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Psalm 32: The Joy of Forgiveness and the Freedom of Restoration · Tehillim for the Soul with Dr. Miriam Menaker

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  when we understand why things happen, then there is no fear.
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  The fear disappear.
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  When we don't know something is when we have the most fear.
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  What is happening to me?
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  Why this is happening?
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  I don't know.
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  I am scared.
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  So that can be removed by knowledge.
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  And what is the knowledge?
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  Is in the knowledge of the wisdom of the Torah, where in the Torah there is all the wisdom, all the sciences.
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  There is nothing hidden that is not there written in the Torah.
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  welcome, my dear friends, to Psalm for the Soul, a weekly Torah study exploring the timeless wisdom, prayers, and praise of the Book of Psalm.
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  Together, we'll uncover their historical context, spiritual depths, and practical application for everyday life.
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  Whether you are seeking peace, encouragement, or deeper connection with God, you will find hope and inspiration one psalm at a time good morning.
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  Is, uh, wonderful to, to continue with our psalms, and this psalm is, is the number 32.
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  And the number 32, 32 is, uh, that you know has the same numerical value of the word Lev.
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  And this week we are going to celebrate what they call the Tu, uh, Tu B'Av, means is the 15 of Av.
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  And this one a very joy- joyous day.
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  They said that was the happiest day of the, uh, of our holidays.
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  Why?
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  Because it's the time of union where the, uh, the young girls, they used to be outside, and it was the opportunity for the young men to choose their possible, uh, a, a, a wife.
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  So So always there is that, uh, parallel between a couple and between, uh, between a couple and between the relationship that exists and the love that exists between Hakadosh, Baruch Hu and Am Israel Okay, so this psalm is called, uh, LeDavid Maskil.
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  Maskil is a word that in Hebrew mean...
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  comes from the word sekhel.
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  And sekhel is equivalent to intellect.
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  So that m- may, uh, be the translation of a contemplation by David.
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  So it's a moment that David was recalling what was happening in his life and, uh, and his struggle through his life, and finding his connection only with Hakadosh Baruch Hu.
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  So h- he recognized in this psalm that, that he has many fault like every human being, but, uh, he does n- never, uh, remove and re- uh, always was devoted to the love between him and Hakadosh Baruch Hu.
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  So that, it was the, his refuge.
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  He used the word in this psalm that is the, uh, is his protection.
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  So what protected him through his life, it was his relationship with Hashem and his continued love.
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  So this psalm is considered also a meditation because it's when you use your mind and you ponder what you happen in your life and, and your connection.
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  It's a meditation of, of connection with a, with a god.
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  And also they says here that Maskil was a type of instrument, musical instrument that stimulated the intellect and open hearts of the listeners to absorb teachings and to better themselves.
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  So that also is another connection with this use of the, the beginning of this psalm as Maskil.
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  De David Maskil.
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  So it's also you can say that David was able to reach a level in his mind that was even higher because he was able to understand more deeply his connection with God.
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  And he says here,"Fortunate is he whose transgression are forgiven, whose sins are covered." And goes like that, that he, David, in reality is trying to encourage us not to hide our def- uh, our negative side, always to be open.
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  So, uh, in general, there is the tendency in every human being to hide what is negative in their attitude, in their personality.
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  But here David is, is encouraging us not to do in this way because when you do, you hide, you are hiding what is painful in- inside you.
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  When you reveal what is painful, when you are able to, uh, to discern and to, and to make e- e- every connection with what is happening in your life- So that help us to clarify our mind, to clarify our thought, and be able to have a better, a, a better emotions.
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  There is a, uh, the sages, they say that things good and things are going to be good.
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  And this is something that we repeat constantly in every psalm, the attitude of be positive.
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  We have to be positive.
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  We have to be open.
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  When you close yourself, and you are constricting yourself, so that is a negative and is, is bad because that could, uh, lead to, even to diseases.
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  So we have to be open, not with everyone, because that will, uh, we, we will be very vulnerable to that.
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  But uh, to do meditation in, uh, in inner, inner meditation, connecting with Hashem and pondering what is happening.
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  And that's why we have the Shema Yisrael that his function is to make a, a, uh, balance, a connection.
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  What happened to me this, this past day, and I had moments that I was it was not so great.
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  There were moments that I f- I felt very happy.
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  So here is a way to make an analysis, and through that, what I, I do, I, um, uh It is the same idea when you go to a doctor, you go to a very close friend, and you open, uh, a, everything that troubles you.
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  So everything get Like you are cleaning your, your clothes.
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  When you clean your clothes, you remove everything that is dirty in your clothes, correct?
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  That's why you put in the washer machine.
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  So that is the idea of making and analyzing and meditating of what happened to you and, and having a, a, a better outcome.
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  So then you think,"Okay, it was not so bad." Uh, it's only I have to When I, uh, in my, my This solution always is by being positive, by sharing, by e- being connected.
