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What's the greatest problem facing the
Jewish people today?
So, it depends on who you ask. I mean,
there's so much suffering, etc.
Um I'm speaking let's say more about a
spiritual problem.
The you know there's a shitta crisis.
People struggle for pornosa ones who are
trying to learn Torah. So they asked of
Aron Feldman the Roshiva of Ner Israel.
He says the number one problem facing
the Jewish people is that we're doing
mitzvah by rote. He says that's the root
of it all. That's the root of it all.
And it's also important to know that the
chuva that we need to do before the
Msiah comes is on our mitzvah.
When we switch over the says when we're
listening the voice of shem means we'll
be engaged with the mitzvah and treat
them the way they should. Now Hashem and
the rabbis don't always make this easy.
I'm not kind of trying to blame them.
But when it comes, let's say, to prayer
and and Tahillum,
the challenge is repetition, right?
Familiarity can, God forbid, lead to
less connection, right? You're saying
the thing again and again and again. So
I want to today uh we're going to focus
in we're going to zero in on reciting
again and again and again and it's the
Zion that we're going to say I just told
everyone from Roes
until um right before
we're going to say to him twice a day.
So if you do the math, which is not my
forte, if you do the math, 104 times.
So how do you say
with
104 times? Okay, that's the challenge.
Really, let's be honest. The first
couple of times we're in our heart
connects. We're excited. We're inspired.
But before you know it, it's rolling off
your tongue by wrote. We check the list.
Okay, now I can leave Shaw. That's what
we're facing.
So, how are we going to tackle this? Two
ways. One is I want to tell you some
things about repeating to him that can
change everything. Okay, number thing.
So there's two things about the tahillum
and and the approach of repetition that
you must know and then after that a huge
thing you're accomplishing this month by
saying this tale. Okay, so let's start
off what you need to know about. This is
unbelievable. What you probably know
about is it's mostly written by David
Melik and it was written with Ruakes.
Okay. So, we're not just reading uh
someone's thoughts that been jotted down
or even like a poem. This is divine.
It's divine truth. So, you're engaging
with divine truth every time. And the
gross says something amazing. He said he
says this by Mish. It's really kadai to
hear it there too. He um uh Schlommo
melik Davidson Sen wrote Mish right and
how did Schlommo melik rank in terms of
wisdom? Does anyone know?
>> Number one.
>> Number one. He was number one. The And
by the way, it's not just like uh
somebody says it. It's in the Nvi. The
Nvy said there will be no one work
walking the face of the earth as wise as
>> David.
Schlommo. Thank you. But now the thing
is this the Gro kind of deals with this
implicit question. If it's ruesh,
you know, mish is also ruesh divine
truth. What difference does it make how
wise you are? You're saying divine
truth. So the vilno goen says there are
levels of rua kodesish. So when the
wisest person on earth has divine
inspiration, whoa, what wisdom is there?
Now there really um it's hard to say
there was ever a greater hassid than
David Amelik meaning there was no one
more pious and holy so the ru kodesish
in his words are unbelievable you know
he the messiah is coming from him okay
so first of all you have to just realize
what you're dealing with but you have to
remember that you have to remind
yourself I'm dealing with ru Rha kesish
crafted by one of the holiest closest
people to a kash bor ever. Okay. So you
hear it that. So don't treat it lightly.
That's number one. Okay. Is realize what
what the content is. Now this next thing
um Reverend Victor Miller saw this in
Messiah Sharim. it. This makes it even
more believ unbelievable says the Ramhal
if you approach to hillm
like with a state of serious and
investigation like you immerse in it you
do kind of Ian when you're reciting okay
guess what this is incredible
the midos the emotions of David dol rub
off on you hear this wrong says the aa
he had the love the the vas the urusm of
David dovet and melik if you take it
seriously it it it evolves you you
become part it becomes part of your
nishama isn't that incredible now that's
the messiah shar telling you this you
hear so
that's
what we're doing now this is the first
like general point when you're reciting
apply this to yoursuki to zimra as well
okay apply it to ashray it's The same
point is know that it's divine ru kotes
on a high level and that if you uh if
you get into the if you read it like a
let's say a script that you're you're
stepping into the role of David and
Melik you will turn into David on some
level. Okay. Amazing. One more point
about how to grapple with repetition
in
uh with tahhelm in prayer. Okay.
Ravisro Solanter came up with a concept
called his spilus. Okay. It's an
approach to muser. Hispus means to
become activated, right? To arouse
intense arousal. So how did they do it?
They would, one of the classic most
common ways they do it, they'd take a
pik of tahillum or the nak or or or the
gammor um or the humish and they would
say it again and again and again until
they're weeping. You hear now that takes
presence of being. And you know, here we
are at the Kavon Mitzvah Foundation.
I'll tell you what, having presence of
being, what mitzvah that is. But you
hear this, you keep going again and till
it melts your heart. And I I I don't
know who to attribute this to. I saw in
the art school sitter. It says to put
these words ala.
Why? You know when you know something by
heart, right? Balpa, you know something
by heart, that means you're repeating it
again again. You know it, right? So why?
So it says put it on your heart. Why?
Because if you if it's constantly there
when your heart opens it's going to go
in. Okay. So you we have to have faith.
We have to have muna that if we keep
these words on our heart they're going
to go in our heart. Okay. But there's
one little catch meaning there's a one
extra requirement here.
Hashem gives you a chance to opt out all
the time. Okay?
To be present in the mitzvah, to be
present in the presence of Hashem is a
choice. If you make the choice, you make
a choosing life that you hear this. The
reason it's a constant mitzvah, right?
You have a constant chance to check out.
And so when you stay in or check in,
you're fulfilling the mitzvah of and
have that in mind. Okay, that's part
one. This is a general strategy to
engage in things you have to repeat,
especially when it's tollum suk zimra.
So I'm just going to review that and
then we're going to go to the bombshell
angle for for for this. But but let's
just review it again. Number one, you
have to realize that the author
first of all had divine kodish, but he
was on a level of holiness that makes it
gigantic. It was one of the most pious
people that ever existed. Okay? And then
we have the promise of the Ramal that if
you engage in it, it rubs off on your
nishama and you will acquire these lofty
emotions. And then finally is just know
that repetition can go two ways. If you
choose life, then the repetition will be
um hovering around your heart until your
heart opens up and it goes in. And that
would be the greatest celebration you
could have during these times. Okay, so
that's part one.
My
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My God.
