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Mal to everybody. Welcome. It's a great honor to see this sign over here. We are not in a typical bar mitzvah wedding. We are We come to a party, a celebration where men devoted their time, their valuable time out of work, out of their families, not going to the gym, dedicating every day, hour, hour and a half of learning and being committed to it for 23 days. It's a great accomplishment. All of you are inspiring everybody around me. It's a great site and it's a great privilege to be here. We want to ask first the rabbi of our show, Rabbi Zulov, who of course influenced all of us, all of us to have this dedication and inspiration to dedicate time to learning. Please everybody give your attention to dry. Thank you. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Wait for my signal. Wait for my signal. I'll tell you when. [Music] Mazato. Mazato. There were rumors since last night at least that I know that this is going to be a kanukat. We're inaugurating the sh. In fact, this is not the yet. But um I think in in a certain way this is for the people that were dedicated to learning makot the word everybody knows means to complete something. It means something is finished. So people think we celebrate when we finish the m we celebrate. I one of my favorite things to mention by is to point out where was the idea of learned out. So there's a midrash that says had that dream. Hashem came to him and he asked him ask for whatever you want. If you want they give you long life. If you want they give you wealth. What do you want? You want to have brains ask for whatever you want I'm going to I'm going to grant it to you. in his dream said, "I don't want anything. Just give me give me an understanding heart. It's a big responsibility to be the leader. I want to make sure that I'm not going to make a mistake in my job. Give me a share. Give me an understanding heart." It says that in the morning he woke up. Hashem responded to you as you asked for the right thing because you asked for wisdom. You didn't ask for victory or for long life or for money. I'm going to give you what you asked for and all the other stuff as well. You're going to have long life and you're going to have victories and you're going to have peace in your time. Says the midash woke up and he heard the trees rustling and he understood what they were saying. And he heard the birds chirping and he understood what they were saying. He said, "Wow, I understand the language of the trees. I understand the language of the birds. That means this dream wasn't just a nice dream." People sometimes go to sleep, have a nice dream. This was it was true. So he said made a that day says the mid this is the source for making a just like made a quote unquote that's where we make the source for making for finishing. [Music] The question is did finish he woke up in the morning and he had extra information extra abilities. The answer is not about what you finish. The seam is what you're about to begin. Before you started mak you may have had all sorts of ideas about what it's about. Maybe there was a lot of concepts that you never heard of. Now that you completed the m you became a new person. You became a different person. You were like born Just like woke up in the morning and he was a totally different person. He said, "Wow, that's a reason for celebration. I have a completely different view on the world." Now that's why we make assume and that's why even though it's not for our but for the those people that were involved, unfortunately I wasn't one of those people. But surprisingly, a lot of people that this is the first that they finished and it's not going to be their last. They're going to go on from this to the next to the next. Amen. We already have some people over here that are just like you gained a new appreciation of learning a new appreciation of the concepts of the Torah should continue to give you. I also want to tell you that as a Yehudi, as a Jew, one of our main main responsibilities is to recognize the people that helped us along the way. First of all, thank you. Thank you Hashem for putting us in this beautiful place for giving us the ability, the money, the to be able to learn. Thank you also for giving us the people the all the guys that volunteered from their precious time not just to give the d but to prepare the d. And it's on your head. I got to teach. I got to teach. I have to start cancing events that I have to be at because I have to teach. Thank you to all the Thank you also to all the Rebbitson and all the wives that let their husband out of the [Music] house. Although for some people they probably wanted them out of the house. But uh either way, those of us those of us that have a woman that's behind us, without them, we would not be able to do anything. We wouldn't have a head to learn. We would be constantly worried. We'd be constantly nervous. The fact that our wives support us, cheer us on and are with us on these type of occasions. It's a tremendous they should see a lot of from us from the husbands. And lastly, I would like to thank actually not two more that I want to thank. First of all, Boris Nissan of [Applause] Shio David. There's so many people over here. Ar mat if I would start mentioning I think I would have to go through the whole show. Everybody over here does something that if you don't do it people get upset. How come this is not working? How come that's not working? Because there are people that are standing behind this and making sure that the place functions smoothly. Lastly, I want to thank all of our teachers. All the people that had to struggle and be patient with us when we were in yeshiva, when we were 8, ninth graders, playing tricks on our driving everybody crazy, copying each other's papers, being sent out