Days of Mashiach: Prayer - The Crucial Catalyst

sh to's bo uh we are now as you know 3 months already into the war from Gaza and we're faced with numerous multiple casualties which we see coming out of the war from Gaza the hostages are in our mind all the time we keep on daving all the time which are in people which are injured which are them support them and give them great support and of course uppermost in our mind is the soldiers who are standing out we ourselves we are like bystanders standing at the side and watching all this going on and we realize the situation which which we are in is quite different from those who are facing the host hostages and the soldiers which are on the front I mean in the following way we asked ourselves as bystanders what can we do what is the greatest possible momentum what is the greatest initiative which perhaps we can take in these times and I think it really is one thing and that is the to DAV for the people who are involved the hostages the dam for the soldiers the D for the people who are out of their homes surely the main Mitzvah which we have the main avoa we maybe some people can go down to Gaza some of my friends are going down and helping but for most of who are removed we are bystanders for sure the main avoa the main situation which we're in is to DAV for all these people I was thinking from the last year that we mentioned that when clis came to house SI at the mount siai and they received the toah there were two descriptions which were given by to the first they should be a a holy nation a holy nation means their relationship between man and the almighty and which is a congreg ation of Kim priests and we explained in the words of the in his commentary on the T in ham the explains it means refined people benat people who care people who show interest who are who carry the burden of the rest of meaning in reality if you think about it the power of really covers both of those surely when One DB to the almighty you make a connection you're talking to your Mighty but of course happening for somebody else is also a tremendous mitzah of and therefore perhaps the Mitzvah of covers both of these ranges both the profile of and also to show care to show to show interest on people what's going on with people in CL under those circumstances I thought that maybe we would have three shim on the first one which is this one which will show imem how is like the Catalyst of the Gula in the times of the days before the mashiah to make the change from the times of into the times of the mashia to really is a catalyst which causes the change that is the theme of this year the next year in will show the importance of how to react that how T shows a tremendous reaction that we have that we we don't just listen to something that we react we care we have and the third she which I would like to give on the basis of because as I I think is really our main Mitzvah our main responsibility which we have between man and the almighty and between man and his fellow man is the DAV is the how the the Perfection of T which comes out a person can grow tremendously in his relationship withes and also with his fellow man by ding for people those are three sh this one in is called The Catalyst how can act as a change and causes a change in society from the world in which we live in to the world which imits we hope to go go to in the days of mashia I must mention at the outset that perhaps many of the points which might come out you might have heard before in previous shim but that doesn't matter because I believe that the points which I'm raising are something like the survival kit the spiritual survival kit that you have to go through these days of tremendous confusion and turmoil in order to come into the days of mssiah I think this is something like the jugular this is the lifeline that we have the power of T which we have if you amend we mentioned a at the beginning of this series the beginning of the winter isn't that what said for the times of the goas of mish which we're going to our help comes from the almighty 124 and the first thing is the power of pray prayer as to DB to the Almighty we must DB them for the hostages we must DB them for the soldiers must D them for the people who are sick and they Veil him that is surely our mits which we have on ourselves there might be points of repetition which you've heard before but never mind I think nevertheless I think it's important to mention these points and I hope you'll pick up a theme from the beginning of the sh all the way through to the end as you'll see let's start with the opening chapter of the beautiful Sao written by andas writes in the being in the introduction there a beautiful comment which was made by the Primal was the main talmid of the AR the Primal mentioned as follows in the earlier Generations in the time of the rim the main mitzah which was given is the mitzah of to to was their C tah was their lifeline and they survived and they lived and the main main occupation of people main vocation the main Mitzvah was the but then surprisingly says in these times in the times of M the times the days before the Messiah the main Mitzvah turns out to be the Mitzvah of of the ABA of praying to Hashem and maybe that's why we're on target we have what's called finger on the pulse what I mentioned before said that's our main AV is to DB to the almighty the situation should change we should D for everybody if we can if so if says that maybe we can ask a question but surely we said every single morning and ding is really the preeminent the most important mitvah is to so why do he say that becomes the most important mitzah surely is far more important than T if we're going to find Merit and we're going to find a certain appeasement with your Almighty surely tamoto is even greater than and the pink has explained in the following way in a beautiful way if you look at the beginning of sh he says in the following way let's say a person on rash decides for the whole of the day of was he's going to spend his time learning tah and he doesn't listen to the shaa what happens then well maybe the mits