"I will fear no evil...For YOU are with me!!" - Powerful message in these hard times by Rabbi Anava

Not so simple time that we're in. Many, many people are going through uh not only a hard time to deal with the situation but with another type of hard time of dealing with their own struggles in regards to the situation. So, today we're going to talk about another aspect of emunah and bitachon, mainly bitachon. Bitachon in Hashem means that I have trust in Hashem. Emunah means I believe in a God, but many people believe in God, but it doesn't mean they trust God. Trusting God, really what it means is that Hashem does everything. You have no There's no contradiction. Hashem does everything. Uh if you have one little doubt or one little ounce of maybe it was somehow able to bypass Hashem, you don't have any emunah. Emunah is that you have Sorry, bitachon. It means that you have 100% you know that everything that that happens is Hashem. No question here. And above that, that God knows what he's doing. He doesn't need your advice. And he doesn't need your commentary. He knows what he's doing. Now will come the question. So, if this is the case and I want to apply 100% faith and trust in Hashem, and I believe that everything in Hashem does that everything that happens Hashem does, and nothing can change that, and that he knows what he's doing, so now will come another big question. So, what Why do I need to interfere? Why do I need to interfere? Now, we have two issues here. The first issue is do you have the bitachon to say 100% everything that happens is God? I'm not talking about good or bad right now. Everything. If you are able to answer yes to this question, let's move to the next question. Do you believe that everything that Hashem does is for the best? Yeah, of course. Right? Rabbi Akiva says that. The tov avi. Right? How many quotes do we have about that? So, if Hashem does everything and everything is for the good, and obviously that's not questionable that Hashem knows what he's doing. There's no mistakes, by the way. Oops. There's no oops when it comes to Hashem. So, if this is the case, you are holding the title that you have bitachon, you have trust in God. So, now I will challenge you and ask you if that's the level of your of your bitachon, why do we need to interfere in any type of a way? Worry, get upset, get angry, pray, fast, meditate. Why do I need to interfere? So, today we're going to address the concept of bitachon, which is faith, versus hishtadlut, which is The translation is my effort. How much effort do I need to put? Before we start, I want to quickly just dedicate the class to the health of Shalom ben Zahara who needs a miracle and immediate recovery. And along with everybody else that needs refuah, Hashem should bless them with great health. And everybody who needs everything should be blessed. So, if Hashem gives me my livelihood, my parnasah, which that's what I believe. I don't believe that it's coming from my boss. It's coming from God. The other day we posted online a video or a video a short video where I say to our brothers and sisters that don't live in Israel, you better come here fast. Because if you think Israel is is a problematic state and and it's it's dangerous here, just wait. It's just a matter of time. It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of time where what you see in Israel is going to be much more enlarged everywhere else. That's it. Anyone who's smart, Jewish, come and immediately move to Israel because that's where you belong. And many non-Jews ask me, but I'm a non-Jew. I Should I come to Israel? Can I come to Israel? What should I do? The non-Jews will address differently. But right now, the land of Israel belongs to the nation of Israel. So, come to Israel because that's where you're going to be protected. So, somebody asked me, not not even in the form of a question, was a form of a comment to insult. Uh uh uh How did it go? I don't remember how it went exactly, but something along the line of like, "Who's going to give me my parnasah? Who's going to give me my livelihood? Who's going to do this? Who's going to that?" And the answer was one word, God. If he's giving you your livelihood in New York, is he going to stop giving it in Tel Aviv? Uh I mean, if you believe that God gives you everything, he can give it to you in Antarctica. What What does it matter? He'll give you your parnasah wherever you are. When I made aliyah to Israel with six kids, no money, forget about nowhere to live and nowhere to go. And people asked me, "What What are you going to do in Israel?" So, the same thing I'm doing here in America. Uh the same way that in the last 40 years everything worked out, it will work out even if geographically I'm somewhere else. So, to say I don't want to do aliyah to Israel because I don't believe I'll make money, sorry, heresy. You don't believe you're going to find parnasah in Israel? Ah, so it's not the Master of the Universe who's giving you your livelihood. Hashem who gives you everything and he can give you when, where, and however and how much he wants. So, back to the question. If God gives me my sustenance, my parnasah, why do I need to work? Why do I need to do any effort? Right? Says in Rosh Hashanah how much I'll make, let the money just somehow come. Hashem has many many ways. A lot of people think that the word bitachon, the concept bitachon, trust in God, is that I don't need to do anything. That I'm saying, "No, I don't need to do nothing." The other day was an alarm. Happened to be that many people were out, and one I heard a conversation of one person saying to the other, "Why aren't you running for shelter?" He's like, "I believe in God. If I need to get hit, I'll get hit." Which is a very high level of emunah to say I believe in God, but it's missing that component that I don't have to do anything. Okay. So, first of all, that's not correct that you don't have to do anything. That's not correct. Effort has to come in a moderated way in order for me to practice the trust I'm looking for. What is this effort? The word that you're familiar with is hishtadlut. The hishtadlut, the effort that you need to make has to be done in the limitations of nature. What is called bederech hateva. I want parnasah, I want sustenance. I can't sit at home and do nothing. Go get a job. Hashem will make it that you'll earn, that you'll find a job, and etc. But you have to do that little effort. The effort, if you want to look at look at it mystically, the effort is your vessel, your spiritual vessel. And the blessing that Hashem will give you, how much money you're going to make, or who you're going to marry, or whatever your health situation is going to be, that's the blessing from God, and that's considered spiritually the light, the light that Hashem shines in you. If I come and give you now a $3 million check, and you don't have a bank account, is my check worth anything? No. The It's a piece of paper in the universe that says it's $3 million. You need a vessel, a bank account, in order to accept the check and take the money. So, I can give you a lot of blessings, and if you can't accept it, you won't get it. Mashma, saying in other words that I have to create a vessel. That's my hishtadlut. That's my effort. And Hashem will give the blessing, whatever he wants to give. Now, let's forget about parnasah right now. We're dealing with a war right now. I need to do an effort to protect myself as much as I can, and Hashem will decide if the missile is going to hit the house or not. That's it. But you have to make the effort. And you have to have the faith that whatever is going to happen was supposed to happen. Therefore, everything that I do has to have hishtadlut, has to have an effort, has to have You can call it effort, you can call it hishtadlut, or you can call it kli, a vessel. You call it however you you want. Students of the path of Kabbalah and Zohar will call it a kli. I need to make a kli. You want