R' Yossi Zakutinsky on Mashiach intro by R' Moshe Rosenberg

in all of these technical matters that without which we would be left really clueless um I want to thank the sponsors of this entire series of lectures that had its Genesis during the very emotional uh Gatherings that we had during this past summer and has been continuing monthly kak and the Queen's Jewish Community Council and chickens for chabas have made sure that this series uh became a reality and continued uh Rabbi may ro uh who is here is the driving force behind it and all of the wonderful institutions that have opened their doors and hosted these events as well as the really Splendid speakers who have come and been part of it um there's a special sad tinge this evening because in discussion before we thought that it would be appropriate to dedicate the evening's learning to a kir of professional whose life was tragically cut short today there is a rabbi by the name of Rabbi David wiar who lived in Staten Island uh wife and 10 children and used to be M people among other things on Facebook and became known as the facebooker Reba there's the Harry Potter rebba and there's the Facebook Reba so this is the facebooker Reba and there are wonderful stories that they tell about him I didn't know him personally but I see the beautiful things that people that I do know are saying about him and perhaps what is done here tonight could be a little bit of an alas for somebody who has plenty of zos of his own um sometimes current events can be found hinted at in the Torah reading other times the Kat Torah can be encouraged to reflect current events but occasionally the weekly para screams current events it's our job to make appropriate connections and appropriate distinctions as well it's very easy to fall into the Trap of easy parallels and it's important to maintain balance even as we draw comparisons in the last two weeks we read of the gradual campaign instigated by parro to enslave the Jews both physically and mentally I'd like to draw attention to one tactic already evident in parro's first words in this entire statement there is never for a moment an admission that it was the Egyptians who were victimizing the Jews on the contrary it was the Egyptians who were endangered and threatened by the schemes of the Jews the schemes for Domination of every possible industry from banking to entertainment until those same Israelites would take over all of Egypt this was the tactic picked up by theim of M that are showcased in the it doesn't say they did Evil to us instead says the it says they ascribed evil to us even as they victimized us they painted us as the bad guys yesterday the international criminal court at the request of the Palestinian Authority and Hamas opened a war crimes investigation against Israel for this past Summer's operation protective edge here is the response of prime minister Netanyahu Israel rejects the Absurd decision of the ICC prosecutor it's absurd for the IC to ignore international law and agreements under which the Palestinians don't have a state and can only get one through direct negotiations with Israel the rules of the ICC are clear no State no standing no case it is absurd for the ICC to go after Israel which upholds the highest standards of international law our actions are subject to the constant and careful review of Israel's world renowned and utterly independent legal system but this decision is even more Preposterous given that Israel is legitimately defending itself against Palestinian terrorists who routinely commit multiple war war crimes they deliberately fire thousands of rockets at our civilians while hiding behind Palestinian civilians whom they use as human Shields and here is the ultimate Folly of this decision it is the Democracy of Israel a world leader in fighting terrorism which is to be hold to the dock in the ha while the terrorist war criminals of Hamas are the ones who are going to be pressing the charges I won't be surprised if Isis Al Qaeda and Hezbollah follow suit see Hamas has already announced that they will join their Palestinian partner president abas in filing complaints against Israel as a result of this decision so we see here something truly tragic the lofty goals of the ICC are being turned upside down the court was founded to prevent a repeat of History's worst crimes foremost among them the genocide of 6 million Jews now the Palestinians are cynically manipulating the IC to deny the Jewish State the right to defend itself against the very war crimes and the Very Terror that the court was established to prevent it's easy to conclude from this type of hypocrisy that the words of the ring trueu and that is true but we also need to remember that even in MIT there were mot shifra and Pua who refused to go along with the party line even at the risk of their own lives Rashi identifies them as Y and Miram but the Aban Nel maintains that they were righteous Gentiles he translates not as the Hebrew midwives but as the midwives of the Hebrews and throughout the generations there were non Jews who refused to go along and stood up for us at Great personal risk yesterday was a very significant day in the tradition of the righteous Gentile it marked precisely ly 70 years since The Disappearance of Raul Wallenberg for those who like me needed a refresher on who he was and what he did the Guinness Book of World Record says that he saved more human beings from Extinction than any other person who ever lived as a Swedish Diplomat he saved over 100,000 Jews combining the types of methods used by the sugihara and the arena Sandlers and all of the others doing them all at the risk of his life and 70 years ago today he was taken for questioning by the Russians who had just taken over and he was never heard from again today we take note of another non-jewish individual who has seen to take seen fit to take a visible role in debunking the slander leveled that the Jews from the lowest mouths to the highest places Governor Andrew Cuomo made a statement about the international criminal court and he writes today the ICC stated that it was opening a preliminary examination with respect to Israel I was proud to lead a bipartisan delegation to Israel during operation protective Edge as a sign of our friendship and support I saw firsthand the Hamas tunnels that lead directly into communities and whose sole purpose is to inflict Terror and kill civilians given the extraordinary threat to Israel from Hamas and other terrorist organizations today's action of the IC is incomprehensible Israel the only democracy in the Middle East has a right to defend itself against terrorist organizations friends stand with friends in times of Crisis and New York will continue to stand with the people of Israel and so we must manage to Encompass this double awareness each and every day behold VOR yes yes but not each and every one of them one of the methods employed by Hashem to protect his people is to send Messengers from other faiths