Can the Holocaust Happen Again? TAZRIA | STUMP THE RABBI (266)

We're starting our stump the rabbi again. Baruch Hashem. There's a story I have to tell you. There was a couple that lived a life of a lot of prosperity. Of course, the husband made his money from cash advance business. And felt good about it. And donated a lot of money to Yeshivot, to the synagogue, Jewish causes. And the wife was happy about her life. And they lived many years together. Everything seemed like it was going great. And then one day he died. The wife was heartbroken. And she really couldn't let go. So she found through a friend of a friend that knew somebody that can speak to the other side. Even though it's problematic and against the Torah, she went for it. And she went to this person. And said, "Can you help me speak to my husband?" So person, "Sure. Give me a $1,000 and you guys can have a whole conversation." So she gave her the money. And within a few moments, after a little ceremony, she said, "Yep, your husband is here. Tell him what you want to tell him." And the wife says, "Honey, is it you?" He says, "Yeah, it's me." So, so, so, tell me, "How is How is Gan Eden? How's heaven? What What What do you do over there?" And he said to her, "Well, in the morning, I eat some carrots. And uh and I just relax and then at night I eat some more carrots." She says, "That's it?" He said, "Yeah, pretty much." She says, "That's what heaven is?" He's like, "What are you talking about heaven? I got reincarnated into a rabbit in Australia." Now, this joke is not really a joke. There's a lot of musar that we can learn from it. And through this musar, we're also going to address the question of whether the Holocaust can happen again. But of course, tonight's shiur always has to start off with thanking Hakadosh Baruchu for another opportunity to learn Torah and also to make sure that this shiur goes for the refuah shleimah of some important people. Rabbi Chaim ben Shulamit, Rabbanit Sarah bat Anat, Rabbanit Levana bat Sarah, Sarah bat Levana, Avi Mori David ben Asria, Imi Mori Tidoris bat Zora. And also for a Tsofnat Chaya bat Sigalit. May Hakadosh Baruchu wake her up from her coma and bezrat Hashem she'll have refuah shleimah and live a life of kiddush Hashem. So, rabotai yakarim, I'm very, very excited to to be back to learn together again with you guys, even though what it seems like is that the topic is going to be a little heavy. And uh it's not only that our parashah always always always by siyata d'Shmaya directs us in the right place and our dear Rabbi Ephraim always always always directs us in the right place, but also because of what's happening in the world and the questions that keep coming in. For anyone who doesn't use our AI Rabbi app yet, you're missing out because it's not only something that can give you uh halachic answers, but it's literally the best coach, advisor, um consultant that you could ever have if you want to live not only a successful life, an inspirational life, but also a Jewish life. A life that has Hashem as a priority. So, highly recommend people sign up, subscribe to AI Rabbi app, which on the App Store, you can or you can get it from the website airabbi.org. But, needless to say, there are many people that sent questions to me and uh you notice that the same questions keep coming up from different people from different walk walks of life, different parts of the world, whether it be in Virginia or it could be in Connecticut, New York, Australia, uh England, all over the world. Montreal, we get many baruch Hashem, Toronto. Get lots of questions from everywhere and uh but in the past few months and especially the last month, we've gotten a lot of questions about the warning that they heard about people, the Jewish people needing to leave America, leave England, leave wherever it is that they are and make aliyah to Israel. There's a new warning to make aliyah posted daily. And antisemitic attacks are obviously on the rise. Every other day, unfortunately, we hear about either a new protest, a new newscaster that decides to express his hatred of Judaism or the Jewish people, a new commercial, a new comedian, someone, somewhere is doing it, and if it's not that, then it's the attacks, physical attacks that are happening, unfortunately, in different neighborhoods, Jewish neighborhoods around the world. So, all of this antisemitism, coupled with the new warnings that are coming out, which seems like daily, from different speakers, both religious and non-religious, to make aliyah, to run away, the question of the Holocaust again has actually become a real topic of conversation. Now, we've discussed this several times over the years, but apparently, some things need a reminder. And it will Many will find surprising, our Torah portion, Parashat Tazria, actually clarifies a whole lot about the topic, which may actually lower the fear for some of you, while increasing it for others. Personally, I'm very excited about the things that are happening at our organization at Beis HaShem, the few huge projects we're working on right now. I don't think I've been excited as I am right now in at least 10 years. Lots of good stuff, baruch HaShem. I don't know about you, but I'm putting all in on Be'ezrat Hashem and anyone that has the spiritual and mental fortitude should invest as much as they can to be partners with us in what's actually about to happen because what we've done in the last 10 years is nothing in comparison to what's going to be happening in the very very near future Be'ezrat Hashem. But we still have to face with the reality that all of these questions are real. Anti-Semitism is real. Being on the rise, it's real. Holocaust happening again, being a possibility, is real. New, well-known speeches uh uh speeches by well-known people about making Aliyah is real. But what's more real than everything else is da'at Torah. What does the Torah actually say? And what does Parashat Tazria have anything to do with it? Parashat Tazria, Rabbotai Yekarim, tells us about a person that gets tzaraat, which is both a physical and a spiritual disease that's unlike anything else. And in chapter 13 verse 12 uh verse two, it says, Adam ki yehe be'or besaro se'et o sapachat o baheret vehaya be'or besaro lenega tzaraat uvah el Aharon Hakohen o el echad mibanav Hakohanim. Translation: If a person will have on the skin of his flesh a se'et or a sapachat or a baheret, these are different types of marks, and it will become a tzaraat affliction on the skin of his flesh. He shall be brought to Aaron the Cohen, Aaron the Cohen, or to one of his sons the Kohanim. Later they says that the Cohen shall look at the affliction on the skin of his flesh. If hair in the affliction has changed to white and the affliction's appearance is deeper than the skin of the flesh, it is tzaraat affliction and the Cohen shall look at it and declare him tamei, contaminated. Later on, in chapter 13, verse number 44, the Torah repeats, Ish tzaruah tamehu tame yatameinu hakohen berosho nigao. He's a person with tzaraat, he's contaminated. The Cohen shall declare him contaminated, his affliction is upon his head. And the person with tzaraat in whom there is a an affliction, his garment shall be rent, the hair on his head shall be unshorn, and he shall cloak himself up to his lips. He is to call out, "Contaminated, contaminated." All the days that the affliction is upon him, he shall remain contaminated. He is contaminated. He shall dwell in isolation, his dwelling shall be outside the camp. Here we see Rabbeinu Tam Karim, the same expression repeated, tamei tamei. I mean, obviously we understand that after the first one, but the Torah, obviously, from the hand of a Kadosh Baruchu, tells us, "No, no. It's not enough to just say once. It's not enough to declare it once. It has to be done all the time. And this guy has to be thrown out of the camp. He has to be in seclusion because he's tamei, he's contaminated. All right, we get it, but aren't you embarrassing the guy? Isn't it enough already that he's sick? In fact, the Hakhamim teach us, "Why are we even using a kohen to identify the tsara'at? Can't we just send him to a doctor? I mean, you can send him to the religious leader of of Am Yisrael. It's embarrassing. It's like going to check for some type of venereal disease or something and going to your rabbi to go check it. Like, it's not exactly the ideal situation. Already, so can I just go to someone that I don't know?" No. Why say THE HAKHAMIM? BECAUSE THIS will bring him shame, which is the goal. To bring him shame that he has tsara'at. It's actually the goal to bring him more shame, to say, "Contaminated, contaminated." To go bring him to the kohen, say, "Contaminated." Yes. That's the goal. Cause him embarrassment. Make him cry. Make her cry. Sounds mean, doesn't it? Doesn't it sound mean? It sounds mean when you don't know the reason they got it. But the Hachamim teach us different reasons of why the people got tzaraat. In fact, also why the Kohen, if he himself got these marks on his skin, and he has already has experience for 20 years of checking for tzaraat, he is the world expert, he's still not allowed to check himself. And declare himself tameh or not tameh. Why? Because again, he has to go to a different Kohen. So if he is tameh, if he is contaminated, he could also benefit from the shame and the embarrassment of the public declaration of him being tameh. How is this a benefit? The Midrash Rabbah in Parshat Metzora, first section, chapter 16, says on the verse in Proverbs, a whole lot of explanations that will give us an understanding of where we really stand. HaMelech in chapter 6 verse 16 in Proverbs says, "Hashem hates these six, but seven is the abomination of his soul. So, HaMelech lists people that Hashem hates. And the Hakhamim say that this means that all of these things are hated by Hashem, but the last one is an abomination. He's worse than everyone. And HaMelech says, "What are these? Hardy eyes, a false tongue, and hands spilling innocent blood, a heart plotting iniquitous thoughts, feet hastening to run to evil, one who spouts lies, a false witness, and one who stirs up strife among brothers." And Rabbi Yohanan says, "All of those who engaged in these behaviors were stricken with tzaraat." And the last one among them, the one who stirs up strife among brothers, that is the abomination because that person is the defamer. That's the person that was the motzi shem ra. The word metzora, to have tzaraat, the contraction, comes from the words motzi ra, motzi shem ra, which is bringing forth a bad name, a defamer. Telling other people that, "Oh, he took money from me." when he didn't. Telling other people, "He did to me when he didn't. I don't have to give you more examples of defamation. I'm sure each of you are familiar with it. If you did not experience it yourself, then surely you know somebody that has. And apparently, that's the worst one. And the bottom of page 15 B says that as much as comes as a punishment for other sins, the Torah is specifically referring to which shame which bringing the defamer because he was the worst, he got the worst punishment. Because there are different levels of that. Which will be told to us later on. There are two dozen levels of that. That one is the worst one. The last one is the worst one and that's the guy that defamed