Learn to Love a Little More and Hate a Little Less - Rabbi Shlomo Landau

tremendously asha hershey and all the people that are involved in kala tarakula for the incredible opportunity to share some inspiration and just a small thought that will hopefully uplift us during sarasota my phone rang it was a young fellow successful young fellow who was really getting closer to hashem and he said to me rabbi i want to ask you a question do you guys sell opening the ark opening the arm for an ela and i said to him actually we don't i said why are you asking he says because i want to buy it and i'm willing to pay good money i said i'm going to be honest with you we don't usually sell opening vrm for an ela how do you decide i said i try to find someone who maybe had a difficult year something was wrong in their home in their health and their livelihood and i figure listen opening nila is a great source it's a great merit let them open the arun for ila the closing prayer the closing feel of yom kippur and then hopefully that will have a positive impact while davin with more kavanaugh with more focus and concentration and just the fact that they're standing in front of the iron credits at this holy moment suspicious time hopefully we'll have an impact that's what i've been doing all the years this fell said to me would you be willing to sell it to me for the right price i said maybe i'd have to think about it i don't know let me think about it a little bit about 15 minutes later the fellow calls me back and he says rabbi what he goes i just pulled my car over because i'm so excited to tell you what i just thought of i said what do you just think of he says like this he says i'd like to buy opening the arm for naila and i'm going to pay top dollar for it i said i told you i'm not sure if it's for sale it goes i don't want it for myself i said so what do you want he says i want to buy it i want to have the merit of giving away the this incredible honest incredible keyboard of opening the arm for the ila to somebody who really needs it i want that school i want to have that merit he says it's a win-win okay it'd be great if i could have it i understand he says but the opportunity to sponsor that another jewish person who really needs something could have something very special in their life i think that's a beautiful thing rabbi is it a deal and i said i can't think of something more beautiful than that of course it's a deal so it's great i'm going to make a very substantial contribution find somebody who needs it give it to them let them open the our own i'll be in the crowd and i'll be happy knowing that i was able to help someone in a time of need and this is such a beautiful concept or idea and i think it's really important to think about this not during a series during rosh hashanah kipper the high holiday season drink l it's important to think about it now sukkas is over we're back into day to day grind we're back into regular life and we have to realize that the inspiration and the lift that we got during this period of time can't just dissipate it's important it's critical and it's crucial and this concept of this idea of thinking about other people being sensitive to other people not just thinking about ourselves is so important and it's ultimately what will carry us through this year let's each take a few minutes to try to think in our own lives how we can upgrade our benadryl very our interpersonal how we could start thinking about other people and not just thinking about ourselves and based on the veteran will give each and every one amazing upcoming year [Music]