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Gemara:Before you get hungry, eat. Before you become thirsty, drink. When you first need to urinate, do so promptly.

Ein Ayah:It is appropriate for all people to "listen to the voice" of his internal feelings, as the Creator gave us these feelings to protect us from bad things and to lead us on the path of life. The idea of listening to internal signals applies to matters of the body and to matters of the spirit in a manner that there is overlap between the two of them.
Sometimes a person’s mind will be tuned in to matters that are of direct practical import, such as matters of practical halacha. This is hinted at in the Rabbis’ statement about eating when hungry, as bread can be a reference to halachic rulings (see Chagiga 14a). Other times a person will find himself drawn to matters of song and aggadic discussion, which bring a person to cling to Hashem and feel holy and pure feelings of love and fear of Hashem. That phenomenon is hinted at in the idea of thirst for water (ibid.). A person should leave time for each of these spiritual desires according to his internal feelings. The desire for a specific matter is a sign that the person is missing something in that area of spiritual involvement. This is included in what the Rabbis instructed to eat and drink when those feelings presented themselves.
Sometimes a person will feel a need to concentrate on an area in which he sinned, and he will have an urge to remove the element of sin that may have attached itself to him. He may then turn to prayer, supplication, and admittance of his wrongdoing. He should not delay such a feeling, to remove the bad and the spiritual waste from within him, to purify his spirit before his Maker with a feeling of spiritual strength. This is included in the instruction to remove the waste when one has an urge to do so.


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  • Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
    Rabbi Zalman Baruch Melamed
  • Rabbi Chaim Drukman
    Rabbi Chaim Drukman
  • Rabbi Ya'akov Shapira
    Rabbi Ya'akov Shapira
  • Rabbi S. Yossef Weitzen
    Rabbi S. Yossef Weitzen
  • Rabbi Hillel Geffen
    Rabbi Hillel Geffen
  • Rabbi Chaim Steiner
    Rabbi Chaim Steiner
  • Rabbi Shimon Klein
    Rabbi Shimon Klein
  • Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Shilt"a
    Rabbi Ovadia Yosef Shilt"a
  • Rabbi Simcha Kook ZT"L
    Rabbi Simcha Kook ZT"L
  • Rabbi Chaim Avihau Schwartz
    Rabbi Chaim Avihau Schwartz
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    Shlach Lecha

    For God's Sake Don't Go To Israel

    Israel National Torah

    Clarifying the spies' argument for not entering the Land of Israel...and then clarifying why it's so important to enter the Land anyway.

    Baruch Gordon | Sivan 19 5780
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    Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

    Serving as Chazan on the Shabbat Before a Yahrtzeit

    How important is it for someone to be chazan on the Shabbat before a yahrtzeit? Is it is just for parents, or also grandparents/in laws? Some people in my [the rabbi] shul feel that people use it as an excuse to “grab the amud.”

    Rabbi Daniel Mann | Tevet 2 5777
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    Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

    How Many Eggs Should be Boiled Together?

    When making hardboiled eggs, may one cook one or two eggs or must there be at least three? Also, does it make a difference if there is an even or odd number

    Rabbi Daniel Mann
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    P'ninat Mishpat

    Introduction and Biography of the Noda B’Yehuda

    After an extended period of presenting ideas of the Chatam Sofer on monetary disputes, we move on to a shorter series on the works of Rav Yechezkel Segal Landau, often called the Noda B’yehuda. (Although Rav Landau served as a dayan for many years, poskim do not usually publicize their rulings on cases in which they served as a dayan, but on questions asked by other rabbis. The Noda B’yehuda did not include many such cases in his reponsa.) Many view the Chatam Sofer and the Noda B’Yehuda as two of a kind. They were in the same basic time period (Rav Landau was around 50 years older), they were important rabbis of important communities at critical times, and the works of each are among the most respected and quoted by Acharonim.

    Various Rabbis | Tevet 8 5776
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    Bemare Habazak - Rabbis Questions

    Working in a Non-Kosher Establishment

    Rabbi Daniel Mann | Sivan 14 5775
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    Prayer

    Birkot HaShachar – The Morning Blessings

    Chapter nine-part one

    Chapter nine-part one

    Rabbi Eliezer Melamed | 5775
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    Jewish Holidays

    The Twentieth of Sivan

    "I noticed that the back of my siddur contains a large section devoted to selichos for the 20th of Sivan, yet I have never davened in a shul that observed this day. What does this date commemorate?"

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | Sivan 17 5780
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    Additional Lessons

    The Laws of Tumas Meis

    When the Beis Hamikdash is rebuilt, bimheirah beyameinu, the laws of tumah will affect us all, since we will be required to be tahor in order to enter the Beis Hamikdash, to eat korbanos and maaser sheini, and in order to separate challah and terumah.

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5772
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    Various Subjects

    Redeeming a Firstborn Donkey!

    The Mitzvah of redeeming the first born Donkey - a long lost Halacha or a practical law for Donkey owners and riders in today's times ??

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5770
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    Basics of Financial Laws

    How Does a Heter Iska Work?

    What is the prohibition of "Ribbit"? who does it apply on? How does the "Heter Iska" bypass the prohibition? and more...

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff | 5770
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    Marriage and Relationships

    Relationships during the Time of Engagement

    A young engaged man and his fiancée naturally have very strong feelings for each other. It goes without saying that these will be expressed after the wedding, but what expression, if any, is permitted in the meantime? And while we're on the subject, is the attraction of men and women to each other really a good thing to begin with?

    Rabbi Elyakim Levanon | 5770
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    Brachot on Food and on Smell

    Pizza, Pretzels and Pastry

    When is the Bracha Hamotzi and when is it a Mezonot?

    Rabbi Yirmiyohu Kaganoff
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