VLK 15 - What’s so special about the Jew down the block?

there are people that wonder why in fact Hal dictates a hierarchy and an order in which we dispense our AA and our if the entire reason behind aav is is that we're all Heavenly nisham was placed in this world with a shared mission of spreading godliness and Holiness and we view each other as literally siblings stemming from the same Heavenly parent if that's the case then why should it make any difference whatsoever which Jew I put my emotional and physical energies into like aren't all Jews holy n shamas that need to be loved equally why should the neighbors on My Block come before the people in my town which comes before the people in my city which comes before the people in another city or another country a Jew as a Jew as a Jew as a Jew shouldn't we love all of them equally why should proximity have anything to do with the degree of love I have for another Jew why would anyone come before anybody else why does the Jew down my block come before the Jews in Caracus Venezuela they're just they're both Jews so there's a gar in b b which I think can shed some light on this the gamar is discussing a a sa which is a married woman who had an affair with another man and denies it and drinks a specific type of drink that if she in fact is guilty of being promiscuous she essentially explodes and the gor says that anybody who witnesses this site to blow up should become a nuer they should refrain from drinking wine and frivolous activities and the logic behind it is that the same way that more likely than not overindulgence and frivolous activities led to This Woman's inappropriate behavior so therefore we demand that anybody who witnesses her explosion should become a nuer now there's an obvious question isn't the person who witnesses the woman blow up the last person that would need such a reminder this man on his tour of the B MDES this simple guy who traveled from K who bought a day P pass to the B mikdash and he's carrying around his little turtle dove to bring on the m and he witnesses an extremely rare and dramatic and gory blowing up of a sa and her legs are falling off and her body is all over the place and her stomach is inflamed and her she's just lying in Blood on the floor don't you think he'll be shaking like a Lula do you think he'll be far more careful than the typical person in regards to act activate acting frivolously he should be the last person to need to become a nazer why does the terus say that specifically he should be a nuer while his neighbor back home who has pool parties all the time and is out about joying enjoying himself and is certainly not shy of indulgence whatsoever doesn't need to become a nezer how does that make any sense so here's an idea that I heard from Daniel bski he said you want to know why specifically the person in the B Mikes needs to become a nuer it's because it wasn't an accident that he was in the bikes that day it's because it wasn't an accident that he saw what he saw there is no such thing as a random [Music] occurrence that person didn't happen to need to go to theik and happened to go to the B mikdash that day and happened to be in the same room as a sa and happened to watch her as she blew up no of course not Hashem arranged for this guy to witness it precisely because he needs to work on himself in this regard precisely the man who witnesses the sa is the one who Hashem is screaming at to change his ways every single person you come in contact with every neighbor you have every camp counselor every chiropractor every dentist and roommate and classmate and barber every yid you meet and show is arranged by Hashem to be in your life because your Nish needs them and their Nish needs you and they were orchestrated by heaven to be in your life and you were orchestrated to be in theirs because Hashem wants you to help them and he wants them to somehow help you the reason the sh says that there are priorities for whom we doed for and give TOA two and have aava towards is because the people closest to you are closest to you for a reason because Hashem in his unbelievably unfathomable uncomprehended wisdom knows that our nishas need each other and for all we know that neighbor that you can't stand that just moved on your block that always takes your parking spot and always makes noise and has garbage all over his porch and never mows his lawn that very neighbor Hashem delicately arranged for him to specifically move to your city and your town and your block right next to you so that you can be his neighbor for you to love him for you to be kind to him for you to see the good in him the reason we put more emphasis on loving the people we know most is because the mere fact that Hashem put them in our daily lives is an indicator that he wants us to put focus on them that he cherishes our interactions and wants them to be filled with Harmony and peace and love for us to overcome our di differences and see the common Holiness contained in each of our souls there was once a yid named manah who decided one year that he was going to give this rashash Shana his very all he was going all out during doing he's going to cry he's going to sing he's going to coronate Hashem like hashem's never been coronated before and he makes all all the great preparations for the day and he goes to the mikah twice and he puts on his brand new suit with his new cuffing and his new shoes and he proudly marches into show and he walks over to his seat only to find that Yano the town nebuch decided to sit right next to him I cannot believe it man says of all people in the entire show I have to sit next to Yano he stinks he's loud he makes weird noises he shuckles in weird ways he wears shoes that were already out of style in the 1930s and the entire rashash is quieting Yano and he's frowning at Yano and he's telling everybody how unfortunate he is that he has to sit next to Yano and after rashash was over manah went to his rebba and his rebba said he he told his rebba he said I don't understand I did my very best I made all the right preparations I went to the mikah twice I learned all the words of daving beforehand why did Hashem let Yan ruin my Russ and the rebba stroked his beard and he turned to manah and he said my dear man you got it all wrong you think it was yanle who chose to sit next to you you think it was Yan who wanted you to sit next to Yan you're wrong it was hasem who wanted you to sit next to Yan because some years Hashem wants us to be MIM by daving and singing his praise and some years he wants nothing more than for us to be nice and loving to Yano your entire Russ of this year your your your is your way of being this year was unle and you blew it many of us at times are very much the same way we are busy with lofty world saving projects with grand Global International missions and yet we ignore the many many yles in our lives we have absolutely no idea why the world runs the way it does but we should at least know that we don't know we we should at least recognize that the people around us are not there by chance but are sent directly by Hashem for us to love them and beaz them and sheer them up and give them covet and see the spark that is buried deep inside of them Hashem sent them to us because somehow some way our nishas need them and their nishas need us the world might seem like it's filled with nothing but noise but upstairs that noise is music and there's a conductor leading it all and when you live your life sign by side with your friends and family and neighbors remember that that conductor knows exactly what he's doing and if you find that there's someone in your daily life you can bet your bottom dollar that he's there for a reason