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okay my friends let's learn a little bit
today as I mentioned Last Week Tonight
Shear is going to be a little bit up
there but the the the takeaway is very
very impactful for our lives we have the
Camu this week we the sea split where
Hashem said to mosha stretch out your
hand over the sea and the water will go
back upon Egypt upon its chariots upon
its Horsemen mosa stretched out his hand
over the sea and toward morning the
water went back to its po as Egyptians
were fleeing toward it and Hashem
churned Egypt in the midst of the sea
the word power in Hebrew
isan is
strength the medish which is not unusual
learns the word aano when you flip
around the letters that it spells out
the
word which is aai is a condition let's
see the Medan Source too yadan said the
Holy One Blessed Be he made a
stipulation with the sea that it would
one day split before Israel thus it is
written in toward morning the water went
back
Leto which may be interpreted as though
it read L to its stipulation meaning to
stipulation that God had made with it
and here R explains in Source number
three the Z numerous MIM compare the
word aano it's power which oh it's
precondition during creation hasem
imposed a precondition on the sea that
when the time came for Israel to cross
into the sea of reeds it was so overcome
it was to overcome its normal rules of
behavior and the waters were to split
let's put this into English once Hashem
created the world everything goes
according to Nature
Nature however I am building into the
world certain times that we can what
break break those rules and now at the
splitting of the sea this is one of
those times the MIM have an obvious
question on this metc where do we find
that the Kish is hinting that it
listened to this condition I would have
thought that it would hint to it when
what when the water splits but we don't
find it when the water splits we find it
when the water what comes back and
that's the question we have
in then it would make sense that the
water what the water split according to
the stipulation that three Shalom hat
why do we find this when the water comes
back and that when the water is
split so I want to mention a few um
possibilities just that we could be
intellectually honest and present them
and tonight we'll do something unusual
I'm only looking at one approach and the
one approach will have we'll see has a
number of aspects to it we're to look at
one approach tonight and that is just to
offer a number of ideas we'll do this
briefly because I came late my Yan beta
notes that you can only have a condition
was something I'm doing five and six
with something that both parties
understand the terms of the condition
which means that for the sea to split it
has to understand the idea and again I'm
talking we're using metap fors
yeah understanding that there's an idea
called Miracle the sea really works
operating on the world of natural so
really the tiai the condition can't be
in the splitting which is Supernatural
it has to be in the return which is
natural and rashab said that's why it's
interesting it's something to point out
that when you take a look at the
Shir Isel do not really praise Hashem so
much for the splitting you have
one you have one person describing the
splitting the whole sh is about
what because the Jews also only
understand what the world of nature the
world of nature is that water is going
to
what churn is a good word but to have it
split that's something that even the
Jews it's hard for them to what to to
Fathom to comprehend another approach is
found in the Tas in number seven that
for the sea to split it didn't need a
condition sure you want the sea to split
great ah you want the see to come back
wait a second are the Jews any less or
let's rephrase it are the Egyptians any
less righteous than the Jews why should
we go back on the
Egyptians for it to split they had no
problem for it to go back back suddenly
they said whoa no no no you have to
listen that was the condition that it
would what it would go back good now
let's start with our one approach for
tonight and again my friends get your
parachute ready cuz we're going to
what we're going to fly but I'm I'm I'm
assuring you that we're going to what
we're to
land hopefully
tonight in all Goods
at the same time my friends what we're
going to discuss tonight orbe it sounds
very philosophical and up there it's
really really ABCs so let's start Source
n theha quotes the following idea and he
says hasem created a world something
from nothing
you see we say this in our
ding Hashem just didn't create the world
one time he continuously creates it so
if even for Nano second God
would not be you know infusing life
force into the world what would
happen goodbye we would
evaporate isn't that a comforting
thought so if I understand that all of
creation is around because Hashem has
willed it to be here so now I understand
and when Hashem told the sea I want you
to stand as two pillars at that moment
the metc says that not only did the
water in the sea split what water split
all the waters in the world split right
here it split into two why because
Hashem now said there's going to be a
