercised
malicious actions continuously and over
and over and over again he acted with
corruption with the seed with trickery
with treachery what those name changed
to belong ladies and gentlemen I'm
telling you today did you have the
ability the wherewithal the capacity to
change your natural tendencies to change
your name to change it change your
potency to change your potential to
change your skills to change your
talents to change your fate to change
your marriages to change your children
to change your relationships you have
the ability to change your life it's
within you your career within your reach
with your New York of the capabilities
within your ability that I gotta do it
you know somebody called me on Friday
with a problem and was a real problem it
was a real challenge and I told the
person I told them listen I know it's
hard but you can do it you can do it and
you gotta do it
please do me a favor after you do it
call me and let me know you succeeded
and they said but it's gonna be so hard
rabbi it's gonna be so on what am I
gonna do it's gonna be so difficult
tonight Sal I know it's gonna be odd but
I'm telling you you could do it and it's
worth it and a person did it and they
succeeded
and they're changing themselves that's
only gonna lead to better things so
ladies and gentlemen s let's all go out
tonight visit the ship and sit down with
a paper and let's stop being honest with
ourselves inviting all the positive
things that we possess all the talents
all the qualities all the wonderful
things that we do there are in our
hearts there are systems that every day
we enact the kind of words that we say
to people and their let's be a little
bit more honest and stop focusing on the
bad things that we have bad things that
we espouse and start trying to fix each
one one at a time until our names are
crystal clear demon Geryon changed his
name to the good Balaam changed his name
to the bed how are you gonna change your
name
let's go out in the amylin so i'm ali
ating changing molding ourselves into
the greatest beans we could be God gave
us that potential he gave us the colors
you gave us a textures you give us the
paintbrushes and not every color is good
you know I personally do not like the
color yellow
I'm not a yellow guy I don't like
mustard let's start it now okay what
else is yellow I don't like I don't like
yellow things I don't like definitely
don't like school buses okay bananas
depends I like them when they green
Belize and gentlemen what happens when
you take yellow can you add some blue
what happens you turn it into green God
gave you bed out your buttes that's not
changing them into something favourable
and let's start doing it now so it's not
the same immediately our names could
change for the better I think you so
much little thing but online all that
man my man to be a funnel yeah but I can
show me
so I get one
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