and give them the strength to stand up for right in the face of Shameless wrong it's our job in these difficult times to acknowledge and thank people like Governor Cuomo who take on such a but even more we must help such people of goodwi unite not merely to save the Jewish people but to save the world and to make hashem's Grand experiment his a reality salvation in came as an arousal from above subsequent Yeshua have employed the agency of human emissaries Jewish and non-jewish may we be wise enough to become hashem's Messengers and perceptive enough to recognize our partners in helping hasem bring to the Jewish people in the world as a rabbi of a I rarely have the pleasure to go and listen to the wonderful Rabon of other schs and institutions and so when Rabbi merro asked me if we would be able to host this evening's wonderful sh and I said sounds great and I went straight to Youtube and I watched and listened to a beautiful sh also for kazak that was given by RAB zinski on another occasion and I enjoyed it so much I said I would love to have this sh take place in um and so it's it's wonderful to be able to welcome somebody who lives the words of kazal and who breathes the air of kirov and of Torah and who clearly has inspired people who came out on a pretty miserable night to be able to listen to him and to hear him speak on the topic of two aspects or two faces of redemption thank you very much TR I'm not used to speaking with a microphone so you'll have to all bear with me as I get used to this uh and again I want to thank again kak for putting this together and tonight's year will be hopefully a for and Esther really the truth is this entire she after hearing the introduction it's really just going to be to clarify it's just going to be to clarify and to piggyback over what the r said you the truth is we're living in times you know there's I'll tell you like you know this story they say with the Balan someone once came to the Balan and said that I don't understand you uh you see them you Ultra Orthodox whatever you're not you don't live with the times you're not you're like three you're like a thousand years old you're not living with the times so ban responded he said I don't understand what you're talking about every week I review the par of that week I'm I'm I'm as modern as you so what does that mean the balani is telling us that contained in the para that we read on chabas is exactly what we're going through today and this goes without saying nowadays you know I'll tell you something the first time in a long time you know I'm I'm not very old My Generation has not to be honest with you at least in America we really haven't felt Exile the truth is we really haven't felt the Exile at all this is maybe the first time for many people to feel a little bit of God a little bit a little taste and it should be the last taste we ever have but a little taste of the hatred out there and the difficulties out there so what do we do so what's the job of a Jew just to sit back and to to just you know cry and be to and to be upset to be angry you know it's an amazing thing these pares which talks about the Exile and the Redemption from Egypt only a little bit is focused on the Exile if you think about it if the tur wanted to if MOS wanted to talk about the tarus and to beon it and to you know to get everyone riled up about the Exile he could have spent at least a par about it what do we have inos dedicated specifically about the Exile I maybe toeni maybei and then immediately mosha was born and the Redemption starts what the Torah is telling us is that as Jewish people we of course a person has to feel the pain but a person has to remember has to recognize that the be feeling the pain is the beginning of the Redemption itself what happens if a person you know sleeps in in an awkward way and his arm falls asleep the first sign of that arm waking up is when it hurts is when it hurts that's what it means that's what we experience in Exile it's those moments in time those pockets in time it shouldn't it should be fast and and and and over with but those pockets it's in time where we feel the pain of the Exile that's the beginning of the Redemption that's an opportune time for the Redemption so let's talk about mhia let's talk about Mia let's talk about how mhia will come how mhia come and as we'll learn hopefully over the next few minutes it shouldn't be that long don't worry over the next little bit of time as we learn about how mhia will come and the different possibilities of mhia of mhia coming and how will unfold Maro in our eyes in our days so we'll see that the way it's going to happen it's not just we sit back and experience it it's going to be something that's going to obligate us it's going to make it's going to give us right now but how do we look at Exile it's going to Define to us how we look at Exile right now based on how it will end so let me begin with the following with the with the first thing those those of you by the way who have you know D with us the past few weeks so there's going to be certain points which will be familiar but hopefully tonight it will clarify things in a better way or confuse you more it'll go it go both ways so let's start like this there's a there's a that prophesies the Redemption the following way the the prophet says that will come the Redemption will rise like the like The Shining Sun the Redemption will rise like the sun and the healing of the of the of the Exile will then quickly happen so the Redemption is compared the Novi compares to the Rising Sun what does that mean everything we're going to say by the way tonight is in the gamar but we're just going to give some aracas that are just more clear than in the gar itself there's a medes listen to the words of the mes says the medes when the Redemption will happen if the Redemption were to happen in one foul swoop in one moment of deep of of us being being descending into the depths of Exile and in one foul swoop being uplifted to we would not be able to tolerate such an experience the world the Jewish people would not be able to tolerate such an experience therefore says the therefore the med says the Redemption will take place slowly slowly as the P says the Redemption is like the Rising Sun which happens slowly slowly and the explains in what way will the Redemption resemble the rising son so the explains the darkest moment in in night is right before Sunrise right right before the Sunrise it's as dark as it as it is right before the sun comes up says the if we would imagine the depths of darkness in the middle of the night when we're all sleeping in our beds where it's pitch black and all of a sudden the lights go on all of us like the sun is in the sky you know midday like that says the mes shab if we were all sleeping we experience that we would be injured by such an experience that's not a nice way to wake up it's not a nice way to wake up someone throws a bucket of cold water on your head that's not a nice way to