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  Connection is life.
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  Separation is death.
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  So we want to be connected.
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  We want that connection and recognize that our connection with God is in reality what enliven a human being.
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  So the Torah give us many, many sources, many tools in order that we will be able to heal ourself And this psalms is referring also of the, uh, y- uh, time of Elul.
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  What we do on Elul, we also, we make a rec- we, uh, we remember and we analyze our, uh, s- uh, happening during the year in order to clean ourself, to wash ourself of all the negativity, and enter into Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and all those ho- Uh, they're a very big and very important holidays in a clean way, and start after that a year, uh, with a, uh, like, a new page, like a white new page again because everything is a cycle.
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  So they says that the, uh, here, this psalms is also referring to the 10 days of Teshuvah between the first day of Tishrei, that is Rosh Hashanah, till the day of Yom Kippur.
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  Those Aseret Yemei Teshuvah are the time at the level of the year, uh, for to make a, a, a cheshbon, an accounter, accounting of everything that happened.
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  And but not only we have that, we have also every, every day.
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  Every day at night before going to sleep in order to have a sound sleep and, and, and be quiet and in peace, we have also to make a cleaning of our mind.
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  And the, and this is, that is the meditation of Kriyat Shema Al Hamita.
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  And we, uh, start saying,"Hashem, please, uh, I will, uh, forgive everyone.
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  I don't want to have in me any en- any negative energy that is affecting me or affecting others, so I ask forgiveness, uh, for, to, from you, and I ask, I wa- I want to forgive everyone that probably didn't, uh, behave towards me in the nicer way." So he says here,"Fortunate is he whose transgression are forgiven, whose sins are covered." So, uh, there is a story here that in the time that we are preparing in Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, we have the Satan.
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  The Satan is like the accuser, the lawyer that accuse the, uh, uh, the court and s- and is coming with all the sins that that person made in the past.
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  And, but Hashem, in his great gra- uh, kindness, he put everything in a balance.
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  And when he put in a balance, he cover under his attribute of mercy, he cover all the sins.
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  And then what, uh, what the Satan says,"Okay, you cover all the sins," and he left the throne of Hashem, and he's looking, uh, to find other sins in order that that person will be, uh, the, uh, uh, will be punished.
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  But Hashem always remove part of the sin.
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  He covers under his cloak of a, of a, of m- uh, of kindness, and then when the Satan comes back, he's, uh, there is a still a balance, uh, the same balance.
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  There is no the ba- uh, the, uh, that there doesn't fall down to the heaviness of sins and it stays normal.
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  So the, so, uh, that cr- uh, is the forgiveness of Hashem.
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  So that's why here it says,"Fortunate is the man that all his transgression are forgiven." And there is two names of transgre- uh, the, of, uh, of sins.
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  You can have a sins that is called a transgression, and you can have a sin that is called iniquity.
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  Iniquity means, uh, is when you do a mistakes, but you, uh, but you do intentionally.
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  Transgression are mistakes that we can do but are not intentionally.
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  So they are weighed in a different way So, uh, is, uh, so the, so I, so fortunate is he whose transgression are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
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  That is what means David HaMelech in relation of the idea of cover.
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  Then the second verse says,"Happy is the man," as again, the word is ashrei.
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  Ashrei means fortunate.
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  is the man in whom the Lord sees not iniquity, and in whose s- spirit there is no deceit." So the psalmist admits about himself, I do not always feel that I have attained the spiritual heights of being without iniquity.
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  Means that I committed sins intentionally, but at least I honestly try to achieve repentance.
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  That is the difference.
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  God does not reckon our sins.
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  He forgives them when he sees our wholehearted return to him.
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  So th- then you see that in Elul, in Rosh Hashanah, we h- we have the 13 attributes of mercy.
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  Because those 13 attributes of mercy, those are the attributes that comes and, and clean the human, a, a, human, a, a spirit.
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  And that i- from there comes the forgiveness of Hashem So fortunate is the one who learned that God has forgiven his sin.
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  And so, and he, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
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  Means that he tries very strongly never to s- always to be honest.
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  Like, uh, is teaching David HaMelech, because David is, his, uh, reason, it, it was to teach us.
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  Correct?
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  His purpose is to teach all the rest of Am Israel and, and he represent, uh, all the souls of Israel.
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  Uh, I think Na- Natalie, uh, lock, uh, uh, mute you- yourself.
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  I feel some, um, noises.
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  Okay.
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  So the number three says his sins have caused him physical suffering The reason of our suffering is our own sins.
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  So the diseases are produced by our own mistakes.
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  And so what we have to do is, first of all, to have to be responsible.
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  Secondly, to be happy that this is the way.
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  Because when Hashem br- give us some difficulties in life, this is like a b- brush of, that is used from Hashem in order to clean our souls.