is certainly greater T is greater than so surely the Mitzvah of learning is far greater the answer is no he miss the Mitzvah of the day his finger isn't on the pulse the Mitzvah of the day of is to listen to the chaua it could wa we could also say perhaps his Torah isn't worthwhile because if the toah tells us on to listen to the CH then even though he's sitting and learning the actual Mitzvah itself maybe is certainly the most profound and the most important and the most preeminent of Mitzvah but he missed the day he the point he's not on target he's not hitting Bullseye he hasn't got finger on the pulse the mitzah of the day of is listen to the chaer and maybe his toy isn't worthwhile perhaps we can say the same thing also by leaa he comes to the night of leaa and a person instead of sitting and reading the haod or eating his mat he sits and learns toy yes you're right the Mitzvah of to is far greater but he's missing the point the point is that the obligates him to be the to eat his mats you're right the Mitzvah of T is much greater but you're missing the Mitzvah of the day and that's the point here and therefore says R Pinkus in the following way the meaning behind R is quite quite straightforward you're right T is far greater but in these times you have something which is topical which is relevant which is the Mitzvah the Mitzvah the Mitzvah the day that we're into is the MIT fer and therefore that's the reason why I think I'm suggesting at the beginning that the Catalyst the main important point which we have in our times is the Mitzvah of even though is but in order to find favor in the eyes of the Almighty which I hope you will realize at the end of this year the greatest possible approach that we can have is the momentum which we have behind F behind prayer maybe that's the reason that we say in we will come to we will come with our winner meaning the chapter says we will come with our will be what causes it which is the part of the the the G which we're expecting the G the is the greatest Point here what we must do though perhaps is in order to appreciate this point is to ask ourselves why is it that f is a why not under mitzah why isn't another Mitzvah why not why not s why not any other Mitzvah which we can perhaps do why is why is T the most important Mitzvah in these times and the answer is as follows in order to move over to make this enormous change from the society as we know it in the times of the into the times of os we have to understand what is the nature of the change which is going on and it's an enormous change in society the change will be phenomenal from night to day from black to white enormous difference between between the times that we live in and the times of the Messiah in the following way what is the nature of the society that we live in in our times I would suggest I was thinking of a phrase it's something like a cauldron of human hegemony meaning it's a Boiling Pot everything boils and agitated towards one thing human hegemony The Prestige and the power of man isn't that really the society that we live in how how important a person is how much money he makes his pocket and his Prestige is the most important Point meaning what is he is who is the person the status of a human being is really the most important Point money money money makes the world go around though isn't that the point in the point that we're living in the society that we live in really all Western Civilization is really based on that point no based on the point of prestige and money and that's really what with the society we're living as we know it really is the basis of the rise in the importance of a human being how much money he can make how important he is his cover his Prime and his status in society as far as the almighty is concerned he's really pushed aside as we see in the times that we are the almighty is mentioned not so much in maybe in a in a to society but certainly in the world that we know it the almighty's mentioned maybe at a bedside of somebody who's dying or someone at a grave you mention the name of the almighty or maybe in a in a bank note no in God we trust but I hope no one picks up a bank note and gives it a kiss it's a bank note no it's a b in God we trust but it's very quiet no one mentions it the almighty is really out of the Sea and the world that we live in in the present Society is really based on materialism and secular values that's the world that we see it but what will happen in the times of the Mia there'll be an enormous change the change will be meaning the most important and the significant rise and the change in society will be that people will value the nature of Y of fearing the almighty and recognizing the almighty isn't that what we're saying in all prayers all the meaning the status and the recognition and the prominence of the will completely change and his he will become right to the Forefront there is a sentence which no yesah in peray chapter 11 in in Isaiah I think it's posk test he brings as follows an interesting posk which really describes the scene as you know the lion lying down with the lamb and the child would play at the at the um at the mouth of of a serpent all the different the different scenes of which will happen in the time and then the says the change will be that all of the world will be filled of recognition of no knowledge of the almighty like the water covers the sea what does it mean meaning at the moment everything has what's called a covering of materialism how much is the Man worth how much is the house worth how much is the building how much is a person Empire how much much is his company worth everything has a covering of materialism what will change is all you look out to the water is the water the water covers everything mean everything has a covering of materialism nowadays what will happen in the future is the DEA of Hashem the knowledge of the almighty will have the covering how much toil does a person have how much knowledge of the almighty does a person have and that's an enormous change in society that's a phenomenal change I was thinking maybe we can look at that Marshall