Putting the Yuntif into Chol Hamoed - Rabbi Shlomo Landau

describe things more often than not they're very level headed and almost never too extreme but there is one extreme sentence one statement in the gemara which is a little concerning the gemara says that kalam avaza samaya does if a person disgraces particularly it's as if they served avoidazara and what's remarkable is that gemara learns about a pesach a person should make sure not to construct avidazara idols and immediately after that it says so we learned that if a person is not shy and explains it means it's as if they serve the vaidazara now between me and the lamppost that's kind of harsh i mean if a guy is not so careful calling light it's like they worshipped idols i could think of a lot of things in jewish observance that are a lot worse that should be conservatively zara than a guy who's not so careful with calm night perhaps just perhaps i'd like to suggest something perhaps we can take a psychological step back for a moment and look what happens leading up to pesach and the first days of pesach almost a month of strong preparation cleaning the house so many expenses and then finally pesach comes and so much avoid on the first days beautiful avoid uplifting available the late siddharam separates mitsrayam kizzaism so much investment and then morning rolls along and a person could say ah time to let my hair down time to relax a little bit but look what i invested in the last month or so look how much financial investment i paid to be able to have yountif rabbani shalom i'm sure you'll be okay right now if this becomes khal i won't forget it's the might but it's going to become it'll become like a regular day and i'll party hardy says the rebender shalaylam you're making a very big mistake because chalamet is 100 yacht if this is a big misconception if you look at halacha they permitted certain types of work certain but in essence it's a day of yanta and it's an opportunity for a person to focus and elevate when they're not working they're i guess you could say more regular days into holier and loftier days it's a time to learn with our children it's a time to dive in with more kavanaugh to feel this impressive maybe in not such a pressured environment but not to prioritize and say you know what i decided that today is a day of recreation and a day of vacation and therefore the same way that i served your banished along the first days i'm also going to decide that this is my experience that's a dangerous thing to do because that's what avoid azar is available prioritizes what's important and what's not it decides the authority and it's not a good thing for a person to mess with so my point here is not so say anything wrong about claudius oh we're great and we're holy but that each and every one of us should take a step to turn our khala maid into much more maid than khal to use as an experience for our family to grow to come closer touchdown perhaps without all the avoid the pressures and at the same time to enjoy and prioritize the things in our life that are kudish that are holy so we ask [Music] help us have kedusa in these days of hamad and in hashem that will bring bracha to the rest of the year