The Power of Community: Finding Happiness and Success Through Torah Learning

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Speaker 1 0:01

If you don't feel happy , if you don't feel successful and accomplished in life , it kind of feels like you're stuck and unproductive . And it doesn't normally occur to us that there is any sort of easy way to fix your feeling of feeling unaccomplished and unsuccessful , except the Chazan Ish tells us that there is indeed a very tried and true and easy way to feel successful and accomplished in life . And no , no , no , it is not some break your head on the Gemara or start a Chesed organization . Do something for the cloud that makes you feel accomplished . Well , yes , that does make you feel successful . It does not come so easily and will take hours , if not days , if not weeks , to get that accomplished properly . So we're looking for a much faster fix . But have no fear , the chazanish is here and he tells us how you can quickly feel happy and successful in life . Zokt the Chazanish . The Chazanish says Avroham Yishayot Karelitz , join a Chabura . That's the answer . Join a sebilage , a workshop , an assembly of people coming together to do something , a successful group . And if you join the group , you too get a ring , even if you're the backup long snapper for the football team , if they win the Super Bowl Because you're on the team . Yeah , when you join a habura on the winning team , you jump on the bandwagon . You get to ride that bandwagon to a siam daf yemi all the way down to disneyland . The best and quickest way to become successful is to join a group of successful people . Now you could just join and show up and be a part of it , very loosely , kind of from the outside looking in . But what you'll find is , even if you do that , you'll kind of take from the successful people and want to learn more , be more , don't want to stick out like a sore thumb . You'll want to join the Dafyomi . You'll want to join and become closer into this nucleus of Torah , join a Chabura .

Speaker 1 2:24

And I found this incredible piece right at the beginning of the third section of Mishnaburah . This is Gimel , the laws of Shabbos , I apologize . The holy Chafetz Chaim Rabbi , israel Mayor Kagan HaCohen says I pray to God , I hope to God and I bet Shemishi Yil and I bet Anyone who now learns this say for Halacha You'll know not just the laws of Shabbos but you'll know the background , you'll know why things happen . You'll know the sugyas Incredible work , mission Brewer in case you haven't studied it , the ro'u v'nachon , and it is fitting , it is proper and you'll know the suyyahs .

Speaker 1 3:05

An incredible work , the Mishnah Brewer , in case you haven't studied it , the ra'uy v'nachon , and it is fitting , it is proper , it is acceptable , it is satisfactory and it is encouraged To anyone who fears the harid lidvar Hashem , anyone who is fearful for the word of God . Make a gathering to study the laws of Shabbos so you do not stumble in them . Like it says in Vayakel , make workshops , conventions , congregations . Join a chabura of Torah doers , join a habura of successful people . Join an expo or workshop something that makes you a part of something that's successful and triumphant , and that will be the fastest way to shoot you to the top and start feeling happy and successful and maybe even feel like an overnight sensation .