If He Wants it so Badly | Rabbi Avrum Mordche Malach

About 150 years ago, in one of the Jewish villages, there were two big, big, rich people, millionaires. And they used to call them the Barons, the Baronim. So let's say one of them was called Baron Weiss and the other one Baron Schwartz, yeah? Black and white. The Baron Weiss was a big Talmid Chacham. The Baron Schwartz was a big Am Haaretz, he didn't know nothing. He didn't even know how to read, nothing. Once a year, Baron Schwartz comes to Shul. When is it? Yom Kippur. The rest of the year, you never saw him in Shul. It's Yom Kippur in the morning, between Shachris and Krias Hatorah, and here the Gabai stands by the Bima and is starting selling all the Aliyos. The Aliyos from the morning, then the Aliyos for Mincha, Maftir Yona, and then comes the Aliya from Psicha D’Neilah. We all know Psicha D’Neilah, when we open the Aron Kodesh to Neilah. Baron Weiss right away says, $10,000 for Psicha D’Neilah. Baron Schwartz hears that. $15,000. Baron Weiss: 20. Baron Schwartz: 25. Baron Weiss: 30. It went up to $100,000. And here Baron Schwartz made it. זכה לו. Baron Schwartz, you have Psicha D’Neilah. Musaf is over and Baron Schwartz comes over to the Gabai. Could I ask you a question? Yes. Tell me, what is this Sichah, whatever, I don't know even how you pronounce this, Neela, Cheela, Cheela, Sicha, Sicha. What is this all about? He says: What? You're asking about Psicha D’Neilah, what this is? You bought it. You don't even know what you're buying? He told him: Gabai, listen one thing. I know my friend, Baron Weiss. He is a businessman. If Baron Weiss was ready to pay 20,000, 30,000, 40,000 for Psicha D’Neilah, I need it. I don't know even what it is, but I know one thing. If Baron Weiss wants it so badly, I have to have it. Rabosai, we'll never know till Moshiach’s day what we gain from every Shmiras Einayim, what רושם it makes, up in Shomayim, what Nachas Ruach we do, we can never know that. But meanwhile in Galus, we could only say one thing. If the Yetzer Hara wants it so badly from us, he's a businessman, he knows what he wants. He is a Malach, he is up there in Shomayim. When we see what a fight he gives to take away our Shmiras Einayim, we can say one thing. If Baron Weiss wants it so badly, it's worth to fight for it.