Jan. 24, 2024

Crafting Your Identity and The Art of Choice (Torah and Free Will)

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Season 6

Unlock the secrets to your true self with the wisdom of Rav Yeruchom as we explore the enigmatic journey of the human soul. Prepare to be captivated by a discourse that promises to redefine your understanding of personal identity. At the heart of our latest episode, Rabiruqam's teachings challenge us to look beyond the physical and the predestined, asserting that our essence is, in truth, the sum of our decisions. It's a transformational perspective that will leave you pondering the profound impact your daily choices have on the narrative of who you are.

Embark on an enlightening exploration with us as we dissect the philosophy that you embody in your choices. Every moment, every crossroad, is a defining brushstroke on the canvas of your existence. Through Rav Yeruchom's insights, we learn that our surroundings, inherent inclinations, and even fate are but the backdrop to the powerful acts of choice that truly shape our identities. This episode isn't just another conversation; it's an invitation to witness a radical shift in self-perception, an opportunity to grasp the steering wheel of your destiny firmly in your hands. Join us and discover how embracing the power of choice can craft your life's unique masterpiece.

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Finish this sentence if you will.

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You are what you Da da da.

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You are what you eat is a famous line.

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Maybe you are what you love or you are what you think.

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Some brilliant scholars have even posited that you is what you is.

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Maybe that works here.

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But when we think about it for a second, what are we?

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How do you define a person?

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Their atzmias, their eye?

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This is a pressing question because we got to know who we are.

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That's the very, very beginning of everything.

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Rabiruqam, in one of his epic, ma'amaram, explains to us the best answer.

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He proves it unequivocally, very distinctively, and makes his answer undoubtedly the best one.

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Or he argues that you can't say that a person is defined by his body, because hopefully we're not defined by where the body ends up, which is to be maggot infested inside of the ground.

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God forbid, that isn't us.

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Obviously, we're more Maybe.

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We are our souls, our Nishama, from up high.

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We also definitely believe in the idea of Gil-Gulim and the trans-migration of souls and how the souls come back around to fulfill their task in life.

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So what are we?

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Maybe we are our fate, our destiny.

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What are we?

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Fate and destiny can't be because what's already been decreed how tall we'll be and how wealthy we'll be.

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Rabiruqam tells us a brilliant insight that every single person, he is nothing more than his choice, his behira.

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Ha'adam hu ha'behira ach levad.

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That's it.

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Because a person, he doesn't get to even choose his surroundings.

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You didn't pick really where you got to live.

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You're pushing to places based on where is the best, parnasa Hashem guiding you to follow the cloud inside of the desert to accomplish different missions.

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You didn't really get to pick many of your natios, what you're pulled towards, what your drives are, what your ambitions are, how lazy you are, that's all been pre-wired.

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The only thing that we have control over in our lives is what we choose, our behira, and that's it.

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So at that moment that you choose to sleep in, I choose to sleep in we become a shtik mahos, a chevcha, one big mister sleeping.

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That's who you are, but that's the choice that you've made.

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And when you choose to get up early and run to da'v, putting five AM to da'van vasikin, you're mister vasikin, because a human is really only what he chooses at that moment.

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So life is in your hands and we have the definition of life.

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Really all brings us to that clear answer that you are what you choose.