everyone. He gets that one. And as the also says that someone that defames kills three people. Himself, he's the speaker. The listener who accepts what he says. And the person that he said it about. Everyone gets hurt. Now, of course, the sages they don't just take things at face value. They want proofs. How do we know this really happened? Torah is really only mentioning here that somebody that's a defamer with the other things you mentioned that Hashem hates them. Melech says Hashem hates them. Okay, they did some bad things. They have haughty eyes. They have false tongue. They're running after evil things, but they got tzaraat. Give us proofs. And that's exactly what the Midrash is going to do. First, it goes into a lengthy story about haughty eyes. But we're going to start off with the others because they're much shorter. So we can cover all of it and then go back to the haughty eyes. The false tongue we learn from Miriam. Miriam, the prophetess, the tzaddikah, made a mistake, said lashon hara about Moshe Rabbenu, and Hashem punished her with tzaraat as we see from the Torah which says in the wrath of Hashem flared up against them and he left. And the cloud that had departed from atop the tent, and behold, Miriam was afflicted with tzaraat like snow. The one that his hand spilling innocent blood getting tzaraat, we know from Yoav. Yoav was a long-time army commander for David HaMelech. But he violated the David HaMelech's instructions and he killed two people. Avner the son of Ner who was the commander of Shaul HaMelech's army at one point. And Amasa, the son of Yeter who was one of David's uh uh generals. And before David Amalek left this world, in the Book of Kings 1, chapter 2, verse 5, it says that David Amalek commanded his son Amalek to kill Yoav for killing Abner and Amasa. Okay, so he killed him. What does that have to do with tzaraat? So the Midrash says, in the Book of Kings, chapter 2, verse 32, "Hashem will thus return his blood upon his head." And it says, "The guilt shall rest upon the head of Yoav. And may there never cease from Yoav's house contaminated men, metzora's." This is in the Book of Shmuel, chapter 3, verse 29. So we know that Yoav got tzaraat for spilling innocent blood. For the fourth evil trait of a heart that's plotting iniquitous thoughts, the getting tzaraat, we know from Uzziah, who was one of the kings of Judah, who even though he was overall a righteous person, he became arrogant. Like some people that do teshuvah or convert, and they start learning a few things, they watch a few shiurim, they read a few books, and all of a sudden, they start acting more righteous than thou, criticizing everyone, no one is good enough. "You're not as religious as me. You're not as this." And they start literally looking down at everyone else. That type of behavior is not only despicable, but it also shows that they are not even close to being righteous, needless to say, as righteous as they think. Uzziah did a lot of good things, but at one point he crossed the line because he wanted to do the ketoret. Even though this is something that could only be done by the Kohanim. And when he came to do it, and the Kohanim told him, "You cannot do this." He said, "What do you mean? I'm the king. Of course I can do it." He said, "No, you cannot, Your Highness. You cannot." HE GOT SO FURIOUS. He wanted to kill everyone. But at that moment THE BOOK OF CHRONICLES 2 chapter 17 talks about how he got tzaraat on the spot. On the spot. And he remained with tzaraat until he died. When it comes to feet that are hastening to run to do evil instead of coming to a shiur Torah, they go to a nightclub. They go to casino. How do we know they get tzaraat? The example comes from Gehazi who was at one point the gabbai, the helper of Elisha Navel. Elisha, the attendant of Elisha, who was the the attendant of Eliyahu Hanavi, after Eliyahu Hanavi left this world without dying, Elisha was blessed to have double the miracles of Eliyahu Hanavi. And a non-Jewish general named Naaman came to Elisha Hanavi asking for a cure, and he told him to go dip into river seven times because Elisha knew that he had seven seven character deficiencies that brought upon him the tzaraat. And each dip would fix that character deficiency, in essence being a humbling experience that will make him do teshuvah. After this, Naaman was so impressed, he wanted to convert. He wanted to give a lot of money to Elisha. Elisha said, "I don't want your money." He was even more impressed. But Gehazi was not happy with this, and he wanted to get money from this very wealthy army commander against the clear word of his of his leader, of Elisha Hanavi, of the Gedolei Hador. And after Elisha Hanavi found out, he cursed Gehazi, and he says, "As Hashem lives, I swear that I shall run." Oh, this actually Gehazi says after he sees that Naaman is running away is going without paying, he says, "As Hashem lives, I swear that I shall run after him and take something from him." And he chased after Naaman. And when Elisha Hanavi finds out he curses Gehazi. And says, "Naaman's tzaraat shall therefore cleave to you and to your children forever." Tzaraat that I cured Naaman is now going to go on you, Gehazi, and your children forever for what you did, for the chilul Hashem that you did. And Gehazi left his presence and was as white as snow with tzaraat, the Torah says. And then when it comes to the seventh evil trait one that stirs up strife among brothers deserving of tzaraat, we learn from Paroh at the time of Avraham Avinu. He got tzaraat for causing strife between Avraham and Sarah because we see that he got tzaraat. And the Chachamim say it's because Sarah thought that oh, she's becoming a hostage now to Paroh. But surely her husband Avraham got a blessing from Hashem that he's going to go to go away from there, he's going to leave Charan, and go to Canaan, and leave her there as a prisoner. So for this, Paroh got punished severely. And the Chachamim say that he got the worst type of tzaraat. Rabbi Shimon ben Gamliel says once I was traveling on a road between Tiberias and Sepphoris. And a certain elderly person met me and told me there are 24 varieties of sheen, which is the tsaraat. But there are none as harmful for marital relations except the raatan. And Rabbi Pedat says, and it is from this disease, from the raatan, which is the worst and most severe form of tsaraat, that Paroah was stricken. Why? Because it has specific attack on the brit. And this is also why Moshe Rabbeinu cautions Am Yisrael by saying to them, "This shall be the laws of the metzora." Meaning that if you are a defamer, you're going to get the worst type of tsaraat. And what's so bad? That if somebody still stays with his wife or with a husband, the children that will come out of there will be epileptic kids. All types of horrible things will come out of it. So much so that the chachamim themselves were scared of people that had tsaraat. That Rabbi Yochanan said, "Even be careful from flies because maybe they stood on someone that had tsaraat." Rabbi Zeira would not sin sit next to someone that had this raatan. Rabbi Elazar wouldn't even enter his house, his tent. And Rabbi Ami and Rabbi Assi would not even eat eggs that were from the neighborhood of someone that has this tzaraat. Why? Cuz it was contagious, too. Now, the first type of tzaraat, the first type of person that gets tzaraat were the people with haughty eyes. And the Midrash tells us, how do we know they get and who got this in the Torah? Says, we know this from the story of b'not Zion, the daughters of Zion, where it's written in the Book of Isaiah, chapter 3, verse 16, also in chapter 5, because the daughters of Zion gav'u, they're walking with outstretched necks and mesakrot eyes, walking with a taphoph steps and takasna with their feet. And their punishment for doing these was that Hashem will afflict them with lesions the head of on top of the heads of the daughters of Zion. What do these words mean? When it says that the daughters of Zion gav'u, it means that they would raise themselves to full height. You know, you ever see a woman walking around straight up like a stick because she wants everyone to see every curve, every move she makes. They walk around like spears, says the Midrash. They would walk around proudly. They would walk around with outstretched necks. And they would wear all of their finery and turn her neck into different directions. Oh, you see my Louis Vuitton? You see my Donna Karan? You see my $50,000 bag? You see my You know, you You ever meet You ever meet people like that? See people like that? Heard about them? Maybe you haven't, I don't know, but they existed. They existed. I don't know, maybe they don't exist today. But something tells me they do. Some of them even have social media profiles. Instagram. Instagaynum. What happened to them? What happened to these women? Well, first you have to know they wanted to display their jewelry. And the Mesakote Rabbi Mani Obsar Ara says this means that they would paint their eyes with dye. Mascara. And Resh Lakish says that they would paint their eyes with red dye. And walk with a Tafof. Tafof steps. So they would look tall. They They have these high heels. You ever hear women walking around with high heels? They exist. I heard about it. They even have social media profiles. Even in Jewish communities. Believe it or not, they exist. You heard about them? Torah says they exist. They walk around and they want people to see how they stand out, so they would even make sure to bring two other women that are shorter than them. One on each side. And she can stand in the middle and they can see how beautiful she is and how tall she is. And how nice her bag and her shoes are. And if she was short herself, she would still bring two short girls and she would wear high-soled shoes on her feet to appear taller, says the Midrash. This is over 2,000 years ago. It's not new. And the kasna with their feet Rabbi Abba bar Kahana says this is referring to a serpent that was on their shoes. What is a serpent on the shoes? The Chachamim say that some would paint a design of a snake on the shoes. But the Midrash also says that she would bring an eggshell and fill it with balsam and place it beneath the heel of her shoes. And when she would see a group of young men, she would tread on it, stamp on it forcefully, and the scent would spread in the air to those men like a poison of a snake, arousing their passions. And Hakadosh Baruch says to the prophet Isaiah when this WOULD HAPPEN, "WHAT ARE these doing here? Let them get up and be exiled from here." And in turn, Isaiah the prophet would go and tell these immoral women, "Do teshuvah, repent before the enemies have an opportunity against to come against you." And what do these women say in return? "Even if the enemies come against us, what can they possibly do?" What does it mean, "What can they possibly do?" What, you're not scared of anti-Semitism? You're not scared of being attacked? Attacked? Why would they harm us? If they wish to engage in acts of immorality, why not? We wish to do it, too. And those who say, "Let him hurry, let him hasten his action so that we may see it." This is in Isaiah chapter 5, verse 19. These wicked men said, "If only a commander of the non-Jewish invaders will see me and take me in marriage. If only an officer