new world order and the New World Order
is water is
split which means he says that now for
water to return which we said is natural
of course water goes back no there needs
to be a separate command to say that the
wat should what return because as of now
all Waters from now until the end of
time have a new property and that is
what split so now it's only when it is
going
back we have a new world order where
Hashem says okay now everything's going
to what come back the end of
this below our original question why
only now when it goes back and not when
it's split which is
also the answer is it's obvious to
everybody when the sea splits
it's God commanding it it's less obvious
when the water comes back that this too
is what the will of God and therefore in
order to emphasize that this is the will
of God as much as the
splitting we have this TIY or this hint
to the TIY found here
what to show was also Mir right exactly
right like the naos OFA to show us the
war is also a miracle this is showing us
that uh the splitting was a miracle
let's talk about this in a philosophical
construct Rabbi tat World
mask Source number 11 he says we can
gain access to the spirit spiritual
world only through the mask of the
physical and the world of nature hides
the spiritual does this by appearing to
be self-sufficient running reliably
along the same track with reassurance
predictability intrinsically however a
miracle is no more wonderful than the
natural and he brings our story here why
he says was it necessary for mosha raenu
to stretch out a staff over the sea to
bring back the waters to the original
natural position it should have been
that as soon as the Jewish people
crossed over what should have happened
it would automatically have come back
and he answers to split the sea an Act
was necessary that was miraculous nature
had to be set aside but surely as soon
as je people were safe the need for the
miracle is over and nature should have
reasserted itself and the answer is that
nature is miraculous no less than its
rarest exceptions which means for the
see to manifest in the way that we're
used to seeing it which I.E means that
it's what flowing is no less the
expressed wish and manifestation of the
Creator than the once in history
splitting of the sea the only difference
is one we're used to and one we are not
used
to and he describes that the word for
nature is the word tea in 12 tea is
related to the word to boa which means
to
drown Nature has us drowned into an
insensitivity that we think that
everything is going to happen in a
predictable
way te is also the root of another word
called Mata and in Bor coin where you
clearly see the stamp of God my friends
this is
our challenge
how do we look at the world do the eyes
of leit boa to drown same old or MATA in
embor coin and here rabad speaks about
different levels of perception let's
take a look at a few of them the lowest
level and note this is the lowest level
in 13 is a person who's clearly aware of
hashem's existence he davens intensely
but his understanding of the world is
that exists as an entity separate from
Hashem of course now Hashem created the
world and he controls it he can override
the natural cause and effect of the law
of nature but if he does not
specifically override nature then you
know what happens it goes on its own
when this person davens his prayer is
usually phrased as and if we're honest
with ourselves my friends we can hear
familiarity in this let it be God for
example has I need to be in a certain
place at a certain time and I know that
many things could prevent my being there
after all I cannot control all the
variables like the stuck car on the one
just now right that must coincide in
order for me to be there then therefore
Hashem please let it
happen in this person mind the world
functions according to its laws and most
planned events have a reasonable chance
of occurring but you know what other
things can get in the way so when I dve
in what we're really saying is Hashem
don't interfere just allow nature to
what to take its course and then if
nothing comes in the way I I I'll get
there on
time now obviously we have a problem
with this and that is in 15 we see
Hashem is being outside of nature in
control of course Supreme of course but
outside and separate
nonetheless and we're trapped into a
false perception of the world he has
accepted the routine of nature as
evidence said self-sufficient and solid
Nature has drowned him I just mom had
this conversation today where uh I had a
family member who was experiencing um
Vision issues with a migraine headache
which was a little bit
um disconcerting it was a very good word
so I called up a friend of mine who's a
nurse who has a heart of gold and she
starts giving me all these medical uh
blah blah blah I don't know the names
yeah telling me why this could happen or
that could happen what this could cause
the that I stopped her I said there's
reonal shalum in the world he has
decided to what to bring on this
headache you're right we have to do what
we have to do and we have to look at the
causes that may have brw it but let's
start with the Rono shalum has brought
the following situation okay now that
