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I once saw a beautiful idea in a book
from Abincion Schaefer. One of the most
famous stories in Torah is a story of
Noah. The world descended into
depravity. Hashem needed to start again
and told Noah, I'm bringing a flood.
Noah has to build an ark that's going to
save him and the animals and start
again. And the says,
"So this is how you should make it.
300 Amos by 50 Amos by 30 amos. Now when
you read the PK when I read the PK that
like I know that sounds about right like
I don't know like what's an amma I can't
convert amos in my head it's like
skullum like you ever like go to a store
in Israel you're like how much for a
Coke they're like 80 scholum you're like
I don't know that must be about right
like we have no idea. So we read the
puzzle again like we just go to the next
puzzle like must be big. But let's put
into context this measurements is about
1 and 1/2 football fields. It's about
one and a half acres. It's not that big.
The Bronx Zoo has 4,000 animals and it's
265 acres. This TVA has tens of
thousands of animals and it's an acre
and a half. It's impossible. Well, this
is not my question. This is question.
Well, he says
it would take 50 and that still wouldn't
be enough. But then he says again, but
why did he even do it this way? Hashem
could have
he could have had them walk on water or
fly in the sky. Like why did Hashem make
it so hard? Do you ever wonder that
question in life? Like why put me in
challenge? Why put me in Ta? Why do this
for like if you're there Hashem just
make it easy? And there gives us a line
that explains one of the most important
aspects of what it means to be a Jew and
connect to Hashem. Here's what he says.
Because the way of Torah, the way of
Hashem is to command someone to do
something for that person to use
everything he's got in a natural way.
You ever confront a tya, a challenge,
something and look at and go, it's
impossible. You know what is saying?
Yeah, I know. You give him everything
you got. And here's what ends. Listen to
this. So, you know what's lacking?
Hashem says, "You do your best. You know
what's lacking? I will fill it in with
miracle." And if you look throughout our
history, you will see again and again.
Hashem puts us in scenarios that are
impossible. Yamsuf and a malle and
taking on Kanan and conquering Kanan and
Kaneka and Porum and go story after
story, miracle after miracle. You will
see that it's the same exact scenario.
Hashem takes people and says, "Yeah,
it's impossible. What are you going to
do?" And when we go forward giving
everything that we got for what we can
do, Hashem shows up and makes it last 8
days and has us beat the nations and
gives us mud and splits the sea. Does
all these things after we've given
everything we've got. In life, we're
confronted with challenges and we
dismiss them because they seem
impossible. The next time you're in a
challenge and it seems impossible, go
that seems just about right. My job is
to give everything that I got. And I
know yashlim benise. A Jew never asks
could I, a Jew asks should I. I want to
be a conduit of Hashem's miracles. And
the way I do that is I go forward with
everything I got. You do your best and
the Kuresh will end in a miracle.
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