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Does Dennis Prager's advice disturb you?

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Rabbi Josh Zebberman

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where does happiness come from what can you do to live a happier life so Dennis Prager shares a short Insight let me know if you agree or disagree with him in the comment section after the video and I want to share with you the Jewish perspective perspective the Torah perspective I believe that behavior modifies feelings and thoughts and psyche therefore you don't wait to do something your M you have to be mind directed not animated by a good voice of ambition just intellectual understanding rational understanding I have to do X and Y and Z that's why my one of my fundamental beliefs about happiness is act happy you'll feel happy so Dennis prer says if if you act happy you'll be happy or at least you'll be happier and from a Torah perspective that's actually true they sa writes numerous times in his book on his explanation of the Mitzvah he says that the purpose of Mitzvah are doing things that God want us wants us to do so that we'll feel the way God wants us to feel he says our heart follows our Behavior action triggers passion so if we do act happy or happier we engage in that behavior we actually will feel happier but I want to give you another suggestion that the Torah and that Judaism shares with us which is do things of value if you want to live a happy life you got to live a meaningful life and if you want to live a meaningful life you have to live a productive life and the best way to live a productive life are doing things that are meaningful not just meaningful to us but actually meaningful to God meaningful toward the purpose for which we were created do a Mitzvah a Mitzvah is a Godly sacred act that God wants us to do that makes God more present and comfortable in our life we are now in the month of Adar the month that Pur is in and our sages tell us that when the month of approaches we have to crank up the joy we have to increase in Joy andus explains that the word Adar which is the month of Joy has three letters Alf Alf is the numerical value of one it's referring to God and then Dal spells D which means to dwell that through genuine Joy meaning God dwells and when we cause God to dwell through joy and through doing what we're supposed to we actually have joy that brings true happiness to this world that's my story and I'm sticking to it