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Do THIS to cut out distractions

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Rabbi Josh Zebberman

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dating back to about 150 years ago there was a hasid who was quite scholarly and diligent he would learn Terror day and night and he was quite aloof from the world because he was just so preoccupied with learning Terror he found out that Tsar Nikolai had been appointed as the tsar and he was surprised hadn't Czar Nikolai become the Czar many years ago when I was a kid he didn't realize that this was our Nikolai II not zard Nikolai the first who had become Tsar when he was a kid literally two generations later and he was totally unaware of the political environment of the time the reason was because he wasn't involved in politics he wasn't involved in following the social media of the time the media of the time he was focused he was focused on what mattered to him this is an important Jewish value learning Torah learning terror is what we do it's where we put our minds we don't invest our minds in politics in news in media because then that becomes our perspective we want God's values our values to become our perspective in 1957 there was an individual who wrote to the red bear he wanted to learn Tyra he was going through a difficult time because he couldn't find the zit's flesh the ability to be diligent to focus in his learning and you gotta imagine the the tension that this person is going through he has something that he deeply values he really wants to learn he wants to become more acquainted with his religion to understand his values more he wants to become a resource for himself for others he wants to share a dartera at the parisha table I thought on the partial sorry at the Shabbos table he wants to become more knowledgeable but he can't focus it's an uphill battle he can't get himself to do it there's too many things going on he wrote to the Reba and the river told him in his letter three steps that he could do three practical things that he could do to become more diligent and be able to focus better in learning number one have a set time for learning but this set time shouldn't be overbearing don't overdo it sometimes when we try to take on new things and we're excited about it we're passionate about it we become all gung-ho and we overdo it and we fail and we burn out and the rabbit told him pick a set time for learning but be practical don't uh don't be overbearing on yourself number two the web encouraged this person to get a coverusa to learn with somebody else besides for the value of people as discussed in perkiaves of the value of learning tired with other people and bantering with other people somebody's waiting for you you're gonna feel compelled to show up you're going to feel that sense of pressure number three after number two having a set time a set time that's not overbearing and that's that's within your means after having a conversa who's going to pressure you to show up so now number three inevitably you may fail the first second or even third time but don't give up become resilient be persistent keep on going because these types of things take time to build it into our nature it's it's not an overnight success it takes time and don't give up keep on going and eventually you are going to see that excess now this type of success and Truth is any success comes from God you got you need you need blessing from God so whatever encouraged him at the conclusion of the letter to make sure to give it to Dhaka daily before the evening and to recite certain chapters of to Hitler and pray after davening when we're in times of need when we're feeling desperate we open it to heal him and with tears we we beseech God and it's no different when it comes to terrorist study this is important this is something we really want and really need and it's crucial so we turn to God and say God this is what I want this is what you want please help me that's my story and I'm sticking to it