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  Sometimes the cleaning is very strong.
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  Sometimes the cleaning is softer.
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  But how we softer and we bring kindness towards us is only through the 13 attributes of Rahamim, that are the 13 attributes of mercy that Hashem, in his kindness, he doesn't want to punish us.
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  He doesn't want to make us suffering.
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  He only wants to teach us, because this, eh, the soul coming to this world is only for one function.
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  The function of the soul coming here is to repair negativity from past other life.
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  So, and beside that, uh, when we see a, a, a difficulty, this difficulty he- help us to grow higher in our spirituality.
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  So in reality, the function is only for our good.
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  So the number four say,"For day and night I worry that your hand will become heavy upon me." So Hashem will punish him.
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  But as the drought of s-"My marrow became dry," he says.
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  This is the, uh, the, eh, me- metaphor of, what is the marrow?
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  The marrow is the essence, uh, in our bones.
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  So that, the marrow, beside that, is, eh, the organ that create new blood cell, is, is cells.
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  So the, the marrow is the stem cells that we are talking so much in, uh, in, eh, in science and, uh, and they e- are exploring these, uh, uh, uh, uh, stem cells in order to heal a human being And he says here that my marrow, the essence of me, became dry.
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  How dry?
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  Like the drought of summer heat.
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  So that is the expression.
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  It's only an expression that, that I feel dry inside me, so I need to, to feed myself.
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  And what is the place of feeding myself is the study of the Torah, because the Torah is like the food of the soul The, the, there is a, there is a c- a, God, uh, the food that we receive, it comes from the word of Hashem.
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  So means what is the word of Hashem, the mouth of Hashem?
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  The mouth of Hashem is expressed, is manifested by the Torah.
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  So when we learn Torah, when we connect with the study of the Torah, we are learning how to behave.
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  We are learning what is good and what is bad by all these stories, by examples, or directly by laws that the Torah, uh, give us and, and that is what we enlight us to understand our world, what is happening to us.
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  Because when we understand why things happen, then there is no fear.
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  The fear disappear.
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  When we don't know something is when we have the most fear.
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  What is happening to me?
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  Why this is happening?
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  I don't know.
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  I am scared.
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  So that can be removed by knowledge.
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  And what is the knowledge?
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  Is in the knowledge of the wisdom of the Torah, where in the Torah there is all the wisdom, all the sciences.
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  There is nothing hidden that is not there written in the Torah.
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  Sometime is very codified, so therefore we need to learn.
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  And when we learn from our sages, or we learn from, uh, uh, sages of today or Rabbanim, so then that open our minds and everything clarified, and then that is a healing for our neshamah.
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  The fifth says,"I acknowledge my sin to you." This is another thing.
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  "I did not hide my iniquity.
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  I said,'I will confess my transgression to the Lord,' and you forgave the guilt of my sin." So however, there are no secrets before God.
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  This is we have to know that.
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  David speaks in human terms.
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  "I will make known to you." He will confess his sin before God and will not attempt to hide them, like what happened with Adam and Chava.
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  They thought that they, it will better to hide That they ate from the tree.
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  But no, Hashem knows everything.
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  Hashem sees everything.
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  So what are you going to hide?
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  Everything is completely revealed.
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  Even a person that commit a crime, at the end, this crime is going to be revealed, and he will be punished by the humans and by God.
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  Okay, so the six says,"Therefore everyone devoted to you should pray, so the torrent of mighty waters will not reach him." So what is the mechanism that we have in order to talk to Hashem?
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  We talk through prayer.
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  We receive the answer through the Torah, and we speak to Hashem through our prayers.
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  But our prayers must be sincere and honest and with intention.
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  When we do things with intention and with a, a recognizing the importance of that connection through prayer, so things are, uh, resolved in a different way.
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  So the n- number seven is a very important, uh, verse that says, uh, I will read in Hebrew first.
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  «Atah seter li mitsar titsreni ranhei fele tesouvehveni selah.» Why I say in Hebrew?
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  Because this verse is written at the end of the Shema Yisrael lamita, when we are going to s- uh, before sleep.
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  And the translation is, you are my hiding place.
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  You are my refuge.
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  Hashem is my refuge.
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  He's the place when I connect with you, I know that there is a safety, safety place where I can go, and I-- there I, I am not vulnerable.
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  There I am safe, completely safe.
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  I am entering into these chambers of God.
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  So we are asking,"Protect me from my enemies, surround me with song of deliverance." So this is-- this verse, if you have-- you-- a person is under trouble, you have to say that verse because that verse will, uh, will give you all the protection necessary in order to feel safe and to be a, a, a deliverer from danger So, uh, here it says that, uh, the word setter that I, is, that I am explaining translate here as refuge forms an acronym for rosh, touch and sof.
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  In Hebrew meaning beginning, middle, and end.