of the par the water covers the sea in the following way if you look out at a stretch of water you look out over a lake or over the sea all you see is above the surface what's above the surface above the surface is only what's noticeable underneath you don't see anything the Bedrock and the fish and the life underwater you don't see cuz it's all covered everything is covered with the water what would happen in what is it in our times at the moment you only see above the surface you don't see what's underneath what's underneath the service in our times spiritual values the almighty It's all under the water maybe that's what the Novi means under the water level is all levels of spiritual times what will happen now is it will shift above the surface will be the nature of a the level of how much tah how much Mitzvah how much fear of the almighty there is that will rise above the surface and materialism will go underneath the surface that's the change that will happen the difference between the times that we live in and the times of the mhia as you look over the water what you see is only above the water at the moment under the water are all spiritual values they become unimportant they're not so relevant in our times it will shift in that way and what will rise above the surface will be the nature of a how much toah how much recognition of the how much a person recognizes the almighty that's an enormous change in society and in values it's by no means something natural the change by no means would just happen naturally in a certain way for example at the end of the day the sun sets and the natural reaction is the natural behavior is day turns into night and that's the the natural reaction winter turns into spring that's a natural situation that's a natural change people grow older people their hair grows gray and people become older that's a natural change but the change from into the times of M is completely unnatural and therefore we need something which will cause this change and that's really what the Pinkus is mentioning here the the relevance of Prayer in our times in the times that we're going through in the times of great turmoil and Chaos what we're going through what will bring about this change it won't be natural it won't be as natural as a person grows up and becomes older it won't be as natural as when day ends and Night Comes it won't be as natural as the seasons it'll be something completely unnatural and therefore we have to look to the Catalyst which will cause that and that is what ban means when he says that the Mitzvah of the days of the of the will become the power of prayer that is the Catalyst you need something which is totally unnatural meaning the relationship which we have between man and the almighty that is the power which will cause the change we have to understand that what does it mean the power of what is the power what is the nature of the Sid I'd like to read out to you the passage from the beer which the writes in Sim and a little bit of information and background depth what is behind the s that we have and these are the words of the in Sim listen to these words when the men of the great assembly which was after the first B was destroyed the men of the great assembly sat down there 120 of the most eminent and greatest in some of them were prophets ha Zar M these were were people who were inside the Kess some of them were were n were prophets and they sat down and debated in order to write the text of the s that we have and they disc every single that we have with the words and the linking of letters from one letter to the next with certain unbelievable Secrets which we will not understand which will not fathom out these are 120 Z sat down and discussed meaning you must say you cannot say that's not the what's written in the S the S says the words that they said and the letters they chose were all discussed and debated by these 120 elders and when we say these words when we use the words of the S we use the and the text of the S which we use we don't know all the the intentions which we have how can we possibly know the intentions and the devotion and the the mind which set Behind These great sikim nevertheless our prayer arrives in because the words themselves they work they arrive in the place where they have to arrive in sh by which wouldn't happen if you D in a foreign language Happ in Hebrew that's a remarkable remarkable text that we have here what the is telling us is the words of the s that we have are unbelievably precious it's the most precious heirloom that we have the words that we say we say the words that we say in the are the words of Prophecy of the an you'll turn around to me and say to me but we have different we have all the different texts this is the by the this is the the tradition that we have by the the there were different texts as we know but one thing is for sure the text that we have from the S of whatever is it has tremendous power it's a tremendous prophecy which was written by the an and according to what the is telling us it works it goes up to sh and has a tremendous effect the great helmet of the v in explains as follows we must understand and value what is the value of the ca that we have in the following way meaning the ca was written over a thousand years ago how can it possibly be that the text that they used a thousand years ago or 500 years ago is still Ev today in 2024 who says that it would work who says that these words are powerful what is the the basis that we have maybe the words are archaic maybe the words aren't relevant to our times that we have says no that's not the case the case is that these words that we have were good then and that's the power of the prophecy which is a phenomenal prophecy these are the words which count and these are the words which will get to sham meaning there's the Catalyst the catalyst is these words that we say that's a remarkable prophecy and he gives a following Marshall something like a ball that the ball has to turn so many re resolutions until it reaches its Target meaning the world has to turn from the status of Gus meaning the mikd go