wake up Ella what happens how didm create the world where where the from the depths of one's sleep when when a person is mish in a dark place and he's asleep the sun begins to slowly rise it begins to rise the rising stars come up and then the sun comes up slowly slowly in the words of the zes the Z kades says the same thing as the in the following way it's when will determine the time to pick us up and take us out of this Exile it should be in our days is going to open a little crack a little crack in heaven God and then that crack will begin to widen and the and the light of redemption will slowly begin to shine on the world until the point will come where the where the windows will be wide open the gates will be wide open to all four corners of the world this what the med says so what the med is telling us is that one this is one process of redemption and someone who has eyes can see that this has been happening this has been happening we'll talk about this more one process of redemption one face of redemption is redemption which is described as Kim Kim slowly slowly and as the commentaries explained when we're talking about a Redemption happening slowly slowly it means in in a natural way in a natural way without Miracles happening without you know uh you know Mia coming riding on on the clouds from heaven in a very natural normal way where no one thinks twice about what's happening and one step leads to the next step leads to the next step we have very strol and so on until we you wake up one morning and behold is here K slowly slowly so question is why let's talk about this aspect of redemption first and we'll talk about the other aspect a little bit later on let's focus on this face of redemption first and what does it tell us about ourselves and about how to deal with Ile right now why is it why is it that Hashem chose to bring the Redemption in such a way that Hashem decided to make us in such a way where the Redemption has to come slowly slowly so again the measure said right on a very simple level because if it were to come in one it will be overwhelming it would overwhelm our senses but that's that doesn't really answer the question because hasm could have made us tolerate it right God created us from the beginning so he can make us in such a way where we could tolerate such an experience why is it then why is it that the that hasm decided to make the world in such a way where the Redemption is slowly slow so one there's a principle so I want to share with you a concept that this following principle is found it's really the truth is it's the one of the core principles of and all of this form in almost all this form this is the core principle of the that his entire system of cabal really revolves around the says the following thing why did God create the world why are we all here what's the point what's the point of this whole business is the following thing you know hasm has many character traits so to speak right we talk about hasem is he's compassionate he's gbar he's strong he's awesome there's all sorts of descriptions we have to God and how he interacts with the world the says the following thing there's one specific character trait there's one specific personality trait so to speak that is that God has that God shows to the world which is the most important and the most and is the reason for the entire world is to reveal this one character trait what's the one character trait that above all other traits all other characteristics of God is the core essential character trait that that is the purpose of the entire creation It's contained in the following P which we all say every single day it's the Mantra of the Jewish people it's the first P one of the first we teach a child when they're able to speak it's the last person says before he passes away that one God the unity of God the Oneness of God says the entire purpose of creation is to reveal the unity of hasem how does that work what does that mean so let me give you an example says the following thing before I even say before I even say Let me give Let me Give an example you know I was trying to think of a mush a good Parable to try to explain the following concept with this is the best thing I could come up with let's say you have a person that's a a chess master he's an expert at the game of chess so the truth is if you think about it there's two different levels to someone who's an unbelievable chess player level number one is that he'll just beat you he'll just beat you whatever you do whatever move you make he'll counter with something better and anything you could possibly do do on the board to get the upper hand he'll the next move he'll overtake you that's one level of a chess master but that's not the greatest chess master the most unbelievable chess master possible is someone who manipulates his opponent into thinking that he's winning understand this is a deep inion if someone is so good at chess and understands and controls the board to such an extent and understands the game to such an extent where you can actually make the enemy he can make the opponent he he can manipulate the opponent into making this move into doing this thing and the opponent is thinking at that moment wow I'm m is winning I'm m is winning and it looks like you know I'm taking all his pieces unbelievable I'm pushing him into a corner I'm going to win and what happens and then the last second the last second the Chess Master comes and makes one move to show not just that I'm better than you not just that I beat you that every single thing every single every single step along the way that you thought you were beating me that you thought you had free will that you thought everything every single moveie you were doing was leading towards you winning it was really me the whole time that's the greatest level chmaster person can be where the enemy itself the opponent it himself unknowingly to him is bringing his ultimate downfall says the the the greatest revelation of God's Unity is in the following way is if that same process that same universe that same Yahara that same na nature those same nations of the world that have been that have been running the show until now that everything in history have been have been snowballing and leading to this point of the destruction of the Jewish people to the point of where we're hated where even spiritually we're on the lowest level possible the greatest revelation of God's Unity can be is when that process itself that natural process which until the last moment seems as if is winning as if they're winning as if the other side is winning the the greatest revelation of God's power is that process itself is is revealed to be the way that Mia himself comes let me read to you the words this is the nature of unity the greatest way where God can show his ultimate sovereignity his over his his ultimate power and Oneness in the entire universe is Shak to show that the entire course of human history the past 6,000 years whatever the