we've established that we can now talk
the medical terms you know what I'm
saying like we forget am I making any
sense but why but why should you have to
tell her that shouldn't it be obvious I
mean you're you're asking her for advice
so you want her
advice I want us to have Clarity in what
we are dealing with Hashem brought it on
Hashem can take it away a b is the
medical aspect but I want us to be clear
that's also from hasem 100% that's why I
called her I'm not being what waiting
for I'm not waiting for Hashem to come
down with a magic wand I went through
medical channels at the same time we
have to remind
ourselves what what I'm trying to say is
you can get drowned
in you're not with
Meed I I just think that if I as if I as
a nurse oh there's a doctor here oh I'm
sorry right
okay that's it that's it but you want
you understand where I'm coming from I'm
not I'm not uh okay forget that example
let's go back into
life what I'm trying to say is we have
to bring the reonal shum into our lives
and if not for the nurse for me that the
Consciousness has to be that with using
the medical aspect there has to be Chua
there has to be where can I improve
because otherwise I've what I've missed
the
boat that's all I'm
saying what did she talk about tonight I
migrain headaches and she call the rabbi
a doctor I don't know what she was let's
go
back yes
ma'am h
some
wow wow that's beautiful story thank you
for sharing that that's what we're
talking about here good we're on the
same page thank you for bringing that
story you exonerated me a little bit
here and and I and I really appreciate
that because you know it it I appreciate
it thank
you the rebel says that the um gatria of
is the same elim right means
that is Elohim yes that Hashem run said
100% well stated now we know when we say
shma we've been talking about shma last
week we spoke about the darkness and the
light when we say shma when we
say
means there is nothing aside from
nature is not aside from Hashem Hashem
is nature it's one and the same it's not
there's a God and then there's something
called nature Hashem is found in every
molecule Hashem is found in every
particle in this world the second level
which I'll just mentioned I don't want
to go down there is that nature is a
tool in the hands of Hashem which is a
higher level it's not really separate
but yet tool is still separate the third
level which is where I want to go now in
19 is those whose perception of hashem's
all encompassing Oneness is clear at
this level there is no distinction
between Hashem and his Creation The
World of Nature is not a tool or
extension of the Creator it's none other
than hasem himself and that is an odato
and that brings us a famous story at the
end of 19 of RAB B doa's daughter who
put vinegar in into the shabas LIF and
she goes I give out what are we going to
do didn't blink and the key in the story
is he didn't
blink what's the problem The God Who
said that you can put oil is the same
God who can put vinegar and it will
light because in his mind he
understood that nature is just a smoke
screen for seeing Hashem in this world
and this is the challenge that we have
going back to our original uh
schy that when asem created the world we
really look at this world as existing on
its own our challenge is to be able to
realize a OD Mado and that at any moment
at any time anything can happen because
the Reon shalam is in charge and this is
brought to the four in the fact that the
Moab had to lift his hand for the water
to return don't take it for granted that
water will return don't take anything
for granted it's all the will of God
good now that we answer the question I
want to take this one step deeper work
with me here there is a very famous or
they're like the classic one is in this
is another classic in 22 and the says
the
following um in
22 where he
says in truth this stipulation falls
into the category I'm in the second
paragraph of the stipulations that
Hashem made regarding all the work of
creation whereby he required his
Creations to be subservient to the Torah
and to those who toil in Torah and do
all the Torah Scholars commanded them to
do listen to this thead says until the
giving of the Torah all of these
stipulations had to be built into
creation once the Torah was given we
have a new dimension here and that is
that Torah Scholars have the ability to
affect nature and nature has to be
subservient to Torah Scholars a classic
example of this is R Pinas Ben R Pinas
Ben Yer there are a number of stories
where he said to the river
split and the river said why should I
split because I'm a tah scholar and the
and he says if you don't split you're
going to dry up and the river split this
is the idea and we see this ad where
people and we'll talk more about this in
a few minutes were people of Torah this
is how Hashem built into the world that
you need stipulation till Torah is given
once Torah is given Torah Scholars have
this ability and this is how he teaches
the PK squiggly at the end of 22 the P
says in
yesah that literally means your creator
Comm yob know who your creator is Hashem
how does
yob you have the power to what beautiful
to
create you yov have the power to create
and this is something that is
