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so I want to explain to you a very
important concept so we can move on and
and and
conclude and and again you have to H Pay
attention because it's Hebrew words and
English doesn't do
justice in in Hebrew there are two
different words to two types of of H H
peace that each one means completely
different and it's a concept that is
very important to know because it's very
strongly related to our Torah there's a
very big difference between what's
called
sha
and now if I translate for you those
words they sound exactly the same
because shalva the translation for
shalva is peace
the translation for is rest rest
relax some will say Tranquility so one
might
say and is the same thing peace
tranquility relax
rest sh Heaven and Earth the difference
between and Sh and you need to know
Hebrew to see the difference and don't
worry I'll go out now to the street and
catch any Israeli and ask them the
difference between shv they won't answer
so don't worry you're English speakers
that you are not uh in control of the
language the majority of Hebrew speaking
will not know the difference between and
let me explain to you and this is not
coming from the language of Hebrew this
is coming from our
Torah Shala that the English language
Lang language will H translate as peace
which it doesn't work like that because
even for shalva I found a
Tranquility shalva is when a person
reaches in this
world to a place that everything is
good the person has a lot of money the
person has a nice house nice car nice
wife Nice kids life is
good here and there some
bumps but in Hebrew we call it m you're
you're well you're cushioned in this
world now when a person has a lot of
money he doesn't need to work so hard he
goes to work at 10: comes home at 12 he
doesn't have to go on a bus or a train
he drives a nice BMW he eats nice food
vacation is first class the house is
very comfortable and it doesn't matter
right now who's that person Jew non-jew
religious it can be an ultra Orthodox
religious Jew that lives a life like
that but Shala is when you reach to a
place everything is good everything is
good how many people do you know like
that I know a lot everything is
good a person has you know uh uh it's
not only about money all the by the way
don't don't don't limit it to I have a
big house and I have a lot of money that
that's what I'm talking about another
way of this shalva is that you reached
your goal your dream was to be a doctor
and you're the number one surgeon in
your field money is not an object it's
honor respect
status so take that to
wherever you relate with and understand
what's shvat it's not only money the
easiest way to say it that in this world
you have a physical rest you're not
running after money and dealing with it
physically you are
relaxed and you don't have to put too
much effort into anything that's
sha there are a few verses that
explain why shalva is not something you
want and I will choose to explain one
verse from the book of mishle chapter 1
verse
32 remember it's very easy to remember
because Alf is first chapter Al is the
base and verse 32
is the heart of
everything it's h
yeah the verse in
Hebrew goes as
follows translation even even though
translations are not that great the
Tranquility of the fools shall cause
them to
perish so the Torah and there's a lot of
other Pim I chose to read you this one
the Torah is not about
sh where do we read recently with the
word
shalva
yako after Khan after a life of
dealing with Lavan in Khan running away
from asav having his
son disappeared his daughter abducted
and raped I mean I mean yov went through
hell at the end of his life he just
wanted to to relax and to how do you
call it h ER
retire what does it say in the
Torah Jakob said I'm old I went through
life let me just relax at the end of my
life I'm a billionaire he was a
billionaire I have four wives I have 12
kids I conquered everything that I
needed I achieved let me
rest right away ysep was
abducted and Rashi
says he asked for peace and
quiet you want peace and quiet
it right away y was abducted so now
he'll be like 17 years no peace and no
rest so schl the smartest man in history
says that Tranquility of the fools shall
cause them to
perish that's why the Torah does not
recommend you to be in a place of
sha and that's what most people ran
after
why is that not good why can't I
be how would you say comfortable in this
world what's wrong with
that because this type of Peace this
type of Tranquility that is called
shalva you are enslaving yourself to the
materialist to the materialism that's
what you
do this type of shva makes you a slave
to the
physicality
I How does it go whatever I want I
should have that's the
enslavement that's basically the
majority of people in our generation Our
very spoiled
generation now so what's the difference
between sh and I told you
sh don't run after
that we got from the Torah what's called
what
is h you said Shabbat very good because
we call
Shabbat rest but really what is what is
this I told you peace tranqu relax rest
Tranquility is that I don't want
anything
that's I don't want nothing how are you
doing I'm good want to eat something I'm
fine want a better bed I'm
good I am not enslaved to anything in
this world and I'm not depending on
anything in this world
that's that's what the Tor says I don't
want
anything more than
that nothing in this world controls me
20 plus years ago I found myself in a
