Joy of Purity | Yaakov Shwekey

First of all, I would like to say it's such a big zchus to speak to the Vayimaen group and to be a part of this this mission. Not too long ago, I had a job. It was a very modern party, and in my contract it says that you have to have a Mechitza and we have to have the men and women dance separately. And my time came to sing, and like 15 minutes before, the person came to the place, told me, you know, you have 15 minutes to come sing. And I said: Okay, did you make sure that there is a Mechitza there? She looked at me and she said: This is not a party where we're going to introduce Mechitzas. It's not really the place. They're used to it. They’re many years making big parties and they're not going to change it. They’re not on that level. And I said: Listen, first of all, as you know, that's the agreement. Secondly, you'll see that the Simcha of doing the right thing will be even greater. We were back and forth. At the end, they put out a Mechitza. I came out to sing. I'll never forget seeing the parents afterwards and the family, and seeing the glow on their faces. All the Rabbonim got up and everybody was comfortable to do the right thing. And afterwards, he sent me a whole message, the father of the Simcha. And he said: I've had many parties before and I’ve spent a lot of money on parties. But when you came out and you sang the right messages and we put a division between the men and the women, and all the rabbis came in and everybody started to just close their eyes. We did a whole Kumzitz there. I'll never forget it. He says: That was the greatest investment I've ever made. And he, even him, after many years, of just, you know, going with the flow, that's how he grew up, his friends didn't have Mechitzas, but all of a sudden, you do one thing and you try to do the right thing. It's hard sometimes, but then you see the results, even in this world. The Schar in Olam Haba is beyond. But even your Olam Hazeh becomes elevated, and the Simcha becomes such a Simcha of Tahara. And we came out, we said, you know what? It was difficult. We did it to Kiddush Shem Shomayim. So it just goes to show you that when it's difficult and you do the right thing, I saw it in music, I see it in this topic, as well, we're presented with tremendous opportunities in this very daunting generation, full of Internet and full of everything on your fingertips. But you have an opportunity. Let's take that opportunity and elevate ourselves, all of us, and we'll see the משיח צדקנו, .אמן ואמן