unique and he says in 24 accordingly any
truly righteous person who might arise
from after receiving of the Torah has
this promisory note of the Torah in his
hand and be able to force the water or
whatever it is in
creation to abide by their
will now if we flip the
page the
uh SOS Mor notes here that we find
something
fascinating by
Camu the Jews sing
Shir we don't find when a according to
the medish was saved by
the we doesn't sing
Shir did you notice that you ever wonder
like or you find that major things
happen let's say Yakov ainu fighting
with the Mal that was Supernatural
doesn't S
Shir why not so listen what what' you
say sacrifices not to we afterwards
Yakov not immediately what do you see he
says it wasn't a big deal for
them why
should they were they were on that level
of the Jews at the time of giving of the
Torah which meant that there's no such
thing as nature which is so so Fire
doesn't burn okay so I beat an angel
okay the Jews her weren't on that level
when they see something like this what
do they
do they sing she like
wow and we ourselves see this when we
see something that is wow we're like wow
a person who's on that high spiritual
level says I'm going to use my English
it's not English
du I I warned you it wasn't
sophisticated English
what's the upshot for our lives my
friends listen closely if we
understand as the zorad says in 32
that when he created the
world Alma he looked into the Torah and
created the world so that the only
reason why the world is here in L in 33
y
something there's not day and night
because that's what is been in creation
there's day and night because the Torah
says there should be day and night the
only thing that is real in our world is
Torah there is no such thing as nature
it's the will of God the will of Torah
Scholars that's what determines
everything what's the upshot for our
lives listen closely 34 this is
one I'm not down on Earth yet but I'm
coming down
there people work very hard for
panasa
34 we have to work and what do we
say with the sweat of your brow you you
got to put in a day's
work my friends we end
in we have
in and we have in
the we should make a
request silence can I just hold it for a
moment thank
you if you listen to Hashem then what
do we really believe that there's a
cause and
effect do we really understand are you
following my question we say the shma a
few times a day but are we inculcating
what we're saying are we living a Torah
mindset
and if we live a Torah
mindset then our hisas are putting in
effort will be putting in more effort
into our vus hasem I have this constant
debate with my husband I tell him you
need to do more and he says to me you
need to do
more that's why he doesn't go out to
work and I
work that's why I'm here right now my
friends it's real simple isn't
it and that's why writes in
36 our connection to Torah our
connection to clinging to
hem they almost have complete control
over creation and he quotes here
the on the next
page a major principle of Torah
elun and really a a a a root of our
faith which is an offshoot of oura in
Divine Providence he
those who really believe nature is
subservient to their
will and he says one who doubts this is
as if he's placing a doubt in Torah
itself in brings a number of examples I
want to share with you two one
contemporary one non contemporary bring
us an example and there's so many Raja
yose that out so Raja yose is our times
so Raja was n he uh used to say many
starting do this um of on chabis to make
sure you have the 100 Bros so he would
have the at his table on Friday night so
his family went down they had a bush
whatever in their in their yard uh by
their house and they went down and there
was very bad weather and there was
nothing growing and there was nothing
say so they went back up empty-handed an
hour before shabas he says to one of the
members of the family bring me something
for shabas I can say AB BR they said
well we went down and there was nothing
there the weather is really bad Ali we
should have bad weather you know we need
the rain and he said I told you to go
down I told you there's nothing there I
told you to go down okay he goes down
and guess what there was a plant growing
there
now how did that plant grow there in in
in two
hours now if you're surprised you're
still on the first
level if you're not in your head of
course then you have integrated that
yeah that makes
sense the second example I want to bring
not so much for the example because it's
a wild example but for me personally it
helps me go get through this past year
with the hostages and theim I don't know
if it'll be helpful for you I'm just
talking very personally here it's based
on nothing but smiles personal which
means take it or leave it and be free to
leave it here's the story crack
out few hundred years ago there was a a
man who sat all day and learn Torah he
had a little room and he used to learn
Torah there one day the King was going
through crack out and everyone went out
into the streets because of an
opportunity to say AA so he also said
it's an opportunity to say AA so when he
heard you know the trumpets going down
his street he opened up his window and
he saw the king and he said the braa and
