CHAZAQ's Tehillim Treasures | Episode #44: Chapters 87-88 | 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 shabus and for life whatever they need chickens for chabas is there to provide please do your utmost to help in any way you can we now move on to the next two chapters inim chapter p and as we continue this beautiful journey through Timeless Treasures are the ones that compose this and at first it seems to identify H's most beloved city of but says that when it says to it means it means those who are careful who are expert in and hasem loves them more than the places that study Al and the people that study Al more so than any of the other Andes well rri of stris once said only one who is an expert in and he's acquainted with the protectors who the protectors the mug and abam and the mug and Dav the mug and D is known as the Taz the two great Protectors of the Jewish people they can DAV and he is able to DAV in order for somebody to be able to be truly beloved in the eyes of Hashem he has to be willing and able to protect hashem's to how do you protect the to by knowing the a br can be so well-meaning but if you don't know Al if you don't know any Al then un unfortunately your ignorance will cause you to sin and you're not protecting hashem's T anymore alter was known as the B the great G who died some 50 years ago or so and he emphasized the learning of Hal for his he was very familiar with every be every sh which are the footnotes and the sidebars in the great Timeless saer of the known as the Mishu which is the classic authoritative saer on and he was extremely careful about HAL one time the B had an incident and this is really what shows how he became so careful in there was once a brilliant young man who came to the Reb he very close with the rebba and the rebba spoke to him many times and he developed a close relationship with him and he said to him I want you to set aside time every single day aside from all of your other learning learning you're learning of M you're learning ofish you're learning of also learn but the B said listen listen the daily schedule of Yesa does not allow time for the said it's extremely important and the rebba stood up and the Reb was like a m it was like a king and he stood up and he walked over to his swarm shrunk to his bookcase and he reached up into his bookcase and he pulled out a safe his very own mishna and he handed it to the Bak as a gift and when the B saw how how precious and how important it was to the Reb so the B realized yes I'm going to start learning ha and this boy grew up to become one of the leading poisin of Our Generation when we in Embrace when we realize how important is we are protecting to the G know how important it is and therefore everyone encourages the learning of never ever brush it aside make sure that you set aside a little time every day both men and women to learn a few alas whether it be from the kitchen books beautiful books from art scroll or some other that is NE to you find something that speaks to you something that you can improve upon and something that will allow you to become a protector of aem's we move on to and in M We Begin Again with the thear but the 88th peric was sung by RI Rashi identifies as one of the five children of zerak the son of Yehuda very interesting and Zak's children were known to be some of the greatest singers and this is the song that honi would sing so says Rashi in fact the next chapter is from heon's Brother ASI now the words in the first verse first it says andas seems to be a musical instrument but if you look at the word moas you come across the word mikas m means to forgive has the same ASU Affliction in fact malalas has another meaning sickness so here we have a very interesting way of looking at this chapter instead of referring to a musical instrument you have to have some sort of connection to sickness Affliction and perhaps forgiveness says theit who lived some 500 years ago he says that the chapter speaks of the pain and suffering that the yeen endure throughout the long Gus at times our in our afflictions and our suffering is like an illness and a sickness with no cure yet if a person is willing to do chuva if a person is willing to work at it then I cried out by day and by night before you and if I am sick or I am suffering or I have some or other challenge I know that I'm not alone cuz I can always cry out to you and my cries have me mean and the truth is that some perspective is needed because sometimes people go through very very difficult times and they think what is the purpose of it where is the in all this but if a person recognizes where it's coming from and that there isas a purpose in his suffering then there will be great great purpose and meaning in what you're going through and you'll be able to endure and persevere and become bigger and stronger and better and closer to Hashem because of it there's a beautiful little story that took place with Rak sharak Shar the great Rota and RAB isak Shar was a tremendous of the Mind was a brilliant brilliant person and he was somebody who understood people and understood the inner workings of the way life works and one time one of his daughters Married Girl broke her leg for a mother to break her leg is a very very painful thing obviously but beside from that it it cripples them in their functionality as a mother and she tried to work through the pain and she tried to take it easy but it was affecting all of her motherhood it was affecting her life and it was taking its toll and causing her much mental anguish and anxiety and she went to her father and she said father I can't I it's too hard for me I can't I need some I need something to help me get through this and rabak Shar said to his daughter do you remember when you went into labor it's very very painful do you remember when you were suffering do you remember the pain was Mish unbearable and you probably were crying out terribly but it was almost a cry of Joy why because you knew that you know what coming from these cries a baby a baby who is is going to have a life of its own you were creating life and because of that Not only was the pain bearable but you're willing to do it again and again and again in no less manner when Hashem calls you to break your foot and there's pain and anguish and suffering all of that is prod producing pis life Clos real real life and when you realize that then not only will the pain be something that you're able to endure but it will be something that gives you strength and you'll be prepared for no matter what comes your way every person in their life has all types of suffering but we have to know when we call out to Hashem we have to realize he is the source of the suffering and that the suffering is really a way to produce pis and closeness to him and real life and real and things that will ultimately be somewhat of a tremendous benefit to us may we all be to embrace our and to realize that it's really a gift from Hashem until next time