Hashem says: וחי בהם – My Torah is something you're going to live from, ולא שימות בהם. But on the other hand - זאת התורה אדם כי ימות באהל, and Chazal say אין התורה מתקיימת – the Torah is only going to remain - אלא במי שממית עצמו עליה – for somebody who dies for it. And the holy Chofetz Chaim says: "How does that work?" Once upon a time there was a merchant and as he got older he decided one day "What am I working for? What am I living for? A whole day I'm only running after money." And he decides he's going to give away two hours a day, and all he's going to do is connect to Hashem and sit and learn, and that's what he did. And the first day, the second day, and the third day goes by, and then his wife notices that the store is full of customers and nobody is attending to them. And she runs to her husband and says "What's going on? Are you crazy? And he says "Listen, if the מלאך המוות would come and just give me two more hours to live, what would you say then? Would you grant those two hours for me to connect to Hashem? And that's the secret. When you live your life knowing that you only have today and you might drop dead, then suddenly וחי בהם – you start living; you start realizing that it's only today that I have to live. So let's live it… Today. Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Listen and get inspired. Subscribe, Like, Share, write us a comment, and stay tuned for more! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mytorahtoday/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/mytorahtoday Telegram: https://t.me/mytorahtoday Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mytorahtoday/ Google+: https://goo.gl/dfZ1c0

Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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And so it was that the sheep wandered by the lion king, and the lion king stopped the sheep and said "Smell my breath – how does it smell?" And the sheep said "Why, horrid". And the lion said "Horrid? That's how you speak to a king?" And he devoured ...
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Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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Rabbi Shimon Semp, Rosh Yeshiva Talpios inspires through bringing Jewish spiritual concepts, with Chassidic Torah teachings down to earth. Collecting anecdotes, sayings, and Divrei Torah from Chabad, Breslav, and other Hasidic masters and Rebbes. Lis...
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It's the most amazing paradox, somebody becomes impure in order to make somebody else holy and pure. Now how exactly does that work? So there’s one of the deepest secrets in the world, whenever you see things that suddenly bring you up but then y...
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You know it’s the weirdest thing, we have this פרה אדומה and everybody wonders “what exactly is the point of doing something that makes no sense?” And it’s an amazing idea, Korach last week was one of those people who were so smart that his brain...
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