A woman's faith in REDEMPTION | Letter #23 of 30 Letters in 30 Days

All right, Bahashem. It is day number 23 of our 30 letters in 30 days. We're getting toward the home stretch. Um, a week from tonight is our 30th class, our 30th letter. And just to remind you, that is a special in-person class at the new Soul Words House, a half a block from the aisle. It's a women's event. If you're interested in attending, please check out the link in the in the YouTube description below if you're watching on YouTube. Okay, it's by RSVP only because space is limited. Uh, another announcement is this is a Hagada that I was involved in compiling and editing called the four cups Hagada. It is a real Hagada. It's but it's a real hagod and it's full of uh recovery insights for those who are in a spiritual program of recovery. I'll put the link in the description below if you want to check out that and it will uh for some people at least it'll be a nice addition to your seder. Okay. Um let's do this. Let's learn a letter. Okay. And the PDF link also should be below in the YouTube description. Okay. Um, all right. Is a busy busy day, but the Reb is a shepherd and uh the Reb is busy with Clus. So yeah, there's a letter here from the Reb of PES and it is to a woman because if it says shalom, it means it's to a woman. And who is this woman? I don't know. What was her situation? I don't know. Uh the letter, the Reb's letter does not make reference to any of the personal details of this woman's letter to the Reb. Um so I can't really guess. All I can tell you is that it's a woman. And it's a very inspiring letter if especially it's yed. It's yedish. It's in Yiddish. If you if you appreciate Yiddish, it's also it's a c certain style of Yiddish. It's not like the Yiddish. Um, and it's an inspiring message. So, let's learn it. of As we're approaching the Yam of Pes which we among the Jewish people are going to be celebrating I wish you a kosher and happy a truly happy yumpt of Pes I think that's an interesting little touch like just in case you think this is a formality you know I are really happy. Truly happy. Certainly you know what it says in the mish that this that the Jewish people came out of Egypt was in the merit of the righteous women of that generation. So the Reb is writing to a woman and speaking about the merit of the women in the generation that left Mit. Okay. And that's the theme of the letter. It's basically about the uh the righteousness of those women and what we can learn from them. Fore. One of the righteous qualities that they had, the women had consisted of this that notwithstanding the difficulties and the darkness of the of the of the gullis in Mitim and especially in the last decades of the when it got much more difficult, it got progressively darker and worse and harder. They constantly had the strong trust in Hashem in his promise of of redemption and that he would fulfill that. And even though they didn't know when the ghoul is going to be, they didn't have a countdown. It wasn't like a on a clock when they knew exactly when it's going to come. When a person's going through a difficulty, but he knows exactly how long he has to wait it out. It makes it much easier. They didn't know. They didn't know when it's going to be over. And also, Par's decrees kept getting worse and worse. the worst possible decrees that was targeting Jewish children until the worst decree which was every male child who is born should be cast into the Nile is but their hope did not decrease. And they saw to it to establish a new generation, meaning they were involved in giving birth to children and raising children. I don't know if the woman who wrote to the Rebe was in, you know, at at that part at that point in her life, if she was um trying to have children, if she just had children, if she was in the midst of raising her children, I really don't know. Um, but it's a common subject that the Reba will speak with women about the incredible merit of bringing new life into the world and to raise children. And so, you know, everyone knows that that's not easy, right? I mean, nobody would say it's easy to to raise kids. Um and yet in contrast you look at the situation in Mitim was probably the most challenging situation within which to to bring children into the world. But they paid no mind to these these decrees. And even though they didn't have any uh any way and even though they did not have for themselves any way h how the the the children are going to be saved, right? They didn't they knew there was this terrible decree, but they didn't see how they're going to get get around it. So they didn't see the path to to salvation maiden. They didn't see any way to avoid the decree. Right? So there's terrible decrees hanging over them and they didn't know how they're going to manage how they're going to deal with it. And and yet nevertheless they didn't say, "Well, let's figure out this whole uh decree thing like let's figure out a hack. Let's figure out a way around it and then we'll start having kids." No, no, no. They just had that Hashem is going to deliver on his promise to redeem the Jews. And they continued. They put their money where their mouth is. They did the most difficult thing. It wasn't just an abstract hope. It was concrete. It was tangible. They were bringing life into the world. They were having children and raising them. When And this strength that they not to to reckon, not to not to pay any attention to human understanding, meaning according to human understanding, they really didn't have a solution for this problem because who's the boss? of the world. Who's the master? Hashem. And it's his world is sneezing on the truth. A real thing. Nobody can oppose Hashem. They set up a whole generation of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of