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  This point to God's attribute of truth, which is constant and uncompri- promising at every level.
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  A spiritual impurity can thrive only when God's truth is concealed.
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  Once godliness is revealed and we are connected, the falsehood and weakness of opposing forces are exposed.
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  Thus, when the psalmist says,"You are my refuge," he means that when your truth is openly present, when you express yourself completely, we are protected from distress.
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  So here is the same thing that we do when we come, we go to a psychologist if, uh, if we, we, we need.
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  But why we go to, we have to go to a human being?
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  A, a start connected with Hashem.
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  A sta- A- And this is what, uh, the Christian also, they use word confession.
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  But in reality here, our connection is primarily and ultimately is the con- the direct connection with Hakadosh Baruch Hu.
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  Sometime we need intermediaries, but the first and the utmost is only Hashem.
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  So the eighth says in, uh, in this, uh,"I will instruct you and direct you in the path you should take.
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  I will advise you as my eye is upon you." This is extraordinary verse because it means that Hashem is there to guide us Through the words of the Torah.
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  He is there, always there.
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  And even if, if we cannot understand what is written in the holy scriptures, but Hashem always finds way to send us a intermediaries, if we can call intermediaries.
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  You can call angels, human angels, that are the one that give us some clue of what is happening, and give you light in how to solve a situation that is a situation that being difficult to you.
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  You can have a person that will tell you some will tell you a word or, or if a, a, a, a speech that will talk to you, and that is not the person.
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  The person become like a tran- a intermediary from Hashem in order to tell you what to do.
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  And that is important to have that security and that, uh, believe and trust in God.
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  So Hashem, uh, according to the commentaries, God is the speaker.
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  His, His eagerness to guide us on the right path is illustrated with a parable.
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  So the parable is like a king who is guiding a, a host in a, in a feast, and during the meal, the king gesture to me of his beloved subjects to take a choice portion.
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  It's like a, a transparent hand, like, and is ta- is guiding your hand.
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  Okay, this is the solution.
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  This is what you have to, to take.
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  And, and even if what we don't understand what Hashem does, He takes with h- our hand.
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  He find, uh, the tools.
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  He finds the ways in, at the human level, at the material level, to take us to the right place, to the right solution that will, uh, solve our difficulties So the nine is saying, this verse she, uh, the nine says,"Do not be like a horse or a mule." This is what he says.
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  Don't be like a, those kind of beast or animal that they don't want to understand.
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  They says that the mule, uh, uh, they are very stubborn.
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  And the only way, and some of the horses too, the only way is when you fuse them, you take a, a, uh, you restrain them with bit and bridle in order that they will move on.
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  Like they have, uh, the, uh, the man that is riding a horse has always...
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  I, I don't remember how you call, if, uh, in...
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  I know it in Spanish, but I don't know in, in English.
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  Is, uh, li- uh, Julie, what is the name?
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  What is the name that- Are you talking about a whip?
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  A whip?
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  Yes, a type of whip that, uh, uh, that the rider has.
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  And, and, and with the whip, he is, is giving some,"Okay, move.
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  The don't be, don't stay standing.
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  We have to move.
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  We have to go forward." When a horse or a mule, they don't continue.
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  So that's why is the comparison here is do not be like that, without understanding.
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  We have to understand.
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  Whose wildness, the animal wildness, must be restrained with bit and bridle, lest it approach you.
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  So in, in reason that sometimes even, uh, the horse, he, he, uh, may have, like, some movement that may hurt, uh, uh, the person.
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  So with, uh, we are, uh, showing in the language that they only knows that, and, but our purpose is only to guide them So when troubles come upon you, understand that they are meant to cleanse you from sin.
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  Love rebuke, for it will raise you to true greatness.
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  So here is what we have to learn from here.
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  Learn that difficulties are not bad.
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  Difficulties also they are like a step where we have to step up in order to get to a higher level, to a...
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  are like a, a, it, uh...
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  is training, is the way that Hashem is training us in order to understand sometimes because we are, uh, blind or, uh, or, uh, we don't understand in our ears what is the, the right way to go.
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  The text says there are many maladies for the wicked, but one who trusts in the Lord is surrounded by kindness.
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  This is very important.
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  You may see the wicked like he is, uh, is thriving, has a lot of money, but doesn't mean that he's happy.
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  So, uh, that is very important.
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  May you be, uh, less, uh, wealthy and probably with the, uh, with you, you, your, your c- you reach only what the money necessary, uh, for surviving or living, but you're happy.
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  You have a good family, you have a good husband, you have wonderful kids.
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  So that is your happiness.
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  So we have to know how to balance everything.
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  So at the end says Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous ones.
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  Sing out with joy, all you whose hearts are upright.
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  So that is what, what means heart are upright?
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  Because our heart is connected with a clear mind, with clear thought- Clear mind and a clear understanding what is the, the direction that we have to follow, and that direction is only the direction that Hashem give us.