number is in order to get us to this point which history has been one long sag of s of unbelievable upheaval of nature taking its course which seems to be bringing to the opposite of the Perfection of the universe everything that we long for everything that we want to have everything that we know inside of us that we can become nature is bringing us to the opposite of that so says calls man that if if the greatest love of un is revealed when Hashem lets the world go lets the world go in its chaos and the world thinks that in its chaos it's controlling its own destiny and the eight the nations of the world our own evil Temptations the smallness we find within ourselves is seems to be in control of what's happening and it's snowballing where evil is the dominant force in the world where everything is controlled by the nations of the world to the point where even the Jewish people themselves fall to the lowest levels of spirituality where we look at ourselves compared to our ancestors and we're nothing you know our an we read stories about how they had to you know I don't know break ice to go into the Mikvah you know and it's like when it's a little cold outside it's hard to like go to sh I don't mean for this year everyone's here I'm talking about in the morning you that that's it's hard we we talk about Saras we talk about difficulties that the Jewish people go through but then our grandparents went through Harville sarus and they were very big sadik so nature is taking its course everything is every the evil seems to be gaining the upper hand constantly thear become stronger and stronger the power of the the will of the Jewish people the desire to DAV and to learn the overall Collective powers of the Soul seem to be diminishing more and more but then what happens then the last moment where nature itself is leading to the world's destruction where nature itself is leading to the destruction of the Jewish people so what happens then what hasem does is flip the flip the switch he shows that he's the greatest chess master of all where that same process which until now seemed to be leading to the destruction of spirituality to the destruction of T destruction of the Jewish people as a holy people that same process itself is revealed to be the way the MH himself came kimim slowly slowly so in other words that same process of nature which until now which until that last moment seems to be the enemy of God the opponent in the chess match it's revealed to be that every single move that nature took every every single move thear made every single move the enemy of any Jew ever took was itself leading to the Redemption and says ends with this follows and this is there to give strength to the faith of the Jewish people that a person's heart should not melt and should not become weak now when they see the length of Exile now when they see the bitterness of the Exile says we have to be and this is what it means Faith the person has to remember that it's the exact opposite the more power that evil seems to have the more difficult the the obstacle seems to be in our path as all civil and the more difficult it is to Bear the and to Bear the enemies of the Jewish people to that extent will the great Unity of God be revealed even more so when M comes that hasem is the ultimate power that anything is possible that it's not just that he beats the enemy it's not just that he you know Checkmate that every move you made I could do something better it's more than that every single move you made he says to the other side and we say to our own gates are every single move you make is going to be revealed to be a step towards your own destruction that's the great Unity of Hashem so the reason why Hashem chose to create the world in such a way again where the Redemption comes in such a way ateas One path of redemption is Kim Kim slowly slowly in a natural normal way where nothing's miraculous happening it's all normal things where you can read in your history books and that's it and you just wake up the next day and it's just a little bit closer the reason why God made the r in such a way is because that exact that exactly is the point to show God's unity and the greatest way for Hashem to reveal his unity and his power is to show that every single step like I said every single step of the enemy every single step that that seem to be bringing us to the opposite opposite of what we're what we're destined to was itself part of that process was itself part of that process now this is something so you might think might sound like this oh this is very nice so let's just sit back let's just sit back and just watch the show and just wait for things to to to get going wait for things to unfold slowly slowly that's what it's going to be and it's true the truth is the gar does say that despite any of our efforts or the lack thereof we could all just sit back mhia will come Mia will come the te will take place rectification will happen it's not in our hands kimim it's something that happens solely and naturally however however that's obviously not the attitude of the Jewish people this process called Kim Kim called slowly slowly which is an important thing because it shows the unity of God and reveals the great Unity of God it gives us right now it defines what amuna is you know a lot of people think that amuna just is to believe God to believe that there is a God out there you know and even when you question it sometimes you I'll tell you it's a sir with the cutar someone wants came to the kba and said that he can't sleep at night it's m eating up inside that he has doubts about God's existence he can't you know and and he's like he's Aid you know he's we you know long pace and a beard and he goes to sh he does all these things but deep down inside he has these doubts and it's plaguing him so Kus said what you talking about you have unbelievable Faith you're not you're not in doubt at all said no no re I'm telling you I don't know if I believe these things I really don't so K said if you really didn't believe in God or at least there was a possibility in your head that God doesn't exist then you should feel as free as a bird what's the guilt the answer is because deep down you do believe deep down you do have auna and it's bothering you that you think you don't but you really have aun Amun is the Cornerstone of the Jewish people that's what we have that's all we have so what does amuna mean does amuna just mean that there's a God out there that created the universe no this process of redemption tells us what amuna means let me read to you the following words from the lesson the lesson was rasha's grandfather a lot of you have heard of Rasha rasha's grandfather was one of the greatest mualim past few hundred years unbelievable writes the following thing this is the mystery of Amun this is the mystery of Faith what is faith mean we don't just believe that God Once Upon a Time created the world and we don't just believe that God is now creating the