will see me and take me in marriage. If only a general will see me and place me in a state of in a state carriage. In his Bentley. In his private jet. Yeah, but he's not Jewish. So, he's he's he's a good person. Therefore, the prophet Isaiah says these women, you know what they're saying? They're saying, "Let the plan of the Holy One of Israel, meaning Hashem, approach and take place so that we may know." What does it mean we may know? So, we know whose plan actually succeeded. Our plan to go and hang out with the and being their Bentleys and private jets and carriages or God's plan. And the Midrash continues and says, "When their sins became even greater than their enemies, their enemies came to Jerusalem and these women adorning themselves AND WENT OUT BEFORE the enemies like zonot, like harlots." AND YES, WHEN THE commander saw them, THEY TOOK THEM. SURE, "COME, I'll I'll marry you." A general saw them and he took them and he seated them in the state carriage. Just like they wanted. Well, I'm not getting married right now. I'm just having fun. In response to this, the Holy One, blessed is He, said, "My wishes will not stand, but theirs will." Meaning, will these promiscuous women's plan be realized and not mine? Certainly not. So, what did God do? And therefore, Hakadosh Baruch Hu the heads of the daughters of Zion. Rabbi Elazar and Rabbi Yossi, the son of Rabbi Chanina, said, "He afflicted them with tzaraat." That's what it says, sapachat And Rabbi Yossi bar Chanina says, "No, he also brought swarms of lice to fester on their heads." When did this happen? While they were in the carriages, while they were with their new boyfriends. And then Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said, "Hakadosh Baruch Hu also made them mechudannot enslaved maidservants, like the Arabs do, to foolish Jewish girls that fall into their trap." Rabbi Chiya bar and and uh and Chilfa bar Idi in the name of Rabbi Yossi says, "Why does it say vesipach?" God guarded the families of Ami Israel so that the holy children of Israel do not mix with the people of the other of the other lands. But how did he accomplish such a thing? Sending lice? Sending tsaraat? How is this protecting anything? He says, "No, no, you don't understand. The holy one blessed is he sh'tabach shimo la'ad said, 'I know that the nations of the world do not separate themselves from another because they want to have relations even if they have tsaraat. They don't care.' So what did God do? He put the disease in their meat. He put this in the place of sin. So much so the Midrash says that the women started discharging large amounts of blood filling the carriage, the fancy carriage, the private jet the Bentley with blood. And when the officer would see this new wife of his, new girlfriend of his bleeding everywhere he became so enraged that he would pierce her with a dagger and throw her out and then have his carriage right over her, crush her to death. AND THAT'S WHY THE PROPHET Jeremiah said, "Sulu Sulu away unclean one." People shouted at them. This is an Eicha Lamentations chapter 4 verse 15. We see from here the Karim that the Midrash not only tells us about the heinous punishment for those promiscuous women with Instagram profiles with Facebook and TikTok. They didn't care about what a Kadosh Baruch Hu says. He says, "When the time comes the sin will be the most heinous, horrific, painful, and shaming embarrassing type of punishment you could ever have." Why? Because you acted arrogantly. Ga'avah tedem tishpilenno. The arrogance of a person will be his downfall. Another example of this is in the Gemara in Maseches Chullin. What happened to a non-Jewish woman? Who was this non-Jewish woman? The Caesar's daughter. In the Gemara in Maseches Chullin page 60A. The Caesar's daughter said to Rabbi Yehoshua ben Chananya mocking, "Your God is a carpenter. Where it's written in your Torah who roofs his attics with water." So since he's a carpenter perhaps she was talking about the Notzri God being a carpenter. But apparently she got a surprise. She said to Rabbi Yehoshua, "Tell him that he should make me one reel." This is a certain tool that was used to spin thread into spools. Rabbi Yehoshua said, "Very well. I'll tell him I'll pray for you." And shortly later she got tzaraat. When she got tzaraat, even though she was the daughter of the Caesar, they threw her out. She became homeless. And the only place she could ever be is in the marketplace of Rome. And she had nothing to do. No one would come close to her. She did what the rest of the people that have tzaraat do. What do they do? They sew, they knit, they spin thread. So, they gave her a reel. So, they could pass the time. And she would sit in the marketplace and wind coils coils of thread. One day Rabbi Yehoshua was passing there in this market and he saw her. And she was sitting there winding coil. And he said to her, "Ah, is it a fine reel that my God has given you?" Making fun of her back. You said that he's a carpenter, give her a reel. So, he gave you a reel. Here you go. You got what you asked for. And she said, "Oh, tell your God to take back what he has given me." And Habir Ashua says, "No. Our God he gives. He doesn't take back. He doesn't take back. What are we learning here, about time? What are we learning here? In the Kuntres Ashua by our own dear Rabbi Ephraim Kachlon in page number three he brings a quote from a interview of a professor Professor Bernard Wasserstein who is interviewed on December 24th, 2018. And he is a professor in Chicago for Jewish history. And he says "At that time before the Holocaust the Jews of Europe were in a demographic period of destruction. Because their new ideology made their primary goal to intermarry to be like the nations. To such an an extent that the language that the Jewish people speak Yiddish or Ladino was completely collapsing. The religion the religious community was collapsing. And the rabbis of that generation were telling people that tragedy is going to come. In fact, says the professor even when anti-semitism skyrocketed it still did not slow down the intermarriage. And what I'm trying to tell you, he says is that European Jewry was in a state of destruction even before there was a threat from Hitler. When people ask can a Kadosh Baruchu allow such a thing to happen again? A holocaust happening again. Should I worry? Should I protect myself by let's say making aliyah? Well, that all depends about the time. Do you fit the description of those that Hashem hates or not? If you are on the arrogant train if you are on the liar train if you are on the deceiver train, the defamer train. If you do not care about what Hashem says to the point where the behavior of these wicked people that got punished is similar to your behavior then guess what? Not only should you worry about the inevitable holocaust that's coming but you should be certain that it's coming. And in fact making aliyah to Israel or even hiding in a bunker in a one of the mountains in Colorado will not help you. Because Hakadosh Baruch Hu has no limitations of where and when and how he punishes the wicked. If you're acting in such a way like the daughters of Zion at the time of Isaiah if you're acting in such a way like the guy that reincarnated as a rabbit doing business by destroying other people's lives if you are concerned about how beautiful and attractive you look with your idolatrous wig more than you are concerned about how beautiful you are in the eyes of Hakadosh Baruch Hu and your husband then yeah a holocaust is certainly something you should be concerned about. Cuz it's coming. It certainly is coming. Anti-semitism is on the rise. All the arrows are pointing in that direction. Yeah. But Aliyah's not going to help you. Talking about it is not going to help you. Saying never again is not going to help you. Politicians are not going to help you. Voting for or against Trump is not going to help you. Moving out of New York to Florida is not going to help you. None of those things that people are doing are going to help you. What will help you is changing camps. Go to the other side. With those people that are doing everything they possibly can to avoid being included in that list of who Hashem hates. Of doing everything in their power to serve Hakadosh Baruchu, to follow the laws of Hakadosh Baruchu, and even when they fail, which is inevitable, they try again and again, and they try better. And this WEEK I'LL BE MORE modest than last week. And this week I'm going to be more honest than last week. And this week I'm going to protect my bleep better than I did last week. And it doesn't matter where I live because Hakadosh Baruchu is everywhere. I need to live where I'm going to serve him best. If I can serve him best in Israel, I'm going to Israel. If I can serve him best in America, I'm going to be in America. If I can serve him best in Antarctica, in Mars, in Pluto, WHEREVER IT IS, THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING TO BE. THE BAAL SHEM TOV SAYS, "IF I CAN SERVE HAKADOSH BARUCHU INSIDE GEHENNA, I'M JUMPING IN THERE. WHY? Because the whole goal of life is to serve Hakadosh Baruch Hu, to do His will. Because it's for our benefit. So, if you are doing everything you can to avoid being part of that list, to become one of the servants of Hashem, then you should be very excited. Why? Anti-Semitism has thrown still on the rise. Third World War already started for more or less. Gog u'Magog is a series of wars, so certainly we are in the series. How much more time we have, whether it's another month or another two decades, no one knows other than Hakadosh Baruch Hu. But what I do know for sure, THAT IS DAAT TORAH, is that Hakadosh Baruch Hu promised us that the last exile is not going to be like the first one. Where in the first one there was some sadness because many people were left behind and even the whole situation was traumatizing, was painful. The last exile, the last salvation, the ultimate salvation, those that serve Hashem to the point where they not only are not part of that list of arrogant, obnoxious, despicable, wicked people, but rather they are doing everything they can to serve Hashem, then Hakadosh Baruch Hu will bring your salvation wherever you are, because wherever you are, you're turning it into a holy place. You become a bit mikdash katan, whether you are in Florida or you're in Netanya or you're in somewhere in Melbourne or in Lakewood. It doesn't make a difference. If you're serving a Kadosh Baruch Hu the last exile the last exodus the ultimate salvation will be the ultimate celebration for you. And you don't need to worry. You don't need to worry about the Third World War. It has nothing to do with you. You don't need to worry about all of the things that everybody else should be worried about. Why? You're on the RIGHT TEAM. YOU'RE ON THE RIGHT TEAM. You're not worshipping some man that died and then people turn him into a god. You're not in a corrupt business that hurts people. You're not an immodest, immoral person that's constantly promiscuous and doing things just to get attention. No, you're on the right TEAM. YOU'RE THE OPPOSITE. YOU'RE FIGHTING AGAINST IT. YOU'RE TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE DO TESHUVAH. YOU'RE TRYING to help people return to Hashem. YOU'RE TRYING TO PUBLICIZE HASHEM'S NAME. YOU'RE TRYING to do