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A Miracle on the Other Side of the World | Rabbi Yehuda Zev Klein
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It was Sunday, February 11th, 2024,
a day known globally as Super Sunday.
Super Bowl Sunday is the
pinnacle of the sports calendar.
The most exciting, the most thrilling day
for football fans around the world.
All year long,
fans count down to this moment,
eagerly awaiting the intense competition
and the crowning of a new champion.
Super Bowl Sunday is a day
when hundreds of millions
of fans around the world pause
to witness history in the making.
A day where legends are born
and dreams are realized.
So let me share with you
a personal story.
My son-in-law is an avid NFL fan,
but he said,
I decided that this year, post October 7th,
I will not be watching the game.
Yidden in Eretz Yisroel are suffering.
Our brothers and sisters
are languishing in dark tunnels,
they're starving, they’re
sleeping on folding chairs,
and I'm going to go
to a Super Bowl party?
It just doesn't feel right.
It's 6:30 p.m., it's right before kickoff,
and he asks his 13-year-old son,
Would you join me in Beis Medrash?
And he says: Tatty,
you mean after the game?
No, right now.
But the game is starting right now.
He says: I know,
but this year I made a decision
to go learn in Beis Medrash.
Are you joining me?
And he says: Okay, I'll come.
They learn for a few hours,
they daven Maariv, they come home,
he opens up his phone
and he sees: Breaking news!
The IDF has rescued two hostages.
As he reads the news,
his heart starts to race,
as he realizes an amazing coincidence.
Something dramatic had happened.
He said: I looked at my watch
when we entered the Beis Medrash
and it was 6:49 p.m.
That is 1:49 a.m. in Gaza.
That was the exact moment
the IDF entered the building
to free the hostages.
In that instant, he suddenly
grasped the enormity of his sacrifice.
By giving up something pleasurable,
Hashem had allowed
the hostages to be rescued
on the other side of the world.
When we demonstrate
the act of Mesirus Nefesh,
Hashem repays that act
with something miraculous.
As human beings,
we can only see the things that people do.
We can't see the things
that people don't do.
But Hashem sees the things
that you didn't look at,
the places you didn't go,
the times you diverted your eyes
from something inappropriate.
So every second you
abstain and you hold back,
in Hashem’s book, you are
actively doing a Mitzvah,
and that act of Mesirus Nefesh
can bring about a miracle for you
and for the entire world.
We never know
if your next act of Mesirus Nefesh
will free the rest of the hostages.