to get married? Make a kli. You need parnasah? Make a kli. Some people don't know the term, so I use the word hishtadlut. Effort. So, the thing is in everything that I do has to be an effort. What would be the result if I put and applied some effort? The blessing of Hashem. Don't put effort, there won't be a blessing. Because Hashem is not going to just throw a blessing when there's no vessel. So, let's reverse engineer it. First, you need to do a vessel. You need to do hishtadlut. You need to do something. And we'll talk about in our concept. I just want to get the idea. So, the idea is that has to be an effort, you create a vessel, the result is the blessing of Hashem, and you have no say in how much the blessing is going to be. How much money? Or whatever it is. Now, let's focus about a war. Okay, we're not after money right now. Now, we're after war. We're not after war, we're in war. Now, what do you do in in regards to war? Now, we have here all sorts of questions. I mean, you have to understand that in my free time that I don't have, I get thousands of emails, WhatsApps, Facebooks, all these places all funnel into questions. Of course, I can't answer all the questions. If you send questions and they don't get answered, it's because I only got that day only 5,000 questions and I was only able to answer 300. But, the fact is that many of the questions resemble themselves and then I can give one answer to a thousand people. And many of the times if the question repeats itself, then I'll give the answer on the video. There are many questions in what to do, in what to do in regards to questions that I get, should I leave the country? Questions that I get, should I stay exactly what I where I am and completely ignore the situation? What should I do? That's the main question that people ask and not because they're curious, it's because they're afraid. The uncertainty and the confusion brings upon people fear that they don't know what to do. So, let's generalize the question. I don't know what to do next. Now, don't start asking me or anyone what's going to happen. I don't know what's going to happen. That's another one of the most popular question that I got in the last three years. What's going to happen? Well, besides the telling you that tomorrow the sun will shine exactly in the same place, I don't know what's going to happen. Why asking me? You think they consult with me, the governments? Asking me, "Alon, what do you think we should do next?" Uh we have a general idea. We know more or less the agenda. I look at text. I don't look at news. I can tell you an evaluation what I think might happen. Certain stations in what's going to happen, we know that. We know. We know that. Three years ago when we were struggling with the with the Corona title, then even then we knew based on text that after that we'll have problems with famine, we'll have problems with natural disasters, and on the list was also terror attacks. It's inevitable. Now, it's going to happen all over the world. It's not just we're the only ones. We start the trend. It starts in Israel and Hashem should change the degree, but we're looking at many attacks around the world. So, there are many different questions of what to do right now. I would choose to say instead of asking these questions, let me just try to answer you how to deal with your fear. Because uncertainty will birth fear. When we're looking in anything in life what to do, I have I was taught to go to our ancestors, to our forefathers. So, with everything that I need advice, I go and seek advice not from Basar Vadam, not from flesh and blood. Sometimes, I go to to our leaders. So, let's go all the way back to our forefather Yakov when you're asking what to do. Yakov Avinu lived in Charan, married Leah, married Rachel, had 11 boys and twin girls with each one. And finally, he decides to leave the house of Charan, break business ties with him, and to flee. And it worked. All the way back home, he gets a message from his intelligence that his brother Esau is coming towards him with 400 men to kill him. They're not coming to help him carry the suitcases. Now, Yakov is in a bind. What does he do? He now got a message from his I'm saying intelligence, not his intelligence is mochin. His intelligence is spies. Angels came and warned him. Now, he's in a bind. What should I do? Now, raises a big question. Why Yakov did what he did? Because Yakov had a promise. Yakov had a divine promise from God himself. "Go down to Charan, I will protect you." God said to Yakov, "I will make sure that you are safe. I will I will clothe you. I will feed you." Yakov has a divine promise. "Don't worry." Nevertheless, Yakov Avinu takes the threat very seriously and he prepares. First of all, he prepares with presents. Don't to give presents. He doesn't want to go into a fight. He's not looking to get into a confrontation. So, he prepares a lot of presents and he sends from Amazon Prime to Esau all sorts of presents. Suddenly, Esau gets an iPad, a new iPhone. He's like, "Wow, maybe it's worth being uh good with his brother." So, first of all, he prepares presents. But, right after he prepares presents, what does he do? Prayer and he prepares for war. So, first of all, presents. You come in peace. Second of all, he prepared he started praying. And last, he prepared for but he actually prepared for war. In case something's going to happen, he split the camp. If Hashem this camp gets hit, that won't get hit. He had a strategy. So, if we're looking at the situation right now, let's fast forward from Yakov a few thousand years. Now, we are in Tafshin Peh Dalet, 2023. We don't have Yakov here right now. What should I do with the situation? I take the analysis of Yakov. First, we start with presents, right? So, if you're looking at the conflict, I don't want to even say the Israeli-Palestinian conflict because there is no Israeli-Palestinian conflict. There is an agenda from the globalists who's going to do what and when. There is no conflict. There wasn't a conflict. It is an invented That's what the world doesn't understand. That's where the world fails and hopefully will understand and that depends also on many of you because people need to be educated. Have you seen the video that is running around the social media of a young man in New York approaching people in the street and asking them if they support Hamas. They say, "Of course." He's like, "Can you sign here?" He reads them the terms and conditions. THEY'RE LIKE, "WHAT? I'm not signing that." Most people abroad don't know what's going on. Half of them don't even know where Palestine is. And one of the proofs is that I have a video. I'm not going to say what it says in the video, but some Israeli went to a pro-Palestinian demonstration somewhere in some country. He's chanting in Hebrew and they're all following him. And he's cursing the Hamas. He He sings, "Palestine is He's saying curse words. And they're all chanting after him. Hundreds of people. And he's chanting curses against the Hamas and they're all like, "Palestine." So, you see 500 zombies are just "Palestine." He don't know nothing what's going on here. He never even stepped foot in Israel. He never had an encounter with one of these people. I want to see all these I don't know what to say titles around the world how they would be greeted by the Hamas if they should step foot there. All sorts of LGBTs and all sorts of people that I want to see you going to to Palestine and proposing peace there. They'll slaughter you in a second and a half. So, let's go to our situation. If you're looking at right now, let's call it the Israeli-Palestinian conflict even though that's not what I'm saying. In the last 50 years, that side of the border, and it doesn't matter if it's Palestine, Hezbollah, Jordan, Egypt, Israel gave a lot of presents. So, the first action of Yakov of giving presents, we did that. We did so many presents. I'm talking right now. I don't want to I don't want