CHAZAQ's Torah Talks #123 Rabbi Dov Chaitovsky & Yaakov Serle - Updates From Israel

and then uh shabas morning we hear sirens and uh we we just went on with the daving with the um with a laning with a we didn't miss the be my friend told me yeah that that the situation in the south is very very serious at that point I I got some idea I went to my synagogue I pulled aside my Rabbi who was there and I told him what I just found out so he said to me are they telling everyone to leave synagogue and go home and go to shelters he said no that wasn't the message so he said okay therefore right now we need to increase our dancing increase our singing that'll be part of where we're going to help in the [Music] situation and welcome to Torah talks kazak's Tuesday night program with special guests we have with us all the way from B RAB doski and our very dear friends from Queens but uh currently in arish in the Holy Land in Israel our dear friend y welcome how are you doing great doing well thank you thank you very much for agreeing to be on Tor talks to give us current situation thank you very much for doing thisk of course of course 100% so uh before we get to tonight's topic of inspiration uh with the current situation in Israel if you get a little bit of background about yourselves we'll start with with yakob I think well I I think much of the audience might know me because I am a publish co-publisher of the Queen's Jewish Lake larian Jewish link and uh also started the New Jersey Jewish link and uh I'm a very very good friend of Yaniv mayro and uh he was one of the instrumental people that uh convinced me to start it and helped all along the way for the last 12 years so I appreciate that on behalf of the community we appreciate what you do and helping out so many amazing causes and it's very very kind of you yov and we have RAB kovski as well yes everyone I'm originally from Mony New York I I was very lucky and blessed to to to marry the daughter of of of my and after this interview you could decide whether or not I'm I am deserving of this honor or not thank you I have the great the Merit to live to live hereit which which is South Southwest of we've been here for for approximately 16 years and we hope to and we we hope to stay uh as well through through the curent and all these situations amazing RAB with what I remember the catcher with yes my well my my uncle my father's brother he um he and he he a t of shinberg and he he he married married into the family married the daughter ofi and currently he's he's he's part he's part of the head staff of of sh and and on myself I've learning in the and T for about 14 years now well can are amazing okay so yako we all know that you're from Queens New York the publisher the Queens andaran Jewish links Bas in Queens what brought you to AR cge you came to visit the family well uh that's a very good question we came for the cus holiday and simp and and we had just a marvelous wonderful vacation treated royally by my daughter and son-in-law and my eight grandchildren karaara Atara and I had a wonderful time and and then uh shabas morning we hear sirens and uh exactly was going to ask you what was the M what was the situation everything changed but we we were in Yeshiva with Rabbi fredman and Rabbi fredman I mean we we just went on with the daving with the um with the laning with the hakas with the ksh there was not we didn't miss a beat and uh even though I'm sure Rabbi fredman had a an an ankling of you know when you hear sirens like that all morning long and sure you know something's going on and uh but we we continued Ding and that that was uh I think it was excuse for all of us to to to dive in and to and to continue do it you know not let anything get in our way and uh I think I I think we were fortunate that you know nothing happened and we we were okay' for all these years has such a situation ever happen occurring is it normal to hear sirens it had um it has happened before that we we have heard sirens but but but but never at this amount never never never at at at this magnitude we were as as said so U walking to thisa since morning was about 7:20 in the morning so so we hear from far off in the distance maybe there Echoes the sounds of many booms just the sound boom boom so over bet we occasionally do have fighter jets um doing practicing training so so seeing a fire jet um isn't is isn't the strangest thing um but and hearing the booms so it could be could be many sounds but we noce that was quite a lot during and during daving so we get to hear the sirens after daving so I just give a little background so those who those who don't know it was it was on the first day it was a shabas so so here so so here in Israel so yff is one day just sh just one day but outside of Israel some keeps two days he doesn't live here yet so according to the we have so he has keep two days two days of the holiday and so and so what this sha does they do most of the daving most of the prayers which someone who keeps two days also needs to do then they then they stop and they have the dancing afterwards so that's that's why that's why we we prayed by this after but and after prayers oh I left my father-in-law there he had to take some do some some two- day things while I kept one day and I left Thea to go to my own synagogue but on the way I stopped in I want to get a little spoiler for what's happening next next TOA there's so there's another synagogue where where the mayor of the city bet Elite doens prays so I wanted to get some idea was going on we all these Sirens so I went and I found a friend of mine I didn't realize the mayor was actually sitting at um at the table it was it was during their kides during during their break and and and and and my friend told me yeah that that the situation in the south is very very serious there were there was Invasion and Breakin several settlements around the Gaza Strip then there's many and the kidnappings and murders how bad is it we're not sure but it's bad and therefore that explains why why there were Sirens missiles and at that point I got some idea I went to my synagogue and and over there they had already started the dancing so I pulled aside my Rabbi who was there and and I I told him what I what I just found out so so so so he said