Rabbi Dovid Goldwasser | Chanukah Night of Inspiration | CHAZAQ

good evening everyone we have an amazing event for tonight of course all the that everyone makes before the lecture after the lecture and the entire Shure and the all right now in person people are going to watch thousands of people going to watch online afterwards all be loving memory of arov and Ben a ra amen amen and of course it's being dedicated by the Arona family a aalo family Zoya and the whole family we appreciate um dedicating the event and of course so much they do for for tonight but of course even more so throughout the entire year this the this entire sh is being is of course dedicated in memory of elah B eliyahu the house of eliyahu this place is is the sh such a place of Torah every single day and night right before this event at 7:45 there was an event and and literally from that event to till we set up the next this event so of course and um of course we thank of course partner with kazak we have a great great treat tonight there's no greater way that to to to start off our Kana then then then then to learn how we could take advantage of of this great holiday of of of khaka and we're going to hear great insights from Reb goas how we should prepare and and um get inspired and and take advantage of the great CL great great um holiday of Hanukah and of course um we know kazak organizes different shum events throughout the entire year thousands of people get inspired men women young and old in different communities shak's main focus is to organize after school and Sunday school programs in different communities to inspire the tens of thousands of public school students in in the neighborhoods all around with then kazak since 2017 has transferred over 1,700 students from public schoola so of course if anyone knows a friend a neighbor coworker who sends their children to public school reach out to kazak we'll help them um give them a Jewish Education and there's a banner in the back if anyone there actually where kak having a special ra it ends um on December 31st in just a few days from now um a special ra there's a QR code that a link in the back on your way out if you want to buy a ticket it's uh you $10,000 the tickets there it's um there's only one ticket being sold from from1 to $360 only 360 tickets being sold and of course it's a great opportunity to support kazak and have an opportunity to $1,000 and um and without no further Ado it's our great great covod um to to call upon a rabbi who everyone he doesn't need an introduction all of Cl all the Jewish people know of his amazing dedication the the the books the shum the Articles everything you do and um it's a great great honor to everyone please rise is great that we're gathered together especially the first night kanuka it is such a ma such a that we are here we're going to go over a couple of things first I want to thank the sh itself bet Leo I just met the great great woman who is behind the Sho and I cannot tell you the Z to have so much Torah learning and so much so many prayers it it should be a great Z for the and should be should be a for all of us for good things for for all happy things ra should be great great great for all of the families in the sh should go higher and higher in Shay so the interesting thing is on KH that every minute every minute is like a opportunity that we don't even realize it and the8 days a person can change you could change the whole life within those times usually if a person wants a great miracle to happen so the tells us that although the miracle could happen it could take away from our mitzah example will be uh if you go like say Main Street and you don't look and you run across the street you're late for minan and you want to run and you don't look either way right a car comes up or a truck right to you and it stops a half a second before it gets to you it's a a person just burned away a lot of a lot of a lot of just get burned onuk it's not that way a person can have a major Miracle happen for them and nothing is used stop nothing nothing whatsoever if you sit for one minute during the time when the man is lit and you pray you do it doesn't matter what it is a person has a chance for a miracle each and every night the only thing is oh it's a lot of things and parties and there's donuts and then everything else goes on and a person starts to lose the greatness of the moment but that minute during the time of the of Kan when the candles are lit a person can get anything that they want in this world fascinating we call kanuka the mikash was dedicated on the 25th also on the 25th we rested from our enemies we were able to rest however the great Ram SAA Who was the he lived 500 years agoad unbelievable sadik he said the following usually you don't have a yum you don't have a holiday named by the number you have sukot why do we have sukot because hasem said dwell in sukot make sukot you eat drink sleep in the sukot we have another y p p is everybody knows that the Mal skipped over all the Je homes that was Miracle Corb so I can understand Pim Pim the Lots the Lots were drawn unbelievable Miracle with the Lots when it came out that we were supposed to be destroyed it happened to be