to be involved Israeli state, the Zionists. I'm trying to put an idea very important to take my words and distort them. But, you see that we tried on our side the the option of peace, the option of present. It doesn't work. They don't want peace. It's nonsense. They chant from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free. So, where are the Israelis going to go? To the sea. So, they don't want peace, they want annihilation. That's you can't argue with that. So, what really have we left? Prayer and war. That's it. That's the options you have. Peace and presence, it's not going to work. So, we have prayer and we have war. Let me jump first to the war. The war that we're in it was already decided before the war started where, how, what, when, how many, and who's going to win. Everything was decided. It's not that they're actually letting them fight. The war was already decided what's going to be the outcome. And not by the Israeli government, and we're not going to get to the conspiracies and who and what and I don't I'm not This is not the class. But the fact is we're talking about that the war was already decided and everything and the outcome is decided. So, really what war should I do? Should I put on a uniform and get an M-16 and go to Gaza? That's the war that I'm supposed to do? So, first of all in our situation right now, the war we're in, you are in war. You have to be on a defensive side. Because you don't know where it's coming from. I drove before from one point to another. I was passing a truck. And that's how my mind works. It's not neurotic, it's normal. Many of the truck drivers in Israel are Arabs and there have been many attempts and successful ones in the past for heavy machinery to ram a car. It happened many times with a tractor, with a truck, by an Arab driver who just decided to ram into a car to kill the person. So, when I when close to the truck, I proceeded with caution. I came close to the truck. I tried to look in the mirror to see the face of the driver and when I went out to pass, then I passed knowing that he might try to push me off. That's the war you live in. Nobody's telling you to go now to the border and start shooting with a machine gun, but you are at war. Don't deny that. Don't live that we're safe in some la-la land that we're safe. 4 weeks ago we saw very clearly that you're not safe. And it doesn't matter Israel or somewhere else. A Jew was murdered yesterday in Los Angeles in a in a pro-Palestinian riot. The fact is that we are at war. Take it as it is. Do what you need to do. But nevertheless, another aspect that you can take it to the next level is that you know the whole world is against us and there are millions of people that if you explain to them the situation the right way, will be your or our supporters. So, our war, you you and you, you have phones, you have social media. You have to post a lot of propaganda pro I again, I'm I'm going to get caught in my words because for years I'm saying that I'm not with the government, which I'm not, but I'm now telling do a video that is pro-Israel. So, I'm not telling you to do a video pro-government. Uh you can do videos or whatever you want. Post videos, share videos. You saw that video with the guy? Share it. That's part of a war. Is educating other people. So, we're not going to focus this second much on the war because neither one of you and I don't think anyone of the viewers are planning on going to war, although I know I have many students, followers, and friends that are right now in the front line. But really right now what we need to focus on from the three option is the prayer. The presence doesn't work, the war, okay, we'll put it aside. Now, the prayer. With that said the prophet Isaiah in chapter 41, verse 14 calls us the nation of Israel a worm. That's not such a nice way to describe a nation, but if you want to check the verse, the verse says, "Fear not, oh worm of Jacob." This is not a derogatory way to represent the nation, rather Isaiah is telling us that the same way that a worm her power its power in its mouth because a worm can go in a tree now and eat the entire tree. So, the power of this little worm is in its mouth. Same with us. We are the worm of Jacob. Our mouth is the power. Both for the positive and for the negative. A Jew will operate and be successful much more with the power of speaking. On the other hand, we see that our enemy their power is their hand. They don't know how to talk. They don't There's no talking there. Our power is their mouth, our enemy's power is is their hand. Now, it doesn't mean that our hand is not strong, but our power is our mouth. And I'm sure you saw the numerous videos of soldiers asking secular soldiers asking the religious people, "Please continue praying for us. We see the miracles." Did you see these videos? I saw 12 videos of secular soldiers in Gaza saying that most of the fighting is at night. "Please, we're asking you, Torah observant people, learn Torah, read with as much as you We're seeing miracles. We see that it works. Please do it." 12 videos I saw like that. Now, why would a secular soldier do such a thing unless they see death in front of their face and then they see the unbelievable miracles of the hands of Hashem. Then we need to do our part. So our power is in our mouth. The proof to that not necessarily for the nation of Israel, but that the mouth is powerful, one leader with one sentence or one speech can move a whole nation. A person that speaks can affect thousands and thousands of people. That's the power of the mouth. So now, let's go back to the war cuz we are at war. If we have to do war then again, like I told you before, you need advice, you go to the source. You go to our leaders. Who is the Who is the man that you can say from our past that's That's That's the man that knows to lead wars, King David. Now, let's go to King David. Let's see what he does. What he does, what he did cuz no question he was righteous, no question he was a scholar, no question he was lovable by the master of the universe, not by the people. People didn't like him. The true leaders that most people don't like. People like false leaders like they take you to sin. David wasn't popular or anyone of our great leaders. So there were four kings that each and every one said a specific quote before they left on war. The first one is King David. And he says in the book of chapter 18, verse 38 I'll translate, "I have pursued my enemies and overtaken them never turning back till they were consumed." David says, "I'm going after my enemies and I'm not returning till they're all wiped out." That's the approach of David. There was around that time, around that period, two kings two kings and so, one of them says, "I have the power I have the power to pursue but I don't have the power to fight. Therefore, Hashem you will fight and you will be successful." And sure enough, that's what happened. Hashem fought. He didn't do anything and the war was victorious. The second one said, "I don't have power not to pursue and not to fight. I don't have power for anything. I'm just going to say and Hashem, you do the war, you win it." And so it happened. And then there was the last of the four, the King Hezekiah that says, "I don't have power not to pursue, not to fight, and not to read them. I'm going to bed. And you, Hashem, you fight the war and when I wake up in the morning, I'm sure you'll be victorious." And sure enough, it worked. So, on the surface, it seems that who has the most faith in God. It seems it's King Hizkiah has the most faith in in God, right? He said, "I'm not going to read Tehillim." He just got I'M GOING TO BED. IT SEEMS that he has the highest level of of bitachon, of faith and trust, but it's the complete opposite. He was the one who had the least. Now, pay attention. The more a person has bitachon, and again, bitachon is that you trust in God, you under That person will understand that he doesn't do anything. I