Tisha B'Av: The Master in Your Mind - Rabbi Yaakov Rachimi

[Music] recently in Tel Aviv are a beautiful country Israel there's a new group of teenagers that decided not religious teenagers a Jewish that decided to make a new movement that movement is that they're gonna go from store to store restaurants and cafes make sure they're open on Tisha B'Av and put a sign on the door you know like it says Help Wanted on the door open put a sign and oh we are open until Shabaab Africa so they interviewed this Jew that we love so much which is why it hurts which way I hurt you so much if it wasn't Jewish I wouldn't really care right because he's Jewish they asked him why are you doing this he's like what do you mean it's history who remembers the Potomac - who remembers this already they asked him what's the difference being this in the Holocaust which is Holocaust worthy comparing it's a few of not even 100 years ago bet thermic - is a history it's gone forget it bad all you religious Jews hvala this man like he said an article in Hebrew forget about it this hurt me so much and even why they printed this it just it was like a stab in the heart but the truth is bowtie the truth is unfortunately this is society there's unfortunately so many Jews like that and it's not their fault that is not their fault the problem is society that GUI we're in after the whole bar bottoming - it's almost 2000 it's not 2000 years if you want to calculate by the way how much the years of Oban you always take the number 69 and you - it the year of the glacier calendar so fryin have 2018 - 69 i already forgot because i'm fasting but I think it's 1949 or something that's the trick 1950 sums his 68 some to 69 our mayor mezuzah says the council 69 which - s 69 but he writes sometimes 68 the point is were so far away from the Havana atomic - and every year they were further and further away the more we get sucked into the Society of the GUI we never realize it we're so brainwashed that we don't reels were brainwash the opposite they think we're not normal the soccer club voted our vote says what's going to happen in Caruth is the Jews are gonna get pulled by the and by their society and but what they believe in so much which is physical desires which is running after kavod which is on running after money like maniacs do you how much an effect the mix in the juice Jews for them prior do you want is what Hashem priority to his money family it depends on the guy but priority want no matter what is family go emits sound like that what's party one for green money honor that's all they want physical you go ahead in the streets what are you here it's all about us us us physical pleasure physical pleasure but Jews were much better than that we're above that we weren't built for this you weren't built for galooby weren't built to be in the society for so long so we're getting destroyed by Jews Hashem is Priority One we wake up in the morning did we say money no we say Hashem we go to sleep T we say oh I mean money no we say how many meets what did i do today our focus has to be Hashem we have to keep our eye on the ball Hashem Hashem 24/7 little visit many from team cadets if you work if you learn all day I gotta learn so they also has to keep his eye on the ball you'll be surprised they'll be surprised learning all day you get you stir too you have to keep your eye on the ball which is Toa and you're not sure mind you're not Shum doesn't make a difference how a guy dresses what it looks like where you come from what countries from men women children everybody has the opportunity to serve a sham and get close to him the problem is in galoot which is where we are right now after human betterment - we're gaining barbar 24/7 but the wrong thoughts 24/7 all the time especially now with the internet it seriously it destroys it as Judaism it destroy a whole identity of who we are life of galoot and life of guellen-- it's not just a little more uncomfortable more comfortable it's two separate lives remember that two separate tracks let's say a guy wants to go home he goes in a train so he takes the wrong train station whatever it is uh Avenue C Q whatever it is in Brooklyn so you could go a little off track he stops on the next train station goes on the regular he goes home but if a guy takes the totally different direction he's not just a little out of the way he's going to separate directions every year after two Shabanov were closer and closer to going the opposite direction and that's a whole ban that's a whole ban that's something that we shall mourn for so for this Jew that we love so much to say what is it amor for that timing - is history it's an history it's we're living it every second of her life to see Jews not serving them just by that Jew even speaking is the biggest boob and that's enough to cry for people say what should we cry for what you unfortunately for somebody forgot is there's so many things to cry about Al Bundy I'm LeeAnn like molasses incidentally in the bank amnion was learning late at night and then he heard a woman the man says who lost her son that day so she was crying another night vo vo she was crying can imagine the pain a bond can be unheard of crying and then I reminded him the whole barn bad timing - the destruction the betterment - instead of crying and crying his Tommy Dimas students tell us he cried so much that the next day his eyelashes fell out that's how much she cried the tourm rabbi we can't keep you in this neighborhood next to this lady we gotta move you said you can host a different board and they moved in the masses they moved at a Tiffany board why cuz you just cried too much so the question is asked why did I bang him and when you heard this woman cry why does it say instead of crying but the Potomac - just say is that a crying winter for her pain you hear a tragedy is somebody crying you cry with him for his pain a reminder of his bad timing - why you know why cuz AB and give me a new that all the tragedies that we have in our generation I don't wanna count them it's so sad all the tragedies