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  Sometimes maybe through a human being, sometimes through some other signs, but always Hashem is watching us.
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  Never He's removing His eyes, His holy e- eyes from us.
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  So when we have that devout, uh, feeling and understanding and knowledge, we feel very, uh, strong, and nothing is going to obey to put n- us down, and we always, we follow and go up.
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  And even that there is drop and up, we always will be at the surface.
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  So that is this Psalm.
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  I thought that this Psalm is a very beautiful Psalms, so now I am in silence.
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  And Julie, if you are so kind, I would like to hear from you.
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  Um, I have, I have two questions.
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  The first question is what's the statement at the top of Psalm 32?
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  If you're s- if you're going through the book and you need that Psalm, what would that be, would you say?
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  Is a Psalms that, uh, first of all, is a mind Psalm.
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  You use your mind.
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  That's why I call contemplation.
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  Contemplation, okay.
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  Okay?
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  It's a Psalm that is for you not to react with your emotion- Uh-huh but to understand through your mind.
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  Okay.
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  To understand a situation that is happening in your life, and know how to discern what is good and what is bad.
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  So it's important that we have that discernment.
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  That is what is called in didas.
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  That is that.
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  Okay.
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  Okay?
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  I need that.
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  Oh, I have one more question.
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  Yes, please.
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  I have one more question.
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  You mentioned something, you said that...
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  Where's my notes?
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  So I said, um- It's a question I had.
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  Where did I put it?
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  Oh, you mentioned skills for healing.
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  What does the Torah speak about when it says skills for healing?
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  I know you spoke about, you made the comment and you said that think good and things will be good.
• 37:34
  But is there really, like, a, an order of skills for healing that is recommended that- We don't really- No, uh, let's, let's think about.
• 37:50
  It's a very good question.
• 37:51
  Okay.
• 37:52
  It's a intelligent question, too.
• 37:55
  Okay.
• 37:56
  We, uh- How we are constantly we find ourselves in a something that is not clear.
• 38:09
  Mm-hmm.
• 38:09
  We can have something is not clear.
• 38:12
  I don't know what to do.
• 38:14
  I, uh, I am in between two direction.
• 38:20
  Correct?
• 38:21
  Mm-hmm.
• 38:21
  And what I decide?
• 38:23
  I go to this, or I don't go, or I go to the other side.
• 38:28
  So here what we have to do, and the, the Torah says, uh, there is two movement.
• 38:35
  There is the movement of a standing and the end there, there is movement.
• 38:41
  You stand and move.
• 38:43
  So there is moment that you have to stand.
• 38:47
  Standing is for analyzing.
• 38:52
  Make an, an, an, a...
• 38:55
  And that analysis is what is called recounting what, what is happening.
• 39:01
  And that's why you have during every day, every cycle of, of the 24 hours of the day, you have the Shema Yisrael lamita.
• 39:12
  Correct?
• 39:13
  Mm-hmm.
• 39:13
  The function of that prayer is very important because it is one that will close your activity for that day.
• 39:23
  And will, and you will trust your soul in Hashem at the time that you are sleeping and you are not in control of your mind.
• 39:36
  Because when we sleep, we are not in control, and that's why we need to lock our, the doors of our houses and, and have protection because we don't know what may happen.
• 39:48
  Correct?
• 39:49
  Because you, a person that is sleeping can be killed if, if that person is not protected.
• 39:55
  Correct?
• 39:57
  Mm-hmm.
• 39:57
  So, uh, Shema Yisrael lamita, this Shema Yisrael, this Kriyat Shema Yisrael, the, uh, reading, Kriyat means reading of Shema Yisrael, of understand Israel.
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  And pay attention the word.
• 40:12
  Understand Israel means is to make a understanding in your mind, in your mind of all the activities happened during that day.
• 40:25
  So at the same way, when we wake up and we say,"Thank you, Hashem, for returning my soul," when we go to sleep, we say,"Hashem, okay, Hashem, uh, master of the world, I, please, I don- I don't know even what I did wrong this day.
• 40:49
  I don't know." I, uh, I may, I may said words that were not the right words.
• 40:58
  I made a scream, I made, I increase my, I may, I may lose my, my, my temper.
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  Whatever could be the situation that you can envision in your mind.
• 41:12
  So we ask forgiveness, and not only forgiveness for us, we ask forgiveness from others towards us.
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  And in that way, we clean ourself.
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  This is a cleaning.
• 41:26
  Everything needs to be clean, like you clean when you wake up, you take water and you wash your face.
• 41:34
  So that is a cleaning.
• 41:35
  You are opening, you wash also your eyes.
• 41:39
  You throw, uh, water on your eyes in order to clean, that you clear your, your vision.
• 41:45
  Correct?
• 41:46
  You, you brush your teeth.