don't have a gauge for you to measure how much bitachon you have. But, a person that has a very high level of trust in Hashem, first of all, his entire life is completely different. But, the more you develop the bitachon, the more you understand that you don't do nothing. Nothing. You don't do nothing. Then I'm a nothing. I said that David Hamelach you were quoted him when it comes to a nothing. David Hamelach says on himself, "Ani to lot v'lo ish. I'm a worm and not a man." And other great uh over a great leaders, Moshe Rabbenu says, "Ve'enachnu mah? I'm nothing." Avraham Avinu says, "Ani afar v'efer. I'm ashes." The more you have bitachon in the Kadosh Baruch Hu, you you more you understand that you don't do nothing. Everything is the will of the Kadosh Baruch Hu. Everything that happens is the will of Hashem, even though he manipulated your decision. It's all the will of Hashem. Nothing happens without the will of Hashem. So, if this is the case, then David Hamelach is the highest level of bitachon. Not Hizkiah that said, "I'm not going to read I'm not going to even pray." It doesn't say I'm going to read Tehillim. He says, "I'm not going to pray." But, nevertheless, uh uh David Hamelach is the highest level of bitachon. Not Hizkiah. Why? Because David Hamelach says, "Ani erdof. I will pursue." Right? "Ani asig. I will catch up and find make the war." "Ve'ani lo echzor. I will not come back." Now, on the surface, that sounds like David Hamelach is a little bit arrogant. "Ani, I will pursue." Right? "I will make the war and I will be victorious." But, David Hamelach says that only cuz he knows that everything that Hashem everything that happens is Hashem, therefore it won't affect my emunah. Therefore, I have to do it. Because whatever's going to happen, Hashem is going to make it happen. I know Hashem is going to make it happen. But, the fact that I know that will not affect or defect my emunah. Why? Why is that approach of David Hamelach and why is it so uh pointing on great bitachon? If David Hamelach says, "Ani ani ani." It doesn't show bitachon. David Hamelach says as follows. If you are you are busy with doing, eventually you'll start relating with the tool you are doing with, and eventually you'll come to a point that you will feel that you did the action. Example, if I go out now with a gun, and I'm a very good shooter, and I go out to pursue the the enemy, and I start shooting, and I take them one after the other down. Let's say I'm a sniper. Eventually, I will start developing I got them. You start relating with your tool, in this case will be the gun. You start I don't know if the the word in English is relating, but in Hebrew it's called le histahot, to identify. I identify with the tool. Now, who it happens to very often? Let's see if you're getting what I'm trying to say. If you got what I'm trying to say, you'll tell me now an example of who does something with a tool, and then they think they did it. Quickly, no? No, not atheists. A profession. I told said no. Doctors. Toda rabba. The doctors are so involved in the medical curriculum and the tools and the advancement that they will never say God did it. We did it with our technology. I did it with my 40-year experience. The person identifies with his tool, with his kli, and eventually will believe that he did it. So, David Hamelach says, I I I I'll I'll do it. I'll do it cuz I know Hashem does that. And whatever he's going to decide, victory or not, that's his will. He's going to do it. It doesn't affect my emunah. Now, where will that be applied even better? When it comes chas v'shalom, if a person is dealing with a sickness. The hishtadlus, you do whatever treatment, but the outcome is going to happen what Hashem wants. So, it doesn't matter. I have to do what I have to do, not to get to a point that it to say that I cured myself. I did it myself. I was successful in the battlefield. David Hamelach says this is no no no. When you feel that you do it, that you forget that the creator did it. And the fact is that doesn't matter, doctor, soldier, it doesn't matter. That's how it is. You identify with what you do. It becomes a part of you, and eventually you'll And again, I'm saying everything very general. Don't come and tell me my cousin is a doctor and he's a observant and he doesn't believe that. For everything that I say there's exceptions. But, the fact is David Hamelach King David knew that everything is Hashem. And that he still has to do something. But, nevertheless, not to chas v'shalom get to a point that he will fall into any type of way that he thinks that he did it, that he was victorious. So, the first the second king, when he said, why did he decide not to fight? Cuz he said, "If I will win, I will start thinking that I was the hero. I don't want to fight. Let Hashem fight." Very high level. The sec The third king said the same thing. "If I will pursue, suddenly I'll start thinking that maybe I scared them off." No no no no, let Hashem pursue. You understand the level of these gangs saying, "I don't want to fall in that borderline of this It's not really heresy, but not giving God the credit." And Hizkiah said, "Maybe by mistake I will be successful, and I will think that it's was my prayer, my Tehillim, my Torah. Then I'll think that I did something. So, I'm not going to do nothing." So, these three kings represent very high levels of emunah, especially when they're kind of moving back by saying, "I don't want to fail by eventually think that I did something." But, the only one who really got it the right way is David Hamelach but says, "I will have to do it. Because if Hashem sends me to war, I have to do it." Hashem put us in war. You have to be in a war. Nobody's consulting you right now if you're in war or not. Now, I know for Americans is different from Israelis. Israelis who grew up in Israel, that's not my first or second or third war. You're already uh you know, in Hebrew it's called daruch. I'm charged already for a war war mode. Maybe Americans don't know that. What's war mode? But, you are in war mode. So, it's In other words, it's uh uh uh forced on us the situation. So, basically, what Hashem is saying, the situation is forced on you. Now, do a David Hamelach. Do what you need to do. Don't be like the other kings that saying, "I have an amazing trust with Hashem. I don't need to have a cheder mugan, a safe room. I don't need to prepare to myself some supplies or whatever. I don't need to." If you're saying it because you pretend that you have such great faith in Hashem, that's not the faith. Cuz Hashem says, "Nachon, don't prepare water for 3 years, but prepare some water." I'm just giving one example out of many. Leave the phone open so you can hear if there's alarms. I don't believe the alarm system after what I saw 4 weeks ago. But, I still listen to the alarm. I still do the precautions. The other day, my daughter asked me, "Why they they say within the when a missile falls to lie down on the ground and cover the head? What if the missile hits me?" So, the The is if the hits Whatever the missile hits, it kills whether you on your head or on your or on your back. It doesn't matter. But if the missile hits next to you, the missile hits from above, so in the moment of impact, the explosion goes up. So shreds, they go up. The impact, the head of goes up. So if you're on the ground, it goes above you. So you save yourself from the shreds from the How do you call that? Scrap nails. And huh? Scrap nail? And from the the impact But the fact is, you know, the missile hits exactly where it needs to hit. So you need to do the minimum of your hishtadlus. Now, so first of all, we analyze four levels in emunah. The right advice and the right approach is the level of King David and not the other kings, even though they presented a very high level of faith. But we are now in war and we have to understand one thing. We are in the hands of God. You are not in the hands of the Israeli government and you