everything possible to get people to wake up and join the right team before it becomes too late. The only worry you should have when you're on the right team is that you're doing as much as you can to help as many people as possible join the right team with you. And if you're doing that, doesn't matter where you live, it doesn't matter what happens in the world. A Kadosh Baruchu bechvodo beatzmo, he himself will give you a personalized salvation unlike anything else you've ever imagined. Why? You're on his team. That's what he promised. So, yeah. Holocaust happening again? It's inevitable. Torah talks about it. Worse than the Holocaust. Prophets say two-thirds of the world will die in the beginning of it. And in the last third, only some will survive. So, yeah, it's going to be much worse. But if you're part of the right team, you're on team Hashem, then do everything you can. Open another place for Shiur A Torah. Make more channels. Publicize more Torah. WRITE MORE BOOKS. PUBLICIZE MORE OF Hakadosh Baruchu's glory everywhere and anywhere and every language. That should be your only concern. Concern for getting hurt, damaged, has nothing to do with you. That's their worry. And they should be. They're on the other team. This, Rabbotai Yekarim, is the reality. Those that are worried are not worried enough, and they're not even trying to solve it the way they should be solving it. You're not going to solve anti-Semitism by moving houses or by moving countries. You're not going to solve the danger of your eternal damnation by moving addresses, or by simply putting stickers that say never again. It's not going to help you. If you really want to help yourself, join our team. It's called Team Hashem. We do everything we possibly can to serve Hashem, to follow his laws that are in the Torah, that are what he told us we have to do, follow his sages, and the beautiful words that they used to clarify the will of Hashem, and to encourage as many people as we possibly can around the world to do the same thing. Even if they were born not religious, even if they were born in a different religion, even if they're located in our city, or at the end of the world somewhere. If we could get a chance to help them, that's our job. So, I recommend you join our team. It's a good team. It's exciting. A lot of good stuff's happening. It's the winning team. It's the greatest thing in the world. You already know you won before the game's even over. Shh. Who's better than you? That's the team of Hashem. And that's what Parshat Tazria That's the the whole issue of Tazria is trying to tell us. It's not the disease that kills. It's not anti-Semitism that kills. It's the sin that kills. The sin. Being hated by Hashem because you went against his word. That's what kills. That's what causes tragedies. And the biggest tragedy of all is that not enough rabbis and well-known speakers and leaders are saying the same exact thing. Instead, they're just telling people to change addresses, change locations, change everything but themselves. Hakadosh Baruch Hu told us many times, it's not your diet that he wants. It's not your sacrifices that he wants. It's your heart. The Shulchan Aruch in Orach Chaim in siman Taf Kuf Pei talks about the different days that we fast. Tragedies happened throughout history. And one of the things that Reb Yosef Karo is telling us here is that Hakadosh Baruch Hu didn't make all of these tragedies happen simply for no reason. It's actually Taf Kuf Ayin Tet, one siman before Taf Kuf Pei. He showed us that everyone can do teshuvah with the story of Nineveh. Paroh did teshuvah. Hashem is not looking to kill people. He's not looking to punish people. He wants people to do teshuvah. And if they do it, he'll reward them. He'll save them. It's easy to simply realize and recognize the truth. If you're on the wrong team, your only worry should be that you're on the wrong team. And how quickly you can join our team. And if you're already on the right team, and you're worried, cut it out. You should worry about the wrong thing. Instead of worried about holocausts, you should be worried about getting more people to do teshuvah, supporting it, helping it, doing something about it. That should be your only concern. And if you do that, you'll do all right. You'll be a good member of team Hashem. This, Rabotai Keriem, is some of the things we need to learn. Baruch Hashem. Now, I'm going to answer the question and ask you guys another question that in our last year we had. Reuben and Shimon were friends, but Shimon was not exactly the nicest friend. He decided to make a fake sit letter from the chocolate company and gave it to Reuben telling him that he could buy a thousand dollars worth of chocolate. The fake letter was so realistic that even the store believed it and gave him a thousand dollars worth of chocolates. And this was only found out that it was fake once the store sent the letter to the chocolate company to get the thousand dollars reimbursement. Now there's a thousand dollars in debt for chocolates. Who has to pay? Some of you said everyone agreed that Shimon is not a nice guy. Some of you used different adjectives to describe him. It's agreed. Not a nice guy. Question is not nice, nice, does he still have to pay for the chocolates? He didn't eat any. Thousand dollars of chocolates were Ruven. He ate them. And the answer is as follows. According to Alacha the damage that Shimon caused was horrific. Almost in the comparable to a moser that sends that tells the authorities about somebody that's doing something against the law. Like unfortunately people are doing these days where they do business against the law and when the police catches them in order to get themselves out of jail to get themselves a lower punishment, they start writing out on other people in the community that are in the same business or doing the same type of criminal activity. This by the way is against the Torah even though those other people are violating the law of the land you're still not allowed to be a moser. And in essence you're losing your olam haba. Perhaps we're going to have a whole shear about it at some point soon because of the shear. But this type of corruption that or lie that Shimon did is in essence guaranteeing that his friend will be getting in trouble. So, he doesn't lose his love of uh but it's it's a it's stems from the same same world. And therefore Shimon certainly has to pay for the chocolates, but not all of them. Why? Because after all Reuven did eat the chocolates and enjoy the chocolates. And therefore Reuven would have to pay a third of the value out of his own pocket and the rest of it Shimon has to pay. Why a third of the value? The Hakhamim say that if something was such a steep discount of 67% even Reuven that wouldn't eat that much chocolate would buy it at that price. So, he still he has to pay a third and 67% 2/3 has to be paid by Shimon. The bad friend and obviously do teshuvah. Now, the next question. There was once a driver cab driver a hot day religious guy. And uh it was a very very hot day. Air conditioner wasn't even enough. And he was working. He sees that there's a professionally dressed man waiting for a taxi. He pulls over. So, yeah, can you take me to Tel Aviv?" He's like, "Sure. It's a long ride. Get in the car." As they get closer and closer, long ride, the passenger says to the driver, "Can you do me a favor? Can you stop by the uh store before we get to the destination? Can you stop by the store so I get a drink? I'm really thirsty." And it's hot. He's like, "Yeah, sure." So, it's more money on the meter. Stops by the store. The guy runs out, gets a couple of cold drinks, and comes back in the car. He's like, "Yeah, here you go." He goes, "No, no, no, I appreciate it. You know, the the driver was embarrassed with me. A free drink from this driver? He doesn't supposed to give him give him service." The guy says, "No, come on. Take it. It's uh it's fine. It's a hot day. I'm sure that you're hot, too. Take it anyway. If you don't take it, it'll go to waste. I already you know, already opened it." He's like, "All right, thanks, man." He makes a blessing cuz after all, he's religious. Makes a blessing, takes a drink, and blanks out. He wakes up after a few hours, he finds himself near the woods. He looks, he's in the car. He looks at his bag, it was opened. He looks inside. The guy robbed him. And apparently, the guy robbed him of a lot of money because that morning, he actually went to pick up his savings from his bank that he's been saving for many years because his daughter was getting married. So, he had a lot of money on him. So, apparently this guy was watching him, following him, and uh targeted him. But, being a righteous Jew, he realized that everything is in the hands of Hashem. But, he still went to the rabbi and he said, "Listen, I have a problem." According to Alachah, if you are going to benefit from something, you have to make a blessing. So, I made a blessing on the drink because I was thirsty, and I wanted to make a blessing. Is that blessing a blessing taking Hashem's name in vain because there was a drug in there that uh was was hazardous to me? And if it's not, then shouldn't I make an ending blessing for the drink? Even though I got hurt from it? This is the questions of tzaddikim. He knows that the money part Hashem will take care of. He has to take care of his situation. Should he have made the blessing on the drink? Is question number one. The first blessing, and should he make the ending blessing? Should he make only one of them? Should he not make either one of them? That's the question. Think about it. And as Hashem next week you'll tell me. Well, I'll tell you the answers. >> I'd like to introduce you to your new best friend. [music] We did it. AI Rabbi is here. Today I am honored that it is based [music] on kosher Torah sources. 