went back to
learning right when he sat back down to
learn a stone was dislodged from his
building and hit the horses the king's
horse now if you have a stone hitting
the king's course that is a sentence of
death very good I mean not very good but
you you
understood and
they said where did it come from he's
the only one in the house everyone was
out on the street and they sentenced him
to death and they pleaded and he's a
nice guy and he sits and learns all day
and don't touch
him and the King's uh officer said to
the r of that
if you can stand up in defense of this
person we will get him off the
hook and the RV was
silent and he was
killed and people
were up in arms could you
imagine the RV commanded that they bring
the coffin to the SHO
this is a wild story he commanded the
guy who died he said I want you to get
up and tell
everybody why I was
silent the guy gets up now if you're
surprised remember you're still on the
first level there's no difference
between weak growing that's rotted in
the ground and a person dying and
growing it's both Resurrection one
you're used to one you're not the guy
gets up and he says the father
following I was the first person to
throw a stone at
yavi I have been through 10
incarnations I have finally reached my
level of peace and this is why the RV
did
not say anything take it away from I
didn't take it away from him and he went
back to die I don't know if that was
English he returned to his previous
state of death it's a little bit more
poetic wow and that that is a dramatic
story we don't get it we don't get it we
don't get it we have to believe in Gil
you have to believe in Gil gulim yes but
I'm saying personally that's the only
way I make sense of anything that's
going on because it makes no sense it
makes no sense and the pain is sot
unless you say my sh it's well you have
to you have to I agree with you
now here's the punchline for us I
finally got there okay let me just see
where I've been and now where I'm going
why was there necessary to have a tiai
because it was before the Torah was
given why was the tiai the condition
when it went back so you shouldn't take
anything in life for granted just the
fact that it goes back is in nature you
need to have a command or condition for
it to go back good in life we have to
ask our s do I look at life that
everything just goes by Nature as long
as God doesn't intervene or do imish
have to see that the hand of Hashem is
found in everything once the Torah is
given then there are certain people who
have that gift these great Torah
Scholars who have the ability to affect
it's about he would fly from one place
to
another like like hello
it's these are people who nature doesn't
it doesn't doesn't take up any space so
now my question for myself is that's
very nice Smiles but what application
does this have for my life because if I
don't answer that question I failed in
my bu opinion so here we come to the
punchline for today and I want us to
listen let's look at that gamorra in 39
of it's a
was traveling to the study hall to study
Torah but the gai river which had to be
crossed was going stronger so he could
not pass
it said to the river g g why are you
holding me back from the study hole so
the river split before him and he passed
over now here's the key his students
said to him could we cross over as
well listen to his answer he said to
them whoever knows of him self that he
never slighted a Jewish person all of
his days he may cross and he will not be
harmed 40
not Hashem made man just a tiny bit
under from being
God and we've been adorned with Glory
and
Honor all of creation should be under
his Dominion that's the way Reon
envisioned the world viua we should be
in charge of this world when the P tells
us when we are
when we are Godlike when we have value
that salum Elohim that Divine image in
us then we too have that power over
nature yes I'm having trouble with the
med about the Y having to be convinced
by hasem well when they saw the of yeah
I'm not going there now I'm not going
there I'm not going there I'm not going
there so you have work to do that's okay
it it doesn't bother me nothing bothers
me
of course it's here to teach us a lesson
nothing to do with the Y nothing to do
with it's for us to learn a lesson
obviously okay now he brings here a
galic Insight
fromstein the mus say and this is such a
think about this I'm on the second
paragraph in 40 second
line when you make light of a certain
aspect then you will lose that aspect
let me explain the example gives is how
come when they would David in the
previous years their were
answer we D in and we feel like we're
hitting a brick wall he says look at our
daving we come in when we want we leave
when we want we talk during ding
whenever we want you know I've seen this
I don't go I I I don't go during the
week to but on Min on Fast days I I try
to go for you know and I'm appold we
have a Sho that you can look
down waiting for the the the to begin
people are checking their
mail what are you doing checking your
mail in the middle of SCH
like I don't know when you don't treat
something with respect
it's not there to stand in your
stead classic example D cut the clothe
