Mesilas Yesharim in English: Recent Episodes
Baruch Schreiber
This class in honor of my grandmothers yartzhite. Alter Chana bas Avrohom Yitzchok. The Neshamah should have an Alyiah
We bing now the deep discussion on how we need to be very sensitive to theft even though we sometimes rationalize its ok
Ramchal quotes a famous gemora about 3 areas where most of us struggle and sets the tone for the remainder of this lengthily chapter
The Ramchal is going to give us a great tool/trick to use to get our inner desire to serve G-d
We begin the second component of Zerizus by making sure we complete something once we start it
We begin chapter 7 with explaining how important it is not to postpone doing a commandment.
We conclude chapter 6 of alacrities by explaining how laziness can distort our thought process to justify our actions
The Ramchal continues to discuss how laziness can cause so much damage before you even realize it and by then it will very difficult to recover
The Ramchal discusses the consequences of having bad influences and preventing you from doing the will of Hashem
We begin start discussing the the 3 main distractions that prevent us from obtaining zehirus
We take a further look at the attribute of mercy and explain how the Teshuva process irradiates the judgement without conflicting justice
The Ramchal goes to explain how God's attribute of mercy works without conflicting the the attribute of judgement
We finish up the explaining the second level that inspires us to do a daily accounting.
We begin to discuss the next level (which is one lower then the previous) of what will inspire man to monitor his ways
This is the beginning of Chapter 4 where we go on to explain what will inspire us to to the will of G-d and the levels of inspiration that goes with it.
The Ramchal goes into more detail why its important to have a fixed time every day to measure your deeds
Don't go through this world doing actions by rote or without knowing your deeds are good or bad
As we close the first chapter in Mesilas Yeshorim the Ramchal goes on to explain how important each and every mitzvah is, but not just the effort we put into them as well
The Ramchal brings to proofs the Soul gets zero benefit from this world. If so, then why did G-d give it us
Hashem placed us in this world to be tested in order for us to earn and appreciate Olam Habba
Brief summary of the 5 components of what G-d asks of us and the conclusion of the introduction.
Sorry its a bit longer than normal but wanted to finish the introduction so we can start the first chapter
How can we expect ourselves to love Hashem as well as improve our Avodah if we don't actively pursue the knowledge