• 41:48
  So it is a fir- a cleaning, and that, with that, you will start your cycle of the day.
• 41:56
  And at night you s- say forgiveness, because may I said something that is, uh, um, uh, darkening my soul.
• 42:09
  Correct?
• 42:09
  Mm-hmm.
• 42:10
  So I don't know if I answer your question.
• 42:12
  Yeah.
• 42:13
  That was beautiful.
• 42:14
  And then, so it goes back to when we were discussing, I think it was Psalm 28, about that whole idea of that pause that we're talking about.
• 42:24
  Right.
• 42:24
  And it's repeating that again, is that 32 is all about the pause.
• 42:28
  It's all about the stand.
• 42:30
  It's all about understanding through your mind.
• 42:33
  Exactly.
• 42:33
  Exactly.
• 42:33
  And when your mind is, when your emotions are calm and settled and everything, then you can really be, have clarity in your mind.
• 42:42
  Beautiful.
• 42:43
  Yes.
• 42:43
  This is it.
• 42:44
  Okay?
• 42:45
  Anita Um, yes.
• 42:50
  What, what, what Julie just said and what you said, I, I...
• 42:53
  That's what I was thinking about, that it's, um, uh, many of these Psalms are about our emotions.
• 43:03
  But this one is about using our intellect- Mm-hmm um, to, to, uh, to connect, and we always use that word, to connect to, um, uh, to other people and to, and to Hashem.
• 43:22
  And, and, um I, I think for me this, this, um, psalm is, i- is really, uh, uh At first it feels like David is doing the work in his own, in his own mind and, and coming to terms with all of, of this through his intellect, and then imploring us to do the same, to do the same thing Mm-hmm um, to think before we talk, to, to think before we act.
• 43:59
  And, um- Mm-hmm.
• 44:01
  Mm-hmm um, yeah.
• 44:05
  It's, it's, it's a very important psalm, so thank you.
• 44:11
  Yes.
• 44:11
  I think that is a beautiful sign.
• 44:14
  It, because as, as a teaching, it, he is teaching us how to behave.
• 44:19
  Yes.
• 44:19
  Right.
• 44:19
  Exactly.
• 44:20
  Thank you.
• 44:20
  Natalie?
• 44:27
  Um, why is that not turning?
• 44:30
  Um, I, I like the s- I like the psalm also.
• 44:35
  Um, I, I really liked the s- the, the, the ideas about how it's incorporated and, and, um, you know, uh, uh, everything that you said about the Shema i- in the evening.
• 44:47
  I think that it, it was, it was just, just a good way of putting things in perspective.
• 44:52
  And the other thing that, that really grabbed me that I hadn't thought about before, um, was when you talked about how we pray directly to Hashem, as opposed to, for instance, Catholics, who feel they need to go to confession and- Mm and, and go through a priest.
• 45:11
  And they...
• 45:12
  I just, uh, I hadn't thought about Judaism in that way before.
• 45:17
  Um, and it, uh, I like that.
• 45:22
  Yes.
• 45:22
  Uh, good.
• 45:23
  Wonderful.
• 45:24
  Dr.
• 45:24
  Yoon?
• 45:28
  Yeah.
• 45:28
  Um, this psalm was very comforting and healing.
• 45:32
  It gave me personally an insight of, uh, healing, um, in general.
• 45:40
  Um, it's interesting because, um, you know, this psalm is also about the intellect understanding, which comes from our brain, and, um, in the brain and the skin actually, embr- embryologically speaking, they're coming from exactly the same origin, like our layer of a embryo, like ectoderm.
• 46:03
  So sometimes when I see actually skin, anybody's skin, my skin, my, you know, myself also- Mm-hmm it's, uh, sometimes it's, uh, it- I mean, skin is a reflection of, uh, inner health in general, but- Mm-hmm.
• 46:18
  Mm-hmm uh, to me, I think it gives me more insight about the person, about their wellbeing, uh, you know, their, um, wellbeing.
• 46:28
  So, uh, uh, as we learn about this, uh, psalm, um, you know, kind of, uh, it help- it gave me more insight about, and the healing is not just, uh, you know, coming from the physical remedies, um, but helping them connect with, uh, Hashem, um, to the resource and, and the source of the, uh, this life force, and, uh, and how they can actually heal from it.
• 47:03
  Yeah.
• 47:04
  Um, this is So, like how I approach, I think has been really changed, and this psalm is really, uh, reinforcing that, and, uh, and how, uh, the complete openness and, uh, the honest and just the connection with Hashem, and that's the, that's the, the vitality of our- Mm-hmm kind of life and- Mm-hmm life force coming from.
• 47:32
  So it was wonderful.
• 47:34
  Thank you.
• 47:35
  Yes.
• 47:36
  It's e- exact- e- exactly like that.
• 47:38
  Exactly like that.