of class, and these people did not give up on us cuz they said, you know, nobody knows, maybe in the future there's something going something special is going to come out of them. So, thank you to all of the Rebane, to all the rabbis, to all the teachers, to Rabbi Stfansky or Ellie Stfansky, all the people, all the people that put us in this class today. And I want to personally say thank you to my rebar walk that without him, I think a lot of people over here know him, many without him, I would not be here and many of us would not be here. Mazim again. [Music] Ready. Ready. Listen. We're doing the same, huh? We're doing the same. You're doing You're finishing. Do the scene shell. [Music] See him now. [Music] You ready? You ready? Ready, [Music] huh? Just like [Music] just like barm they built this beautiful which all to build to be all go together with the building of the mikdash I'm so happy to see so many of you here so many people from so many people finished but at this time I want you to know that we have so many col in the community but lately we started a queen's community collo and we have the rod that we're going to ask to give us words of kuk in honor of this [Music] I want to tell everybody about the toughest roshiva there ever And many of you were in yeshivas, but you never had a tough like was so tough that when him and R Yeshua argued about what day is Kipper, said this is when real Kiper is and Yeshua disagreed with him and he said the day that you think is Yipper, you come on that day holding a money pouch and a walking stick. I want to be kipper. I'm not taking any argument. Was tough. And I don't know how you know how he ran his [Music] yeshiva. He ran his yeshiva tough. In fact, see here it's open door policy. There's food. You can come to have good food. His yeshiva wasn't like that. He had security guards. And their whole job was to figure out, are you to kaboro? Tofu kaboro means are you sincere? You know, it's nice. You're wearing a white shirt. You got your your kamora. You got your coets. You look like good, but are you real? So, Reisenberg, one of my band once asked me. How do you figure this out? How do you know if a guy's How do you know if the inside is like the outside? It's hidden. I mean, what you know, I just was at the airport. Did he have like one of those machines where you go like this for 3 seconds and then you go to a scan? How do you figure out how your to impossible? How do you know? That's one question. Second question is there was once a story says and took tremendous was the bigger they were sitting and learning and it says they were very poor and they said we can't take it anymore you know we got to go leave learning and we have to go do work cuz there's a commandment you're not supposed to be destitute not supposed to be dirt poor we have to leave. So he sat down after they made that decision and they ate lunch. Says they ceda, they had bread, they washed, they ate and they were going to go leave learning. The malim wanted to throw the wall down on them. It wanted to kill them. And the last second a came out and it said, "No, no, no. Don't throw the wall down on them." Cuz one of them he had time. It's a good moment for him. What does that mean? In the future he'll become a big one of them will become big. Soan looked at and he said did you hear something? And said no no I didn't hear anything. Yan said are you sure? said no I heard nothing. So said I guess if I heard it the message is for me. went back to learning and went off to do business. Now the kasha is it says that the reason why they were saved is one of them will become big. So the kasha is if the reason why he's going to be saved is because he's going to become big. You already had ila was already very big. In fact even though Ila went off for 20 years to do business when he came back they told him Ilfa had you stayed here we would have made you the rashiva. we have made not so why is it that he's being saved because he's going become big you have was already big so the answer I'll tell you of both is there's once a young ber in yes I'll tell you a story it's a true story I know it name was Yseph changing his name he was already in his 30s he wasn't married yet he was short he wasn't the most handsome guy he didn't have good parasa he was a going. He's about wasn't going. He went out probably with 120 girls. Nothing happening. His rebre and he said, "You know what? Go learn for half a year till Suko. No dating. Just learn. That's what I want you to do." Now, his mother heard this. She says, "That's not good advice. you're already 30. It's not going. You got You can't leave half a year in your life. Put your life on hold. His best friend said, "Yeseph, it's crazy advice. You can't do this." He himself asked some of his friends, "Do you think this is crazy?" And in the end, he said, "I'm doing it. I'm sticking with a half year." He stuck with learning for half a year. did and not go out on half year later on sukot somebody saw he said I have a girl in mind for you do you mind if you know after after you'll contact the shaitan that knows the girl and he did that and he spoke to the shaitan told him about himself and the shotan then called the girl she said are you available she called him back and she said do you know who I just got off the phone with you know who I just got off the phone with and he said no. She said your future wife Mameish the day he started to date is the one that he met and then he got married to happily married kids family everything. It was his dedication to the learning that gave him the bra was not a he knew how to figure out very easily who's koro who's really sincere. It's very easy. You now you figure out who really wants to learn. You close the yeshiva. Guards tell everybody go. Yeshiva's closed today. The guys that are