world it's much deeper than that the mystery of is that we believe that everything everything is run by the Providence of God and hasm is the Eternal King right now at this moment and everything that happens not just the good things in life not just the good things in life everything that happens whether it's good or it doesn't seem so good that everything that happens is coming from one place that's the light of the divine presence from the one place and every single thing that does happen in the universe in any in all the course of history it's all leading to one place which is good it's all leading to the greatest good that's possible when the time of the rectification will come when all this process of slly solely when it will be revealed that nature itself was leading up to this point this point of perfection will we will all then be able to understand that all the paths of God everything in our lives the misery The Suffering The Crying the is the uncertainty everything that a Jew ever experienc is is nothing but kindness and nothing but truth that's what it means a that's what it means of and it doesn't mean don't get me wrong it doesn't mean that when sarus happens when something bad happens you have a smile on your face it's not what it means like that who had his doubts it doesn't mean just because you have doubts it means you don't believe if it bothers you that means you do believe but what it does mean is that when do when tus does happen to a person everything should be over already but all Theus that that ever did happen to a person even though it hurts even though it's painful and even though it's difficult to Bear but we have inside of us a moon of faith that when Mia does come and the paths of nature will show that it was all leading to that one point of an I am God then we have a moon we have faith that everything any Jew ever dealt with all the highs and all the lows were all coming from the one God we say this all the time a song when hasm takes the captives of the jewi people back to when comes going to be like we were in a dream all of EXO will be like a dream what does that mean what does it mean like a dream it's it's a nightmare really what does it mean a dream but the answer is when a person wakes up from a dream when you're sleeping right and you're experiencing that dream it feels very real feels very very real but what happens when you wake up might sometimes it takes like a fraction of a second but when it does hit you you realize it was all dream and it's m is nothing all the crying all the sorus all the difficulty all the fear of that dream melts away it's not much nothing that's how the Redemption happens that's what it means Redemption kimim slowly slowly you know I I haven't seen yet I mean the truth is it's not for me to say but in all the things that I've seen I hav I haven't seen anything more poetic to bring this point across than in Ru cook ruuk writes the following thing in Iris listen to this it's a famous piece it's a beautiful piece the Redemption is an ongoing process say the Redemption from Egypt and the ultimate Redemption that we're waiting for it's one action it's one process that never stopped never stopped all the inquisitions all the Holocaust all the Tas all the difficulties in and in marriage everything that a person could ever happen it's one process of redemption it's one process of redemption and as it seems that the enemy it seems that the other side is is gaining footholds it seems that they're winning the chess match but this is all one long process to reveal God's greatness and God's Unity say of cook a this process began in Egypt and it continues to take its course it's roundabout interesting ways but it's one long process says of and the redeemers of the same Redemption started it will end it but it's the same process same Redemption the one that started it and is the one that ends it the one that that began writing the book and the one that ends writing the book both together fulfill this Mission and says this is this is this is it and the spirit of the Jewish people hears as the Jewish people unconsciously sometimes and sometimes consciously hear in history and in their own experiences the sound of this movement the sound of this movement this process which is an ongoing process of redemption again in all of its crazy ways until the ultimate Redemption becomes full in full blossom the Jewish people pick up on this and despite the difficulties that we go through individually or collectively the Jewish people subconsciously or superc consciously know this and feel this and can feel sometimes that there are certain moments in history where big things are happening and we can't explain it can't explain it the Jewish people have a way of just intuitively knowing certain things sometimes like people ask how do we know who our leaders are I know there's never a poll it's not we elect uh sometimes you elect rabbis but I'm talking about like on a on a bigger level yeah we don't elect you know rim keski or people VF to be the leaders how do who who decided these things the answer is there's a certain intuition there's a certain intuition the Jewish people collectively have and just like we intuitively know who our leaders are we intuitively know certain moments in history which are more which that that process of redemption is more palpable and more powerful and more potent as rev cook says and there have been sadim there have been sadik throughout history that have been proponents and have been unbelievably um expressive in their desire for this natural process of redemption to take place and this is something like I said we see it hopefully and we have to believe it in our own Hearts so this is one process of redemption this one process of redemption so you have a process of Kim Kim slowly slowly like the Rising Sun a natural normal way where you don't see it coming and that itself is to reveal the Oneness of God the greatness of God that that process which seemed to come seem to be leaning towards our demise is it itself leading to our Uprising to the Redemption of the Jewish people on the entire world collectively and it's m us right now in faith that it lets a person feel that he's not abandoned that's what it means that's the simple faith that we're talking about to feel that you're not alone that you're not abandoned everything a person goes through is not for nothing and it's leading to something great and something uplifted and in fact I'll tell you something writes in one of his the writes the following thing you know there's some some Jews we know one of the oldest questions in the book is uh why good things happen to bad people why bad things happen to good people right the oldest question in the book mosha was bothered by it no real answer e was bothered by it you know it is what it is say those Jews that are picked those Jews that are picked to have SARS to have difficulties even though they don't deserve it even though deserve it says those Jews