what's the core what's the source of all tragedies the fact that we don't have the bed to make that and then you ask water be more for what's so hard unfortunately - more and there's so much things to mourn for all that sort I have friends unfortunately don't have kids yet it pains me it hurts I wish it was over babies hostage - um you see you look at the news they're passing away in the cribs cancers I have a few friends already passed when cancer just a year ago Siddiq ten children and learn with them an afternoon passed away from cancer you think that doesn't hurt it hurts we want it to be over then he asked what is it I'm worn for what do you crazy or something what is it it mourn for and that's physical tragedies what about spiritual tragedies which is worse there's a big city killing community the same as I Spitzer I think he runs bare a girl or something - school and once at the school to drive them from Brooklyn to Queens and he survived the Holocaust he can say this if you're not a Holocaust survivor it's better to be quiet when it comes to a Holocaust but he's a Holocaust survivor second quarter he said that he survived the Holocaust and told me scary stories that he went through scary stories be told me Yakov let me tell you something in this generation it's even worse than a Holocaust there's such a spiritual Holocaust around us in America it's the saddest thing in the world there's destruction everywhere just open up your eyes even if you open up your eyes that fortune we got so used to this whatever is not normal became normal whatever is normal became not normal you told to be religious looking as if you're crazy it's a saddest thing in the world and it hurts why because the Jewish they're our brothers we want them to enjoy life the way we enjoy life and really the surface cover to avoid said this is gonna happen he said you can have human beings Jews that are gonna make the stomachs into gods you know what that means Vietnam Elohim you said you know what that means that means it gonna be so into food some of the physical desires they're gonna worship the stomachs and they're gonna make man Bashar him oh ah they're gonna make the clothing in Tortola what does that mean fashion is their life fashioned politics respect money all day 24/7 like maniacs all day long but let me tell you a secret about taya I'm sure you all knew this I'm just reminding about it Hashem told us one thing and we as Jews know this may the don't know this but we Jews know this there is no greater enjoyment in this world but getting close to whoever thinks otherwise is a fool and he's in the wrong business that's it there's nothing better they're getting close touch them our focus should be learning Torah doing me thought getting closer and closer and closer touch them a person who uses eyes uses as energy for money all day long money money money money or fashion or clothing or food and all day long he's wasting his energy except taking a guy that's a genius in his mind he can run a whole office in the city he can invent so many things you take him you put him in the ice-cream truck it's a waste of brains waste of energy waste of potential you could have been millions of dollars I was in an ice-cream truck don't fool yourself appetite it's not exaggerated every single Jew every single Jew no matter where he came from no matter what he did in his life no matter who his parents are he has such potential he has so much energy he could do so much for the world he could do so much meets foot and toe ha if he uses his energy to go make money that's a waste it's a waste of time energy effort what a waste of good brains everybody should go work a McDonough son there's no question about it that's not your priority priority is Hashem that's Priority One if a person plans a vacation and everything works out the rent-a-car the hotels the flights everything works out but let's see doesn't find out if there's a mean ya know if there's a group of ten people die Venetia feet there if he still goes there I'm sure he's a good person but for him that's a proof Hashem is not priority one if Hashem is priority one what are you doing if you're not gonna go donphan like a normal person why are you going let's see he plans the whole vacation but he knows he can't watch his eyes when he goes there we're not watching the eyes is the worst this effect could not tell us then one of the main panes of prisons gonna have ft passes away in under 20 the main panes when they pulled in a sham out of the body the main pain comes from shmita and I'm a fellow callouses she may about 10m is that just a classy dude that's an extra thing it's life and death shemail 10m it's a very very very dangerous thing the person took so much his eyes he's gonna sin he watches his eyes guarantee within one week he's in a lower and lower lower aesthetics of sinning there's no question about it so if a person plans the whole vacation he's all proud of it and he does he could come to his mind wait a minute what's wish me a latte and I'm what about watching my eyes if that person still goes there Hashem is not prior do you want that's a problem that's something to mourn about the fact that Jews wake up in the morning and then I keeping Shabbat I know we got used to it but that's something the morning but that's a whole bond that's a spiritual tragedy that we have why because the bed a mikdash was destroyed and the more and more were further away from the destruction vitami - the more we gonna get seeped into the gooey Hurricane Rita tells us that ashaming of the world in three stages you have been a hot all the way on the right and animals are all about physical pleasure it's all about this world the only take and take and take then you have human beings which is us then you have angels which is only spirituality only no commute they have no physical pleasures Sassicaia Vittal a human beings job in this world is to always stay in middle always not to be too spiritual because if you can be to spiritual then you're not gonna get married you're not gonna need