to me are they are they telling everyone to leave to to to leave synagogue and go home and go to the shelters I said no that wasn't the message he said okay well in that case right now this is the last day of Y of the of the holidays after the after the high holidays Sher the whole El supposed to be bringing ourselves closer closer to Hashem and therefore right now we need to we need to increase our dancing increase our singing that'll be part of the way the way we're going to help in the situation 100% also by us in America when we heard the news right away we took out the and in the finished this whole sa three four times as a and then we we the dancing was obviously going on because of but it wasn't the same it was definitely definitely tuned down a little bit and more less laic but more Kum style heart from the heart songs from the heart [Applause] of you know things you know all these types of songs that really United us all in in and um and uh you know right afterwards we've we've had enormous amounts of tum Gatherings massive virtual events with thousands upon thousands of people United together for for is forel and there's been many messages of that everybody has to take things upon themselves and that's the message has been giving over to that there's a message that hasem is sending to us to wake up the last part of the Torah was we read it and it says that the Tor is a inheritance to the Jewish people and I mention mention in that has mentioned another time in the Torah and that's toward and one of the that a lot of were saying that whenever we're we're strengthening our our Torah observance is is protected and unfortunately when things are a little bit laxed uh laxed then unfortunately we see difficulties and hardships again we have no n and no prophets today that could tell us why things have happened but I heard a very powerful message once and and I H repeated it throughout this difficult time is that down here we have no answers there's no Nim there's no prophets that could tell us why this happened but up there there are no questions down here there are no answers up there there are no questions everything is Crystal Clear has a so at this time difficulty what do you suggest that should be doing what have you've been doing is that have has been different have you by our have suggested that we say after we're saying after all Theos what's been going ones every Show's been sayum and uh there was a mess Gathering here in betar uh Forum on um was on Sunday night right andar orar elite betar elite place it's the same place betar Elite yes and uh also um from what I understand that have been people from the Ked Community from the the religious community that have been learning in Theus of soldiers and there's an interesting story if you want to hear uh uh there was um they they set up this WhatsApp with learn uh you know you can learn for Soldier so my niece who has her son who's a soldier in the Army put her son's name down so uh he uh she gets a a message that the the person that wants to set learn for her for her son in the Army is yski so uh my I don't have any grandchildren named YY and my uh and my son DOI has a brother named y they don't call him y so he says oh I have a cousin who lives in ashto he's like in his 50s uh maybe he signed up for it so it turns out that this is also Rabbi fredman the r where we daved on on on chabas and Y uh was his grandson he's his daughter is married to a kovski and this is doi's cousin and it turns out it was an 11year old boy toi's cousin's son who said it and then the uh yesterday there was a missile that hit in B which is a block and a half from my from my daughter and son-in-law's house and it turns out that this the little y 11y old boy he lived in the building which is like two buildings away from where the missile head and thank God nobody was hurt it was I mean but but all you're hearing is Miracles and miracles all over the place it's uh um it's it's crazy you know it's uh and the H is is just unbelievable where in the grocery store in betar that they're not accepting any Arabs into the town into the the town of betar so there were kids that because the schools were closed they volunteered to help in the grocery store to load the shelves and uh help people with their packages and and uh it's just unbelievable how much C is going on I could say that I heard that uh who who who who he sered to be today from from the the great rabbis of of the literature so he said was to we should say 91 that just the first words of of the par is that hasem sits in C that he sits up high he's hidden and and much more much more times of war is is and and that one thing which you have to to to realize is that we just spent espe who saying who saying of only joined in in last week of but but saying we've we've been saying that's not just when things are good that's I'm sorry this is a sign of the I apologize Jewish so he's he's hidden we we don't see we don't we don't understand we just spent a whole month until we spend trying to trying to do something to accept upon ourselves something to improve our our our service to hasem and also for ourselves between between people and then we come to the great Sim great happy of suus where we leave our homes and we leave our homes and go into the Suka which is outside structure that has much less protection and we are relying on hem that hasem we are close to you and we come to to be in in your shade to be surrendered by by by your safety and then we have the climax of of this the last day last or last last two days of being closed to hasem and and now were hit by something extraordinarily tremendously horrific oh hashem's gone he he the big guy dropped the ball he's the same one earli he's hidden why what's going on reasons why happened now happened to them happened here so terrible the these are these are questions which maybe one day we will uh be able to understand right now focus on is is the same Our God he's only one he's only Power in the world why is this happening has his reasons but for ourselves is the king and he runs running the world amazing such such inspiration amazing amazing um over here in America like I mentioned there's there is a lot happening over here obviously the the prayers have been increased tremendously