30 different languages that are available to you. So, if you want to ask it in Spanish, in Chinese, Portuguese, whatever you want to do, it's available for you. >> [music] >> Can you tell me about AI Rabbi? >> So, it's timestamped to this year because of this green button. >> [music] >> AI Rabbi on your WhatsApp. You have the ability to ask questions at will. We will provide you sources, and most importantly, you'll be able to know the truth and be able to rely on the sources. With that being said, you guys can now ask some questions and may his other shima kadusha who will give us the answers. Is the guy with the turn into a rabbit a real story? No, it's a joke with musar. It's not a real story. How do I get AI Rabbi? You go to a i r a b b i dot o r g. That's the website. Over there, I'll give you the option to download the app either on iOS or on um Android. Okay. Uh let's see. Do you consider October 7th God's punishment? The Gemara says there's no suffering without sin. Meaning anytime there's any suffering, then certainly there was a sin that was made. So, certainly it was a punishment. Uh >> Okay, let's see. The Torah says that one can test his faith with myself. To what extent is this without crossing the line? That means that a person needs to give 10% of their income on a regular basis without exception and they'll see that they will have the blessing coming as a result of it. But again, you have to make sure that you're giving the 10 10% the tithe to the right place because if you're giving it to a church, to idolatry, to things that are against the Torah, then it's not only not going to bring you blessings, but in fact it'll bring you curses and problems. Do you speak Hebrew? Can any of you speak Hebrew? A Noachide is allowed to go snow skiing? Sure, enjoy. What does the Torah say about euthanasia? It's forbidden, considered murder. Should I put my yad tefillin if the rosh retzua is broken while I wait for the replacement? Of course, they're two separate mitzvot. Somebody that's uh somebody that's missing an arm, missing arms, let's say he doesn't have arms, he still puts on the head tefillin, he has to have somebody put his head tefillin on. But really what you should do is borrow a tefillin from somebody. >> A rabbi is the greatest innovation that ever existed. Baruch Hashem. >> [sighs] >> Rabbi Reuben, I want to join a study group under your scrutiny. I don't have a study group, tzaddik. I don't have a study group. I don't do uh uh one-on-one classes or anything like that. Can a lady that is pregnant be chayav mitah by bet din? Yes. Yeah, and the Gemara in Maseches Sanhedrin talks about it. If, let's say, she committed adultery and she's pregnant, then yeah. If my scroll falls out of my mezuzah, can I get a new one and put it in or do I need to Both no. No, you could certainly change the scroll. No problem. The uh the case is doesn't have any religious uh value. So, uh it's just to protect the uh the scroll. But, make sure you get the scroll from a reliable source, from someone that's uh has yirat shamayim, and is not just sending you some computer printout. Um >> [clears throat] >> hanging out hanging up pictures of a holy man you've never met is she tooth. No, it's not, but um you could uh learn the laws of Avodah Zarah and you'll see that what you're saying is complete nonsense. Rabbi, give me a dollar. No problem. Send me a dollar and I'll give it back to you. It's wonderful to see you live. I have been watching your channel for years and they're always a source of wisdom. Thank you very much. I agree obviously that Hashem doesn't need us, obviously. We need him. But how do we explain in our davening we say lema'ancha, save us for your sake. So, it's not just that. You have many many places where you're saying it's for your sake. So, it's not for your sake like Hashem needs it. Meaning it's for your honor. For your honor, who will Who's going to honor you if you destroy us? So, since the uh the goal of our existence is to sanctify Kadosh Baruch Hu's name, then allow us to do it. Lema'ancha. So, it's it's a In essence, it's not that he needs it, but it will serve your will to keep us alive, to give us what we need so we could honor you. I have a cousin named Bassem. He's probably Arab. There's some that use that name. Okay. I'm trying to Can you ask a question? Yes, as long as you're not a troll like some of the others on the thing, you could ask questions. I'm going through different uh threads of uh people asking questions in different places. Also, we just started doing live on X, too. So, you guys could ask questions on X, also. Uh let's see. Do you have a study or a series on Mesilat Yesharim? No. I can't I still can't understand every rab- every single rabbi in Brooklyn allows cash advance. Even the rabbi community leaders, people look at me like I'm insane when I say it's not allowed. Rabbis even syndicate. Well, whoever allows whatever rabbi allows it is one of two cases. Either he is uninformed about what the actual business does or uninformed about the halacha of what actually is ribbis that's assur and so on. That's option one, uninformed, meaning ignorant. That's not going to absolve them of the punishment they'll get uh because the uh Mishnah in Maseches Avos says shiga talmud lo zeidon that uh he uh someone that uh sins as a result of not studying is uh considered as if it's intentional and even though again it's uh not intentional that they're not studying cuz certainly they're studying Torah, but if you see that your community is flourishing uh with people that are going to that business and your and people are asking you if it's allowed, people are questioning whether it's allowed people are telling you tragic stories of happening to to to different victims of that business and you're still not studying the topic further and still saying it's okay, it's okay then certainly your ignorance is not going to be ignored. So, but still the reason why they're saying it's allowed is simply out of ignorance of what the business really entails, the fact that they're actually a predatory business or ignorance of the law itself, the halacha itself of what uh is assur. That's option one. Option two which is more likely in many cases, not all cases, but in many cases is that unfortunately they're bought and paid for. Meaning they get so much money in donations from the cash advance business that they've literally become spiritually blind to the truth when it comes to that business. And are literally an active partner in the crime. So much so that I have people that have told me that their rabbi, their community rabbi in New York and I've had it in other places also are actually partners, literal partners in their business where they gave them $100,000 to go lend out with high interest. So this so-called rabbi is obviously a criminal that is no less criminal than the rest of the cash advance business because he obviously is is is himself a lender. Uh so criminals that pretend to be rabbis exist. There are many of them. Not all, but many exist. Just like there are criminals in every other field in the rabbinical field it exists too. There's criminal politicians, there's criminal doctors, there's criminal lawyers, there's criminal rabbis. They're criminals. Some are spiritual criminals, some are spiritual and legal criminals. So it's a reality. That guy that got was part of the terrorist attack that they shot his fingers off he's a criminal both legally and spiritually. I don't know his name but it was proven that he's both a criminal of spiritually and legally. Legally they found out that he stole money from the government and he uh got caught for that. Spiritually he's certainly a criminal because the guy said that the Christian missionary that got assassinated, whatever his name was, is in the same level as Avraham Avinu. So, obviously he's a criminal coffer. A because Russia. But, to a ignorant person that does not know Allah, that does not know a scoffer, that does not know anything about the Torah, that rabbi is a nice guy, is a nice rabbi, is a good rabbi. He's the best rabbi even. But, according to the Torah and the law of the land, he is 100% a criminal. So, criminals do exist. And unfortunately, many people in the communities that are looking for the truth, that are looking for that Torah, are not able to find that that Torah from their local rabbis because their local rabbis are criminals. Just because somebody is a rabbi does not mean that they're not a criminal. The criminals exist. Just the reality. People have to understand that's a reality. Doesn't matter what his position is. If he's going against the Torah, he's a criminal. >> [clears throat] >> Should a person avoid going out for Shabbat meals and inviting people over for Shabbat meals? If it's strictly for fun and there's no real purpose of it, no, not necessarily, you mean. It's not Some people want and need the company. And you can do it, no problem. As long as you're going to a place that's going to be kosher food and kosher people, kosher conversation, sure, why not? Some people like that stuff. I say some people cuz it's not necessarily for everyone. But if you like it, enjoy. Go ahead, do it. Any tips to look out for to know which one is your Zivug? Well, a uh I have a lecture that uh was part of the Oshana Rabbah lecture where in that lecture, there's a segment of maybe 20 minutes or so that I talk about all of the different things that a person should do in their shidduch, in their to look for an Azivug. I recommend you uh um watch it cuz it gives a lot of details. Uh you could just go to my channel and just type the word in the search box shidduch. If you can't find it, you could just send me a message on WhatsApp. Uh and I'll send it to you. A discussion on ethics of predatory cash advance business. Where's the question? I don't understand. There's a rabbi charging monthly payments to learn Torah. Is this allowed? Uh technically, yes, but it depends what he's teaching you. Uh depends what he's teaching you, how much time and uh technically, yes, but it's uh it's allowed. It's uh but not egregious sums, meaning that he's not supposed to become rich off of it. It's supposed to be at least, you know, enough to cover what he would make if he was working a regular job. Uh so, if let's say he uh has a skill set as let's say a lawyer that makes $100 an hour, then he's allowed to charge $100 an hour. But uh if he's charging $1,000, then no. But again, it depends what he's teaching you. Uh depends what he's teaching you. The uh the issue of uh paying for uh rabbis to teach has come up a few times over the last few weeks. I mean, many times obviously over the years. Uh one one person uh uh reached out not too long ago uh saying that uh they want to study with me because they know I don't charge for for teaching. And uh they want to the the the rabbi that they're with is charging them $200 a month uh for him and for his wife. But what do you Why is he charging you $400 a month? He's like, "Oh, no, we're in the process of converting." I said, "Oh, well, you know, so if you're in the process of converting, then there's you know, obviously it's not a uh he doesn't have an obligation to teach you. So, certainly he could he could charge you for uh for the conversion classes, whatever it is. If you want to pay it, pay it. You don't want to pay it, don't pay it. But you know, trying to come to me to teach you, it's it's not, you know, it's I don't do that. I don't do uh conversion classes, one-on-one classes, group classes. My teaching is in the general public, what you see here. Uh b'ezrat Hashem, when we get our uh our place, we'll have live lectures again where people can attend and I can, you know, give these lectures not just online, but also in person to whoever attends. But, it's not going to be a small group study or or or one-on-one studies. I don't have that kind of time. I'm My goal is to try to impact as many people as possible and not small groups. Uh because these the effort is the same and there's no reason for me to to um you know, limit the exposure. Uh but as far as people that do dedicate their time to giving one-on-one lectures or one-on-one study sessions, for conversion, I don't you know, I don't know anybody who doesn't charge for it. And in fact, you should uh pay for it. Uh and it's if you really want to be Jewish, if you really want to do all those things, then you you need you know, if this is what you need, then certainly you can do it. Now, do you need to have conversion classes? Not necessarily. I mean, if you can study everything on your own and have a close enough relationship with your sponsoring rabbi that they can test you from time to time to see how you're growing and where you stand, uh then you may not need the conversion classes, but I still recommend for most people