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  • in reply to: Loving your spouse #2002184
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    It says veyehav Yitzchak es Eisov ki tzayid befiv. like loving a pece of stake that you don’t protect because you really love yourself, Verivka oheves es Yaahov, true love, not dependent on anything, because of his behavior and deeds.

    in reply to: balding #2001886
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    יהי רצון שלא יהי’ קרח מכאן וקרח מכאן

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    In the Sefwr Peninim Yekorim questions the wording of the mentioned Yalkut Shumoni, lo dibrah Torah ellah etc should have said, dibrah Torah kaneged yetzer hara? There are two reasons for a wife protection against zenus. against the yetzer hara and having children but here by yefas toar, the child will be a ben sorer umoreh, so the only thing remaining is against the yetaer hara. So we always need to protect ourselves from the yetzer hara.

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    Should be above, As an enemy.

    in reply to: Loving your spouse #2001600
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    Love is not automatic. There is a cause for love. By recognizing His greatness and benevolance leads to love Hashem. Loving our friend is because of our connection to each other as we are all children of Hashem, avechad lekuloni, we all have one Father. Loving a ger is because of our suffering in Mitzraim as a ger thereby recognizing his suffering. Loving a wife is because of her behavior and deeds. If it is just physical, it is temporary and will not last.

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    As a enemy, the yetzer hara behaves like one. He takes the appetite away to do mitzvos by telling us how hard and tiring it is to do. vaymoreru es chayehem beavoda kasha, says the Chasan Sofer, he makes our life bitter by telling us how hard it is to do the avoda. Arami oveid avi, the yetzer hara takes away the bechina that Hashem commands us to do mitzvos for our benefit as a father who wants the good for his child. The Dubner Magid has mashel to one who comes to visit. The host sends out his servant to get his luggage. The servant comes in exhausted all sweated up. The guest tells him, this is not my luggage as my luggage is light and you would not be sweating from it. If we are exhausted from keeping the Torah, we are doing something wrong. The cheshek, desire to keep the Torah by recognizing that it is for our benefit, should make it easy to keep.

    in reply to: Dvar Torah Ki Seitzei – “Learning War Tactics From The Yetzer Hora #2001559
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    in reply to: Loving your spouse #2001557
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    The Baal Hatanya says kamacha, your friend also has a chelek elokai mimaal and is just like you.

    in reply to: Loving your spouse #2001556
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    coffee addict, the Ramban explains that you cannot love your friend like yourself so it says lereacha but not reacha so the meaning is whatever you want your friend (lereacha) to do you, do to them but a wife אשתו כגופו and אדם קרוב אצל עצמו a wife is like himself and one loves himself best.

    in reply to: My father has covid, please say tehilim #2001552
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    ה’ ישלח להם רפואה שלימה בקרוב

    in reply to: Ki Tzeitaei – How to fight the Yetzer Hara, Our Bad Inflinations #2001548
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    The Dubner Magid interprets the gemora Shabbos (31,1) about Shamai pushing away a convert who wanted to convert on one leg. So Hilel told to him, מה דעלך סני לחברך לא תעבד whatever is hated by you don’t do to your friend where Rashi says this includes Hashem who is also your friend. He gives a mashel to a young man who invested with his uncle. He noticed that his investment is constantly diminishing rather than increasing. He went to a financial advisor who told him, know your uncle is a ganov who is robbing you and telling you that you are losing money but taking it for himself. You must separate yourself from him. The yetzer hara makes himself look like a friend but is really your enemy. So his interpretation is of the above, whoever has hatred towards you, don’t make him your friend.

    in reply to: World’s Failure #2001492
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    Trump downplaying its effect.

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    Maybe, meohvai techakmenu mitzvosecha. means to make us smarter from my enemies, the yetzer hara, how do your mitzvos, to learn from them as above how to fight them. ki leolom hi li, a mitzva stays with us forever, the enjoyment stays with us and we don’t regret it. However, an aveira is not forever. It is only enjoyed when done and regretted afterwards.

