Ep 16: WHEN THERE ARE NO NATURAL MEANS FOR EFFORT TOSUCCEED, THERE IS NO OBLIGATION TO EXPEND EFFORT

[Music] welcome to episode 16 of our basaly series The baly now tells us an important principle continuing from the previous class that when a person has nothing to do then he shouldn't feel bad because he just it's not his fault he can't pay the work tax I'd like to read to you his words inside when a person has no intermediary to [Music] do he should not be discouraged by this he shouldn't feel down if the gates of have been closed he has now been uh he's now no longer responsible he's been absolved of his responsibility of and now all he needs to do is that means is giving us a new twist the man that has no ability to he can relax now as long as you have to do the work tax what should I do a man that has to that is fully able to work and and doesn't have a job should I try this should I try that what's my what happens if a person can't work he's stuck in bed and he can't work you're absolved of your of your tax therefore don't get down you're absolved of the tax and I have one of my favorite stories the brisar the grandson of the BET Lei that illustrates this it was during World War II bombs were falling and people were not sure what the safest place to be is should you remain in the house which is a larger area should you go to a bunker but if there's a direct hit it's all over and the brisar was contemplating he seemed very very nervous thinking back and forth like a difficult any difficult H question this is a question of P it's life and death and he's thinking and he's all Disturbed and he thinks back and forth he say I can't come up with a decision I don't know what to do and then suddenly he becomes calm he takes out his G and he starts to learn in his living room and the people is is I don't understand what's going on over here you don't know what to do and now you're calm and before when you had a possible way out you in a tizzy and he says as long as I had a responsibility of as long as I had to try to save myself and the people around me I had to put my effort forth and I was in a tizzy but when I know now I don't know what to do I've been absolved of all responsibilities now I can relax and the commentaries say when do we have the opportunity to say hey now I can relax I have no responsibilities anymore it comes once a week on Shabbat every Shabbat God says you have to make believe all your work is finished I'm not asking you it's a tax-free Zone on Shabbat there is nothing for you to do and that's the source of manat Shabbat that's the source of the relaxation on Shabbat all week long maybe there's something else I have to do I don't know it's very hard to know how much is I have to do Shabbat you have been absolved of and therefore sit back and relax have a wonderful day