like so so go. Oh, got a day off. Let me go play pool, little ping pong. Let me catch up on stuff. Do a little work. The guys that really wanted to learn, guess what? They went in the back way through the window. They found a way in. That's the way it always is in life. The reason why was spared because is they made a very big mistake was a tremendous and was a tremendous but was bigger was way bigger. It says that it was very hard for them and they made a decision to leave learning and they sat down and they started to eat. That means they still have food. So for to make this mistake, you go to the door. You have food in the fridge and you want to leave learning. That's bad. You deserve to die. You're not yet big. You're not yet big. So for you to make this mistake, that's okay. You're still like the young. You're not yet big. in life. What understood is it's the desire, the commitment, the ruts on of a person for that's what makes the whole difference. That's what understood. That's how he closing yeshiva and can figure out who wanted it. Whoever came in, whoever got in and no matter what, you just did a cm. When a person does a sim, it means that you know what it wasn't easy. If it's if it's a lot of dav and you did mactos that's 20ome dav 20 20 plus dav you know what it means it means there was a guard also's guard came back and one day he said to you you're tired you can't come today you just sleep in just just blow it off or you know what you got to have this you got to have that there's a million things from wheels guards come and tell guy who's trying to do a and if you finish this ma you know what it means means it means you're toss kaboro. It means you want it. You have a desire for the you're to kaboro. My to you is that you should continue to inspire everybody in this room that we should make stronger commitments to our should be like my to you is you should go and this should be the first of many in your messiah. I understand some have already done a few but those who have not yet joined this is a beautiful learning opportunity a beautiful opportunity to jump onto the bandwagon of Tom and to finish all of shots [Music] I'm sorry it's only for the sound quality Wait, wait, wait. You want me to introduce What's it Are you speaking? Hello. Yes. Testing. We all are all inspired over here today. We are all inspired from aim of ma. But there's two brothers over here who continuously inspire the whole community day after day for many many years. And we have honor over here to have Rabil Nero from Kazak. Everybody knows him. Everybody was inspired from him. And please give your attention. All right. [Music] You know, if you're in this bet here today, you're here for one of four reasons. Either you finished my second Makot. You deserve a big maz for [Applause] that or you're here because one of your friends finished makot or you saw a flyer that says it would be palo and barbecues. And number four, some of you are wondering what does 7th Sh and 73rd Abby look like? Like what's going on inside? The truth is to me it's all the above. But uh I'll tell you one thing on the first round. The real question is you know some guys over here are already 5 years into the dafomi cycle. They have about two and a half a little less than two and a half years left. Some of you took the challenge, a 20 plus day challenge of doing makot. And I have a very simple question for you, very simple. Why is it that some guys are able to do it and other guys who are just as equally capable, they're not doing it? What's the difference? Why is one successful, one is not successful? So I'll share with you a very small idea from the benai which I believe answers this question. There's a famous it says [Applause] in what does that mean there are times when you have to do for Hashem and in order to do for Hashem you have to abolish a you have to remove a time to do fore remove a from the Torah the most famous case is what we know there's that's a Bible as we call it and then you have that was meant to be given orally eventually broke the rule of the Torah and he wrote a he said is going through so much suffering so much challenges I'm scared they might forget the oral Torah so I'm going to break the rule the Torah. I'm going to put it on paper. Look at the writes about this. He explains it a little differently. Says the as follows. He [Applause] says, "If you think in your heart, I have time to do. I'll start learning next cycle. I'll start next. I'll start after when I get a little older. I'll give to when I have my first million dollars. I'll become a better person when this and this happens. If you say I have time to do, you're not going to keep the Torah. You're going to keep pushing off. The biggest weapon the has procrastination. All the greatest leaders in Israel were doers. All the greatest philanthropists are doers. All the people that are doing daffomi are doers. You know why? They're just like you, but they're not pushing it off. This is a key to success. This is the only key to success. Being a rabbi in the community here, I I've known the malad of for about 20 years. He even came to my wedding without even know who I am yet. We didn't have a relationship. He came to the wedding. He was a good-looking guy back then. He still is a good-looking guy, but but I'll tell you one thing. One thing I see with him is when it comes to he never pushes things off. He always wants to learn more and get more understanding. Whether you're driving out to getting good, you have what to look up to. Every single businessman sitting in this room, you have a friend that finished. So, you have a friend that finish look up to them. They're not any greater than you. Yehuda, he's not greater than you. Yehuda, listen carefully. If you want, you could do it. Right? It all comes down to the not pushing