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    The Chasam Sofer explains that veshaviso shivya, to capture something from him, the yetzer hara. The yetzer hara fights us incrementaly, in small steps as the Chasam Sofer also explains vesartem min haderech, we sway from our walked on ways, minhagim which eventualy lead to the worshipping a’z. Asher lo yedatem, we don’t relize that it leads to it. We should fight him with his own techniques.
    See https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/kedoshim-how-to-accomplish-it

    in reply to: Loving your spouse #2001476
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    It is a reciprocal relationshps as I mentioned the Targum Yonasan in Breishis (25,67) says that Yitzchqk Avinu married Rivkah and got to love her because of her outstanding and beatiful deeds. Kepanim el panim, feeling his love, she gets to love him. Love is a feeling, so we can’t have e mitzva. You cannot force something that comes from the heart. We muet do this that cause it and contribute to it.

    in reply to: Shoftim – Shochad, Bribe #2001308
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    Avi K, dp you agree with the above? The gemora interprets it on tzadikim and not like Rashi and targum devorim hamtzudokim.

    in reply to: I’m considered an anti Vaccinator #2001132
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    Our version, a naar darf man a halb gebaute haus nisht weisen, to a fool we are not allowed to show a half built house. Yours, to a fool we are forbidden to show half of the work.

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2001103
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    The answer to the question is yes. If peoole have a loving home, they are satisfied with less.

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2001057
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    CS, I will connect the topic at hand. The gemora says in Yevomus (62,2) that on the one who loves his wife more than himself (she will recipricate) the pasuk says veyodato ki shalom aholecha, you will know that there is peace at home. When you go out to work to your business, you don’t worry about your wife because their is love between you.

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2001045
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    The Targum Yonasan says on the above story of Yitzchak marrying Rivka that because of her proper deeds he came to love her.

    in reply to: Shoftim – Shochad, Bribe #2000991
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    Benephraim, do you know the story where a litvak deverted the discussion to halacha where the gemora says that a bird burned from the mouth of Rebbi Yonasan ben Uziel, so the litvak asked, was he a mazik and did he have to pay? BTW, the yekke said, war es gut gebratten? Was it baked well?

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2000938
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    If beauty or other outside qualities like beauty or money bring the love then it is an ahava teluya bedovor, it is a dependent on a outside inffuence, and if that disappears love also disappears.

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2000957
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    The Ramban says that it impossihle to love your friends like yourself and that is why it says lereacha rather than reacha. Says the Sefer Habris, that whatever you don’t want your friend to do you, applies to him (lereacha), don’t do to him. Maybe, by the wife their behavior brings to a mutual unconditional love.

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2000966
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    The gemora Yoma (86,1) has a problem with loving Hashem as the question of the Baal Haikarim, how can there be commandment to love each other which is a feeling, so the gemora says שתהי שם שמים מתאהב על ידך make Hashem beloved on others through yourself by behaving properly as the examples indicated. .

    in reply to: Ki Tzeitaei – How to fight the Yetzer Hara, Our Bad Inflinations #2000973
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    Should be inclinations which I am sure you knew.

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2000936
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    We find in Breishis 24,67 where first Yitzchak Avinu takes Rivka as his wife and then he comes to love her. Her behavior brought him to love her. The act of care and wanting to make each other happy brings to love.

    in reply to: 1984 warning becoming reality 2021 #2000772
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    right, abtibodies might not work for delta variant, whereas the vaccine does.

    in reply to: Trump vs. Biden #2000761
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    Health, the Afghan troops were trained for twenty years. They behaved like children who never grew up to be independent of their parents, the U.S. When would they be ready?

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2000747
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    Avira, I give you another logic. אשתו כגופו ואדם קרוב אצל עצמו, the wife is like himself and a person loves himself therefore he must love his wife.

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2000679
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    Reacha includes the wife. There is no way to care for each other, worry for each other’s well being, without loving each other. A marriage also creates a spiritual unity not just physical. Nisuyum, elevate each other by placing each other on a pedestal. By being opposite each other, find one’s fault by seeing it in the other and learn to compromise.