are not in the hands of the IDF and you are not in the hands of Biden or anyone. Don't put your trust in any of these agencies or so-called leaders. Blessed is the man or a woman who trusts God. Damn is the man who trusts in a man. So we have to understand right now, you don't you can't get it out of your mind and you have to it has to resonate. We are at war. Okay? I hope you get it. And also the people outside of Israel, that's part of the process of the Geulah. Every source that you will open that talks about the redemption, it will tells you there's going to be sounds of war before the coming of Mashiach. Whether it's the Zohar, whether it's the Talmud, whether it's Targum Yonathan, it doesn't matter. They're all saying that there's going to be wars. For all I care, they're working being the Pacific. Who cares? War there's going to be. Where, how, and what? That's in the hands of Hashem. We have to understand that we are in the hands of Hashem and no one else. Only in the hands of Hashem. And therefore, right now, we are in the biggest test period we ever had as an individual, as a nation, and as a human race. This is the strongest test that Hashem has given in our generation. We have to understand that. You have to start resonating things exactly how we spoke 3 4 years ago with Corona and I was saying and many others, we're never going back to pre-Corona. People were saying, "Oh, I want to go back to how it was before." We're never going back. So this is the same. We're never going back to pre-October 17. Okay? Seven, sorry. The same way that after 9/11 in the United States, the country changed 180 degrees, same thing here. It will never be the same. Everything changed now in Israel and it will, as I always say, echo and ripple to the rest of the world. So we have to understand that we are only in the hands of God. We have to understand that we are now being tested from the heavenly court with a magnifying glass. Every reaction is tested. But another thing you need to really take to consideration that in October 7, I rather say Simchat Torah, there was a major shift in regards to the redemption. When you're looking at the stages, you know, we talk about different conspiracies. It's more correct to say we're talk about conspiracies than conspiracy theories cuz what we talk about are not theories. There are many theories. We talk about conspiracy facts. So, we have to understand that the ultimate conspirator, the one who does the most conspiracies, is God. As much as they can think of anything, God is really the one who does all the conspiracies and I'm not making this up. Go look in the Talmud. There's a question, why did God allow or helped or did or assist with the golden calf? You know what was the answer, the conclusion of the Talmud? It was a conspiracy by God against us. That's what our sages in the Talmud said. Hashem tricked us into failing the golden calf. So, I have to understand that a major shift in the redemption happened right now. I don't know if you remember it, 2007, 2008, 2009, it was a great real estate collapse in America. Banks collapsed. At the time, Rabbi Ginsburgh from Eretz Yisrael, who I highly respect, said then, the the shift in the redemption when it comes to breaking the economy started. Because we know from the Talmud that says the son of David, talking about Mashiach, cannot come unless there's going to be lack of money in the pocket. So of course so many years we were interpreting that there's going to be poverty. A year or two ago we understood that we're talking here about a digital currency and there's not going to be any more cash when you're not going to be carrying money anymore. So we don't know to what level our sages have foreseen things. But nevertheless, a big major shift in the redemption is breaking the the power of money, completely demolishing the economy. Everything that the globalists want to do, that's Hashem's desire. When they want to make a one world government, of course the one world government. It's called Malchut Bet David. The government of King David. It's a world government. They want one currency? Yeah, you're right. There's not going to We're not going to have that when Mashiach comes. So everything that they want, it's actually Hashem's will and he's sending these fools to try to do it and to apply it. But the ultimate conspirator is the master of the universe. He creates everything. Not for nothing. But that Hashem will come. Many thoughts are in the heart and the mind of a man to do things, but Hashem's advice, that's what's going to happen. So when we see these maneuvers, we have to understand, like I told you, first of all, we are at war. We have to understand that we are at war. We are only in the hands of God. Don't put your trust in anyone but God. Then like I told you, we are under a very very big microscope, a magnifying glass where you're going through a very strong test, each and every one of us. And like I told you, this is a very very important maneuver in the redemption cuz God plays with the world like chess. Now my 8-year-old started to play chess. She I don't know, she learned it, she likes it, she wants to play chess with me. And then we started a game and listen, I'm not proud of everything that I did in in my life, but I I'm a very good chess player. You know why? Because I was in jail for a long time and in jail you play chess. So you see by the inmates how long the person is in by how good they play chess. Okay? That's how it works. When I first got arrested and and detained, then I saw everybody playing chess and I thought I'm a good player. Then I went and sta- sat in front of some Puerto Rican and with three maneuvers he he he won. I was like, "What?" So, so I'm a pretty good chess player. So so I I played with my daughter. I did a few maneuvers and I won. So and I did I repeated like that. And I told her, "Listen, you have to understand, to win chess, you have to have a plan. You don't just move pawns. If you don't the first one that you move has a strategy. If you're just moving pawns to move them, you'll never win unless you're lucky. You have to enter the chess game with three strategies. I'm attacking from here. If they do this, I'll attack from here. If they do that, I'll attack from here. And if they defend from here, I'll come from here. What do you think God is not running the show like a chessboard? He's moving everything around. Hashem is running the entire show here. So, to conclude, first of all, my recommendation. We're going to continue doing these classes on a weekly base, maybe more often, that one should learn how to build the real bitachon. Because when you have real bitachon, like we just quoted King David, the result is gam ki elech beget salmavet lo ira ki ata imadi. Chapter 23 in Tehillim. Also if I will if I will walk down the valley of shadow of death, I will not fear because you're with me. That's the the of David Hamelech. But look at David and Malik. He he understands come kill a little bigger even if I have to. If you will push me to go through the valley of shadow of death, I'll accept. And if I'll be victorious, it's because you wanted and if I will die or lose the battle, it's because that's your what you wanted. But I have to go on the path. I have to be led to where I have to go for whatever reason. So I highly recommend for a person who really wants to strengthen their their bitachon, which is really what we need right now, is you need to learn about it. And not everything can be done by me. I can't just come and give you tricks all the time. It doesn't work like that. Every person is different. What what affects me doesn't affect you. How I see things is not how you see things. I can recommend a few books that you want to read if you have access to it. I don't know how much of them can be translated, but start reading and maybe we will dedicate classes to start like we're learning to learn maybe start learning. But one of them that I think that many