that are picked to deal with difficulties in life that they don't necessarily deserve based on their actions but just they're good people that have to deal with suffering says R they're what they're going through is part of this process of revealing God's Unity right that's one of the greatest questions you could have one of the greatest you know uh uh moves that the enemy can make to undermine faith is to show wait that guy's a sadic and he's suffering so that seems to be an unbelievable question in this whole thing an unbelievable stumbling block you know in the process of redemption says if a person is chosen if a Jew is chosen to be part of that process of suffering even though they don't seem to deserve it their reward in the next world is unbelievably greater than sadic who has an easy life because it'll be revealed in the next world that he's not just getting reward for his individual Mitzvah he's going to get reward because of his role in this big process of revealing God's unity and God's greatness because when Messiah will come and will become clear that well that suffering that that sadic went through was part of something bigger that's an unbelievable revelation of God's unity and he gets even more reward for that so this is all one process of kimim slowly slowly on the other hand we know that there's an unbelievable concept of not waiting for mhia of wanting mhia of ding for mashia of needing mhia you know one of the more difficult garas to deal with isaris it's a famous gamar thear the end of says that there there was an oath that the Jewish people took when we went into Exile famous gamor it gives us difficulty to this day the gor says in said as we went into Exile the Jewish people made an oath that what that we're not going to push the Redemption we're not going to push it too hard we're going to wait and we're going to have patience that's what says but that's all that we're talking about that the Redemption is an unfolding process slowly slowly that we have to believe in God and trust him that during this process there's something that's God that's God work that God's that God is working out and we have to trust the process but we also know that the gor says that the one of the first questions we're all going to be asked after 120 years is a peace Yeshua did you look for the Redemption did you want the Redemption did you call out for the Redemption so there's another side of redemption there's another side of redemption listen to this this is a the says the following thing says says the thei says that I'm going to send my angel I'm going to sendi before Mia comes he's going to make a path for me says and says the will come suddenly suddenly will come the that you're all waiting for M will come suddenly so it's an amazing thing on the one hand we've been talking about until now this whole thing we've been talking about is a mhia comes in a slow methodical way Kim slow is like the Rising Sun all of a sudden now I just mentioned you a prophecy that's exact opposite M comes in a sudden flash unbelievable you know in one Fell Swoop things happen automatically this is this is this is this is stressed even more in the following M listen what the M says said the following thing there was a store with the following person a certain person he had you know he had to travel in a certain way he had to go to a certain place a certain destination so says this person you know he needed to get there as fast as possible so even though it was the middle of the night he decided you know what I'll travel middle the night so back in those days there was no you know lights outside there was no cars the only thing he could do was he had a kerosene lamp and that's how he would that's how he would go so he lights the lamp walks outside takes a few steps the wind comes blows out the lamp Okay so fine he has to take out a match it again takes a few more steps another wind comes blows it out and this is how it goes a few times so the person says you know what this is going to make me crazy forget I'm just going to wait till the morning I'll wait till the morning the sun will come up I'll be able to see and I'll be I'll go like that it'll take longer you know I'll push off the you know my destination I'll get there you know a few hours later but it's K says the me the following thing that's the story of the Jewish people we were enslaved in Egypt sends so comes takes us out doesn't stick the Redemption doesn't stick a few years later we become enslaved we become oppressed by the nation of B okay so sends other redeemers he sends and so on that Redemption doesn't stick we then are send into the oppression of Persia so God sends to take us out this is how it goes then Greece oppresses us so so God sends other redeemers the story of doesn't stick either were then sent back sent back into Exile the Exile of Edam of Rome so at this point the Jewish people decide you know what we're finished with this the Jewish people said we're tired of this we're tired of being put into Exile and being taken out for a little bit and being put back and being Tak we're tired it's been a long day we're tired of it so said the Jewish people we've decided that what we want now is we don't we no longer want the Redemption of human beings as great as was and as great as of War we're not interested we're not interested because their redemptions are not working it's working for a little bit of time but it's not really working says the Jewish people we're waiting for the Redemption by the hand of God himself we're tired of this so in other words in other words at the same time we have one face of redemption we have one way of redemption of kimim of slowly slowly of natural processes and we have to have patience and we sit there we wait and we see you know the the enemy seems to be you know uh advancing in the chess match and everything is going against the way that we want but we have to have patience we don't want to push a Redemption we want to wait till things work out because if we wait and things will happen in a proper healthy normal natural way then when the the when the final checkm you know Checkmate happens it'll be revealed wow unbelievable God's Unity is unbelievable but the Jewish people have decide you know what we can't wait we can't wait we can't tolerate such a thing you say God we're tired we're tired we've been in this ex all and taking out that if we go with the natural pace the natural thing we can't take it anymore can't take it anymore we're waiting for one thing the Redemption of God himself so what does that mean so the truth is how these two prophecies how these two process of redemption will materialize physically in our lives hopefully how it will work out because they seem to be paradoxical right is it natural or is it miraculous and one Fell Swoop from God's hand himself how will it work out practically in this world we don't know we don't know literally these are both the words of living God we don't know but we do