Noach: Helpers Have to Be "With" Hashem - The Stirring Teaching of the Chofetz Chaim

Okay, here we go. Parshas Noach. So, the flood is over and Noach wants to know whether the land is dry. So, he sends out the Orev. Very short piece here. The Gemara in Sanhedrin kuf ches says that the Orev did not follow directions. The Orev did not go in his shlichus. It's to teach. Why not? You think you could just do good things in this world? You think if you wake up in the morning say, "I want to do something good." it will happen? You can't just do good things. You have to be worthy to do good things. For Hashem to give a person this chus to do good things, you have to be in the status of a zakai. Megalgelin zechus al yedei zakai. And the Orev, the raven, was not worthy to do the shlichus and therefore he didn't go. Lelamdeinu ba, shemegalgelin zechus al yedei mi she ro'ui lezeh. De'ein shlichus shel davar tov u'ma'uyal yechol lehe'asos al yedei mi she'einoi chogen veraui. A messengership, a mission which is good and beneficial can only be carried out by someone who is ra'ui to do so. That's why we daven. Ribono shel Olam, zachreini lizchuyos. Remember me for merit. What do you mean remember me for merit? If you want merit, go do them. No, you can't just do do them. Just cuz you want to do good things doesn't mean it's going to happen. You need the Ribono shel Olam to render you a zakai. You should be You need to be deemed a zakai. You have to be zocheh to do good things. By the way, there's an amazing Orach Chaim Shulchan The Gemara says in Makos that if somebody kills beshogeig, he has to go to an Ir Miklat. And now he has Does he have to go to the Ir Miklat? He cannot leave no matter what. He has to be buried in the Ir Miklat. Says the Gemara, even if Klal Yisrael needs him, Ke-Yoav ben Tzeruyah, the Jewish people need this guy to save their lives, he can't go. So, all the Acharei HaYamim ask, the Or Sameach asks, and the Tiferes Yisrael asks, and the Aruch HaShulchan asks, but living in an Arei Miklat is not one of the three cardinal things that is more important than Pikuach Nefashos. You're the general of the Jewish army. So, doesn't Pikuach Nefashos uh guide you that you need to leave the Arei Miklat to go fight on behalf of Klal Yisrael? What does the Gamara mean, even if Klal Yisrael needs you, Ke-Yoav ben Tzeruyah, then you have to stay in the Arei Miklat cuz it says sham tiya, that you're going to be buried there. What about Pikuach Nefashos? Says Aruch HaShulchan, you're right, the Jewish people need you. But if you killed someone BeShogeg, that means you were used as an instrument for Chayav, for detriment. Now you want you think you're going to be a Shliach to save Jews? You'll never be successful. Because to save Jews, you have to be a Zakai. It's Megalgelin Zechus al Yedei Zakai. If you brought about the death of someone, then clearly you're not a Zakai. The Ribono Shel Olam will never bring about good things through you. Anyway, that's what the Chofetz Chaim is saying. The Chofetz Chaim would explain the Pasuk Ezri Me'ayin HaShem, Oiseh Shamayim Va'Aretz. My help comes Me'ayin HaShem. What do you mean Me'ayin HaShem? That's a Chiddush that when Dovid HaMelech woke up in the morning and said, "My help comes from HaShem." I need Dovid HaMelech to tell me that? No, Dovid HaMelech said, "HaShem Li Be'Oizri." The Ribono Shel Olam is with me through my helpers. Well, you should know that whenever someone helps you in life, you always have to show gratitude to them, and you also have to have great Hakaras HaTov to the Ribono Shel Olam that he sent you that helper. What kind of people will be helpers to you? Ezri Mayim Hashem, people who are with Hashem. Ezri, your help will come Mayim Hashem, from people who live with Hashem, from people who live with Hashem, they'll be able to help you. You hear this title of the Chofetz Chaim? Ezri, not Ezri May Hashem, everybody knows that. Ezri Mayim Hashem, if you see someone in life and they're really helping you, that it shows they're living im Hashem. Wow, it was kedai for the whole year's worth of Sefer Chofetz Chaim al ha-Torah for this insight on this pasuk that we've said thousands of times in our life. Ezri Mayim, it doesn't mean our help will come from Hashem. It doesn't say Ezri May Hashem. Ezri, you know who your ozrim will be? Mayim Hashem, from people who are with Hashem, they're worthy to be helpers. By the way, one time the Chofetz Chaim had to send a shliach to Varsha to intercede on behalf of the government with the um for the moister of the turn Polonia. Chofetz Chaim was very careful who he appointed, who he allowed to help him and who he distanced. And the Chofetz Chaim would say, "Whenever you have a shliach for any done a klal, you need to impress upon the shliach that the mission he's carrying out, he has to take it personally, like it would be his own livelihood. Mendarf frier payalin beim shliach alain." What does that mean? The shliach has to be able, be willing to be moser nefesh for what he's sent for. And therefore, most of the time, the Chofetz Chaim would make sure to do the job himself and not to send the shliach. Cuz the Chofetz Chaim recognized that for things to happen, it's only Megalgel Chayav Al Yedei Zakai. Okay, have a good day, everyone. Bracha v'hatzlacha.