Feeling Overwhelmed? This Torah Insight Will Change Everything - Charlie Harary

[Music] 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. [Music]