children. And these very same children were the first to recognize Hashem at the miracle of the splitting of the sea. They said, "Oh, we know Hashem. [Music] I'm flipping the page because I'm looking in the actual egress. I have the actual page of the egress pulled up. And these same children were the ones not only ones who who recognized but they also were the ones who received the Tyra and they um they supported the Jewish people. Okay. everything that's in we have to take out a teaching for every Jew. So you can't just say this is an interesting fact or it's an inspiring idea. You have to say it's instructive like the Reb it's a the Reb brought um many many many times to means instruction and it's not just an instruction for somebody it's an instruction for every single one of us. Okay. So what are we going to do with this information here and apply it to ourselves? [Music] So what do we have to do with this with this story? Um that when it comes to uh us and it comes to you, we have to be strong in our trust in Hashem that he is the only authority. He's the only master of this world. Nobody can oppose him is even if you don't see naturally how that's going to be. Meaning you look around and Hashem seems to be opposed. There doesn't seem to be any natural way to get around it. And nevertheless, you say, you know what, Hashem is going to prevail. Um, that [Music] You have to know that Hashem you're going to you tr not just know you trust. Trust means you feel it. Not just you know it intellectually you feel it. Um you have the trust in Hashem even when you don't see any possible plausible explanation how this is going to work out. you have complete trust in Hashem that um that he is going to do his part to take care of those who are connected to him through beten in him and those who are connected to him through leading a Torah observant life and he's going to take care of them and all of the details that they need and especially when it comes to kinder children. Um again I don't know the woman the woman who wrote to the rebi I don't know her situation I don't know if she mentioned children she needed a braha for children she would needed a bra for raising children she already had I don't know but you know clearly there's a an emphasis here on um having ven as far as being able to to have children and raise them and who among us doesn't need encouragement in that area and so I guess you that is saying even when it looks impossible and you say how can we how are we supposed to deal with this and it's like you know what's the balabos and it's going to it's going to work out it's going to be fine we have to feel that we have to feel that okay just like in even though before it happened we did not see any possible natural means for it for the redemption to happen. It did not weaken their trust in Hashem to have children and to raise children. There's a real emphasis here on that it takes to to bring children into the world. It's again I don't know what the woman what the woman wrote to the rabbi but and and and Not necessarily did did she have to mention this because for the Reba to speak about this topic, this is a this is a common topic, a common theme that the Reba spoke about about um not falling prey to the rationalizations that we have when we, you know, take into take into account various different calculations of why it's too difficult to have children and why um you know, maybe to put it off or to have less children. And here the Reb is giving this very very strong clear encouragement that this is the essence of is to be like the women in to continue to have families. These children should have long life. So we have to hope also in our time just like it was init. We have to hope also in our time. through having trust in Hashem. We will also merit just like the women in time. We will also merit the true and complete redemption through Mashiach. um with for a happy and kosher or kosher and happy pes um and a lot of so probably is referring to from her children. She probably did have children and good health and long years uh yeah long life. Okay. So, that's the letter. Again, I I don't have details to fill it in. Um, but it clearly is a very clear, strong message. I mean, not just to women. The Reb is speaking about women in Mit and he's speaking in this letter is to a woman um that wrote to him. So there is a special emphasis here on on women but obviously we can all strengthen our ben but the message here is clear that even when it looks like by natural means there's no real explicable way how we're going to resolve this situation. Um all the experts are saying you know this is it game is up there's no way out of this and you know what we've heard that before. Um, it's going to be okay. It's going to be more than okay. And we we attest to that. We we what's the expression? Voting with your feet, right? Where you actually take take action to uh to show what you believe. So, this is more than voting with your feet. This is uh a lot more uh a lot more than that. But we show that our beten is strong. That whatever things look like, whatever the situation may be, we know that Hashem is taking care of us. And like the Reb says, the those who connect to him through beten and through living a life of Torah observance, Hashem makes good on his promises to them and especially in the area of children. So I want to wish everybody uh nas from their children and good health for their children and good health in in every way materially and spiritually emotionally socially mentally in every single sense and especially for the namanas for the righteous women who are watching this. Um be strong in your ben and uh may you see may you see revealed blessings in all areas of your life and especially at home and with your children. Okay, good night.