the rallies uh tilling rallies and even elected officials uh have stepped up many of them I know yakob is very politically active and uh it's uh very very good very nice and all the yeshivas over here the yes that my kids go to are all doing him for the situation in is any other suggestions that American Jury those that live outside of those that are in different parts of the world uh that could do uh for this situation in of course uh Torah we're increasing prayers were increasing wow how many organizations uh are out there and how many people are reaching out to me about legitimacy of organizations United I heard has been getting a lot of gear and in details Pantry that we have we have food giving out to those that are in need the director uh is Aviv and he has family and friends in isra and he had a friend that was able to take loads upon loads of food to the airport and just ship it out to the to the soldiers so any other suggestions that we could do well I was I was amazed I I I I saw um the POS things from Queens that you had 2,000 people d s Helen together and he had speeches from the RAB RAB Welsh RAB what's that we also have every night Gatherings last night R Ginsburg tonight while after this is going on we have a virtual broadcast with Charlie arari Rabbi cron and RAV Freedman Wednesday night we have an event in Queens Thursday night in Brooklyn Sunday night in fet towns which're is going full force I I have a suggestion but my son-in-law might not agree with me uh I find out I uh being that I I publish you know I publish a newspaper and I see what goes on and sometimes in the liberal media and uh I know from previous Wars that uh you know a you know the firstly the uh the Israelis are The Underdogs and the Israelis are getting persecuted and then as soon as the the the war changes where the uh Israelis are become the aggress ERS and the and the media turns on on Israel I I just think it my opinion my you know my humble opinion is that that every every American and every Jew should um let the media know that this is not the way to operate and same thing with the government the government should allow Israel to do what they is necessary and amid AEM we should I you know know y a lot of elected officials reached out to me personally yes people in the federal government people from the White House people from you know local Mayors governors elected officials Council everyone and they're saying at least that they will support to to secure itself not so we'll see what happens it's very but it's very important that we we I mean me the fact that I I have a newspaper and the fact that uh there are many other Jewish newspapers and many any other outlets that that should put pressure on the liberal media not to not to change the course and not have the proportion you know oh okay 500 Arab uh militants are dead but you know but they massacred grandmothers and babies and and did horrendous things there's no equality in the you know if my son-in-laws agrees I don't know so so uh I do not I do not disagree for sure yeah th those who can influence per perhaps they need to influence those those those those who have contacts with government officials to keep them on our side to keep them we'll call pro-israel pro-jewish so so to to do so to to make to make rallies that that I don't know I'm a spokesman for anybody just like those who those who part of those part of those who are involved organizations perhap people those who do not volunteer they should they should volunteer they should that they should do something so question also been ber on on each on each individual what the people doing some they they must and some and some some people perhaps they should 100% definitely very very very important and uh on side has never been busy giving giving inspiration to those that are in need and one piece of is the the holidays that we just have the we went from Y which was very intense and prayers and being iness and CH and fasting and you know it was very very very uh I guess uh very serious serious and then what do we jump right after Yer to suus to it's a lesson that whenever we have difficulties we have hardships as as Jews what do we have to do have to be able to transform those difficulties and hardships and to make it better I always tell people you have two choices and options in life it's either bitter or better and we have to choose not to be bitter sad and depressed but to be better see ways that we could become better people and the ways that these things should never happen again you know through our through our prayers and Jim who knows we don't know want to add want to add in oh oh it's interesting uh do DOI and I went to Rabbi Malik ban and uh say his name like it was like a real party he got everybody dancing and singing and and one of the things he said is um he he got he got everybody very happy and uh he says so he explained that that we should be happy on circus and what's the is the fact that this what that you're happy with your holiday the it the happier you are on the holiday that's how happy you should be the rest of the year and uh you know um there was a monkey wrench on on shabas S even though we should still be happy we should always believe that you know Hashem rules the world and uh and uh he does things we so we like um my son was said we don't know the answers so 100% so so something practical so it's two it's really two things but really it's one that that that I think this is from from RAB I think I'm quoting it from him correctly just had a Torah talk with his grandson rabar amazing okay so so so I think so really he was talking about making kabalas the person should should accept upon themselves something to improve upon for next year do during during but but I got from my re it's also Whenever there is something dramatic happens so it's also a time do something as is so he said was take a cabala take something which you want to improve upon take the smallest thing something which you are pretty sure that you could do and then cut it in half and then do that think that take something practical small a MIT something a very big thing if if if you if you're about to get upset and someone for something very wrong did to you wait five seconds that's it then get upset but but the