things off. So, I only hope and pray that the same way those of you that finish, you should start. I know you [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] to end off when it comes to when it comes to person never pushes things off. I had this to learn in and eventually inhib for many many years and a model for a person who doesn't push things off builds physically and spiritually is the landita who gives leues to his I can say myself the yeshiva helped mold me into what I am today and oh my children. My son is there as well. And we're gonna have the opportunity to hear some words of everyone standing this or no. Mazul being here for the first time. I want to wish and continuing to lead the great and hashem. You should all share in this the Torah knowledge and continue to inspire all of you to greater heights in a hashem. Amen. I understand that tonight is a summ and this is very much in the spirit of the days of for the days of the when told and the explains how are we different from all nations of the world that we should be and we should dedicate ourselves to lior. This is the offer that the rebon shalom gave to Israel and as you know we answered and all of you who are while finishing the mak all of you are reenacting the nasma the embrace of this wonderful offer of the sham is to be a school of mam to be different from all nations of the world. There's a very interesting that describes the days of and the says that during these days of as we prepare for the mountain Torah of it is likened to to a slave who was looking forward to the end of the days. the shadows of the day when he will be relieved of his avoda and he will able to attain and at first glance the words of the are astonishing. We are looking for man to like an evid is looking to be relieved from his work from his aod. We know that that a person is born in order to work to come closer to Hashem to study to be an we are not looking for vacation. We are not looking for. So what is the comparison that the conveys to us that during these days we are like a neb who is burdened with work who is looking for the shadows of the day so that he could free himself from the burden from his master. On the contrary we are looking to be burdened by Torah to be And the answer I suggest is the following. We know we understand that cannot be achieved by immersing ourselves in the heavenly maz in the mashmi. One who immerses himself in the world of pleasures only finds confusion and unhappinesses can only be attained through that is the as we say in the Shabbat and from the rebon One finds true. All that can only be achieved through from you. The rebon with this that you all have displayed. You have showed that you understand that the in this world is from the through studying theem as who run away from the work in order to have. We also run away from the olashi for theem. I want to wish you all mazel and you should continue in yotem and attain for you and your true enduring meaningful maze. [Applause] [Music] or lander. At this time, we're going to do this. We're going to ask the president of our to come up to introduce it along with everyone that's we're going to all do the together. [Music] Whoever finished, we're all going to say together. Mr. Jim Hajan, you have a good here also. [Music] guys who is going to do that the last the last part of this and sometimes one person does the but I insisted and all of us insisted this is some some people's first but this is a sim that we're doing together I want every single person who didn't do the together. We're going to do the everyone together and we do the together. All those that are finishing the second club, please rise. I'm going to be standing not to trick anyone. I'm finishing the second time in [Music] 20. So the garam says the fire of rebel and became they were on the road called Roman they heard the Romans uh screaming and joyful from a far far distance and the started to cry and was laughing. You're smiling. Why are you laughing? Why are you crying? They told [Music] him who do idol worship they are living nice and tranquility is destroyed on fire and we shouldn't cry. It's a tremendous tragedy. This is why I'm smiling. This is why I'm laughing. What does that mean? Someone for people who go against, this is their reward. Us who go out of our way to do Hashem's will, how much more so is our reward in the world to come. says another story. They were going to when they went to they ripped their clothes for morning for the was destroyed. Once they reach they saw a fox leaving the most holiest place in the world again the were crying was laughing. They told why you smiling? Why you laughing? Why you crying? What do you mean? Is it obvious in the Torah that a regular person cannot enter? Now you see foxes are entering over there. It's a discretion. It's a desecration. We shouldn't cry. We told them this is why I'm laughing. It says in the morning that you should give me witnesses like so the question is what is the connection with so must be the fact that they're said in the same must be the meaning the Meaning when the will destroy it will be a time where it will be plowable. It will be like nothing will be there just earth when Msiah comes the elders the youngs and everybody will be rejoicing in you. So therefore since the the didn't happen. He was afraid that won't come in the second was destroyed. So now that I know from the fact that a fox is going and there's plent and I know answer us. You abuse us. [Laughter] What was I feel myself? response. Amen. Amen. Amen. Who's [Music] Allah. Amen. [Music] foreign. Shalom. Heat. Heat. Yeah. Heat. Yeah. [Music] Heat. [Applause] [Music] Oh, heat, heat. [Music] Heat up here. Let him speak. Oh w Yeah. Heat. You like my shoes? Thank you. How many thousands thousands thousands [Applause] I David David. [Music]