through the thousands of years I think we're up to 1948 until the times that we're up to and the world keeps on turning and turning through the power OFA until we reach the point of the Gul Shala meaning it works through the power of prayer prayer turns the world around if you imagine the world keeps UNT turning one resolution to another and each day is important to the next day therefore how how can it possibly work the answer is for an individual and for a community as well and for all of Cl as well the conditions are not the same from one day to the next the conditions of Kalisa last last year are completely different the conditions now that we're in we're in a war in Gaza and we have people who are hostages and people who are sick and soldiers standing out it's not the same as it was last year but nevertheless the prophecy works and the text of the S is all powerful it was relevant then and it's relevant today and it will still be relevant the World Turns along and turns around through the power of prayer and every prayer even though it's the same and that's what the great comment of R desla he writes in M the great challenge of prayer is to keep on saying the same words but have a passion and have an intention when you say the words meaning even though the times are different and even though the conditions are different the prayer is active and the prayer is dominant and the prayer determines exactly our conditions at the time a remarkable prophecy whether it's for an individual your conditions different 10 years ago from what you're in now your status is different but nevertheless these are the words which will bring you to a situation for an individual for G and also for all of Isel and that's the nature of which we have the prayer and that's the meaning of the word which the Novi says our lips should be instead of the Bulls in the times of the mikdash the relevant service was bringing a sacrifice as we know the sacrifice was bought in our times the Li lips are all powerful meaning the lips are instead of the Bulls the relevance in the time of the B was a sacrifice the relevance in our times is the power of prayer I remember reading in a one of the of the great he explained as follows in reality the power of prayer is even greater than sacrifices in in order to bring a sacrifice you must go to to the bikash you need a you need a certain a you need certain people to help you but you can be standing on a skyscraper in Tokyo you can be standing on a boat in the Mediterranean you can be standing anywhere you can be a basement in Chicago wherever you are you don't need to be in the you don't need a you can act it by yourself you can say the words by yourself is even greater perhaps says than a Corbin A Corbin is very limited you cannot bring a Corbin if you do something willful if you do something on purpose by is not like that will work even if a person does an A A transgression willfully nevertheless the prayer will work and there we see the power of prayer is phenomenal and the nature of prayer is relevant for all times and that's the power of the prophecy that RAB say is the meaning of the Catalyst the Catalyst was created by an and is relevant then and that will make the change from The Cauldron of human Hegman into the times of recogniz the almighty that is the power of prayer that we have power of prayer will turn the world over from that situation into another situation that's the enormous power that we recognize inside the prayer and therefore when we come to DAV we have to recognize this is our Catalyst this will cause the change there is an interesting which is brought down in also what happens if a person misses a prayer supposing you miss dabing Shak in the morning you can dab M twice but it's interesting to know the first if you miss and you're now you're dabing two Minas the first prayer that you say will be the second one is also a it's twice it's not that you da Shak after the first one is not Shak when you're dabing twice the first one is called and the second is called a we give you a makeup but you can only make it up at the next time you can't make up sh at my you missed it already it's gone we give you a reserve opportunity when it comes to the second sh say but it's only called has the has means but the first sh is gone you can D twice but it's you can never make it up you can't make it up it's gone already the has gone the conditions have changed the world has changed you have changed and your fill is quite different from one to the other and that's the nature of the prayer mean that's only gives greater support to what we're saying here the relevance of the prayer is at this time tomorrow morning when you D sh 8:00 in the morning you D that is you in your situation in your circumstances in your environment with the situation with you're in and the words work then at that time which is a remarkable philos prophecy here it worked 500 years ago and that is the nature of what the means when he says that they they sat there and debated every single letter it will work that way you say the words it worked 500 years ago it will work now and that's the Catalyst which is in operation which is a phenomenal a point which we must make here and that's where the Catalyst comes in it doesn't work naturally it's not like growing old it's not like changing from day into night it's something quite Supernatural here and that is the nature of the prophecy of the Ana and that's the value of the Catalyst that we're talking about here the brings down in peric 19 per but a person might turn around and say but who am I what can I possibly contribute to the nature of change from the Gus into from Exile into Redemption who am I me who am I to make any change after all if it never worked in the times of the VOR if it never worked in the time of the rambam if it didn't work in the time of Rashi why on Earth should my prayer be in any way significant which is a very powerful question who am I to make any contribution to this and that's a very powerful claim surely my prayer isn't very valuable surely my prayer will not make any Catalyst at all and can't make