Tempting Yourself - Jewish HaShkafa (89)

So you've done (or doing) teshuva and are now on a holier path. New ideas to fix your past enter your mind and a sudden inspiration to go back to the old neighborhood or call some old relationships appear. Before you make that call or get on the road to "success" listen to this critical teachings that will prepare you for what's next.

Amazing Shiur by Rabbi Yaron Reuven

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0:00:00 Introduction
0:03:31 Jewish HaShkafa: provides guidance and foundation for living
0:07:33 Mussar and Halachah must be learned together—to arrive at right conclusion (recap)
0:08:29 Meticulous Torah observance refines middos in general and heals all corrupt middos in particular (Chazon Ish)
0:10:08 Mussar without knowing details of the law can be a disaster
0:10:52 Forbidden to test oneself
0:12:21 If one can't test oneself—which is forbidden—how can one know they're better?
0:14:30 Nazarite forbidden to go to vineyard even to overcome his evil inclination (Chazon Ish)
0:16:21 Nazarite forbidden to go to vineyard 10 places in Talmud (Shabbat 13a, Pesachim 40b, Avodah Zarah 17a, etc.)
0:17:05 Why shouldn't a person ask G-d to test him, as David did in Psalm 26:2?
0:19:58 We want to emulate David Hamelech all times, except this (Sanhedrin 107)
0:20:40 Don't test yourself, even if you think you'll pass
0:21:49 Not allowed to test oneself in regards to Niddah—separate beds (Shabbat)
0:25:11 Milk and meat at same table can't compare to the severity of Niddah (karet)
0:26:46 Why did a Torah Scholar die half his years? (Shabbat 13b)
0:29:11 Coming close to a place of sin is in itself a sin—make a fence around My fence (Chazon Ish)
0:29:26 Oral Law (i.e. Nikud, orlah, tefillin) (Rosh Hashanah 17a (tefillin))
0:33:51 No new laws today—simply old laws applied to current situations
0:35:27 Make a fence around My fence
0:36:30 Biblical law and Rabbinical law (fence: Muktzeh)
0:39:28 R. Yehuda said in the name of Rav: A person should never bring himself to a test—for David, King of Israel, brought himself to a test and he stumbled (Sanhedrin 107a)
0:40:52 Forbidden to test oneself—even for the purpose of ascending to higher level (Chazon Ish)
0:41:13 A Baal Teshuvah's common misconception (Mitzvah of the Satan)
0:42:24 True repentance vs Baal Teshuvah's common misconception (Yoma 86b, Rambam, Hilchot Teshuvah 2:1)
0:46:41 Torah is rich in one place and poor in another place
0:47:39 What heretics love to teach about Gehinnom (Sanhedrin)
0:52:57 Transform past desires into something controllable—run away (R. Efraim Kachlon)
0:53:54 Rabbi Akiva—being disgusted by sins (Film: The World of Lies)
0:57:27 When a person truly values their relationship they have with Hashem
0:58:42 If one can't test oneself—which is forbidden—how can one know they're better? (continued)
0:59:09 Rare special circumstances where Hashem tests; Mitzvah-observant person confronted by tests all the time (Chazon Ish)
1:00:17 Stir up the good inclination against the evil inclination
1:05:15 Jewish wars (righteous people, sin of interrupting putting on tefillin)
1:09:39 The more particular one is with the law, the more one is prepared for battle (constantly living the battle)
1:10:08 Stir up the good inclination against the evil inclination (prepare ahead of time: argument in mind)
1:15:30 Being Torah-observant requires correct Jewish ideology—prepared for any situation ahead of time
1:16:10 Example of preparing ahead of time (Rav's former life: kosher—respect from Gentiles)
1:19:19 Non-Jews hate Jews that assimilate (e.g. Jewish rapper, sports player)
1:20:38 Holocaust: Hitler particularly hated assimilated Jews
1:22:11 No act is more shameful against one's Creator than celebrating the laws of man
1:22:41 In order for you to fight the inner battle be even more precise with Torah law (Chazon Ish) (kill your joy and not your eternity)
1:27:58 Alukah (Gehinnom) has two daughters: Give, give (Avoda Zarah 17a) (hungry evil inclination)
1:30:00 Gehinnom
1:31:41 310 worlds for righteous (Sanhedrin 100a)
1:33:37 How to get more reward in this world? (and misteachings)
1:35:28 People that do not have the loyalty to the law sometimes fall (blinded by the money)
1:36:25 The Rav of Ponevezh refused to accept large sum of money from someone who disrespected the Torah
1:40:18 When dedicated to the Torah, tests are everyday business—always prepared—reflex
1:41:03 Conclusion
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Tempting Yourself - Jewish HaShkafa (89)