Chanukah Day #8 | G-d Is Alive, Rich, and He Will Give

back in the 19th century lived a simple god-fearing jewish villager his name was hatzkul khatzkul was a disciple of the great holy hasidic master at bistrol of vision a wonderful fine human being blessed with many things but money was not one of them in the meantime he had children he had to raise a home he had to repair clothes he had to buy bread that he had to bring into the house girls that he had to marry off but he had no money for a dowry or anything else and his wife tells him one day haskell you have a rich affluent uncle in vienna go by yourself get yourself a fancy tie an elegant suit travel to vienna and ask your uncle for financial help hatsuko really was not interested he knew his uncle and he felt it just would not work but his wife begged that nugent pleaded with him so hot skull acquiesced and he got onto the coach on route to vienna on the road haskell had a change of mind he took off his fancy tie and he comes back home his wife says grad school what happened he says i changed my mind i'm gonna rely on god and i'm not going to vienna why not he says i have three major questions number one is my uncle still alive i don't even know if he's alive number two is my uncle's still rich number three even if he's alive and rich who says he's gonna give me anything he may send me home empty-handed but when it comes to god all these three questions are answered that abstract that abrasive [Music] underneath when it comes to hashem when it comes to god number one i'm certain that he's alive number two i'm absolutely certain that he's wealthy number three i'm absolutely certain that he's going to give a few weeks later there was a knock on the door and a neighbor down the block says haasko i was drafted to war you know i live alone i have no relatives and not many people i trust if i'm not back in a month there's a treasure i have buried in my backyard it's yours a month passes the man never returned and had skull goes and he finds this insanely large treasure buried in this man's backyard but hatzkel was such an honest and god-fearing person he felt that maybe he just does not have the right to take the treasure who knows maybe the man will come back after two months after six months after a year he can't be certain that he was killed in war is this not theft he's not sure what to do so he decides to travel to his rebbe in region as hatsuko enters into the chamber of the great master of religion known as the helicorrisioner the holy rishioner the rebel looks up at him with a big smile he says the neighbors delept the neighbors agave hashem is alive hashem is rich and hashem has given you what you need the story of chanukah is the story of faith of resilience even as the jews faced adversity and circumstances that seemed overwhelming they knew that ultimately god is alive god is rich and god will give it's that faith it's that fortitude that's that trust that sustains us invigorates us throughout the entire year [Music] hanukkah [Music] you