you held back that that is big back all together great but just take something small okay a bad example but something small they do EXT to learn a little more wants to learn learn extra I'm GNA try to actually d a little bit so busy in the morning tell something and but really really really in the same way to to do this I said two things do to try to do this as as for and around the world I and like I mentioned before so I I got from my so big our days is Bel and Trust in in the of at the end of and really a first came is part of the part of the prayers on sh and such a powerful that we're praising hasem and but we we RAB said to add it into our daily prayer this the prayer this is the part of the prayer that a lot of people they're running out of sh they're running out of synagogue and and there mumbling it telling a suggestion try to slow down by F there zero there's no one except for that we pray and that we hope and pray that that that the soldiers that that they'll be able to do their job properly that they'll be able to fight off the enemy has many ways of sending of sending salvation but we ourselves as for ourselves and for in the there's no one in charge except powerful very inspiring 100% everybody has to take a cab take something upon themselves over here at kak we're constantly doing that throughout the year but especially right now is a very big push for men and women everyone to increase in increasing prayers increasing and learning of course giving charity saves from death and uh the rabbi really really gave us a lot of good insights and very good points RI we really appreciate that and we have AUST in Torah talks a final message one final message that we could give over to the broad audience that we have I I would I would like to say that um that the experience that I've had over circus uh has been just uh unreal I mean the the the joy and the happiness the for for the family and all the you know the things he doing Colo and and the you know the concerts and the uh the events and everything was was was just so wonderful and my message is that um what we're going through now is uh a period of um of you know it's tragic and it's uh some something that every every every Jew should uh uh should should strengthen themselves and they should do more um I mean the the and the and and I just I I think that um we should all be drawn into doing more for each other and more for cl and uh we should see and that's I think that that that that's the message that I want to give amazing we're always appreciative all that you do ever since I was uh as long as I was was 15 years old helping kazak with its partial paper getting into the into newspapers and promoting the organization and letting it be what it is today so we're forever thankful we should only share and happy occasions final yes okay so so really to to Echo what what what just said explain um something a word a word Ines in Hebrew to describe what what our enemies what what they've done to us the word is the word which plain simple means cruelty point out this this I heard this this I heard from the word it's two words Zar that means this one is a stranger a is this one Zar means a stranger he's a stranger to me he's a stranger therefore I should care about him watch about a stranger that put us into the gas keeps keeps us in the gas then now's a time even though one will say it's okay it's them but it happened already it's over it's not me please stay far away from being an AAR this one is strange to me that all together to keep keep us in your in your actions in your in your prayers and the in the caring about even s person who far away from what could I do pray for us do do do another learning Torah an act of kindness and this will show that you're caring sees that that we have should be to take us from this to the to the Salvation with the mean very very powerful very inspiring beautiful 100% everybody has to come together everybody has to do more to add said before most the regular translation is say little and do do a lot but say something small take something small take a small something upon yourself and then that small is be become very very big so everybody should take something very small upon themselves and that's GNA be very very big want to thank our dear friend yob surl from Queens and RAB from Elite for joining us on this Torah talk inspiration for the situation in the future we should only cheer in happy occasions and joyous occasions we should not know of any more sad news and and sorrow and we're g to do something we've never done before because the situation is so so dire there's still many many captives that we hope and pray we're going to D in right now we're going to say one to together everyone wherever you are in around the world while you're listening to this with the many different platforms that we're on please let's do one cap together [Music] say [Music] all those that need complete recovery all the all those that have been murdered the have we should be to complete Redemption with the resurrection of the Dead shall all be reunited with all of them sping our days amen amen once again thank you very much for joining usak T talks Tuesday nights at 8:30 p.m. Easter Standard Time special thank you to T time for hosting this podcast along with the other podcast players special thanks to daily giving and reminder that kak is on a mission no child LIF behind child deserves Jewish Education the more more inspiration the more we uplift ourselves spiritually the more the situation will become better so we encourage to help support the holy organization of the help save more more lives we're going to have a massive huge campaign very very soon and we're going to need everyone to get involved we need ambassadors to get involved to help be part of our army we have the physical Army we have the spiritual Army the spiritual Army of saving of saving Souls we should be like I mentioned before only once again thank youi thank you yob thank you thank you it's amazing how close we are 7,000 miles away and we're right next to each other comes and I'll come to you instead of you coming back to New York exactly to stay already he's here he might as well stay I'm here can't get a plane out so I'm here and enjoying [Music] it amen amen thank you