a change and for that we have to answer really from the beautiful writings of freedlander in he explains in a beautiful way in the chapter in I think it's page shim if I can remember correctly explains as follows we have to understand each person in his time has a purpose in life in the world we Bon the almighty created each one of us in our time in our family in our circumstances in our whatever location we're in with such circumstances of life in this marriage in this particular in order to fulfill a certain purpose and that is the nature my prayer in my particular situation I have a contribution to make each individual is part of this resolution which makes the world turn around I am my position here your position wherever you are each person has something to contribute a person can never who am I as an individual it's not true each person has a tremendous role to play and that's the greatness and that's the meaning perhaps of K we're all in it together and everybody has a major contribution to make just a little answer to the question as well maybe the beautiful story told of he was once standing outside hisa on the East Side in New York and someone came up to him and asked him the following question Reby how can we possibly expect that the mashiah should come in our times if he never came in the time of Rashi in the came of the rambam as I mentioned how can he possibly come in our time and the mha turn around and said please look up and peer up at all the skyscrapers please tell me how do these people in the penthouse get there and the answer is because of all the floors underneath meaning you have all the floors under you only get to the penthouse because the floors underneath saidha that is the nature of it we rely and we are complete dependent on the prayers of Rashi and the r and the and and the all these great reers as well they are the floors underneath we are on the top floor meaning if sh comes in our time we are completely dependent like the person in the penthouse is completely dependent on the floors underneath so also our prayers are dependent on all the people the generations before us and from that we will arrive that the world will turn around in the resolution asan said it will move on from the situation of Exile into the situation of Gul through the prayer each person's prayer is relevant and Powerful from there if that is the point if that's what we're suggesting here what we must Now understand is how does the Catalyst actually work what is the nature of the Catalyst what is the let's let's bring some evidence and understand how the prayer actually works for that voice I would suggest you need something called hascol great Enlightenment you need and wisdom and youra and hav and discernment to understand what I'm about to bring to you are case studies to prove to you that the nature of prayer is the Catalyst which we're using for this you must also use the in please remember the generations of history and our ancestry that we come back from please remember what happened in previous time have understanding be enlightened be wise and of insight and discern from previous times exactly what happened in order to recognize what the power of the prayer is and that's the nature of the Catalyst which I'd like to examine by certain case studies but let's begin maybe with a beautiful gar in Suka and the gar explains the says as follows why are the prayers of sikim of righteous people compared to an IR is a P fork and I is a pitchfork says the gamar the farmer goes down into the field as a Marshall and he sees that the wheat on top is dry and the wheat underneath is wet he takes a pitchfork and flips it over and turns it over meaning the nature of prayer is an attack it turns over a situation and could not have children and he he turned over the situation she was originally called a woman who couldn't have children the next vka she suddenly conceived and she became pregnant meaning it turned over V the Pitchfork the pitch turns over the situation from one situation to another situation that's the nature of and therefore the of sikim has the power to turn around a situation that's what we must understand and appreciate the Catalyst causes a change it's not a natural change we need that to order to make this enormous momentous change from the world that we know it from The Cauldron of human hegemony to turn into we need a very powerful Catalyst we need a very powerful Pitchfork and that's what prayer is and that's what's mentioned at the beginning when we mentioned in our times your right in the previous times Torah was so relevant in our times it's a power of prayer and the power of prayer will turn over a situation I remember reading in the mum of the great the at the time of the war he mentioned at that time tremendous words of Enlightenment and inspiration to the talim in the Mira it's written at the back of SAS one of the points which R mentions is as follows if you look carefully in the war of midon which clis had in the midb mha raenu selected a thousand soldiers from each tribe meaning altogether there were 12,000 soldiers he then selected another thousand from each tribe meaning 12,000 will go into war and 12,000 who would remain in the camp says Rim as follows the purpose of choosing the first 12 was to go out to the battle the second 12,000 th from stayed in the camp and daved each each Soldier had someone daving from him from his tribe it wasn't just a matter of going out and fighting to war but the power of the prayer behind caused the success of the of the of the soldiers when they went into battle that's a phenomenal Point here which we're making here the power of the prayer of those inside the m were the ones who prep prepared and made the success of the soldiers who went out to battle and that's the Catalyst there you see it right that's look what happened in the history here in the Battle of midium maybe we can go even further back let's go back to the times of which is really last week's para and the of let me remind you of this beautiful passage at the beginning of the end of per base in sh where the says as follows it was in