to take conversion classes if you could afford them. Uh you could certainly should take them because a lot of the times you know, people do not have that type of relationship uh with the rabbi or even if they do have a nice relationship with the rabbi, the rabbi doesn't have time to test them and to see if they know what they need to know. Uh so, yeah, going to conversion classes requires payment and there's no problem with it as long as it's reasonable. As far as uh classes like people that learn Daf Yomi or learn the weekly parashah or learning I don't know other types of classes of Torah, uh uh to pay for it, I don't really see a reason for it just because there's so much Torah that's available for free. I don't really understand why anybody would pay for it. Uh we have uh between myself and Rabbi Friedman and the rest of the rabbis of our organization, uh B'ezrat Hashem, we probably have somewhere in the neighborhood between 16,000 to 17, 000 uh lectures online. I can assure you, anyone that watches even 30% of all of those is going to become not only good enough to convert, but good enough to be a rabbi. Um and there are certainly other lectures out there online that are good that you could watch from uh from different rabbis that you could learn from. I don't really understand why anybody would pay uh for those types of classes. The only thing I would ever say somebody should pay for is either conversion classes or tutoring. If somebody's teaching you how to study or teaching you uh you know, like a one-on-one type of tutoring, yes, for that you should you should pay. Um and why? Because that's obviously uh the the rabbi or the teacher is limiting their uh their exposure to to to less people, specifying time for you, uh then certainly it's uh something that uh um you should pay him for that time. Uh but uh for other classes, to learn, let's say, the Daf Yomi or to learn the weekly parashah or to learn mussar, to learn about emunah, all those different topics, is literally tens and tens of thousands of lectures available online for free. Um you know, there's there's no reason whatsoever to pay for it. Mm. >> Rabbi, could you explain why Jewish people don't believe Jesus is a savior? Because he wasn't. He was a wicked man that went against the Torah, told people to follow him instead of following God. And um there's no reason for us to believe that he's a savior. He did not do any of the things that the Messiah would actually is promised to do. The last I check, the world is not at peace, which is one of the things the Messiah has to do is bring world peace. We are in the middle of a war as we speak. Uh the last I checked uh there's no second coming that's mentioned in the Torah. You know, cuz a lot of the Christians say, "Yeah, he didn't do all those things, but he'll do when he comes back." Do when he comes back and you know >> [laughter] >> but he can say that, "Yeah, yeah, I'll I'll I'll pay you when I when I come back." You know, but you the bill is owed now. So, it's it's a unfortunately a belief in Jesus is based on a belief in the New Testament. Because it's the only place in the world that says positive things about him. And any other document that has him um that's a authentic document that says from the time that he lived is not speaking favorably of him. Uh so, the only document that speaks favorably of Jesus is the New Testament. And the New Testament is not divine. It's a man-made flawed document that has endless errors uh that uh we've discussed in many other lectures in the past. So, if you really want to know all of those different errors uh and what is the Torah's opinion of Jesus and the New Testament, you can watch those lectures on my uh YouTube channel. You can just go to the YouTube channel Rabbi Yaron Ruban, type in the search box Jesus or New Testament and you'll see that there is a bunch of lectures that I've made discussing the topic, showing verses in the Torah that prove that there's no such thing as a uh uh second coming or man-made God or all the other nonsense they say about Jesus. And number two, uh showing even verses from the New Testament that show that there's errors there that clearly show that it's a uh not a divine book. So, uh it's uh sad that uh many people uh believe in the New Testament, but before Messiah comes, everyone's going to have the opportunity to see the truth, to hear the truth, uh to research the truth just like you're getting right now that it may not be music to your ears what you're hearing right now, but believe it or not, this is divinely inspired message from Hashem as part of his kindness and mercy on you to give you an opportunity to actually go research and double-check your beliefs because your eternity is uh dependent on it. Cuz think about it this way. If you're wrong, if you're right, let's say if you're right and your Jesus is is is is is whatever you believe him to be, then double-checking wouldn't change anything because you'll look and you'll see that what I'm saying is wrong and you'll stay faithful to your beliefs. But if you're wrong, which means that you're going to ignore double-checking and you end up dying and then realizing that your belief is wrong, your eternity is doomed. So, before you rely on your eternity, that it's going to be heaven like they told you at church, double-check if it's real. Not from the mouth of the pastors and the priests that are bought and paid for with their private jets and all the other uh uh monetary motivations they have, but rather by the people of the book. And see, can the New Testament hold up to the test? And you'll see that the New Testament does not hold up because there are endless errors in it that show that it is simply a work of fraud. So, you may not like hearing me say these things because it's conflict with your beliefs, but I promise you that once you watch the lectures I've made about this topic and other lectures that I recommend that other rabbis have made about the topic, uh you will thank me for the rest of your life for waking you up and opening your eyes to the truth like countless people already have. Countless people that were born Christians, Catholics, Muslims, and so on that uh discovered the truth does not come from where they were born. It's It's It's It's actually the opposite. And guess what? After they realized it, after they found out, uh they uh abandoned all of those false beliefs, and their lives became better. Many times had Some of them had miracles. Many times some of them had a lot of good things happen to them, but more than anything else, all of them were happy to have found out that they were living a lie and are no longer living a lie. Right now, you're in a situation where you're part of a religion that you will never find two Christians that are have the same belief. Every Christian makes up his own religion. One Christian believes that Jesus is God. Another Christian believes that he was a good guy and he was the Messiah, but not God. Another guy thinks that uh the Jesus was something else. Every Christian has a different belief than the other one. You don't have two Christians that are the same. That's obviously a problem. If it was so clear and so true, then why why isn't even the church have a unified belief? Why is the pastor that was born 30 40 years ago speaking at some mega church contradicting the words of the pastors and priests that lived 100 years after Jesus. Logically speaking, the guy that lived 100 years after Jesus should know more about Jesus and what the truth is than the guy that was born 30 years ago. But that's not the case in Christianity. In Christianity, the people of today, the pastors of today, make up whatever they want and claim to know more than the original pope even. So, once you start thinking about these things, you start realizing there is a systemic problem in your ideology, in your belief. And if you don't want to take my word for it, no problem. Go watch the lectures. You'll see that there's verses in the Torah, in the Tanakh, and even in the New Testament and the Quran that prove everything that I'm saying and much more. Go check it out. Like I said, if you see that I'm lying, then nothing changes about your life. You didn't lose anything. In fact, you gained more strength cuz now you are even more confident believer in your existing beliefs. But if what I'm saying is the truth, then those lectures are going to change your life forever and your eternity forever. So, take this as the kindness from God that is having mercy on you to at least give you the chance of seeing the truth. You and all the other people that are keep commenting about Isaiah 53 and other things that you guys think are proofs of your false beliefs. Isaiah 53 is referring to the nation of Israel, who was also called the suffering servant in the previous chapters of Isaiah. Like Isaiah 52, 51, 50, 49, 48, 46, 47, 46, 45, all of the other chapters before it keep saying that the suffering servant is Am Israel. It's not like your pastor and priest said in the mega church that it's referring to Yoshke. Why is there a different Jewish schools? Why Mizrahi rabbi are different than Ashkenazi rabbis? Well, as far as different Jewish schools, number one is different Jewish schools because there's different locations, different uh people, communities, and so on. And even if it's in the same community, not everyone prefers the same teachers, the same curriculum, the same uh strategy of uh learning and teaching, and so on. And there's different levels. As far as why is there a difference between the Ashkenazim and the Sephardim or the Mizrahi, it's because there's customs. The Mizrahi Jews, who are also called Sephardi, were mainly in the Middle East. Um this is where we've been since the beginning, [snorts] since Moshe Rabbenu. Moses was Sephardi. Aaron the Cohen was Sephardi. Yeshua bin Nun was Sephardi. Uh David Hamelech was Sephardi, even though he had red hair. He was Sephardi. Ashkenazi Jewry was only born after uh the destruction of the uh Beit Hamikdash. That's when the Jews went into exile and Jews went to Europe, uh different parts of Europe, Poland, Russia, Ukraine, and so on. And uh they started developing there after hundreds of years of being there, developed their own customs that are called uh Ashkenaz. Ashkenaz is the uh the uh nations of Ashkenaz, Germany, and so on. Uh so uh the customs from the Jews that lived in the Middle East, like myself, >> [snorts] >> are different than the customs of the Jews that lived in Europe because of the living conditions, circumstances that they had to endure, to live through, and so on. So, the rabbis that teach the uh from the Sephardi perspective are teaching from that uh school of thought. Um and the Ashkenazi might teach from that school of thought. Now, in general, the laws themselves, the foundation of the laws of the Torah, are the same. But, there are certain things that are slightly different because of what I just mentioned. But, the basic foundation of the Torah is the same. It's not like in uh Christianity where one believes in statues, like in Catholicism, and the other one says statues are idolatry. Uh and one believes in snakes. And the other one, uh, believes in, uh, other things. It's not like them that they're all different religions from each other. They just call themselves the