the exact opposite it was a lucky time for us and we all live so it all has meaning everyone has something to do it's an integral part of the yto but the 25 why do we say the 25 what does that have to do with anything why 25 it's a great question he gives a following answer there is a 25 that a person always has to keep in mind the most meaningful the words that a person has to have on their lips all the time the one Mitzvah the one that is that is some the Torah of the whole prayer of all the the one thing that a person can say even they don't have a chance to say anything else even there are that say you don't have the time to read the whole sh you can't do all the three paragraphs there is a that says read the first line it's good enough you got the mitvah what are the 25 25 letters in the first in the first line of 25 what happened in the days of kanuka the mabes B is said is with the Isel they were able to beat their enemies they were able to make the great miracles sikim were able to be over the over the evil all of the Greek army couldn't beat the little minion that they took out from the K to fight why because shma Isel that was the power behind it that's why we call it it was because of those 25 letters that we won that we found the oil that we were able to we establish that we were able to rebuild and rededicate the BET mikdash all because the 25 if a person takes a look at that they realize that this is not simple that you and I have a kak we open up any s that we want we say dma whenever a person may be in a tight spot may be in a challenge may want something to come to be in their life it's an unbelievable thing it's a you can never tell I want you to know I just got a call it's an amazing call uh number of years ago I was walking on Avenue J in Flatbush Avenue J Major Street everybody you're all invited come to Flatbush we'll be nicely we we'll host you okay I'm walking down the street a woman comes over woman says rebi give me a braa I'm just walking down the street this it baby give me a I said what would you like to have a braa for she said baby I want to have a baby I said okay you should have a baby should have a child she said thank you it's like boisterous lady and then I left Young okay few weeks later I'm walking down the street Avenue J same lady comes out she must have been watching she said you know you got to watch it she runs out Avenue J in 15 Reby yeah yeah how are you good to see again she she said don't have a baby give me a br up for a baby I said have a baby everything should be good things should go well it was to me a little bit strange but you can never tell people need different things and maybe that's the right way to do it anyhow it happened to be maybe a month later I'm walking down the street one more time my good friend coms up rebi [Applause] by this time I was I want to tell you I was laughing I said you should have a you should have a houseful of children not one more she said aain she said it loud enough I think you could hear it in Queens over here it was pretty loud you never know a person has a they believe and they believe with their whole heart you can never tell I got a call maybe 10 11 months later Reby I had a baby two twins you said more than one I had two I would like you to come come to be the Sund de by the first baby to come to the Brit the second baby wasn't ready yet the second baby there still had a little uh while to go but the first baby was ready for the Brit and I did so it was the most unbelievable thing in the world I I'm telling you it's unreal what happened a br on the street on Avenue J somebody that believed had and it came true one of the most amazing things that I have ever experienced because it was so random and I didn't know the person and I had no prior uh understanding or anything and her and her husband gotten close to me and the very special people so what it says is that we are all on khaka we all have the chance to be answered for our we are all close the great sadik the luin he was a great sadik he was the one that was the Seer he could see what was going on in the next town he could see what was doing in different places they called him the or the Seer of Lin one day a guy comes into him gets himself into the private study he saysin I need a Yeshua I need some big br thein said you need a br he says yes and I'm related I'm a distant relative of yours so he said how are you a distant relative he said my grandfather's uncle's sister's mother has a connection to so he says it's too far the connection is too distant cannot help you okay he leaves he goes outside and he's upset why because the Reby didn't give him the BR didn't help him the great of RIT is waiting outside and usually a person comes out they're smiling they're laughing their faces out glow right and he sees that this man is sad he says what's the matter so she said I just went in the and I asked him for a br and I told him I'm a I'm I'm a relative and when I started to explain what kind of a relative I am he said you're too distant of a relative I can't help you whispered something to him and said go and tell him this when he is when he just Begins the go and Whisper into the's a he waited till it was time