have already have access to it and learn is the duty of the heart. Start learning that thoroughly. Talks a lot about bitachon. It it nourishes the nefesh. Well, another book is another that I don't think there's going to be translation for that. Also another uh That's I think only the duties of the heart you can find in English, but I wouldn't even learn it in English. But nevertheless, so learn Hebrew. I know I know that I know the question. So learn Hebrew. If you want to learn Torah, you learn Hebrew. You know my approach. If I would now offer you a contract that you earn a million dollars a month and I'm signing you for a 20-year contract. You want to take this job? You want to take the contract, right? There's one condition. The factory is in Brazil. You need to learn Portuguese and I need you to know it in 3 months. You will think Portuguese in 3 months to get that job. So I'm now telling you I'm offering you eternity. You need to learn the language. Learn the language because that's how you learn the the wisdom of God. You don't learn it in English. You learn it in Hebrew in Qodesh. So go learn Qodesh. That is what the language it was taught and that's it. I know it's it's easier said than done, but it has to be done. You cannot learn Torah in English. Let's continue. So I recommend first of all to read these books and with God's help if we have to, then we will do some classes. It's very easy to fall into fear and and it's very easy because people go online all day long and they watch things and then they believe this and then they believe that and they don't know who to believe. One big mishmash. The thing is that I have to understand that everything is in the hands of God. The message for today what I want to tell you is two things. First of all, according to the shamayim, we know that. I just told you everything is in the hands of Hashem. Now I have to understand, let me explain to you the the the verse the explanation from the Talmud when it comes to the shamayim. According to the shamayim puts me out shamayim. Then the Talmud says that when a man and a woman get together trying to bring a baby to the world, then the second that the drop goes from the man to the woman, a certain angel comes to the drop, takes the drop, goes in front of the master of the universe and tells to the master master of the universe, "Dear God, this drop, what what's going to be with it? Will the person be a man, a woman, tall, short, blue eyes, green eyes, rich, poor, brave, wicked, coward? What's going to be with that person?" And God says everything about that person. Every little detail, who are they going to marry, where they're going to live, where they're going to die. Every little detail is said on that person besides one detail. And God concludes by saying according to the shamayim, everything is in the hand of God, how much money he will make, who who he will marry, how many kids. All the challenges you're going to have in your life is already predestined. The only thing that God leaves it up to you is shamayim. Is the fear of God. According to the shamayim, everything is in the hands of shamayim, God, puts me out shamayim. Except your shamayim. And I told you already that shamayim is translated as God-fearing. I'm afraid of God. It doesn't matter what type of fear right now, whether it's God the fear of awe. But nevertheless, it's a fear of God. But when you want to take it to the next level, shamayim I told you is the same letters of of seeing. Which means that level of shamayim that is required from us is seeing with my own eyes that everything is shamayim. Everything is God. A low level of shamayim is that I'm afraid of God. Okay, I'm afraid too. The problem is that most people are not afraid. Let's cut to the chase. Most people are not afraid of God. Therefore, they do whatever they want. If you would be afraid of God, I think your life would be a little bit different. Because most people think that they're going to live till 2,342 years. They don't understand that you're going to live till 80, 90, 100, whatever Hashem decides to bless you. And then you have a meeting with the creator. That's why I keep asking, are you ready for that encounter? Think about it real good. If you're ready to meet the creator of the world. Do you have good answers? Think about it good. I'm not telling you good or bad or scaring you. I'm telling you think about it. So when it says shamayim everything is in the hand of God, so we concluded we're in a war. We're in the hands of God. Who's going to win? We don't know. God knows. What's going to happen? Is it going to start from the north? Are they going to attack us Iran? Are we attacking them? What's happening? We don't know. We have clowns running this country and clowns running this world. I don't know what's going to happen. I don't know what's the next thing they're they're they're planning for us, but I do know that nothing will move in this world without the hand of God. So if everything is shamayim puts me out shamayim, the only thing that's left out is my shamayim. My God-fearing. You understand a low level? That's physically or emotionally fear from God. You want to go to the next level? You shamayim is that I see you same letters. You shamayim the call the ball. Everything that happens, I see the hand of God in. And not only the hand of God, everything the whole body is God. It's not only the hand. Therefore, I'm able to say in a very confident way, we don't have an issue with Hamas. We don't have an issue with the government or foreign governments or any of our enemies. Our issue is with God directly. You go to the source, the symptom will stop. So when we're looking at this situation, it's not going to work when somebody is going to tell you, "Don't worry. It will be okay." These are not words of encouragement. First of all, how do you know it's going to be okay? There's one rabbi online. All his message is don't worry, everything will be okay. We're doing great. Hashem loves us. Don't worry, everything will be fine. How do you know that everything will be fine? Do you have some type of message that I don't? That you're able to say so clearly everything will be fine. You know there were rabbis like you in 1939 that said the same thing. Everything will be fine and people based on your opinion didn't run away. And I will have to because it's just annoying me not to say it. I have to say it how many rabbis told people to take the and the people took it because they counted on their rabbinical authority. So how do you know Mr. Saying that everything will be okay that it's going to be okay. Who says it's going to be okay? I hope it's going to be okay. I pray that it's going to be okay, but to tell a crowd of people, "Don't worry, it will be okay." That's bad because you don't know if it's going to be okay. What if it's not going to be okay? What kind of a responsibility are you taking here? Besides the fact you you are Hashem's spokesperson? He told you to tell you that everything will be okay. Who are you? Who you appointed yourself to talk in the mouth of Hashem? I don't worry, everything will be I spoke with the boss. Everything will be fine. Go back to your normal schedule. So all the slogans when people attack me, why am I harsh? Why am I scaring? Why am I not spreading love and because that's not going to bear a result if I'll tell you that everything will be fine. I'm telling you we are at war. Can you argue with that? No. So what? You see the danger in front of your eyes. You have to You don't have to be a genius or definitely not a prophet to see. So what am I what what what am I saying that is not from the truth? But nevertheless, what is required from us is to understand and that's the practice the homework of today. Like I told you the other day, what to do? Then today you have to constantly remind yourself in your mind that Hashem is the one who's doing everything. You need to develop your mind not to God fearing rather you ain't