same. Protestant, uh, or, uh, Lutheran, and, uh, all the other, uh, uh, Scooby Doos. Does the Torah teach reincarnation? Sure. I have a whole, uh, segment of, uh, multiple films, and even a film about reincarnation on my channel. You can watch it. Brings Torah sources to discuss it. Sure. Yes, of course, Moshe Rabbenu was Sephardi. There was no Ashkenazi Jewry in, in Egypt. Nobody was eating gefilte fish in Egypt. I promise. Gefilte fish was not even an invention. Not even our enemies were eating gefilte fish. I mean, people that like gefilte fish, uh, may book, enjoy. But, uh, for for Sephardi Jews, usually gefilte fish is more like a curse. No disrespect to my dear students that are Ashkenazi. It's just that it for Sephardi Jews, we are not fond of gefilte fish. There are other, uh, food that the Ashkenazim have that are good, but gefilte fish is not one of them. I actually do have to make an exception. There was a friend of mine, there's a friend of mine that he was Sephardi from Tripoli, but he married an Ashkenazi woman, and they made a gefilte fish with chreime, which is a Sephardi dish. So, it was gefilte fish with sauce of chreime. And that was actually good. So, I stand corrected. There is a version I never heard a version anywhere else other than this house that of gefilte fish that actually is good. So, yes. But, um other than that though. Now, if you are if you like gefilte fish and you're Sephardi that doesn't make you uh less Sephardi. Maybe you should check your taste buds. But When you die, doesn't your soul go to heaven with God? Not necessarily. If you're wicked, it doesn't go to heaven, it goes to gehenna. Or goes to kaffa killa. Or a bunch of other punishments. Do all Jewish people follow the Talmud? If you're referring to religious Jewish people, Orthodox Jewish people like myself, yes. If you're referring to anyone that was born Jewish, no. Obviously, there are many Jews that are completely secular that are atheists. So, they don't follow not the oral Torah, which is the Talmud, or the written Torah. Uh which is the uh you know, five books of Moses. So if you're talking about religious Jews, yeah, of course the oral Torah, which is part of it is the Talmud is the foundation. It's the foundation alongside the written Torah. What is a Zionist? Now, a Zionist, that's a political Zionist. The word Zion comes from the Torah. But, when it comes to when it comes to the Torah it's referring to a place and to people that love the the place. It's it's a it's so has a religious kind of uh um uh reference. People that are loyal to God, to to to uh to to his Torah. But, that's what people claim Zionism today and for the last 150 years or so, the Zionism that was founded by people like Herzl and uh all of the others, they were anti-Torah. They hated the Torah. They hated Judaism. In fact, Herzl uh himself uh had a Christmas tree in his house and did not uh circumcise his son, Hans, uh and uh practiced Christianity. So, and many of the other Zionists were atheists. Uh so, they uh the Zionists are a political movement that has nothing to do with Judaism. Rather, it's a enemy of Judaism. I have many lectures about this topic that you could also find on my uh on my uh YouTube channel or our app. We have a uh phone app you could watch the lectures on or you can watch on our website. We have a website, bhtorah.org, uh that you can watch the lectures and uh about Zionism, what the truth is about it, and what it is according to the Torah, and so on. So, uh Zionism is not referring to Judaism. It's the two different things. Now, when people say, "I don't hate Jews, I hate Zionists." If they are specifically talking about politicians that are, let's say, in the government of Israel, then okay, I believe them. But, if they're simply talking about the soldiers in Israel fighting for their existence, the people that live in Israel fighting for their existence, Jews that are uh you know uh are uh uh living around the world and they say I hate them, they're Zionist. And you just declare whoever you want as a Zionist. No, that's not really Zionism. That's not really anti-Zionist. That's anti-Semetics. That's anti-Semitism just you know renamed. So, hate is hate no matter what what color you put on it. A pig is a pig even if you put lipstick on him. But as far as if you're talking about the political aspect of it, the Zionists and the religious Jews are enemies for each other, especially now. No, it's not enemies like enemies against the nations, but rather the enemies within. We fight constantly about uh what is the right things to do, how to protect the people, and so on. How do we observe the world from God's perspective? We don't. We're not God. We could learn about what God said by learning the Torah, but to observe the world from God's perspective, you'd have to be God to do that. >> [snorts] >> Who's worse, Zionists or Christians? Or Christian rabbis? Well, Christian Rabbi is just another name for a priest or a pastor. Um Now, again, if somebody's against the Torah, whether they're an atheist or they're preaching idolatry, it doesn't matter whether they were born Jewish or born non-Jewish. If they're against the Torah, they're an enemy of the Torah. Um but just because somebody has false beliefs doesn't necessarily mean that auto- we're going to go kill him or something like that or go hurt him. There are many people that have false beliefs that have decent traits, decent characteristics. They're decent human beings and unfortunately, they're just simply ignorant about what the truth is. And we try to help them, we try to educate them, we try to uh uh do whatever we can to uh you know, to to help those people even if they're not Jewish. Um in fact, I have many students that came from Christianity, Catholicism, and different religions that uh became students of mine as a result of watching the lectures and uh many of them converted to Judaism. Some of them, you know, stayed righteous Noahides. But the point is that just because somebody comes from a different religion doesn't inherently make us like an enemy of theirs. Um Now, on the other hand, if a person is preaching against the Torah or against the Jewish people, then obviously, they're a enemy regardless of whether they were born Jewish or born non-Jewish. Doesn't make a difference. If they're an enemy of the Torah, that means they're an enemy of God. And if they're an enemy of God, they're an enemy of the Jewish people. That's it. >> What's your advice for a teen that's struggling with his Jewish beliefs? Uh best advice is for that person to either send a text message to my uh WhatsApp with whatever questions they have and I'll give them different lectures that we've made uh to answer all their questions. And that way they'll uh get answers and won't have any more uh doubts about their beliefs. There's no uh no question that doesn't have an answer. If they don't want to send a text message, then they can just simply watch my lectures that are on my uh website or uh YouTube channel and they can pick a topic by simply writing the topic that they want and they'll have they'll find a lecture out of the thousands we've made. They'll find a lecture that discusses it. Or they could also subscribe to our AI Rabbi and ask the uh AI Rabbi the questions and I'll give you the answers. Whatever you want, but there's if they're really looking for the truth, we're more than happy to help them. Ritualistic Jewish sacrifice? Sacrifices are forbidden since the time the the Beit Hamikdash was destroyed. No more sacrifices. Uh >> [sighs] [sighs] >> What is it? >> [sighs] >> All right. [gasps] I have a couple of questions. Is there any halakha which teaches that tobacco is forbidden? No. Do you agree with the Satmar Rebbe's regarding the Zionist ideology? Uh to a certain extent, yes. I mean, let's say uh um Yeah, I mean, I mean, I have a whole lecture about uh a whole series about uh against uh all the beliefs and the foundations of Zionism. So, if that's what you're referring to, yeah. But many people interpreted things that the Satmar Rebbe said that are not exactly what he said. So, uh that's why I'm reserved before I say I agree with everything. But if you're talking about that the Zionists are inherently heretics and that are against the Torah, that's not some You don't have to agree with the Satmar Rebbe for that. That's they themselves The Zionists themselves said it. That they're against the Torah. Going back to the maaser question, does the maaser have to be off the top? Can it be off the net? Can you deduct food costs, living costs, taxes? What's the proper way to do calculation? So, I have a uh video, a short video, maybe 10 minutes that you can uh watch about it. But short explanation is if you get a check that the taxes are already deducted from it, then your maaser will be off of the net amount. Meaning, let's say you make $1,000, but after you remove taxes from you, you only get, let's say, $600. So, your maaser will come from the $600, not from the $1,000 cuz you didn't really get $1,000. But, if you get $1,000 in your hand, and you are going to take pay taxes, let's say, at the end of the year, then you should give maaser off the $1,000. Uh that's one. As far as deducting food, no, you can't deduct food uh or uh rent or anything like that because that has nothing to do with the uh with the money. If you deduct all of your expenses, then you'll have zero left. Um so, no, maaser is supposed to be off the top. But, again, off the top of what you actually got in your pocket. The only things you are allowed to deduct from the money is cost of doing business, which is, let's say, for example, if you sold a car, you sold a car for $5,000. Now, when you got the $5,000 in your pocket, that's not a 100% profit because, let's say, the car cost you $3,000. So, out of the $5,000, only $2,000 is an actual profit. So, your maaser would be off of the $2,000 profit, not off the top 5,000. Because the 3,000 is the cost of doing business. Uh but, you know, uh your food and rent is not considered cost of doing business. It's not relevant. So, maaser will be off of the money that you get in your pocket. Off the profit. Uh >> [sighs] >> Are we allowed to shave our beards during the omer for Rosh Chodesh or Shabbat? No, is the short answer. Shulchan Aruch says that some people that have the custom of shaving during the omer um for Shabbat or uh or Rosh Chodesh are making a mistake. So, no, we don't shave. >> [sighs] [sighs] >> Does Hashem grade on a curve? For example, if a ba'al teshuvah grew up with certain challenges that they continue to struggle with that uh they were not exposed to or challenged with. I mean, there is obviously a uh a test that Hashem gives each person. But, whatever test Hashem gives you, surely you can pass it. Why? Because he would not give you a test that you can't pass. He's a loving God, not a uh he's not looking for you to uh to fail. He's looking to for you to succeed, so he's going to give you a test that you can pass. Now, the path to success will have failures in it. Failure is inevitable necessity in the path of success. Nobody just goes from zero to success in anything. Anyone that reaches any level of success, whether it's in serving Hashem, or it's in a good marriage, or it's in business, or anything else, they will have failure until they reach success. So, the fact that