for the steps up he begins to say AB he begins to say it all of a sudden this guy that needed the BR Whispers into his ear which relative are you to Abraham and you're a lot further from than I am from you but but yet you appeal to them and they help you once he said that already thein finish he gave him the BR for the Yeshua that he needed the truth is I love this particular thing because it shows that we are all close every one of us has the we all have the Merit to be able to ask Hashem whatever we want it takes major amuna it takes major faith in amuna when a person prays they put their heart into it when a person is in the midst of getting Yeshua they put themselves into it no doubt no question they can't even question it for one second I want to know that the BR is coming and I I believe if a person leaves like a little room for th so then that that's not good because the person is showing that they're not 100% I just tell you one more little incident that happened I won't say the exact thing but there was somebody that came to me and they were going for a wedding thank you very much for you your cup should always run over [Music] so the person the brother says my sister needs a big braa for her wedding huge braa and uh can I ask her to please come to you I met this guy is a very wonderful uh wonderful man and I said yes so he says okay but it's going to take I told him it's going to take a lot of for what she needed I I don't want to say the exact thing for confidentiality but for the wedding was huge so okay I said so I'll see you uh I think we met up like uh 10:00 the next day he said well Reby I actually I can't come but I'm going to send somebody else someone else will bring her I said no no I want you he says Reby I I if I take off it will be uh like it's a huge thing I can't take off I said okay who's coming so told me who's coming I don't know them I said is that person a are they 100% am M men and if they're in there and we say something or we discuss it when they go out is this person going to say well maybe or maybe not or I don't know or it could be right he said it could be I said in that case you got to find me somebody else I need somebody a person that believes no doubt no saake no crap no box has to be straight he called me back a little later he's going to come himself all I can tell you is that when they both came in the brother and the sister a little bit older the broa that they had is when I gave them the broa and we discussed the situation for the upcoming wedding they didn't say aain alone they said aain and they cried aain in crying is different than saying just aain a miracle that was open I will tell anybody privately I would be happy to share it with you a miracle that was open happened for this colum at her wedding the brother told me had I not been there together with you and not heard what you said I would never have believed it even though I saw it with my own eyes that was the brother individ ritual can be Ro we all can open up on kanaka the channels of understanding the channels of belief the only thing we have to do is to work at it now just one small uh one small inion everyone knows that the great uh that the great sadic that we sent around 80 years he served in the BET mikdash 80 years that's a long term right Chief Rabbi for 80 years not bad 80 years however a happened at the end of the 80 years unfortunately he became a sedi unfortunately he went off he went off at the end of 80 years the mishna says don't trust yourself don't think I'm so strong I could go anywhere doesn't matter nothing's going to affect me I don't have to worry about it why because a person has to constantly be on guard that we should be able to hold our position hold our faith hold the strength that we have hold our kavana it takes a lot for a person to be able to understand I never stop guarding myself I never stop being concerned okay so we read about an incident inar there was the great rear elazar Ben he did every AA every sin in the book he didn't leave any stone and turn everyone he famous Bal AA nobody had done as many aot as he did everybody knew unethical immoral forget about it we can't even discuss that's what he did and he did a lot of AO all of a sudden he sees there is a woman and he wanted to do an a what happened was immediately he started to think about Chua about repenting in that moment he thought about repenting all of a sudden when he was standing there she breathed out some breath like uh Mist how you call it like fog what was that where we go breathe it out when she breathed it out she said just like this breath will never come back you will never be able to do Tish you you will never repent now you have to realize what kind of a lady this is no s and she's telling him you're never going to be able to do Chu you can forget about it right so once he heard it from her that he's not going to be able to do Chua he felt very bad this woman is a low she a low moral level and she's telling him you're not eler you're never going to do Chua you're going to pass out from this world you're going to be the same Oar you're never going to do anything he felt so bad he began to cry because he hit a low Point everyone hits a point