someone a show wants you to do it she wants you to be physical but spiritual at the same time that's what the challenge is but at the same time you can't be too physical you can't get too pulled into too much world desires and I hardly think about spirituality but unfortunately the more we get pulled away from home about timing - the more we get pulled into the right into the animal section but I if you don't realize it that's a problem that's something to mourn about so how can you ask for this in your interview what is it I'm worn it out show me our zone some should get it outta here as soon as possible so for now on when you do that if you look I'm sure when I says look at the Mazzoni we said Barnea what shall i am we're always saying to finish and build the betterment - what about me - for now on the feeling shouldn't just be out of crying it should be out of desperation Hashem get us ahead of here we don't want to be here house Jews could do so much more but was so limited when we realize who we are as Jews and where we are that's when you realize what is it - more about when you realize the vast difference between where we're supposed to be and what we can do where we live then you get a real is just so much to mourn about now Haddam so fell and in late seventeen hundreds when they took down the walls and the gates whatever it is to let the Jews start interacting more with the in business and education all the Jews were happy of course can I get the more business more money more education you can grow that um so fail was crying and crying they had some ran but why are you crying says you don't understand imagine a person is behind bars and it's all dark all scary and lonely he always hopes one day someone to come take him out then one day a guard comes he sees a light opening and it's like oh I'm gonna get out and then the guard comes in and he puts the table a chair and the match and then he closes the door back again is that guy behind this I'm not gonna start crying yes because until now you thought there's hope maybe I'm gonna leave but now that he gave him a mattress he knows he's here for even longer says the khatam so fail so to with us so - with us the more we get comfortable the more things get worse and worse and worse because we're known it's gonna be over we hope it's gonna be over very soon let me finish off with this hope that was enough of my wife but let me finish off with this every year when I see juice fasting I know it's ready to end the fast at such a kedusha tion I'm telling my feelings it's a major major condition it means so much tension for Jews after so long of suffering and after such a disgusting Society and they're still fasting at the shaba of at the heat outside not eating for 90s meat sitting on the floor not showering fresh cuisine not shaving for some spotting for us to do this you know mature means - I'm never ever ever undermine it don't underestimate it means so much tension the great Napoleon like the chief rabbi just mentioned we've mentioned so much time didn't even should become a rapper here something that coin the great Napoleon when he was going from country to country he went through Israel and he saw Jews sitting and crying it's a famous story he asked one of his Savion one of his ministers why the Jews crying she's like okay I'll get back to you he comes back to the Napoleon and he tells him the crime because someone destroyed the temple Napoleon says ok Tommy who destroyed it and where he lives I'll go knock the guy out they told the new Tony Paulino who 1,700 years ago we never met the guy who I know where it was we never saw the grandparents of Assad Napoleon said Wow a nation that can cry over stone and wood and something they never saw 1700 ad I have no doubt they're gonna come back and see the Potomac - there's no doubt about it and really Napoleon I have deal was me - tomorrow the Gemara lease doesn't I need the command says called amitabh le Rochelle I am so heavy for a Basilicata whoever mourns over the destruction of bitumen - merits to see the rebuilding the betterment of the world so head over in Hebrew is the Sun hava not hey over here doesn't say geese care very rare Basilicata and says okay virgo air present as if it's happening right now question is it's not happening right now say whoever it mourns about - me - will merit to see there open the building - not as if you're seeing it right now answers our great leader that we love so much - Monica hum about yourself is that Siddiq of leadership aha that just by Jews fasting 1700 years later sitting on the floor after such a bad society after so much ambushes that we have around us just for us to still do this is the biggest proof that we're already building the Potomac - so it's happening right now so have a ball air biscuit ads happen in Kearney bear us fasting we're ready building the betterment - right now this second do you know how much it means to him to do this it means so much every Jew EV is listening to submit don't ever ever underestimate every meet sabe do you know private I'll ask their visa he asked their result though what does it make a difference ultimate so that I do why because if the greatest said he came a thousand years ago the smallest neshama the smallest soul then was bigger than the biggest Nishimura in my generation so why would I make a difference if I do Mitzvah oh I have either good Act why would I make a difference because I'm still no matter was smaller than a gana generation before their Wiesel answered him such a beautiful answer such a fundamental answer and if you take it with you for life it's a life changer he tells them it's not about quantity or higher veto it's about quality it depends and at times do you live in one Mitzvah that we do in our generation can mean a thousand meets wottingers before one act do we do can you imagine how masks are we get how much in each station for us to fast in this generation you know how much it means I'm gonna tell you a quick Machado from session Pincus is executor of a car he says when you go to a wedding