you're failing along the way is doesn't make you unique. Makes you normal. Now, that doesn't mean that failure is is is okay to just decide that, "Okay, if I failed, I might as well just continue failing." No. What we're we're allowed to fail, but we're not allowed to give up. Meaning, failure is expected. Hashem knows what he created. He created us as, you know, people and not as robots. So, failure is expected, but we're not allowed to just accept failure as this is it. No, we have to keep trying to get up. It's just like if somebody fell, they wouldn't if they fell three times in a row, they got, you know, they they they walking somewhere and they fell, and then they got up and they fell again, and they got up and they fell again. No. Nobody would just say, "You know what? If I fell already three times, I'm just going to stay on the ground for the rest of my life." No. What do you do? You get up again. Yeah, but I fell already three times. Okay, so you fell three times. So, you go again. What if I fall four times? So, you fall four times. You get up four times. So, failure is expected. And a person needs to know that they will fail. But, they also need to know they're not allowed to give up. They have to keep trying to succeed. They have to keep trying to become a better servant of Hashem, a better Jew, a better person, and keep trying to get better. >> [sighs] >> What is the best website to have the whole Torah read out loud to me at bedtime? I don't know of one, but you shouldn't uh listen to the Torah at bedtime anyway. It's not respectful. You could listen to a Shiur Torah, but Torah reading is not music. >> [sighs] >> Does praying for 30 minutes be more effective than short prayers? It depends how the person prays. If they're paying attention the whole time, then sure. If they're not paying attention, then instead of a short prayer where they didn't pay attention, it was a long prayer they didn't pay attention. Depends. >> How do you know what your mission is, Rabbi? So, in order for a person to know what their personalized mission is, the first thing they need to know is that there's a general mission, and then there is a personalized mission. The general mission for every single person is to follow the Torah laws that Torah laws that are applicable to them. If they're a Jew, the Torah laws that are applicable to them. If they're a male, female, obviously there's slightly difference between the two as far as laws, obviously a male has to put on to fill in and pray three times a day. A woman does not have to pay three times a day, does not put on to fill in, and so on. Um so, the laws that are applicable to you as a Jew. If the person is not Jewish, then the laws that are applicable to them from the Torah that are not for Jews, that are for non-Jews. So, that's the general mission. So, first thing that person needs to do is to do everything in their power to follow and fulfill the laws of God that are applicable to them. The personalized personalized one is to overcome your deficiencies in character traits that make you reluctant to fulfill the Torah. Make you a difficult person, bad person uh to to other people, and so on. Uh so, a person needs to develop their character trait uh and and perfect themselves, become a better better person through the uh the teachings of the Torah. Uh and more specifically to use any gift that Hashem gave you, any blessing that Hashem gave you, whether it's a specific talent, resource, or whatever it is, in order for you to sanctify Hashem's name. So, whatever it is that Hashem gifted you, whether it's money or it's a specific talent or it's a specific ability, or whatever it is, to use that to serve Hashem with that tool. So, if you're a good singer, then you know, you could become a, you know, chazzan, cantor. You could, you know, sing Jewish songs. Now, you could also use that that ability for your professional needs and to make money with if if, you know, if needed. But, the point is is to use whatever resource Hashem gave you in order for you to sanctify his name. So, between the general goal and the more specific, you're certainly going to keep busy. Now, as far as there are temporary goals that each person has along their life and that's again, that changes from time to time, from person to person. What about praying at nets? If a person could pray nets, pray nets good. Just make sure that you pray before it's too late, so you don't miss the Katchma. Has everyone counted the Omer today? I don't know everyone. Hashem I did, but everyone is a a lot of people. >> If the Arabi blesses you, does it become blessed? If he curses, does it become cursed? The Arabi doesn't bless or curse. He gives you information. Rabbi, I haven't shaved, but am I allowed to clean up the edges of my beard to look clean? That's shaving. No. Again, it's it's a custom. I mean, some Hakhamim say it's the Halakha, it's but the point is I don't know why guys are so um so like feminine. Like It's okay, have a beard. Guys are supposed to have beards. I'm not saying everybody has to have a beard like mine, but it's okay to have some facial hair. You're not a girl. Oh, but it's not the clean look. Okay, so it's not Who decides what's a clean look? Still, it's Stop it. Stop looking at yourselves so much, guys. Get over yourselves. Stop it. Just That's for girls. Girls spend a lot of time in front of the mirrors. It's not that's normal. That's a good thing. Guys spending a lot of times in front of the mirrors, being overly concerned about their looks. Stop it. It's not good for you. It's not It's just It's feminine. It's not good for you. It's not good for you. You more become overly comfortable with looking yourself, you'll end up sinning as a result of it. Ay, ay, ay. [sighs and gasps] okay. I think we've answered we've answered the questions. Oh, here we go. I know from a locker from your teachings that we cannot shave usually, but I wanted to know if a shalom bite um for my wife feeling more attracted to me according to her words is there a leniency possible to shave during the Omer? No. No. But um if in general your wife doesn't like a long beard and she finds it disgusting or something like that and she wants you to have a shorter beard then you could certainly have a shorter beard. Um According to Halakha, there's not a problem. I mean according to the Baba Sali then absolutely not and he would actually uh speak very harshly of your wife uh if she said to cut your even a hair out of your beard. But uh as far as a person that uh is married to somebody that wants a shorter beard, that's fine. That's fine, but uh you don't necessarily have to have a long beard. But um during the Omer, no. You just keep it. If she doesn't like it, she doesn't like it. It's not a big deal. So she's not going to like it for few weeks. She'll get over it. The truth is no wife in the world cares enough about your beard like she cares about your compliments. Which means that if you are very generous with giving your wife compliments of how beautiful she is and how good she is and how good our food is and how good our parenting is and whatever other compliment you can give her you can look like a troll with horns coming out of his cheeks with a nasty smell from the tip of them and she will still say you're the best and most beautiful, amazing husband in the world. I'm so lucky. Why? Because you're giving her what she wants. You're giving her the love and care she wants. Wives that complain about husbands' looks are wives that are looking for an excuse to show you they're not happy. They're not happy. So become generous with compliments. Certainly be generous with money if you can. Uh and um and the more generous you are with your wife, especially with compliments, more than anything else uh the more your wife is going to be happy and I promise you she's not going to care an iota about your beard or your haircut or your nose or the size of your feet or even what shirt color you wear. Women do not care about those things. They simply do not. They don't. Now, you'll say, "Yeah, but some women they're only going to date you if you have a certain car." I'm not talking about zonat. I'm talking about women, women that have a quality to be wives. Zonat is a different category. They're worried about bills. They're worried about, you know people that can pay for their house. I'm talking about women that are quality that are either your wife or somebody that you want to make her your wife. They do not care about a guy's facial hair or about his uh color of his shirt. They care about does he think I'm pretty? Does he like me? Does he treat me well? Does he have uh you know uh a way to understand me? Does he at least pretend to understand me? Does he try to understand me? Does he have time for me? That's what girls look for. That's what women look for. If your wife is complaining about your shirt, your hat, your beard, your nose, your shoe size, your uh stinky feet, whate- That's in in in in real I'm going to give you guys a secret. I'm married for 25 years. I know what I'm talking about. 25 years happy married. I have the best, most beautiful wife on planet Earth and all other planets if there's women there. Best wife in the universe. But she's my wife, she's not yours. So don't even try. But with all kidding aside, I'm telling you this from experience. A lot of it, not just my own, but also by helping many, many people over the years with all types of marriage issues and so on. People that are helpable. If your wife complains about your shoe size, about your shorts, about your hats, about your beard, about your eyebrows, about your facial hair, in women language, she's telling you I'm not happy with you. Not with your beard. Don't care about your beard. You I'm not happy with, but I'm expressing myself through your beard, through your hat, through with job that you have, or whatever it is she's complaining about. In reality, if she was happy, she wouldn't care if you're 50 lb overweight or 50 lb underweight, or if you eat fast or you eat slow, or if your shoes are this She wouldn't care. Why? She's happy. She's happy. I'm not saying guys should let go themselves and become disgusting trolls. But what I'm saying to you is that if your wife is complaining about those things, she doesn't care about those things. She cares about how you treat her. And apparently, you're failing in that department. You have to get better. Become generous with your compliments, generous with your resources, and be that as it may, you succeed. And of course, do all the things that are necessary to bring blessing to the to the house, which is to learn Torah, to do mitzvot, to have yirat shamayim, to give tzedakah, all the things that uh are uh are things that bring blessing, and certainly stay away from things that ruin blessing, like immorality, gambling, wasting seed. Things like that destroy the blessing. Thank you very much for learning with me, rabbotai. Baruch Hashem. Glad to be back. Hopefully, this was as enjoyable for you as it was for me. And even if it wasn't, I enjoyed myself anyway. Zechut hamitzvot rabbot behachlacha. Anyone that wants to donate, to support, to be a partner in the amazing, extraordinary earth-shattering projects we are working on as we speak. Some coming soon, some coming very soon. 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