You're Never Alone - Rabbi Tzvi Sytner

many people think that torah is a history book it's the history of the jewish people but the torah is no history book the torah is hashem god's instruction manual for our lives it was written by god which means to say that every single letter every single message is timeless that although it was written down 3 300 years ago it's a message that applies to my life today because god's outside of time and he knew that you wherever you are in the world are gonna need these messages thousands of years later so they all apply so when we read these stories we're not reading about a once upon a time here's what happened back then but a lesson that applies practically to your life today and i want to focus in on one of them it's a story of the jewish people going down to egypt and everybody focuses it on we went down to egypt we were slaves we came out but there's one fine point just before we go down where the almighty turns to yaakov to jacob and he says al-tiramir dam it's right don't be afraid to go down to egypt and the next pasuk says i'm going to go down with you [Music] and i am going to take you out every single person experiences going down to egypt at some point in their lives we all experience a very dark time maybe it was a time where you you faced a major major obstacle something in marriage something with your kids something with friends something with work and you went into a deep depression that was your mitralium at the time maybe it's something you struggle with on a day-to-day basis maybe it's something you're struggling with right now everybody has their time when they go into their mitzrayim this dark time but one of the most challenging parts of facing obstacles is thinking that we're facing it alone we all have to truck through those difficult times we have to push our way through but when we know we're not alone it makes it so much easier to persevere god's saying you're about to go down into egypt it's going to be scary it's going to be challenging it's going to be difficult but i want you to know one thing al-tira don't be afraid [Music] i'm going down with you it's a message that applies to every single one of our lives today you know sometimes i'm walking with my kids and they get scared and they want to hold my hand why do they want to hold my hand did it take away what was scary the challenge is still there the threat is still out there that big loud noise the scary thunder but when they're holding my hand they know they're not alone this is the message for every single one whatever challenge you're facing in life to know [Music] that the almighty says i'm going down with you i'm with you i'm with you in your pain whatever it is that you're struggling with the torah is our instruction manual for life it is not a history and the message here for our lives is to know that no matter what you're struggling with the almighty is there with you and you're never alone