shamayin because of the ball. Start recognizing how the hand of Hashem is everywhere. Now when you see the hand of Hashem, you don't say, "Wow, that was lucky." You say, "Baruch Hashem, it was a miracle." You don't say slogans such as I don't want to say. You understand it happened because of God. Now all the testimonials of the survivors of the party are storming starting to surface because they had a week or two or three to relax. And amazingly you see that the majority of them are doing chuvah. You see that. I saw four interviews of people who were able to run away from the party telling their story. With a yarmulke and a little beard. A lot of them are chos en be chuvah and they're all saying, "I saw the miracle in front of you I you cannot argue with a miracle when the terrorist is pointing the gun at you and shooting AND EVERYBODY FALLS BESIDE YOU." That's your shamayin that you see that Hashem did it. People don't understand what I'm saying they're distorting my words. How can you say that Hashem did it? Because Hashem did it. Who did it if not Hashem? Something can move in this world without Hashem? And aleh. The the Talmud says a a leaf doesn't turn around. A leaf turns around. Elem can omen malach ve make a love me in a mala. An angel stands over that leaf and hits the leaf to turn and above that angel another angel above that angel another angel all the way to the master of the universe who knows every second infinite amount of details that happening every second. That's your shamayin. That's the level that you need to bring yourself. However you want to learn the books, do your meditation, look at things and observe them and understand how everything is the hand of Hashem. And then you nourish your nation your your soul that will bring you to a place of very strong chos. It doesn't mean you're not going to be afraid. It means you're going to have chos. When David and went to war when when he says begin with your time with me. Now I can explain that to you different rah. Can be translated I won't see any evil cuz you are with me no rah no difference of the letters but it's the same cree it's the same how you read it. And we know based on that if I can read something doesn't matter the letters. If I can read it and it sounds like another word it's can be compared to the other words. So when David says I won't see evil cuz you are with me. So even though I trust it is that I see they're coming from you must be that they're good. And I don't understand why. We don't understand and we'll never understand why we we as humans have to go through whatever suffering in order to reach some type of spiritual atonement. We will never understand that don't even try to understand that. But as horrible as we saw these people were murdered brutally raped and beaten and burnt. I know don't try and definitely don't point the finger at me. But we don't understand why God decided that that's how the death is going to be and there's a great spiritual benefit for the person in the way how they died. And don't try to understand that. We will not understand that. When Hashem has mercy on a soul, he will make sure that they suffer in this world so they don't suffer in the world to come. And trust me, I'm sorry what I'm about to say I know a lot of people don't like hearing it because it's whatever. You rather suffer in this world all the suffering in the world and not to deal with one second of suffering in the world above. Trust me. I'm willing to take on myself I'm saying it publicly and I said that a million times any suffering in the world in this world just not to deal with it in the world above. So there is a spiritual benefit to the bodies to the souls of how the body dies. Don't go far and look at our own Torah at the four types of death from the bay dean. Doesn't sound nice. Skila stoning burning. I'm not I'm not going to tell you now the descriptions of how everything was done by the way. But that's from the bay dean. Whatever is done through the bay dean that what was done now in this territory and that's what's done in most cases. I heard a rabbi again saying and I don't it's a long time ago there's no video something but I heard him saying in shiva of a person who died in of car accident he came where everybody's mourning the death of the child a teenager and he says bluntly he died because of shabbat. He died because of desecrating shabbat. Now who wants to hear that when you're sitting shiva on your son? But he says I'm sorry to tell you that but because of shabbat that's how he died. What was his explanation? If a person desecrates shabbat the death by the court is by stoning. He explained that when a person rolls in a car and he gets bumped from all over the directions here here here and eventually dies that's equal to stoning. The body gets the cuz stoning the person will get 100 200 rocks thrown at them. The person rolls over with a car or gets smashed by a truck it's the same effect like stoning therefore you see that in Israel the death toll from car accidents is not normal to anywhere in the world. So it's not the roads it's not the cars it's the shabbat. So all the desecration of what we do they are punishment from the bay dean. Don't be so shocked when you see the atrocities. Let me let me take it back because I know people are very sensitive. Be shocked. It's horrible it's disgusting it's unfathomable it's not human. Don't distort what I'm saying. I'm more shocked than you by the way and I saw the real videos. Maybe some of you had a little glimpse of because I saw videos doesn't matter. Not what you see on Facebook, okay? This is not human it's not normal it's in the same level of the Holocaust and many other atrocities. But yet and old me the battle. She runs the show. Who goes in the yard of he is the axe in the hand of the tree chopper. Mhm? Lumberjack. Also good. So we just need to understand where we heading. Don't try to figure things out. Don't turn to all sorts of rabbis leaders whatever that sell you all sorts of stories. Nobody know what's going to happen. And when I tell you what I foresee it's not my opinion. It's not that I'm coming to you with some kuku. I read the text. I tell you what's the text. You read it yourself and that's it I just deliver it to you. I don't foresee things. I sometimes connect the dots. Sometimes I do maybe see and understand things different. But I will never tell you listen up what's going to happen. So don't follow that. The only way to understand is to bring yourself to this level of your mind is that you see how everything is Hashem. In the beginning it's hard. In the beginning it's very hard because when you see these sites that we see it's hard to understand that that's the will of Hashem. I know I understand that. When you hear about a baby beheaded it's hard to link God and such an act. Right? I understand I'm human too. And of course all the people will say this is a loving God I don't need such a God. I don't think the humans are that great. So to conclude we have to work on our mind on our way to observe the hand of God in everything that will by default strengthen my trust in God to bring me to a point that I will begin with my even if I go in the valley of the shadow of death no so no means I will not have fear but we twisted it now no I will not see any evil because everything that that God does is good. So, it cannot be evil. It has to be coming from God. There's no other way. I understand that whatever you do to me, God is good. I'm also dealing with a right now personally with a lot of situations, by the way. Whatever you think, I don't know what thing people think about me. People think I know a lot of people think that I'm some Baba Sali hovering over the floor. I don't have to pay electricity bills or rent and I'm set to go. No, I'm in the same boat like you, by the way. I have financial struggles. I have marital struggles. I have education with kids struggles. I have all the struggles with the like of all you. Maybe