in life a point of recognition we hope it's always good when an individual stares the moment in the face where they come to a reality check I got to be better I got to change I got to do something I have to change my ways I got a better myself so he ran to the mountains and he cried to the mountains he said mountains ask for Mercy for me ask Hashem you're the mountains we're going to say it tomorrow morning the mountain skipped they skipped beautifully they danced mountains asked me the mountains said and loer we've got to ask for compassion ourself we can't ask for you then he ran to the river him he said River ask Mercy ask a for Mercy the river said we can't ask for Mercy for you we got to ask for ourselves then he went to the sun he went to the moon he went to the sky he went to the heavens they all told him we cannot do anything for you you are finished and at that moment he went he sat down on the ground he put his head between his knees he let out a groan and he gave up his he passed on in that moment he left this world however before he left this world they said make room in ol Haba in the next World for elazer Ben D make room for him he is a person that has and then we read there as the next world as we read There is a person that can gain the entire world in one minute and then earlier it said and then there are some people that have a whole lifetime and they have to work on gaining all but yet he gained it in one minute one minute of Chua one minute of crying one minute of a reality check when he screamed out that was when he got oh and even one step further they called him Reb they called him rabbi already he went from the lowest point to the highest point just in a matter of moments there is a great question on this hold for one minute a bookmark right here in the same Tam in we read about another person that gave up his life a great s we read about him on we read about him on one of Theus one of the one of the 10 that gave up their life that are a Simon for all of us for all the generations of Kem and what happened in that moment when he gave up his life if you remember they was censured because he did not stop teaching Torah the government said you cannot teach Torah and he didn't stop he taught Torah he got major crowds and he would sit with the Torah in itself on his lap and he would teach it and everybody would listen to it and they warned him you know what's going to happen to you you're going to get killed he wasn't afraid he continued one day the government came they caught him teaching Torah they took the Torah and everybody knows they put put him in the marketplace they took the Torah and they wrapped it around him they put toughs of wool inside so that when they set it on fire it would not burn him quickly but it would be tortured that it would burn slowly so here he's burning the T say rebi what do you see what's going on rebi said I see that the parchment is burn but the letters are jumping off the Torah and they are going up in the air they're flying away the parchment the flying it's unreal at that moment the Executioner who is a very bad person he's a person that you know with the Mas how many people he killed couldn't even couldn't even count it was so many but he saw this kashem in front of him it changed him in a moment it was able to reverse his mind mind you what kind of a person this was he said Reby if I will take out the toughs of wool and you will be killed instantly so you won't have to suffer will you give me a promise that I will have rebi said yes the Executioner said Shake on it shake on it so that I know they shook on it the Executioner jumped in the fire together with unbelievable there it doesn't say there are people that can get their many years and there are some people that can get it in just one moment it doesn't say that there only does it say you can gain your whole in one moment and then it says the other after it's a very big question exceedingly great question there is an answer given over and the answer is by the great uh ra of mishk who says the following that actually here reel was a Gil of go the one that had gone off the Der the one that after 80 years of serving as SC goal went off the Der went away from Judaism away from yish Kai and therefore his had to come back in the world for a t it needed to be fixed here he could have had everything and he lost it so the needed to come back in to learn to do whatever he needed to do in order in order that he could finally have his tun El loar was not on the Der however at the end when he was M when he cried out and he did cha and he cried so deep that it took his out of him so then that was the successful gilgal the successful TI rectification of from this it says there are some that can get their Hab after an entire lifetime there are some that get their Hab in one moment he got his in one moment the the pertinence of this on khaka is every minute on khaka a person can change if a person is a angry disposition they could change they could be a compati if a person's above G they're arrogant they could change they could become very humble if an individual runs after their desires a lot on kanuka it is possible to change to be calm and to be good if a