of sha he wasn't warmed at the end of
his life he says also we have in the
middle of 41 the idea of
uh they did
a these terrible sins in the time of how
come Torah didn't protect
them you don't really respect Torah
Torah is not going to come to what to
help you out so now I yes what does the
word what is the
worda is in any aspect in any ma in any
give me a better word
mil in any
spiritual spiritual level Spirit value a
spiritual value that was exactly what I
was trying to say thank you
right something that you make light of
so then when you need that thing it's
not going to stand in your it's not
going to be there for you so let me give
you another example you are not you a
person makes light of speech they say
whatever you want whenever they want
however they want then your power of
speech to be able to be used in Fila has
now become what decreased
does that does that work for you it's
it's it's fascinating to look at our own
lives what have we it's not such a big
deal and then we need that thing we've
lost it so that's what he's saying here
when a person doesn't treat others with
respect and
doesn't realize that cohim the Divine
image in others right as who is The
Honorable one
who shows honors to others so then when
you need this quality
of of divine image in order to be able
to rule over nature then you've what
you've lost it and that's what is saying
you want to cross Shore as long as you
have never slighted a person all of his
days you also have control over nature
let us not think that it's only the
Torah Scholars who have rule over nature
my friends each and every one of us has
the
capacity
yes isn't that fasinating it is between
man and God yeah and God is saying I'm
giving you this world how do you treat
others it's in your
hands now I will make a suggestion and
then we'll do one final idea
of a safer to learn if you want to work
on your telum mokim Your Divine image
it's a safer that just came out by an
author who I happen to like his writing
a lot and that is Rabbi Elias I have
mentioned his book an Imam in the past
he just recently artqu came out with to
dor toor we're very familiar with Tom
dor is a bigus to learn if a person's
laan who is sick toar D'Or is about how
do you emulate Hashem what I like about
this safer and we're just going to do a
an Insight here is that he speaks my
language I've taught toor D'Or
personally it's really hard to learn and
the Sim out there make it even more of a
challenge is that terrible to say no I'm
limited he gives examples that I can
relate to I'll give give you an example
one of the things that the to D speaks
about is that we have to be able to
forgo to
overlook he makes it practical for our
lives he has a commentary and then he
brings it to our life so he says you go
to your in-laws for or your parents and
another family is there and they get the
better room and they have less
kids now what do you say well that's not
fair and you make a whole to do MOS is
what there must be a calculation I am
what I am not aware of the examples that
he gives are real life examples that we
can what we can relate to so I highly
recommend the book I don't get any
percentages even though I will say he
mailed me the book because I think he
wanted me to promote it so I guess I do
have a here but I was very taken by it I
love his writing I don't know him for
never mind
listen to what he says in the Aron 43
the nisha's power to elevate is not
limited to the person himself by virtue
of your possessing a the Shema your hand
is not merely some bone and flesh it's
vested with ability to impact the world
around you and that's what we have to
understand we are here to impact the
world around us we cannot sell ourselves
short moving to
44 the t devor is widely touted for its
incredible schoola properties no invest
the effort to learn and live its lessons
are ass sure the UN Le tremendous Divine
compassion and he
says our job in our life man has the
potential to become something fantastic
and the greatest abuse of that potential
we walls through life in complete
ignorance of what his capabilities are
never actualizing The Power Within true
even someone who casually meanders
through life will do some wonderful
things and he says it's like a person
eating soup with a fork aren't these
like great examples I was trying to
think when I ate soup on on Friday night
what is it like to eat soup with a fork
like you will get some soup but
what these little bits of accomplishment
are a poor showing considering what he's
primed for it's appropriate for a
person this is not a matter of
obligation or ideal it's description of
who man is meant to be and the greatest
achievement we can attain is to mold
ourselves into a person who acts in the
way of us them and lives his values and
attributes when a person trains himself
to be consistently kind merciful and
giving to others these compassionate
traits become integral to his very being
by doing so a person identifies with
a and grow attached to him my friends
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what's stopping
us okay it's a lifetime but why aren't
we starting and it's never too late to
start and again it's a Continuum the
more we work on being like God the more