I'm handling it different, but I have the same struggles and trust me, I have a lot of struggles and a lot of challenges and a lot of tests and but I have one advantage over many. I just accepted because I know that A, it's coming from God. B, it's good. C, it's good for me. And D, I will never understand what God wants for me, but if he brought me to this situation, that's where he wants me to be. So, find out what he wants you to do. God pulls you into a situation. I told you we are under a magnifying glass. He wants to see how everybody's reacting, how much real trust you have in him. How much real love you have in him. How much you can start applying his 13 attributes of mercy. Let's see you do that. Now, go back to the Tomer Devorah series that we're learning here. Go to chapter one. Now, I actually urge you go and see the entire chapter one. I don't know, it's 20 classes. Let's see if you can apply the 13 attributes of mercy that God has been applying towards us for the last 3,000 years. Let's see you last one day of forbearance and one day of forgiving and we have complaining against God. I like that. I like that. Even if God decides to put me in the valley of the shadow of death, doesn't matter what it is. I will still see that it's good and I will not have fear because I know put me there. And if he put me there, it's not to be with the approach of Hezekiah by saying, "God, you put me here. You solve all the problems." Is the approach of David the Melech that I have to do it because the God put me in the situation and I don't want to fail in a situation that maybe I will think that I was successful, that I did it. Then I'm putting all my trust in the hands of and I know that did that. And I one last word of of I don't know if it will be encouragement or the complete opposite. You have to understand that we are going into a very difficult time and we're going to see very difficult things and we're going to experience very difficult things. And where the the level of tests that we had up until now will quadruple if it didn't already to it for you. We are all under a magnifying glass. Whatever test that you dealt with a month ago, now will be 50 times more. So, don't look at it as an attack by me saying that or don't look at it, "Oh my God." You have to look at it that shifted the entire world moving one step closer to the redemption. It's a state that is not familiar to us because we were in exile for so long. So, some things are not interpreted the right way by us, but I'm telling you in the most loving way, in the most caring way, be strong. We are heading into very hard times. What we're going to see is going to be detrimental to us. That's why again the chorus man we're seeing the word is how you guard your eyes right now is extremely important and not guarding your eyes for looking at at not modest woman. I'm talking how you look at everything in the world right now. How you judge other people. How you judge your situation. How you judge the the the acts of God favorably. We are totally in a different situation right now that is not familiar to us. So, don't be confused. Don't fall into insecurity and fear. You have to strengthen your right now. If it was strong before that, I see the people that have strong this entire attack. Okay. Okay. Another one of acts. Horrible, disgusting. Yeah, we agree with that, but that's that's plan. I mean, we saw already doing some pretty bad things in the past. He we know he can do bad things. So, we have to understand that everything is in the hands of God besides of the level of how you see God and that will be the biggest test that we're going to face now. I'm not saying that from said that close to 300 years ago that the test before Messiah is coming will be a moon. How much I see in front of me. And I can congratulate some, I don't know all, but some of the people who were murdered in that party and in other places, I know they did it. I know they died on I know they did I prepared a class cuz people are asking me how can I say that some of these people are gay hood. I will give you a long answer why, what, who, and when not. But if a person moments before he died did it, there's no question here that that person is a if he did and I know for a fact that many did and you know how? Cuz you see it on the videos. You see on the videos the people screaming and crying and I know for a fact that many of them did moments before the bullets coming. And when a person does it, we know already many many stories. A person can buy his entire world to come in 1 second, in 1 minute. And this is something I cannot bring you as a proof from a source, but I can tell you that from my own experience, after I talked with thousands of people who had the same experience, all agreed on the same thing. If you're familiar with my story when I was sitting in the back seat of the taxi a moment before I died, I had time to do it. Everything froze. I looked out the window. Nothing moved. The world froze and I understood that I'm dying. I knew how bad I was and I had time to do and I don't it test me. Go watch the my testimonials from 20 years ago. What did I do a moment before that? I don't know where. The most secular man in the world that hated religion and the Torah. Suddenly out of nowhere, I cover my eyes and I say it. And I had time to do in the back seat of the car and when I finished doing my that's when I fell over. And I have two guys that I spoke to. I have thousands, but I'll tell you two. One of them is a good friend of mine who also had a near death experience on a motorcycle accident and he told me the same thing. A moment before that happened, everything froze. He saw every second, every movement, every car where it's coming and he told me the same thing. I had a minute or two and I I did repentance. I did it. I was asking for forgiveness. I said you can do it. Another person, I don't know that person personally. It's a soldier that got hit by a bullet in Lebanon. They announced him dead in the in the battlefield. For some reason, they flew the body to hospital and they brought him back to life. And he says in his testimonial, everything stopped. I saw the bullets coming from every all the bullets were in the air. I saw where all the terrorists are. I saw the the one who shot me. That I can tell you from my own experience and also compared to many others, God gives you a moment before you leave the world to do it. So, if you did it the right way from a situation like that, you bought your world to come. People saw the master of the universe in front of their eyes. should bless all the wounded people to be healed, the hostages to be returned. Our brave soldiers, even though I I you don't I don't go parallel with the state of Israel, but our dear soldiers, they're holy soul, they're brave people who are going to sacrifice their life to save the nation to to to protect the nation. We need to pray for them. They're not our enemies. So, what if some of them keep cuz they will keep but they're putting their life on the line for so us to not to be butchered. We have to pray for them. We have to praise them and we have to pray for to keep them safe and to keep all our soldiers safe and should all return home. And as much as I wish to say that I'm hoping to see very soon the redemption coming with great mercy, I can tell you already that it will come with great mercy because we're going to do what we're going to do, but the mercy will just sweeten the judgments. The judgments will be there. It's not going to come in a nice way. But we can add a lot of mercy and that will sweeten the judgement and that the redemption will come. Don't worry, we've been waiting for so long. It will come. Just constantly remember long care time a day. I have no fear cuz you're with me and I won't see any evil cuz you're with me and I know that you are there meant and nothing that you do is evil even though it looks the biggest darkness ever, it is not. Care time a day.