you have circles and circles of people dancing you can't really tell who's the closest to the person who's making the simcha who's the coton who's the groom was the prior you can't tell why how do you join a party take a cup of wine beer you eat and you join it's very easy you crash the party right you crash weddings does anybody ever hear do you crash a mourning house a bit event nobody crashes a bit of it nobody just goes into her morning's house who goes to mornings as long I know someone who's the closest who cries someone is the closest says her shishun Pincus every during our generation at such hard times every Jew that keeps the Jewish calendar and it keeps Pesa Sukkot Pulliam Hanukkah all the happy holidays of course it means a lot but something because proof that you so close tension because everybody could join a party but when it comes to tea Shaba have a Jew who fast a Jew has bad breath at 6:30 I read in the afternoon all these Jews that's the biggest proof that your clothes touch them that's the biggest thing I yeah that your clothes - it means so much that Shem my biggest Tana is because I love juice so much biggest Anna is if nothing is more enjoyable in life than serving a Shem that we should be running after toll of EMI amaldi if Hashem who created all the enjoyments in the world it tells us that the most enjoyable thing is getting close to him who are we to argue who's the fool that would get up and argue the world is so foolish it's something to mourn about it's something to cry about whoever can help whoever is listening whoever can help spread to a lot to other people whoever can share the wealth don't keep the happiness to yourself walking around with a badge and say I'm RELIGIOUS and I want you to be religious be proud of it hold on to the trophy pass it on to your children shoulder to see right through us they know what our goals are what is not I'm going to finish the story tour anytime cause I think basically I'm leaving one minute finish with this story there was a big civic who passed away who lived in the ocean I am big Sadiq he said you know why I became at the Minister Haman especially the woman listen okay you know why I became at the minute of ham because of my mother why when I was a child none of my family members really learning Torah and the people around the Orlan taught us so much he lived in he was slime in the old city they had no money his parents but his mother saved up money every week and when she got enough money she went to the kiosk she went to the market and she bought him a bag of candies and he actually said specifically what candidum is that means he remembered eighty years later it was those sesame cannons with the honey it's persian of turkish candies i don't want to talk about too much right now but that's the candy that she bought for her son and she hid it and she will give it to him everyday came back from learning towashie told him my child I respect the fact you learn to odd don't tell your other brothers but here's the candy this boy says it gave him such pizu it's showing that his mother cares so much it gave him such a boost to keep on learning and learning and learning do you know who that boy was he could be shocked do you know what that boy was Mantha how about yourself is that so difficult - oh haha can you imagine how much Tova he spread how much people's lives changed why because he saw what his parents priorities are what are their goals in life what's their values life in Gulu - that about timing - and life in the gulag with the bottoming - is not just a little more uncomfortable comfortable as two separate tracks entities ambitions the values of different goals are different there's a lot but I unfortunately there's a lot what what to mourn about but at the same time there's a lot what to be happy because we do so much us do so much fasting but we should go and we should share the wealth teach all the people - why you'll be surprised how much can you do a few years ago I read an article about this guy in Manhattan he decided must have used a million dollars but he said you know what I'm not gonna go get 200,000 300,000 400,000 I'll go from one guy to one guy asked for $1 I reach out he went from one get to one guy just give me a dollar if you wanna be part of this million dollar club another dollar and dollar a few is later you got ten million dollars now everything that everything is you have to go to the big guns to spread to a lot of people make a mistake they think they have to be torn in time Kazakh bag of yeah they don't have to be such big guns you know if the only Shiv I have a : you could just say devout - ha once the day you anyways talk on the phone all day say one photo ah what is it gonna hurt you see a guy in the training guy on the bus say one for TOA one inspirational story give your wife a compliment three times a day I'm talking to myself three times a day you know what you can accomplish one good word - I'll tell them I'm proud of you that you learned Torah when we get to 120 visit to Shem you can have piles and piles of soil it meets fault and we taught and we're gonna accomplish what domum says if I meets what giemon how do we know a person really loves a Shem not a person just says all day I love a sham I love a sham no how do we know our person really loves a Shem it's a person that goes and spread toe ha a person who spreads tawa and teaches all the people that's the biggest food loss - my cuz when you love something what do you do you share with other people you go around you tell the people about it that's the biggest proof you love a chef salad battalion we're really are building the bed timing - but I was fasting we're already building the bed timing - but you want to build them more and more and more how do we do it go spread till I tell you kids haven't she appreciated learnt a lot women push your husbands to go learn and tell him how much she appreciated men tell a woman how much their PC Linnaean go learn and business life - and we should have the Google album a minute [Music] [Applause]