the times when the service and the servitude and the persecution in Egypt was awful it was horrendous and they mourned and they cried and they Gran and they cried out in prayer look at the words and they prayer went upim and the almighty heard their prayer and he remembered theim and the next verse is talking about mosha at the burning bush there you have the catalyst the avoid was horrendous the service was ter they had no way of redemption at all they cried out to the almighty and because of the prayer they were answered and remembered the M's at the snare and M's chosen to be the mashia there you see it it see it quite clearly look carefully at the time of Le the night of the 15th of n all ofel were about to go out into the G but they all singing P was running around the streets with his daughter Basia searching for mosha and a and all of Kaa were singing the G singing Hal there inside their homes when all the firstborns were dying an unbelievable scene at the time of the Gula they were daving that's the point they were singing Hal at the time they came to the yamu no and they saw the 600 chariots behind them all the armies of Iran and Hezbollah and and Hamas all behind them and they turn out and they cried says when they stood and they cried out to a and then the sea opened up you see it quite clearly the Catalyst was in action right by the stood in front of the almighty and said and he was shown the3 through what the power of prayer we must recognize these points we must register them inside our mind and write them in our in our thoughts cuz this is where the cathic you see it coming out in you must remember these points if you don't have that you don't have the discernment you have the you don't have thec to understand what is the history of Cl is this is the history of clis look at the period of sha him there's a beautiful section in sha I think it's p of G cladis were again being oppressed enormously by Midian and gidon turned around and said Amala came and spoke to him and giddon turned around and said as follows listen to these words of prayer he said as follows Rashi mentions it I think it's p base I think it is and shaped him Kon man said as follows if they in MIT were greater than we are in our times then surely the almighty can save us in their Merit of those people who came out of MIT but if we ourselves are greater than the people who came out of MIT Reish if that's what you did to them in MIT then surely we must be privileged to even greater in at least that level of redemption and the go in that what you just said says the you just saved clissa that sort of prayer either way either they were greater and we saved in their Merit or we are greater and therefore certainly if they receive that sort of attention and that sort of redemption from Egypt and certainly we we must be privileged that it's an incredible prayer here either come one way in that what you just said g said the you just saved CL that sort of prayer that you mentioned Remember by shim standing there with all pom inside the big Temple and he prayed to the almighty let me P first have n against these MIT before they pish him before they kill me and he prayed to the almighty and the prayer came up and the walls collapsed and he had strength again the power of prayer you see it coming out all the time let's go to the famous lady really I spose the aim the mother of all prayer and that's and the Beautiful Words which we say about standing there in the Mish inil Alem not elem but Alem say the what do you mean you D on Hashem she D for and on behalf of the Almighty which is a very powerful prayer she didn't dab to him she dabed for him meaning if I have a child I will give him over to the almighty and so serve you which was the child of sh that was the power of her prayer Al hasem she'd have foughten on behal this is for you it's a very powerful level of prayer we always D to the almighty maybe that's the enormous P our prayers are such a high level we we we D for him which is a very high level of prayer and only gave us such a high level of prayer on on on such a day rest of the time we ask we ask for our requests but to ask for and on his behalf is a very high level of prayer that is the nature of Hannah's Prayer that's a catalyst and Hannah became pregnant had a child and had a child after she had sh afterwards you see the point if you ever read through the book Shu Al and Shu Bas you see all the incredible stories and episodes during the life of what you really must do is when you read through sh hold next to you a safer and very often you'll see in the commentaries of the Rak and maybe in the as well at certain scenes inside you see the prayer inim continually all of saer toim is really a record of the prayers which David H said King David said at the time of different situations when he was running away from from that's the beginning of the you see also k b the time when he was inside the cave when sha was pursuing him all these different situations every time Doby made a prayer it wasn't just he was successful as a great General in the Army and had I think 19 battles and everyone who was successful you see the prayer which is going on all the time I think it's mad which is the prayer when he faced ansh Kaila every time in every situation D turned and prayed and that's the relevance of saer to him to sa sh if you can ever make the match you grow tremendous you realize what type of person was maybe that's why it says the reason why the almighty was with him because every time he made a prayer and every time in every situation you see it all the time coming through per is my shepherd I will not fear that was when he was in a place called The Forest of clay when he was running away from Sha every time he made a prayer which went together with it and there's the Catalyst in action we brought mid we brought we saw from G we saw from we saw from that's that's recognizing what happen in the history of Cl is I suppose one of the most significant periods which we see the Cathy in action maybe is Esther in poim in you remember the Gaz which had said there were four Gaz which H had said