Balance Between Extremes - Laws of Personal Development (12)

Balance Between Extremes - Laws of Personal Development (12) Textbook for the Shiur: Hilchot De’ot & Hilchot Talmud Torah (Laws of Personal Development & Laws of Torah Study) https://www.amazon.com/Mishneh-Hilchot-Personality-Development-Talmud/dp/B000GW5NHC Judaism places great emphasis on the performance of mitzvot that not only deal with deed and action, but also involve the development of our thoughts and feelings and the dedication of them to the service of G-d. It could be surprising for many people that personal growth is associated with commandments that we are obligated to fulfill, and it’s not a matter of personal choice. But don’t worry, you don’t have to do this alone. G-d, in His mercy, shows us a path that enable each one of us to grow intellectually and emotionally and use our potentials for the service of G-d. Hilchot De’ot is one of the sections within Sefer Mishneh Torah by Rambam (Maimonides). Rambam demonstrated in Sefer Hilchot De’ot the objective law of personality developments as the path G-d shows us. Be’Ezrat Hashem, through learning and following the process of personal growth, we will be able to carry out all the other mitzvot with greater awareness and conviction. Eleven Mitzvot and dozens of Halachot are taught with commentaries and detailed explanation in Hilchot De’ot class, including five positive commandments and six negative commandments, as follows: 1. to imitate His ways 2. to cling to those who know Him 3. to love others (fellow Jews) 4. to love converts 5. not to hate one’s fellow Jews 6. to admonish [a wrongdoer] 7. not to shame 8. not to oppress the unfortunate 9. not to bear tales 10. not to take revenge 11. not to bear a grudge. Learning with Rabbi Lev Leib Lerner, and Be’Ezrat Hashem, we all adjust ourselves to the middle path and modify our middot to fulfill our potential for the service of our Creator. --- 00:00 - Intro 00:17 - Sefer Chofetz Chaim: Equal to All 04:22 - Hilchot De’ot: Chapter 2: Halachah 7: Overview 10:45 - Hilchot De’ot: Chapter 2: Halachah 7: Neither constantly laugh and jest, nor sad and depressed 17:28 - Hilchot De’ot: Chapter 2: Halachah 7: Do necessary work and be happy with your lot 33:24 - Hilchot De’ot: Chapter 2: Halachah 7: Avoid envy, desire and honor, and balance between extremes 39:52 - Hilchot De’ot: Chapter 3: Halachah 1: Overview 45:05 - Hilchot De’ot: Chapter 3: Halachah 1: Poisonous asceticism 48:47 - Outro --- #EqualToAll #Talmud #TalmudYerushalmi #StudyingTorah #SpeakingLashonHara #LoshonHora #SpiritualDestruction #PowerOfSpeech #SpeakingSpirit #SpiritualDamage #JewishHashkafa #EvilTalk #GossipAndSlander #SeferShemirasHalashon #SeferChofetzChaim #LashonHara #HalachotOfLashonHara #ConstantlyLaughAndJest #SadAndDepressed #OverlyFriendly #Immodesty #Lewdness #Lightheadedness #Jesting #Avot #PrikeiAvot #SpiritOfWillAndGentility #Shammai #RabbiYishmael #FriendlyCountenance #ReceivePeopleWithJoy #Piety #Flirtatious #Contentment #DoNeccessaryWork #BeHappyWithYourLot #Greedy #Materilism #Idleness #GoodEye #SatisfiedWithWhatYouHave #OlamHaba #SlaveOfMaterial #LearningTorah #BusinessEndeavor #EarnMyLivelihood #Satan #TorahStudy #PriorityOfLife #BeHappyWithYourPortion #AvoidEnvyDesireAndHonor #BalanceBetweenExtremes #Quarrelsome #PursueHonor #ReligiousValues #Heresy #MidpointQuality #Balance #MoralVirtues #Nazarite #Atonement #OverlyRighteous #OverlyClever #KingSolomon #Ecclesiastes #Asceticism #ExtremeTraits #PoisonousAsceticism #ExcessiveMaterialism #InvolvementOfWorldlyAffairs #OppositeExtreme #PaganPriest #MiddleWay #TheLawsOfPersonalDevelopment #Rambam #JewishTraits #MiddotDevelopment #Middos #CharacterTraitsDevelopment #Maimonides #SeferHamada #JewishValue #JewishHashkafa #Halachos #Halachot #BeezratHashem #RabbiLevLeibLerner #RabbiLerner #LearnWithLerner #BeezratHashemLearnWithLerner #BeezratHashemHalachot #BeezratHashemHalachos #LevLeibLerner #LevLerner #RabbiLevLerner #Torah #Tanakh #God #faith #laws #rabbi #morals #ethics #morality #jews #torahLecture #lawsOfPurity #LawsofJudaism #BeezratHashem #RabbiLevLeibLerner #LearnwithLerner #RabbiMizrachi #HalachosofJudaism #biblestudy #selfdevelopment #selfimprovement #musarmovement #lawsforwomen #lawsofbrachot #rabbiefraimkachlon #rabbiyaaronreuven #jewishstories #shabbatcandles #torahstudy #ConvertingtoJudaism #TorahLaws #ToviaSinger #TorahTruth