person is greedy and watching every dollar H wait a minute I spent a doll10 I could have only spent a dollar and they worry about it the whole night a person could change they could become freeg giving they could become generous everything can change a person's lazy right you have to get up in the morning and you hit the snooze alarm 10 times and you keep going back to sleep and you get angry at the alarm clock no no no individual could change over Kaneka and immediately Med develop a new disposition it is the Yum of change miracles happen each and every day of the eight days there was a my I want to share it with you because it's such a beautiful crowd in Beto is I want you to know of all the places I go and I know why favorite favorite the sh which you done I can't tell you there was uh unfortunately in the second world war and I just have to say Robbie's here I cannot I cannot hold back I got to tell you there are some that Hashem sent in this world that can do the impossible Robbie disguises the things that he does because he does the impossible I have seen him on so many different acts for CLA Israel he is amazing I know he's if I speak too much he's going to get a little upset so I don't want to but hasem gave the call keep on and the Sab the great s who's my personal yid is here tonight he should continue to Chef a lot ofas and go from SIM toim the uh great um the war did unfortunately a lot of things some things that came out of the war the second world war out of the Holocaust were great some things were great Devastation so before already the uh labor camps were set up there was a person that was captured not a Jew a non-jew because he helped the Jew Escape they made him in forc labor camp he came one night of Kaneka his name was Stefan one night of Kaneka he saw Jewish Home he saw a light on he knocked on the door and knocked till they let him in he came came in he said listen I'm a non-jew and I just want to for a minute I just want to stay here for a moment it's very cold outside and it was khaka he said could I teach you a kanaka song Don't you teach s what's he going to teach us he began to teach an unusually beautiful song with Hebrew words and a couple of words in Yiddish otherworldly and they asked him could you repeat it again like if somebody sings Something Beautiful could you say it another time and he sang it again they ask him could you sing it one more time they saying it again his name Stephan romac the last night of khaka he came back one more time and they asked him could you sing that song song he sing the song one more time and then he left unfortunately the family was taken into aitz and the girl who was one of the teenagers in the house got very uh sick they put her in the infirmary with the gypsies they called it the Gypsy infirmary whatever they had who knows what they had she was next to a woman that was hovering between life and death Leno this woman this young girl tried to give her the one that was dying and she kept saying like uh I I want to help you you're going to make it you're going to survive don't worry there'll be better days ahead don't look at the time right now you're going to survive you're going to live and then she remembered I know a song that may help her because it helped us she began to sing the song that Steven R taught her the one who was not Jewish she began to sing it the woman who was lying in the bed almost lifeless the woman opened her eyes how do you know that song because there's somebody Stefan that came to teach us right before everybody was taken away in the war I don't believe it this is Myan this is my groom that's his song his name is not Stefan his name is romac but his first name is schlomo I can't believe it and they both started to sing the song together that cold night in alitz singing and singing and singing the girl the teenager survived the war after she was lucky enough she went to the Holy Land she made Aliah to ER Isel it happened to be that she became a teacher in the bakov in the ne it it was Kaneka time on Kaneka they did a performance and the children all sang and all the parents were there all of a sudden there was a little girl that raised her hand from the audience and she said could I sing a song cute adorable little girl the teacher said yes okay she goes up to the stage very Bain and begins to sing that song from Stephen Roman the bakov teacher that was the girl before the war as the war was breaking out that learned that song couldn't believe it she ran over to the little girl where did you learn that song from she said my parents she took the teacher by the hand into the crow Crow and there in the middle of the crowd was Stephan roac together with the woman that she was next to in the infirmary H kala that had this little girl kanuka is one huge Miracle it happened in the times of the macbes it happened in the times of the ancient days in Persia and Iran in Russia in Poland in Hungary in Czechoslovakia in Germany and all the places around the world in Syria it happens today in New York in Los Angeles in Mexico City in France in Italy in South Africa in Argentina in Australia in Melbourne in Sydney it happens everywhere in this world everywhere without exception