is to take away the spiritual essence of a person is g means he loses his is says the is like they did in the burning the go the burning the the the the the crematorium which they had to burn the the go and take all their property that was an awful awful situation of a holocaust here the early Holocaust by H to take away the spiritual side the which is is to burn the bodies and to take all their properties that was the Gaz that was the order of the Holocaust against and Esther turned around and said gather all the Jews together and then you find at the end of the is on the Goof the go was enlightened Sim is the is the singing is in the sh Which is higher than Sim Y is the clothes of malus which M wore unbelievable passages here it turned around completely there you see the Catalyst from it turns around completely what was the Pinnacle what was the focus in the middle you have the prayer of and Esther what made the change from the Gaz of hamon into turning it into the happiest day in the calendar from the day of a holocaust to the happiest day in the Jewish calendar the C power of Prayer in the middle that's the nature of it you see it all in action and therefore we must learn from this we must pick up the points you must understand and really that's the situation which we're in now really I suppose the government and the media which we're facing here at the moment in Israel don't know these points and that's a tragedy here they don't realize the destiny of cloud Israel it's not dependent on Military might like you have for example in Vietnam or situations in in um in Ukraine or situations of Saddam Hussein it's different here the destiny of kalis did not depend on Military might how many missiles you have and how much weapons you have or how many drones you have and maybe that's where they're missing the point that's the tragedy here what we have to realize is this there's a catalyst of clis the destiny of Cl Isel does not depend on the level of Munitions and the military might it depends on the K and that's the that's the point here and there you see the Catalyst in action let's come back again to pay with our lives are like a bird caught in a trap the Trap will snap we will be saved in 124 that's what we have to realize here and that's really the nature of the Catalyst that's really what had meant when he said in our times it's not so much of course ised of course it is of course it's PR it's the most important Mitzvah but in our times the mitz like and mat the mitah of now times is the nature of prayer and that will cause the enormous change it's not a natural change the change is something which will happen supernaturally and you have to bring the Catalyst in That's The Power of the an the the is preeminent our lips are instead of the Bulls how can you say that it was written nearly 2,000 years ago yeah but it's relevant the prophecy is so powerful it's an unbelievable point to recognize here to realize the power of the prophecy and that's when you pick up a s be very careful with the words say the words with articulation say the words with a passion say them coherently and eloquently say the words clearly and that's the power which we have the power of the prayer the Catalyst works that's what we learn from that's what we learn from and the whole history of our nation is like that our destiny is quite different it's not dependent on Military might it's not like Dunkirk it's not like the the the the the second world war how much might you have how many how many guns you have no we're not like that and that's what they're missing in the m and the media I'm suggesting it's a tragedy they don't realize that I think even the president prime minister Mr natan's father I think was a great historian maybe his father would have able to tell him that the history of Kal is not wrapped up in military might in the wisdom and the strategy of War of course they make AAS I'm not denying the power of the army but behind it all is the of prayer which we must recognize that's what mhu taught by taking the 12,000 soldiers and 12,000 who remained in the camps that is the point which raitz had brought out which is such a powerful Point those people who went out to war were backed up by each person had a person in behind the camp who was dabing for him and that really I'm suggesting is our role as bystanders we are standing at the back here we're not involved in the war with people who are sitting in our homes wherever we are in and so we're not involved with them but surely our our mission must be that's the and the coming out the go is the relationship between man and the almighty and the Theus the refined nature of to be able to stand there and care for other people theim the soldiers and the hostages to DAV for them that surely RAB is our greatest mitz we have now and that's the Catalyst which we have in action I'd like to end since we're now in the period of the of the great I'd like to end with a M which matis had given I remember hearing several years ago in hanov in the Boston sh it was a wonderful Marshall a wonderful Marshall of matio I like to say over in his but I think the point which he's making is so profound to the points which we just be mentioning now the greatness of what matis had said I think really is the Simplicity of his Marshall that he brought out it shows that the man he was his head was in sh but he was M he understood how people worked but Mao could give a phenomenal share of the depth of tah but he could also talk in a common way in a normal way he understood people on the basic level and he brought this following Misa to give tremendous to the power of prayer and I think that's the point which we can bring out from this mea it's a beautiful Marshall of a matis which I heard personally myself several years ago he said as follows if you know in England the Queen of England he was talking when the queen was around now there's a king but let's talk about the queen and the time of the Queen the queen holds every single year several Garden parties in her Garden in Buckingham Palace and every year she makes a certain list and invites certain people