know one thing that both of these processes both of these faces of redemption tell us something right now how to deal with Exile right now see the process of slowly slowly that natural Kim Kima process we talked about a few moments ago that what it tells us right now is to have faith that God's with us right now that throughout the Exile throughout the difficulty of a person's life spiritually physically all those moments of of darkness and all those moments of uncertainty a person is M himself a person has to have faith that those moments God is with you in unbelievable way and it might not see it you might have your doubts but God's with you the process of redemption that's slowly and naturally is mik our faith in God right now that God is with us in the darkness but this other side of redemption this other side of redemption it doesn't reinforce faith that God is with us right now it does something else it reinforces within us a longing to come to God a desire to get out of Exile you see if all we had if the if all that God made was a natural way for the Redemption to happen then what it would the result of that would be in the Jewish Soul would be just a feeling of okay let's just sit back and wait for it because we trust that God's doing his thing he has a plan and it's going to be okay but Hashem doesn't want that Hashem wants Jews to DAV Hashem wants Jews to call out for the Redemption Hashem wants us to want the Redemption so the way for that to happen is Hashem created another way which is called Piss which is called suddenly that other side of redemption creates within the Jewish person a feeling of distance of being far away from Redemption and that creates within a person a desire to die to the following it's a famous as well when the Redemption will happen when the Redemption will happen three days before will come says three days before will come will come and he's going to stand on the mountains of Israel he's going to mourn and cry over the destruction he's going to be and he's going to use iiz the destruction of Israel and his voice will be heard from one end of the universe to the other and after all the crying and mourning and eulogizing then he will say will say to Israel say to the Jewish people peace has come to the world M has come so the question is obvious if mess is about to come it's three days m is three days away okay so start getting together I don't know you have to start now you're crying there's so many crying before and you're finally coming to tell us that msia is coming so now you're going to start crying over the over the destruction 3 days you're starting to mourn 3 days before start making the preparations everyone pack your bags you know book tickets the and all that what are you what are you crying about but the answer is that's exactly the point even though it's true that the Redemption will happen even though it's true that the Redemption is a process of natural unfolding and it's happening as we speak nevertheless what God wants of us God wants us to call out for it Hashem wants us to Davin for it to want it you know there's a unbelievable teaching from the he said the following thing a person has to long with all of his heart to get to Israel to love the land of Israel and its Holiness a person has to want it person has to yearn for it and the wanting itself the desire the yearning for it the feeling distant from God that feeling itself brings the Redemption faster listen to this this is a kicker that generation that takes upon itself that decides to want Mia more than any other generation not to even do Mitzvah he doesn't say the greatest the biggest sadik they keep the shab best they learn no any generation that takes upon itself to want more than any other generation and they're going to to be pained over the destruction of the land and over the the degradation of Y through their longing and through their wanting through their not having patience for the Redemption through they not settling for the slow natural process through their wanting something more that will cause the Redemption they will be the last generation of Exile said that you don't need to be the biggest s you don't need to be necessarily the biggest I don't know God-fearing Jews you have to want it more than anyone else we have to want it more than anyone else because it's true so we have these two conflicting things on the one hand the process of slowly slowly gives us strength that even right now in the depths of our goas there's god with us and that gives us confidence and it gives us patience but on the other hand the process of redemption which is called Piss and which is called suddenly creates within the Jew this desire for to get out of it this desire of that we're far away from it and what Kaz are telling us is that even though it's true they're paradoxical and the human mind is very doesn't deal well with contradictions but in truth they're both they're both necessary and a person has to himself with that faith that right now God is with us in our difficulties but never to let go of that desire of that wanting of that needing to get out of it so like I said before the human mind can't really deal with contradictions like this but there is one part of the human being which is 100% okay with with contradictions and paradoxes that's the human heart the emotions of a person sometime not only can the heart of a Jew the emotions of a Jew deal with contradictions but somehow in the in the emotional experience of human being we all know this you know they could go hand in hand a person can love and hate something at the same time you know a person has difficulty with like food or something so you're eating that burger and you know this is going to this is going to give you difficulty tonight you love it and hate it at the same time your brain tells you want you know but in the heart you could love and hate something at the same time so these two things these two feelings of a Jew of confidence and security that God is with us right now but at the same time longing to connect to God on a deeper level to get out of the toras the brain can't comprehend these two things but the Jewish heart can and what's the greatest expression of the Jewish heart so tell us the greatest expression of the Jewish heart is daving is do what is what is do called in the words of the service of the heart what causes daving what causes real davening the only way the only way for a Jew ever to open up a sitter to open up to helm or just to open his heart to really talk to God is if he has these two emotions at the same moment in the words of the stor the words of daving the only way a person can DAV is number one is if you feel that you're missing something that's the only way you can D if you feel everything's fine if you feel that everything's comfortable you can't D you could say the words don't get me wrong you can go to sh three times a day but you can't really D and at the same time in the words of writes if a person