situation was a 27y old young man who
didn't believe in anything but
money didn't believe in God believed in
anything else that does not exist that
exists but the real things
nothing and
suddenly in the middle of my life my
reality changed you know the story and
I'm now facing a new reality that I
need to serve a Creator who I didn't
know
exists but now I have a problem because
for 28 years I fed my body and soul
junk so when I came to the uh time in my
life that I need to make a change in my
life and become a Torah
observant I told you already and I'm
here and there throwing bits and pieces
but but you have to understand that when
I had to make this change to become
observant first of all I was 27 years
old okay going on 28 it's not a young
person second of all I led a lifestyle
that wasn't so easy to bridge to a life
of
spirituality so I came to my
Chua with all the baggage you can just
imagine the worth of becoming observant
and one of the most dominating problem
was the abuse and the addiction to
almost anything that existed in the
world drugs alcohol cigarettes and all
the rest of the things that I don't want
to specify that it's not of your
business and I
understood that if I want to serve the
Creator I cannot be addicted or limited
to anything in this
world but
God if I'm depending on anything in this
world I will never be a servant of
God I cannot be addicted to cigarettes I
cannot sit during Shabbat thinking of
the cigarettes How Can You observe
Shabbat when in your mind you're
thinking of a cigarette no
cigarettes so I had to quit everything
that exists in the world and many other
addictions let me tell it to you the
other way around the only thing I wasn't
addicted to is gambling okay you use
your own
imagination somehow I didn't have that
issue I was like I'm not going to donate
my money to some
pots I am not going to sit and give all
my money to some
casino that is not happening but
everything else I was addicted to I'm
talking about addictions I'm not I'm
talking about severe drug abuse not
smoking
marijuana that was done
too but the drug abuse was serious drugs
not
marijuana why am I telling you all this
because I had to make a Swit in my mind
that I cannot be enslaved to anything in
this world whether it's food drugs
anything that's why it took me three
years to make the change I didn't go to
Yeshiva in the I went to Yeshiva when I
was
30 forget about that I was in a year and
a half in jail that was Yeshiva talking
to the
wall but
nevertheless why am I saying that
because I I don't want
shva don't try to tease my eyes with
that because that's what the world does
it teases your eyes here I'll give you
shat what was the translation peace you
want peace right life is chaos you need
peace right now of course I need I just
need a moment of
quiet most people you won't necessarily
notice it or see it or know about
it you look at their face their prises
Hi how are
you great day if you would know what's
going on behind the
screen the jungle that's in the mind the
chaos that's in the
mind if you would offer
anyone one day of peace they will jump
on the opportunity right so Netflix
offers you two hours a day of peace and
you gladly take it cuz you just want to
be disconnected and and just be zombied
on some screen and then Facebook will
come and send you another opportunity
for
peace and the rest of the junk around
you will constantly show you
opportunities for peace which you will
buy in any cost a new shirt a new phone
because the sales method is not that you
need the shirt or the phone you need the
piece you have to understand the
marketing you have to understand how
everything is marketed for you why do
you buy X because the message that is
sent to you behind
it one example many how do they sell
fragrances for
men gorgeous naked women cogging the men
and ah if I Spritz myself with some
colog all the gorgeous women are just
going to fall call on
me that's the the marketing
tactic and many other things I'm going
to start analyzing that you have to see
you have to to see what is catered to
you so the world will cater for you a
lot of opportunities for peace and
you're going to jump on it cuz all you
want is just a piece of
quiet life is hectic the day is
extremely full of every second of phone
call and this happen happening you just
want 5 minutes of quiet and you will buy
that and the world will cater those 5
minutes of quiet for
you
therefore when I'm enslaved to any type
of
material I will never ever find true
peace so
shalva is I'm I'm I'm very comfortable
in this world nice house nice car nice
wife healthy kids good friends around me
okay here and there things are not
perfect but life is good go now to Miami
you'll see a lot of life is
good in Bon and Shalom not doing any
evil ey live your life wherever you want
and if God gave you a lot of money great
enjoy it give a lot of Charity you can
drive a Mercedes nothing wrong with
driving a
Mercedes if you give 10 times the amount
to charity
first okay so you want to drive a
$100,000 car give a million do in
charity then buy the $100,000 car don't
drive a $100,000 car when you don't even
have that so you leased it and you
loaned it and you borrowed money from
here so everybody will see you in the
BMW and that's
sh
you
want real rest whether I have the BMW or
not I'm happy either
way the real rest is that I don't want
anything whatever gives
me I can live anywhere with
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