Surrounding Ourselves with Righteous People - Rabbi Michael Hoenig

teaches us a very crucial lesson he tells his beloved nation what is hashem your god request of you [Music] that you should have fear of hashem your god and the kumar brachus expound on this passage tells us everything's in the hands of heaven everything's in the control in the domain of hashem except for yiracha mayan except for fear of heaven that's in our domain we need to establish and foster yura chamaya and how do we know this because of our post action what does hashem your god request of you you're at hashem that you should fear hashem your god the gemara goes on and says having fear of heaven milton zutrusahi it's a small matter it's so easy so simple we know it's very difficult it's a lifelong of work of dedication it's a small matter it's all we need to do and the gemara replies in yes who recited this pasuk it's a small matter it's an easy matter to have here at shamayim so many people ask how do we understand this gemara of course for moshe rabbanu it's easy to attain you're a chimayan he was the greatest prophet that ever lived he brought down the lucos this is moshe rabbenu of course by him it's easy to attain here at him but what about us how are we supposed to do it so the dubna magic says something so beautiful it says look at the gemara it says yes when you are next to a moshe rabbenu it's easy to have your chimayan moshira bainu his whole avodah mahus was your chamayang when you were in his sphere it was easy to have your mind he influenced you he showed you the great way this is such a valuable lesson we need to ensure that we have people in our lives that we surround ourselves with people that have year after mine great rabbanim sadiq holy people make sure we're in their sphere surround ourselves by them because when we're in their orbit it influences us it inspires us it shows us a greater way so as l is creeping up it's time to have a reality check and ask do we have people in our lives that ever are overflowing with your chimayam and if not we gotta seek them out find them have communication with them learn by them and basrata hashem they'll influence us to have you at shamayim as well