really feels that he's very far away if a person really feels missing and lack and he feels distant from God Al he can't D either in order to truly DAV a person has to feel at the same time distant from God but at the same time close to God and feel that comfort with God himself he has to feel that this difficulty he's going through he has to get out of it and the only way to get out of it is to call out to God but also to feel that in the difficulty itself God is with us that's the only way how you can really D and the mind the human mind can't put these things together and it's true it's a paradox and how will it materialize and arize physically the Redemption we'll have to see it hopefully and we'll tell all our grandkids about what it used to be in Exile we'll have to tell them that because they're not going to know about it but how it works out we don't know but what does it do to us right now these two sides of redemption what it does to us right now is to give us the strength to D it gives us the strength to feel that no matter what happens God is with us but at the same time it gives us that yearning that desire to get out of it to come closer to God to feel as if God is not with us these two paradoxical feelings creates doing and daving itself itself brings Mia the words wrote the main weapon that Messi will use to conquer all of reality for God is he is daving and daving means these these two things and that's why just very very quickly that's why we have a tradition that there's two Mia there's m y and m m y just very quickly is a champion of that process of slow Redemption that's what the name ysf means to add it means to slow to build to something but what is the name is a champion of that Redemption which is sudden and quick and miraculous to get out of this SARS not to find God in other to get out of it that's why the name Yehuda is the is the letters of God with the letter dollar which means emptiness these these are the two Mash that we hope for these are the two Mash that we live with that we need in our lives right now because the sorus that we experience collectively and individually have to create within us these two conflicting feelings a feeling of security with God in the difficulty but an unbelievable desire to get out of it and that creates staving that creates ding let me end off with a quick story I know it's late I apologize a quick story you know there's a AA with um just saw this recently the was the thir he was raised by I mean you know he was the grandson of the balatan but he was for most of his life he was raised by his grandfather balatan his parents died uh you know early on and he was raised by his grandfather so the story goes like this that you know if you imagine he was raised in Royal royalty not much royalty not just physical royalty spiritual royalty he's raised in the house of Al so the story following the following story takes place SED was once traveling when he was a younger younger person a young I don't know if he was engaged at this point or a little or early married that point in life he was very young and he was traveling to his father-in-law or future father-in-law's house and in the town of his father-in-law or whatever future father whatever stage it was so there was Aid of his grandfather in this town and this I don't know maybe had a few too much whatever it is he felt a little comfortable talking to the Future re and he said the following thing to the young he said you know you think you're such a big sadic he said you think you're such a big sadic to be a big sadic like you is not such a big deal you know you're the grandson of the ban you're raised in the balan's house what's the big deal like okay so you ding hard and you learn hard it's not a con okay anyone could do that if if you're if they're in your situation but me he said for me to do for me to be a good Jew that's difficult why said because my pronoun what do I do for a living I'm uh you know I uh what's the word he he lends money he's a money launderer yeah not launderer that's not a good thing he uh he uh whatever he lends money for a Liv money yeah right exactly huh Banker Banker yeah he's a banker so maybe he said like this but in order to make my prona most of my pron is dealing with non-jews and not just non-jews you know the peasants Mish peasants so what do I have to do I have to wake up early in the morning to start dealing with these low lives and a lot of times he says I have to get them drunk in order for them to pay me back it's a whole thing my whole life is dealing with these peasants these Farmers these anti-semites that's my whole day so the time I so I can't dive in a cand what am I supposed to do by the time I come home it's already late at night I force myself I go to the mikah I go to a little bit learn Somey whatever the case may be and that's my doing so for me to do that that's a big deal but for you to be aad that's a big deal no anyone can do that so was shaken by that he was shaken by that and he goes back to his father after the weekend whatever it is he goes back to his grandfather Balan and he says over what happened and and he's crying to the ban he says I'm I'm I'm talking terrible I'm talking to nobody this whole all my life I thought I was you know yeah I'm supposed to be humble and everything but I thought I was you know I figured I was pretty good and this person just like you know he threw my whole life upside down we all of a sudden I felt so close and I'm taking so far so a few days later this that uh you know said this whole thing to the went to visit the B for I don't know if he maybe he didn't remember what he said maybe he was too drunk I don't know but the he went into the b b said I want to give you a thank you because you turned my grandson into a you turned him into a daving comes from that feeling of theed daving comes from that feeling but at the same time see the never really doubted he knew who he was even when that when that you know you know that whole uh conversation took place said still knew that you know he learns all day DAV all day he still knows that he's aad but at the same time he felt he knew he's a but he also felt at the same time he's very far away that's what it means to D that's what it means to be that's what it means to be a Jew so even ourselves with this it's in that in that feeling that's where we have to find ourselves about the about the Redemption about our Exile about everything we go through in life that at the same time God's with us but at the same time we have to have a year to get out of it and again the mind can't comprehend it but the heart can we should be to ourselves with this to internalize this this and not just Tonight Tonight know these things and to think about M to want M with all of our Kish and again like I said from the if enough of us do this we don't have to be big rbes and big sadik for M to come all we have to do is to want it we should be to want it enough will we able to see with our own eyes