it's a tremendous honor in England to be invited to the Queen's garden party in Buckingham Palace during the summer and people come in and they mingle and talk around and you meet the queen in her garden and I suppose when matio portrayed it in a beautiful way in his phenomenal way he out he say supposing a person is sitting in his house and the mailman comes and he gives a letter and you look at the envelope and it sees the Royal stamp on the back and you suddenly think to yourself goodness me I know that stamp is from the Royal from Buckingham Palace you open it up and believe it or not it's an imitation which has come from her majesty the queen and he's asking you to come to the garden party and they sit at the table and the husband and wife turn around your uncle Co turns around and says to wife Le look Le we've been invited by her majesty so she turns around to him and says yes this is how but is still built it up yeah you must go to Howards and buy yourself for new soon if those people who don't know what Howard's is Howard is a is a phenomenal prestigious department store in in in in England in London in Kenington if you go to Howards and they buy a new suit and a new tie and she driv M buys herself a new outfit and built it up and you make a tremendous tremendous fuss and eventually you turn up at the door and it's uh in the afternoon at 2:00 in the afternoon let's say in the middle of May and you stand outside there Bingham Palace and the Man in the big Str and the big back stri stands what is your name please he said my name is yanle co and this is my wife Le oh yes Mr Coen you're expected and the the guard lets you in and you walk around and you see hundreds of people walking around the garden and as you're walking around they're serving sandwiches and mtic you're built up the mush in a beautiful way you're walking around the garden all of a sudden you see in the corner of your eye the other end of the corner you see her majesty the queen standing there and you move over to her and you move over to her majesty the queen and you mingle with her and maybe she turns around and she says to you hello good afternoon how are you and who are you and you talk to her for a minute and maybe maybe she even talks to maybe she even shakes your hand I don't know I don't know but you have a certain conversation with her majesty the queen and this goes on for about two hours and mat built it up in a beautiful way and then after about 2 hours one of the guards comes around with a bell and he brings the bell and you have to leave and after 2 hours you have to leave and you go out to the Garden that's the end of the garden party you come out and you know you sit down next few years at the shabas table and the people at your shab and you turn around and say yes I was at the Queen's Garden the Queen's garden party and everybody gets very excited about and what did you see there what did the Queen where how did she look and you talk about this and this is what the queen said to me and you go on and it's it's something to talk about it's a wonderful topic of conversation maybe at the shabas table you're talking about what happened at the Queen's garden party and then matis brought out the following point which is a beautiful point you should know as far as you're concerned everything that you said and did you remember every single word that you said and everything that you did in that 2 hours inside buckingam Palace in the garden party but one thing you should know for sure she will not remember one thing about you who you are what your name is what she said to you she has there's no possible chance that she will remember what she said to you or what was done in the party you will remember everything but there's no possibility whatsoever that her majesty the queen said remember anything about you at all it's not relevant at all and here's the point which he brought out which is a beautiful point when you stand in front of the almighty and you talk to him and you say you might well probably forget everything that you said 10 years ago you damed a certain sh you will not remember it but the almighty remembers every single thing that you said he will remember every word that you said and every articulation every element of word of coherence and eloquence that you said you will forget completely a prayer that you said 20 years ago and you he remembers everything isn't that what we say on that's an incredible thought you will forget everything but the almighty will forget nothing Her Majesty will forget everything you will remember everything and that's a beautiful point when you turn and talk to the almighty you should know you might forget but he will not forget anything he remembers everything nothing is forgotten do you remember that you stood I don't know 30 years ago and you stood on and you DAV with great cavana you don't remember that he remembers it and that's a beautiful point to Remember When person can turn about this like the said who am I to talk to the almighty and pray for he remembers it he remembers everything you said such a beautiful beautiful Nim here the Majesty will forget everything but Theon forgets nothing you will forget everything that you did but he doesn't forget a word at all and that's the enormous enthusiasm I think inspiration you can take from it what a beautiful Marshall there's the message don't give up every p time you say every time you say everything is remembered everything has a point nothing is forgotten by the almighty every effort every word that is said and if it's said with articulation it's said with a passion it's said coherently can you imagine the impression you make in sh and that's the great power of the Catalyst that we have we have to be ourselves with prayer especially from the beautiful Marshall of matis the Cathy works it makes an enormous impression M hasem next week we'll look at the point of the importance of reaction but on this week please remember the power of the catalyst is tremendous we must St them for the must for the hostages must for the the and all the people who are separated from their [Music] homes