I asked Rabbanim and Roshei Yeshiva How To Stay On Fire

[music] a Torah anytime original series. Over the last year, I've had the incredible to interview many leading Rabanim [music] and Rashi Shiva of our generation. And no matter who was sitting across from me, I always ended [music] the interview with the same question. How do we stay on fire in today's crazy world? in a world that distracts us and [music] exhausts us and can slowly cool us off. How do we stay passionate and connected and alive? And their answers were powerful and honest and real and every one of them carried a [music] spark. Here are some of the highlights because the world isn't exactly going to turn down its heat. So, we have to turn up the flame. Just in [music] in in closing, can you give aic for the hundreds of thousands of regular Jews out there who are just trying to be good people and make a living and live in [music] today's confusing world? Can you give them an piece of advice that would keep them on fire in their Yiddish guide throughout their lives? don't get distracted with all the other things but mantis grew in order they should remember in order they should be focused on doing the mitzvah [music] so I would tell people to get busy we need to be busy I started my own learning project recently it's mish changed my life the last you know year or so we need to be busy we need to be busy so we have to get busy with things we have to be busy with with [music] women busy with find shim Different people may talk to us, [music] you know, find shim that we like, find that we like, find projects that interest [music] us. We need to be busy with good things. Men busy with learning. We need to be busy with good things. If we're not busy with good things, I think it's inevitable. As Kazal tell us, we're going to end up with sin. We end up not feeling good about ourselves. Again, we should recognize who we are despite everything we've done wrong in the past. I just shared with my bak an incredible gamarra that it was who killed millions and millions of people and it's hard to say it over but it's a gamarra in g and in zum vase he became a gadic how he was accepted I don't know but he became a [music] gadic he became a yid and I think there's a godless onrain's part he should have said I [music] killed millions of people it's over kill yourself you can't it's forbidden okay so lock yourself in a room you can't he became a yin He didn't say, "I killed millions of people, so my life is over." We cannot take away the past. Certainly, most of us didn't murder anybody. We can't take away the past, especially we hurt hurt people. We could do chuva and Hashem is a lot of compassion, but there's the whole present and future, but we need to be busy. We need busy with doing good things. >> We don't live on an island. We live in our context. So, we have our family. We have our colleagues. [music] We have our neighbors. We have people that we meet when we travel. Krish is saying to you, [music] can you be a positive influence in their lives? [music] Can you be a light in their darkness? Can you smile and compliment people who are going through stress and going through anxiety? This is the call [music] of our era. This is what we have to focus on. That's what it's all about. So when Malashia comes, we can say we were there. We tried [music] our best for you. This is what it's all about. Foundation. Add on all those sprinklings and drippings and make it a Gishmaka Yiddish guy. [music] Sprinkle and make it come alive cuz that's what Baba wants. He wants you to know [music] there's something in Yiddish for everyone. There's something in for everybody. And you got to know it's got to be [music] but it is Gishm. You haven't found it yet. The quest continues every single day. It's not about [music] the destination. It's about the journey. And every year is on the journey. But keep that quest. Keep that [music] search going and find the people that are excited about Yiddish. Follow them, read from them, listen to them, talk to them, and keep that fire burning bright. And sometimes [music] the fire is going to end. Sometimes it won't be the same passion. It won't be the same verb. Say, "That's okay. As long as I'm constantly on that insatiable quest to get closer and closer to Vegas with this, that's the end goal and should give everybody to continue to enable and empower every single year to live [music] with. >> They need to they need to know that the amuna is compelling. If you if you use your SE and look into it a little bit, you're going to discover that it's that it's koi MS and the and there is no competition in the world. It is okay if your fire [music] is not burning every single day. Not, you know, if let's say one day you wake up and you say, you know what, I'm really not on fire. We're going to go to Shakras and we're going to learn and we're not on fire because that's life, you know, uh we try to [music] we we try to continually stoke the flames and don't get down on yourself if the flame is not burning at a particular time. You know, there ups and downs in life. There are though some techniques to ensure [music] a certain uh meaningful connection to Tyra a make sure you have a rub or revi that you're connected with because we're not computers. So when if you're just going to sit in front of a safer then you're just [music] taking in information. >> I don't want to say we're living in the worst times ever. God forbid. But I do want to say we're living in [music] probably more challenging time to be a Jew than in a lot of other times certainly in this country. In the other hand, we're also the beneficiaries of unprecedented [music] braha wants us wants us to connect with him. He wants us to to [music] reach out. He wants us to to be at shalom with each other. He wants us [music] to improve. Hopefully, if we keep those in mind, we'll we'll move away and we won't fall into the pitfall of uh of Hegelis. >> What I would say the of the nisha, the power that lies inside of us, we have no [music] idea how great it is. We deny our own potential. Each of us has explosive potential. [music] We have break out. Break break break out of those confines of the uh line that I'm not supposed [music] to go over. Do it. Don't worry. Learn it. You never learn. Don't worry about it. Learn it. You never experience the shabas. Go and experience shabas kabo like it's supposed to. When they're singing and dancing and you didn't join it, go and sing and dance. Break that line. Break through. Help out. Be a member of the of the clout. Know the potential that you have is tremendous. Hashbah. The great Rabbi said, "Every generation praises you. We praise Hashem. Shabbak. Life is tough because Hashem wants to bring out goodness in us that otherwise would not come without these challenges. But Hashem is ultimately a God of love. He loves every Jew. He's mak every Jew. Every Jew has a [music] purpose in the world. And when times are tough, speak to Hashem in your own words besides domining and besides [music] to him. In your own words, things are very rough for me. Can you help me? Can you give me the strength? Can you give me the insight? And although it's not likely you're going to hear Hashem speak to you, you're not going to hear it in that way. But I think you know you your heart will be lighter and you'll feel that you have the wherewithal to go ahead and do what you need to do. And that's also Hashem answering the prayer. Hashem is answering your by giving you that. So don't give up. Don't give up. Try to appreciate life. See the blessings even in the difficulties. And when difficulties come, always ask yourself, how can this make me a better person? And then you're taking the difficulty and you're making it a gift.