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2000619
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    Human behavior also explains the Torah. Lama Tisrou, Yaakov Avinu told the shevotim, don’t show off. Don’t make it look that yiu have when you don’t. Truly rich don’t have to show off. Others have an inferioruty complex. The greatness of Hashem is His humility.

    in reply to: The secret to finding your beshert? #2000607
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    מאין יבא עזרי will she be a help towards spiritual needs or physical needs? ‘עזרי מעם ה if she is the basherte then עושי שמים וארץ both will be accomplished.
    (from a Sefer Maharam Sofer, a nephew of the Machnei Chaim, Rav Chaim Sofer)

    in reply to: The Significance of Chodash Elul #2000473
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    CS, When the name of Hashem is being desecrated by not giving Him proper respect I will not stand for it.

    in reply to: Democrats have Egg on their Faces #2000477
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    AAQ, I don’t know what you talking about neviim, chacham is greater than navi, currently there are no neviim, and I don’t know if you listened to Biden’s speech who took responsibility and he answered your questions.

    in reply to: Why can’t we TALK??? #2000479
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    ujm, I don’t agree as they mostly did not recover from the delta variant and vaccine protects them but not necessarily their antibodies.

    in reply to: The Significance of Chodash Elul #2000432
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    CS, when you said that I cannot set any rules I declined the position.

    in reply to: Is the frum “business/economic model” sustainable? #2000431
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    Sometimes we understand from human behavior the Mishna. Hazohov koneh es hakesef. Gresham’s Law says that the bad coins drive out the good coins. People will hord the good coins and spend the bad coins. Silver, the less valued, is used as the currency and gold as the commodity so silver will be spent and gold will be horded and not spent and miderabinon mishecha is koneh.

    in reply to: Rosh Hashanah Contradictory #2000426
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    That is what we say שניה לראש ולא לזנב.

    in reply to: Rosh Hashanah Contradictory #2000352
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    When getting something for Rosh Hashana, let us keep in mind that this is לראש’ השנה’
    לעשות רצון אבינו שבשמים

    in reply to: Rosh Hashanah Contradictory #2000349
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    bump

    in reply to: The Significance of Chodash Elul #2000345
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    It says ובא לציון גוו’אל ול’שבי פשע ביעקב The Rav Avudraham points out the hint of Elul. The hint is in both teshuva and geulah indicating that Elul is the time for both.
    The kitzur points out that Elul is hinted in teshuva, ומל ה’ אלקיך ‘א’ת ‘ל’בבך ו ‘ו’את ‘ל’בב. tefila in ‘א’ני ‘ל’דודי ‘ח’דודי ‘ל’י and tzadaka in א’יש ‘ל’רעהו ‘ו’מתנות ‘ל’אביונים’.

    in reply to: Commemorating the 60th Yohr Tzeit of Rav Yonasan Steiff Zt”l #2000297
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    Tuesday will be the 63rd Yahr Tzeit.

    in reply to: The Significance of Chodash Elul #2000306
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    Sam Klein, I heard on the interpretation שוב יום אחד לפני מותך a person should repent a day before his passing. So what would a person do with the day, if he knew that this was his last day but he gets a reprieve and the day is returned to him? This is what one should think of every day.

    in reply to: Democrats have Egg on their Faces #2000263
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    When ir comes to Afghanistan the egg is shared between Trump and Biden. The Torah alludes to this. When takung over EY be careful not to leave it idle, uninhabitat and be overrun by wild animals. It should be done like the lechem hapanim by always having bread on the shulchan. Afghanistan as Iraq is being overrun by terrorists. Nature abhors a vaccum.

    in reply to: Trump vs. Biden #2000260
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    Health, did Trump ever care about PC (Politial Correctness)?

    in reply to: Trump vs. Biden #2000161
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    Health, you are worse than Trump. At least according to your view, Trump agrees that Biden was elected as he wants him to resign. The correct English is I and not Me. Whether he was elected or not did not happen to you.

    in reply to: Shoftim – Shochad, Bribe #2000151
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    Benephraim, remember the gemora in Bava Metzia, chosam bepiv if akimas sefosov is a masseh as through his mouth, pesak, an action occurs through money getting exchanged.

    in reply to: Democrats have Egg on their Faces #2000026
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    MadeAliyah, aren’t you concerned with your own country?

    in reply to: Approach to Covid-19 #2000001
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    I nominate Sam Klein for Resident Preacher who likes to belabor the obvious but misses describing where teshuva should be. I said that the COVID prohibited our interaction with each other by social distancung and masking which we should evaluate and change.

    in reply to: Democrats have Egg on their Faces #1999989
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    I am more concerned about Israeli government.

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