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The Power of Wearing Tefillin Daily Event

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this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com okay good evening everyone you know a blessing is really selfish because Tora says when you bless a Jew you get the blessing back that's why whenever you see a Jew it's always a good idea to give them a blessing cuz you're the one who benefits I'm here tonight just to acknowledge what an amazing job that you all did dedicated to the mitzah ofin I want to with you something very personal my grandfather passed away about 2 years ago at 106 years old he was a holocaust Survivor I'm going to tell you something very personal in one of the labor camps he smuggled in a pair ofin now it's not like today today if you want to buy a pair of Fillin you spend the money you buy it you get up in the morning you wrap it and then that's it my grandfather risked his life every single day to put on the F him and his brother they would wake up at the crack of dawn to put on thein that camp was ruled by a very brutal logger fur that's that's the German in charge if he sees you putting on thein puts a puts a bullet in the head on the spot you're dead on the spot anyone who's caught with Fillin is dead on the spot every morning my grandfather put on the Fillin without exception every single morning first he would put on thein on thead then he would give it to his brother his brother's name was his brother would put on the and then put on the one particular morning my grandfather puts on the Fain he gives it to his brother our uncle uncle he puts onad he puts on at that moment the Nazi walked in he sees this Jew wearing thein he picks up the gun to shoot him in the head but then he sees sees the Jew is wearing the crown and he was struck with Terror the Nazi was struck with Terror he put the gun down and he ran out in fear my grandfather told me it was an open Miracle the gamar teaches us when the nations of the world see that the name of God is upon you and they're afraid of you that's the fill in a Jew must understand that the same way God rested his presence we are in the mishan we're in the mishan anybody know we're in the mishan in the holy of holies we're in the holy of H holies on top of the arones the holy Ark thein sh is no less than the holy Ark when a Jew puts on the in the morning for that moment he becomes Mish God's comes down from the heavens and rests on your head that you wake up every morning and you put on thein you are the mikdash nothing short of that the B mikdash by the way I'll just end off with this Fillin sh Ro has anybody know how many parchments in the head Fillin four good the arm Fillin how many parchments the fifth one right so one in the and why the one of the purposes of Fillin is to help us control our senses it's not easy to control your eyes you know naturally you're walking down the street you see something that looks good to look at you want to look it's not easy to control what you listen to that's fill in gives power to our senses how many senses do we have on the head four sight listening taste smell let fill in sh helps us control the four senses of the head Shad one sense we have one sense in our hand touch we have one para the F in thein gives power to the senses so you have to understand every morning you put on the Fillin you're giving yourself to fight the evil inclination you're giving yourself sanctity you become a mikash you become partners with God God and you you're tagged so in that Merit that you put on thein Hashem should bless all of you with good health with par with good livelihood with happiness with happy relationships with and all your and the only reason I come tonight is because my brother and rakov and my my uncle oh my God roris they they asked me to come and be this holy cause so if I could be together with you for even a few moments and strengthen this this endeavor that you're uh involved in it's the greatest Merit for me so you should all have all your should be we should all have also special for the host special for the host this house should always be open for happiness for good health for MIT and May the rest the one more request special for the guest of honor David bra AB shav Daniel Rafa p and Gabi Gabel Gabriel shamov all the honorable guests should have a lot of blessing a lot of happiness and a lot of success and may Hashem Elevate You Higher and Higher goed until the days of mhia Amen you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by tor anytime.com