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Parshas Nitzavim-Vayeilech Strength & Inspiration by Dr. Rubie Minkowitz · The Frum Health Club Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Kachabis, Parshas and Savim, Bayelak, and Shabbas Mavarhim.
• 0:06
  SPEAKER_00: Mesha lived for a hundred and twenty years, and these Parshas were recorded on Zainadar, the day he passed away.
• 0:15
  SPEAKER_00: And we see that Mesha was still strong, his eyes were not dim.
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  SPEAKER_00: He didn't pass away from being frail or having an illness, he was going strong, writing thirteen Theras and speaking in front of the entire Kalusral.
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  SPEAKER_00: Something to aspire to.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: And maybe we should take the names of the Parsha literally Nitzavim means standing, and Vayalak means going forward.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_00: Don't spend time sitting.
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  SPEAKER_00: This will keep you strong.
• 0:49
  SPEAKER_00: And in fact, Mesha's message to the next generation was Khazakviamats, be strong and courageous.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_00: We need to follow through.
• 1:00
  SPEAKER_00: And we read this before Rosh Hashanah.
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  SPEAKER_00: Atem Nitzavam Hayem, we are all standing together before Hashem.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Hayem today is referring to Rosh Hashanah.
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  SPEAKER_00: And we are united from the chiefs to the wood choppers.
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  SPEAKER_00: We are maintaining our individuality yet united together in love.
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  SPEAKER_00: Why?
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  SPEAKER_00: Because to get Hashem's love, we need to love what he loves, and that is Amisra.
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  SPEAKER_00: And being united, we all ask from him for a year full of blessings.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: Going forward to a new year with growth from strength to strength.
• 1:46
  SPEAKER_00: And we read about the last mitzvah in the Terah to write a Terah.
• 1:51
  SPEAKER_00: And that is why the Reb is stressed to buy a letter in the Terah when a child is born.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Terah is described as a song.
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  SPEAKER_00: So why is Terah called a song?
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  SPEAKER_00: I think because when we collectively do the daily learnings from Kitas, Rambam to Dafyami, this creates a harmony, since we are learning these in unison.
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  SPEAKER_00: And this is music to Hashem's ears.
• 2:21
  SPEAKER_00: So try to add a daily study for the new year, to partake in the harmony of Bine Swal learning Tara.
• 2:31
  SPEAKER_00: And the foundational verse that Tanya is based on is in our parsha.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kikarev Elacha, getting close to God is achievable.
• 2:41
  SPEAKER_00: And Tanya gives a step-by-step guide how this is attainable.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every person's mind has the power to rule over their heart and actions because we have a chele kele ka, part of divinity within us.
• 2:58
  SPEAKER_00: And the Alta Reb adds Mamash, literally, and that is how we are able to connect to Hashem.
• 3:05
  SPEAKER_00: And this leads into the acronym of El that we read in our Parsha Snitsubim.
• 3:14
  SPEAKER_00: That Hashem will circumcise your heart, meaning that we are now in the end of El, and Hashem helps us to open our heart in Shuva.
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  SPEAKER_00: And as the Alta Rebbe says, the king is in the field, Hashem is more accessible to us.
• 3:32
  SPEAKER_00: And I see this from a perspective that when we go into the field and go outside our comfort zone, that is when you feel God's presence even more.
• 3:46
  SPEAKER_00: And next week we have the special day of Chaf Heal, day one of creation, the twenty fifth day of Eloh.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rosh Hashanah is the day Adam was created, and the purpose of creation is for us.
• 4:00
  SPEAKER_00: And therefore Rosh Hashanah is celebrated on the day man was created, and mankind has the potential to change the world.
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  SPEAKER_00: Don't consider yourself as just one drop in the ocean, but rather you are the entire ocean in a drop.
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  SPEAKER_00: You are significant.
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  SPEAKER_00: You hold the exact divine essence and potential inside of you, and your soul, which is referring to the drop and the universal consciousness reflecting the ocean, are of the same reality, Mamish.
• 4:40
  SPEAKER_00: And to conclude, this Shabbos Mabakim, we do not bless the month, but rather Hashem blesses the month of Tishrei and the new year and gives us the ability to bless all the other months.
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  SPEAKER_00: And may we see the ultimate blessing of Vahilh going forward with Mashiach, Kesila Vihasima Teva, Shona Teva Musuka, Gujavis.