CHAZAQ's Tehillim Treasures | Episode #49: Chapters 97-98 | with Rabbi Yechiel Spero

[Music] hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of tum Treasures where we will plumb the beautiful depths and Treasures of tum from the very beginning of tum to the end of D's Masterpiece this episode is brought to you by kazak kazak is an organization that helps public school children become sh exposes them to the beauty of tyus Imagine for a moment you're standing in a store or you're walking down the street you know the neighbor you've known them for many years you see their children riding their bike in the driveway and you know they're Jewish but now there's someone who can help them take the next step and that is kazak with countless programs after school and other wonderful programs to help expose them to the beauty of yudish kite if you know someone or know someone that knows someone that can help these children then please email at PST kazak dog this episode is also brought to you by chickens for shabas chickens for shabas is exactly what it says it is plus more there are many people there are Mam's children there are aunus there are grues there are families that do not have simple Essentials for chabas and for life whatever they need chickens for shabas is there to provide please do your utmost to help in any way you can we now continue this week with chapter 97 and 98 cap and as we continue this beautiful journey to another capital from the cab shabas ceremony light is sown for the righteous and for the upright of Hearts sadic you know uh when you see a little kid you say hey sadic how you doing today everybody's a sadic but what traits are required for a person to really be a sadic does somebody need to ding well does he need to learn well does he need to do perhaps all three well let us look at the lives of several sadikin throughout tanak let's begin with Yad whose brothers sold him down to Egypt and he came to the house of p he was thrown into prison and every day Atif would try to seduce him would try to get him to commit to aad is thousands of miles away from anybody he knows or recognizes or has anything to do with there's no Jews for years no one will know is faced with this temptation but sees he sees his father's face he's inspired and by he runs outside and he runs away from that he refuses to do the A and when he does till the end of time YF is called aad he earns that appalation he learns earns the title person needs to understand that a sadic comes from when a person is sh K somebody guards and watches over the kadha Kusha of every individual of each and every yid we have such Holiness and yet there's Temptation that surrounds all of us person has to be Mis gabber he has to be strong he has to be willing to overcome those desires those Temptations so he could stand strong so he can be M sh whether it be publicly in the most private and secret of rooms is another sadic he's an individual who understands the role and the role is that you have an just as sees his father and he has an well why does he have to be a sadic one day you'll be like your father he sees his father's image and when a person realize he has a responsibility it matters it doesn't make a difference if nobody else is around has a job to do he's holding up the Holiness of the Jewish people now you might say to yourself what does it make a difference if I'm holy or I'm not holy it doesn't make a difference oh oh that's where you're wrong makes all the difference in the world knows the idea of responsibility because when Esther hamala is encouraged to go to he tells her the following he says Esther you have to go because if you do not go you know what's going to happen now at this point we think he's going to say then the Jewish people will be destroyed no you know what's gonna happen we're gonna be saved but this is your moment in time this is the moment that you will be remembered for for the rest of time are you ready to rise the occasion cuz if you're not somebody else will and you and your household and your parents household and your entire family name will be lost forever matters person has to know that person has to make sure that he understands he has responsibility he has a role to fulfill well there's a beautiful story that's told and this story revolves another way ofas not only to hasem not only to saving the lives of people but having the responsibility of taking care of other people fellow Y and there's a story about AZ who owned m in some 60 years ago he barely ate made ends meat and one day somebody opened the store right next door well most people would have been upset Furious but not rear doid in fact he went over to LUN neighbor and he welcomed them to the neighborhood and he said listen if a customer comes into the store and ask for an item that you don't carry listen to this don't turn them away you know why tell them that you're going to look for it in your Supply Closet come get it from me you won't lose the customer and you will be able to make some money as well who thinks like that who's looking out for his fellow friend and fellow Y in that manner you know who does that aalas does it a sadic does it may we all be and finally in in chapter 98 we continue and we end off this capital of we the rivers will Clap Hands Mountains will exalt together and the rivers of the world sing this song in something called parir perir is a collection of all of nature that sings the song Rivers clap you ever hear a river clap maybe if you tell me a river splashes but a river claps seems strange but let's understand what it means to clap you know when people clap when they're showing signs of approval when they're cheering you on when someone receives an award in the audience claps the people in the audience are voicing their approval and acknowledging that this individual deserves an award on a deeper level the right hand represents kindness the left hand signifies the opposite judgment when we clap we are joining the judgment and the kindness together Rivers tremendous kindness Rivers perform such generosity they irrigate lands they call cause crops to grow providing food for millions of people they transport merchandise and people they're a source of power and energy and electricity and yet rivers are so destructive they flood homes they destroy Villages they drown victims and ruin lives they can do both when the river collaps it acknowledges its acceptance and approval of Hashem 's judgment and his kindness that's and it's important for every person to know that we are like a river we all have our strengths and our weaknesses we all do good things and some not so good but a person has to remember that you play a role in making the world better a number of years ago there was a young man by the name of DAV Stans he went to learn in Europe and while he was there he went to go visit the he went and it took him a few days to get to by the time he arrived DAV realized he missed that day and while he was traveling it had slipped his mind while speaking to mentioned this oversight said in previous times when the world was on a much higher level and there were people who excelled in their studies and their prayers each individual's prayer was not that valuable but today when the people of Our Generation on a much lower level when we're not so strong in our vus Hashem one Fila is soul crushing every Tila is worth so much we need your help we work in a world of supply and demand when the supplies were plenty theand was less but now that the supply is scarce the merchandise has gone up in price and it is much more valuable we understand this well especially with inflation and then he said because the merchandise the Han the pleasure that Hashem gets is unfortunately scarce it's not so common the boss capital B is not not as particular about the Perfection of the goods he'll take anything you got he's happy with anything he get his hands on every prayer every bit of learning no matter how imperfect is a treasured gift by the we must remember that every individual is a river every individual has K to give has abilities and it can make the world better we just have to remember it and when we do perhaps we'll get a standing ovation in shamay until next time Z