• 47:40
  That's why this says that Hashem is a, is E- everything that we eat, we have two side of what we eat, the part of the material food, and the other part, that is the spirit- a spiritual part in the food.
• 48:00
  Because every, every food that comes from the vegetable, animal, or w- any, any kingdom, even a mineral like sugar or salt or whatever, th- that are, that feed our physical body, but there, this, uh, substance or this food, they have also, in order to exist- A vitali- a vitality that comes from God.
• 48:33
  A plant m- e- exist because HaShem sent an angel to give vitality to this plant.
• 48:42
  So we, when we eat an apple, we receive the, the goodness of the apple, but the apple has also a, a spiritual angel that give, uh, their existence.
• 48:59
  So that is the reason we have to say, th- this, this says the Torah, that, that everything that, uh, we eat comes from the mouth of HaShem.
• 49:14
  Because it's the mouth of HaShem through the 10, uh, first utterances that HaShem created the world that enliven the existence, and this is incredible, a concept.
• 49:31
  So, here, uh, um, uh, Julie was saying, what, where is the healing of the sun?
• 49:38
  You asked that question.
• 49:40
  The healing of the sun is in everything.
• 49:43
  In every part of the Torah, the, es- the function is to heal.
• 49:50
  And every word, every thought, every f- uh, idea that emerge from it is a healing idea.
• 50:00
  From the idea of, that you have to have a n- a positive attitude to the idea that you have to say a blessing before eating.
• 50:09
  Because when you say a blessing before eating, you are, uh, completing the cycle of life.
• 50:17
  Because when you remove an apple from the tree, you are removing the life force that comes from the savia of the tree.
• 50:27
  Correct?
• 50:28
  From this wide substance that the trees has and go from the root up there.
• 50:34
  Correct?
• 50:35
  So then, when you remove the apples, you are in some way de- decreasing the life existence of the apple.
• 50:45
  So when we eat the apple, and we give a blessing, you are com- returning the cycle of life, returning the life, uh, uh, um, the life force that, that this apple has.
• 51:00
  And then it's part of us.
• 51:04
  So ev- everything comes from the word of HaShem, from the mouth of HaShem And that is what healed And heal, there is many ways of healing.
• 51:20
  Everything is healing.
• 51:21
  Everything.
• 51:22
  Everything.
• 51:23
  And, and this is why, um, a great Kabbalist, they are healer too And they see even more.
• 51:34
  If you have pain in one arm, the ar- the pain in the arm is the emotion that you are collecting in that arm.
• 51:44
  That point of pain is your emotions.
• 51:47
  That's, that, th- this is what the Chinese doctors or acupuncturists try to have opening of th- of all the channels that form one side with the other.
• 52:03
  In the ear, you have all the organs, and they are right.
• 52:06
  In the ears, you have all the organs.
• 52:09
  In the plant of the foot, you have all the organs there.
• 52:13
  Only they need to touch with exactly the right point and remove the emotions that are collected in this part.
• 52:23
  This is healing.
• 52:26
  And this healing you do with the Torah.
• 52:28
  When you say the Amida, you are healing your body completely.
• 52:35
  This is the remedy.
• 52:37
  Unfortunately, the people, they don't understand that.
• 52:40
  They don't see it.
• 52:42
  Even those that they are, uh, uh, with long beard and has Not everyone knows what they are saying.
• 52:51
  Unfortunately, it's like that Okay?
• 52:55
  So that, that is what I want healing, and that's why we have to be fortunate.
• 52:59
  Uh, and, and this is the meaning of this psalm.
• 53:02
  Okay?
• 53:03
  So Ashira or Hannah, I, uh, he- I would like to hear Ashira, please.
• 53:11
  Um, yeah, I like I was thinking the same way.
• 53:13
  So as far as healing,'cause I've had some inflammation this summer, I have it every summer, but I've been eating a I've been making a lot of, like, vegetable juices at home, and I can feel the healing just from- Mm-hmm you know, elevating the status of your food.
• 53:29
  So that's, like, one physical aspect.
• 53:31
  I've been going out in nature and getting, like, the- Mm-hmm spiritual inspiration.
• 53:36
  And then I think when you read a psalm like this, at first when I started reading psalms, it seemed a little foreign, but it changes your mindset over time, and I really appreciate that.
• 53:46
  So I think it is all about It creates a very healthy lifestyle to incorporate all these different things, like food, spirituality, um, and intellect- Exactly which, you know, I think you can get in this psalm, and I, I thought it was really nice.
• 54:02
  Yes, yes.
• 54:02
  Hannah?
• 54:05
  Um, I'm just literally in contemplation as the psalm- is about, so I appreciate it.
• 54:12
  I'm just more of a listener today.
• 54:14
  Thank you.
• 54:15
  Okay.
• 54:15
  Thank you.