we work on kind merciful
the the more we have creation under our
hands the more we have the ability to
affect the world around
us now I want to add one more point for
tonight and we
finished Torah Scholars you can have a
bush growing revaj Yosef anyone who is a
compassionate person hasn't slighted a
person go across that River it's in your
hands and I want to share a third group
of people who also can affect miracles
this is another one of my favorite
books the six cons mitos from burtz and
he asked 47 why can't we perform
Miracles that's a great question
according to what we have suggested
obviously we're coming in the middle
here each one of us should be able to
perform Miracles since under ordinary
circumstances Hashem enables us to
follow through on our fear whe choices
why can't we choose to perform a miracle
and we Grant the power to carry out that
choice he's coming from the perspective
that we do absolutely nothing in life I
lift up my hand right now I had no
ability to do so God enabled me at this
moment to lift up my hand the only thing
that is in my H in my literally in my
hands the only thing that I can do
is say it choice choice very good is to
choose right and that's why s says
rotone is the same aspect ofor a it
our rut Zone brings down our ability to
affect change but only God can do it you
ever try to start your car and it
doesn't start that's a metaphor for what
for
Life the answer shaky as it may be is
that we're unable to do so right why
don't I say I really want to do a
miracle well if I really have a rut Zone
then God follows Tru so then why I
really do want a miracle I want to fly
back to be chemes and five minutes well
why isn't it happening so he says the
answer shocking as it may be is that
we're only we're unable to do so only
because we don't really believe that we
can we may profess the desire to perform
Miracles but depth of our heart we don't
really believe we can for two somewhat
contradictory reasons first because we
believe that we're the ones performing
the countless tasks we engage and daily
and that there's nothing Supernatural
about them that they're like burning oil
not burning vinegar we forget that we're
powerless without hashem's responses to
our free real
choices and we cannot even lift a finger
without him we are therefore accustomed
to think that the actions we perform
daily are within our realm of function
but what we consider to be Miracles are
not so reason number one why we don't
get Miracles done is because we think
we're doing it we forget that we are
completely powerless and two because we
doubt that God will respond to little
all dust we know that God performs
Miracles but only for holy people to
refute this error we must turn to a
differentiate between nature and
miracles nature is a serious miraculous
events that occurs within frequency to
become reliable there is no nature there
are no Miracles everything is the will
of
God therefore we make a free will choice
we understanding our R is limited to
making that choice and Hashem is the one
who enables us to perform it then if you
will that he'll enable us to perform
Miracles and that's why he says and this
is where I want us to leave for today
the idol of I can't which he says is not
having other Idols there's an idol
called I can't is the most difficult one
to destroyed start by thinking about the
tasks you carry out naturally every day
and stop believing your own ability to
perform those tasks remember we spoke
about last week about Mak that even to
pick up a drink of water is
miraculous nothing can be taken for
granted teach yourself to watch your
body at work while remembering that
you're not actually accomplishing
anything except for exercising free will
it's a little intense if you're holding
something hot because you may drop it
because this is really a very
deep I'm not really holding this
cup I chose to hold this cup and God is
enabling me to hold
it I've done nothing in my
life grow in your appreciation ability
to make choices while increasing your
feeling of helpfulness to do anything
beyond exercising God free gift of free
will when you succeed in doing this you
too will become worthy of
Miracles when we let go of level one and
enter into and begin to understand yes I
go to doctors and yes Hashem is in
control of
everything and I do nothing except
desire and will when I'm able to really
let go and really understand it's not
about me so then you will see that what
that miracles happen and I'll end with
personally this is again personal which
I've personally seen this every single
single week in the par Shear I believe
this is 18
years 40 to 44 Shear a
year if you know how many hours go into
this year I start every week I can't do
this and then I say to myself you're
right sh you're not doing it all right I
I have to remind myself okay I will do
whatever I can and then I David Hashem I
can't put this together this is beyond
me
I have a desire to put this year
together and 18 years week after week
after week you have the desire and you
know that you need to what fill my
sented
what let
go that you're not doing it have the
humility it's not about me then you m
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