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The Significance Of The 2024 Olympics To The Jewish People! - Rabbi Eli Karmel

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did you ever think about what it feels like to be a professional athlete and of course your biggest dream is to be able to compete in the Olympics and take home a gold medal and so you work your head off year after year until finally one day your coach tells you that you are now good enough to be able to compete in the Olympics and you are so excited it's a dream come true and they are going to have a ceremony Where They will announce the names of the athletes that are going to be representing your country in the Olympics and you go and you're waiting to hear your name but it never comes you're not on the list and you find out that your coach who's been coaching you all these years actually decided to cut you from the team and of course you're fuming mad and you run over and you confront him right away seriously how could you do this to me and he tells you look I've gotten to know you so well and I love you and I care about you so much that I don't want you to have to go through the insane physical and mental exertion that being in the Olympics demands and I think that you deserve to be able to just live a relaxing normal life like everyone else if this happened to you then you would obviously be fuming at the coach in fact he's a terrible coach because he's supposed to encourage you to reach your full potential because that is what's really best for you and what we need to realize is that when we go through incredibly painful and frustrating moments in our life and you may even start thinking seriously Hashem how can you do this to me don't you love me but you need to remember that on the contrary the only reason that Hashem is doing this to you is because he loves you so much and he is the best coach that you could possibly have and he wants you to be able to fulfill your potential like only he knows you can so the next time any painful happens in your life instead of getting angry just calmly look up and say Hashem Thanks for believing in me enough to give me the chance to compete in this incredibly hard Olympics because all you need to do right now is keep trusting that it's all from Hashem who loves you who's doing it for your best and then you will find yourself with a gold medal that is not just symbolic but is actually the key to a forever and ever of endless pleasure [Music]