• 54:16
  But you, and you o- you, you absorb the meaning of the psalm, correct?
• 54:20
  Oh, yes.
• 54:21
  Oh, yes.
• 54:21
  And I, I- It's a- particularly loved the verse number seven, the one that is part of the Shema.
• 54:28
  Yes, the seven, and, and this is a, a I want to Only that you meditate In this, uh, verse is the verse seven that says,"You are a refuge for me.
• 54:41
  Protect me from distress.
• 54:43
  Surround me with songs of deliverance forever." I think that is very- Amen beautiful, very, very beautiful verse.
• 54:52
  So it- Yes, and then the way on your notes, you, you completed it by saying deliverance and gratitude.
• 54:59
  I love that, too.
• 55:00
  Yes, exactly.
• 55:01
  Uh, this part I didn't, I added, uh, early morning but anyway, yes, uh- Beautiful.
• 55:08
  Thank you I put.
• 55:09
  So, uh, let's do a meditation, very s- uh, simple meditation.
• 55:14
  I hope that you can stay, and I will be the right conduit of, of helping all of us connecting with Hashem and recognizing Hashem, a greatness, Hashem protection, and to feel that we have wings that are covering us, and those are the wings of Hashem, that, that, that is like an umbrella that protect us from above.
• 55:48
  And, and that...
• 55:50
  So we are going to connect with this, uh, verse that it says in Hebrew,"Atah." Atah means you.
• 56:00
  Seter means refu- a refugee, a, a place of protection.
• 56:06
  Mitzar means from distress.
• 56:08
  This is tzar.
• 56:09
  Tzar is distress.
• 56:11
  That sreni, surround me, uh, with songs.
• 56:16
  Uh, rene it means songs.
• 56:18
  Rina is, is a, a, means song, uh, besides shir, but also rina means song.
• 56:26
  Pelet means deliverance, that the deliverance of Hashem will always surround us and will be like a, a constant, a clock around us, but a clock that is full of light.
• 56:46
  So we are sitting with our hands on top of our knees, and we are a column of white, pure light at the center of a Magen David, a Magen David that protects us.
• 57:04
  So that is the protection, the Magen David, like it protected David HaMelech and protects all Am Israel, all the neshamot, all the souls of Israel.
• 57:19
  And here we receive the message of David HaMelech where he says to Hashem,"You are a refuge for me.
• 57:32
  Protect me every moment forever from distress.
• 57:36
  Surround me with songs of happiness and deli- and deliverance." And I will be your servant, and I will constantly straight to go u- up and up, to thrive up in despite of any difficulties.
• 58:00
  All I will only feel, and I will be grateful to you, Hashem.
• 58:06
  And you are going to give me all the needs that are necessary, all the tools that I need in order to fulfill my mission in this world.
• 58:18
  So we connect, all of us, like a circle of a, a rope of, uh, like gold, like very beautiful, uh, shining gold.
• 58:37
  And this gold surrounds us.
• 58:39
  It's like the gold represent all the vessels of the, all, of the Beit Hamikdash.
• 58:47
  Imagine that we are in the Kodesh HaKodashim, in the Holy of Holies, and there we are surrounded by all this, uh, completion, all this fulfillment of the hands.
• 59:08
  Hashem doesn't have hands, but Hashem is protecting us.
• 59:12
  And that is giving us all the healing necessary for us to remove anything that may affect us at the mental level, at the emotional level, at the physical level, in order that we will be the right messengers, always the right messenger of Hashem.
• 59:36
  And through us, we will be only conduits of Hashem energy.
• 59:41
  And with us are descending Malach Metatron, Malach Sandalphon, and Moshiach, that they are going to be revealed very, very, very soon with the final redemption.
• 59:56
  And all of us will fly with wings.
• 1:00:01
  Our arms will be like wings that will take us directly to Shamayim, directly to the center of Yerushalayim, to the, uh, to the Beit Hamikdash.
• 1:00:15
  And there together, united with love- And in connection with Hashem, we will be connected, and everything, any negativity from the world is going to disappear.
• 1:00:31
  And we see like a vacuum suc- uh, suc- uh, taking, uh, out all the darkness, and there is no more darkness.
• 1:00:41
  All the p- nation of the world are friends.
• 1:00:46
  There is no war.
• 1:00:47
  There is no animosity.
• 1:00:50
  There is only understanding.
• 1:00:53
  And everyone, no one wants to dominate others.
• 1:00:57
  We want everyone, every nation, every human being has their own qualities, and we need to be connected.
• 1:01:08
  We need to be one.
• 1:01:11
  Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai echad.
• 1:01:19
  And we say two, Yud Kei Vav Kei, because this is the two side.
• 1:01:25
  We have the side of, of, uh, of goodness, of holiness, and the side of the material world.
• 1:01:33
  So everything is connected, and the material is going to subdue to the holiness, and every being will be one Thank you