Living With Emunah (Part 308) - Simple Faith

good morning BTO to all may we hear to please God let it be a good day that we hear good news hostages should come home a sweeping victory over our enemies good news is and what better day than pen today is the 14th of is p Shen some have to eat mat today was omitted it's the second PES it's the holiday of Second Chances Second Chances those who are T those who are impure Those Who are ineligible to bring the carban PES to bring the Pascal sacrifice on the original date had a second chance a new opportunity why were they impure the gamor records a debate why they were impure but one of the opinions is because these were the individual who were carrying the bones of Yosef is there a greater model of Second Chances than Yosef did anyone ever give anyone in their life more of a second chance than Yosef gave his brothers so this is the holiday because Yosef gave his brothers a second chance God gave the Jewish people a second chance sometimes the Jewish people give God a second chance which is really what our she is all about amuna even when we've been hurt even when we feel he failed even when we've struggled or even when we have uh some resentment to nevertheless give God a second chance so that's PES sheni that's today that's today every day is pregnant with possibility every day has a unique energy hopefully tap into it today P sheni Second Chances don't give up don't give up on yourself don't give up on others don't give up on Hashem believe in it all had take advantage of the second chance Aruna series is generously sponsored by Dr zavi and Bella Morgan in memory of Dr Brian galet and in memory of Bella's mother Dr Ellen shanzer whose year is tent of Aliah thank you very much for her incredible incredible generosity the sh this morning is also sponsored by our dear friends Fay and Jeff wartz in memory of L is they should find comfort and they should find strength and please God they should have only Simas we should hear of good news and hear of Simas okay before we dive back into what we've been learning from Shapiro Ms the difference and the importance of Ms the facts and the truth which don't care about your feelings and amuna how you apply it to your feelings to real life before we get back to that a couple of amuna emails I'm very grateful to all those who submitted and who send well please God get to them can't read them all one week so thank you for your patience if you did send an email but here we go Mo shabas 13th of April Israel 300 misss aimed at it from Iran benorian airport shut down and Airlines canceled most flights the next morning April 14th even though the Iranian threats subsided most flights had not resumed and there was Zero communication from the airlines as to the status I had pre-booked weeks earlier over 20 seats on blueboard airline for arhas catering team to head to Greek Isles to prepare and set up for our pesak program with 700 guests arriving one week later the author of this email is a tour operator from Israel I happen to know him he planned and was in charge of operating an entire PES program in the Greek Isles and he had saved 20 seats for the catering team to head there before the 700 guests ared you can imagine the stress and despite all attempts and efforts throughout the day Sunday to find alternative flights and travel options all came to not to no avail no flights on Sunday Monday or Tuesday we left no stone unturned no charter boats all private jet companies were fully booked the next possible commercial flight were Wednesday afternoon even so 20 seats were not available and even those flights were subject to change under the circum ances by 6 p.m. Sunday evening I was drained and my head Mash called and asked what will be with a catastrophy looming I turned to him over the phone and yelled out from the depths of my soul this is what Hashem wants I've done the best all day to find alternative ways to fly the team and release myself of all attempts to change the reality now it's entirely in hashem's hands and it's up to him to determine if 700 guests from around the world will have a kosher P program which they were all relying on I hang up and no later than five minutes I get a call from my oldest son who knew of the situation he had just remembered he had served in the IDF six years earlier with a pilot friend whom he believed went on to become a private pilot for a charter Jack company he searched high and low for his number and finally found it and suggest I give him a call I called and explained the situation and he said he'd revert to me within 15 minutes he called back and said he can arrange a private Charter flight for 20 seats at 6 a.m. Monday morning for $20,000 I I asked for the bank details wired the money and our team arrived in the hotel by 9:00 a.m. Monday morning and made up for the lost time as a joke I told my friends I'll send the bill to Tran and make a claim too bad the president's no longer available to to pay that claim sorry not sorry that story but the message I take away was the minute one resigns himself that all is in hashem's hands you really are reliant on him and all is for the good feel free to share all the best so in that moment he let go and he led God right then was when the Yeshua came and it doesn't mean it always will as you know and as we emphasize each and every week amuna is not on un condition amuna doesn't mean automatically or by definition that it's gonna have a good ending it's not oh when I let go and let God when I submit and surrender when I realize it's entirely and all up to him then he'll all automatically come through because if that were the case I wouldn't really be surrendering to him I would just be performing as if I'm surrendering to him and as long as I perform and display as if I'm surrendering to him then I can Bank out and count on he's gonna come through it's not so simple doesn't work that way you have to be prepared that it's not going to work out and that also is because of him but the author of that email is right that sometimes we talk to Hashem and we ask for his help only as yet another item on our checklist got to go to the doctor got to take the medicine got to do the reab got to do the acupuncture got to take the Chinese medicine got to take the herbs got to Google WebMD oh and also I've got to say toim just another thing on my checklist that when you add it all together hopefully it brings the result that I'm looking for but that's not how amuna works the way amuna works is I do the other things because they too are forms of amuna amuna is with my lips but Amun is also with my actions but in the end of the day I know all along it is entirely exclusively only up to up to him it's up to him you know last night there was a APAC event with our BRS pillar Society because APAC entirely pivoted its methodology they had to and they're winning and if you don't think so look at last night's results they won yet again last night current member of the squad whose sister was running to join the squad who was many points ahead in the race and there are many other examples like this when APAC put together its resources from the community pro-israel Community Jew and non-jew across the country and enter these Races they have defeated our enemies and make no mistake if they didn't or if they don't that Squad will only grow there'll be more people voting against you know this year Israel is getting 18 billion with a B8 billion dollars from America now's not the time to get into the importance the role that the US plays and our role in encouraging the US relationship with Israel to put that in perspective the entire military budget of Israel annually is $18 billion and America matched that budget this year because Israel needs to double it with the war it's fighting on mully fronts with18 billion dollar but that doesn't happen if the wrong people are in Congress so there's an entire strategy and there's an entire methodology and you have to figure out who you can in the primaries back and who can defeat and when do you put the money in and when do you buy the ads and when do you want the other candidate to know they have the backing and when do you want them to not know they have the backing and be caught by surprise and there's an entire methodology and strategy and it was an amazing evening we learned a lot we didn't know the results during the program last night but late last night I woke up this morning to find out B yet another Victory we're hoping and doing from the depth of our being for two more two of the most I don't even know what words to describe vile members of the squad whom APAC has taking on in their primary hopefully will be defeated as well in another few weeks from now but one thing was missing last night and I thought about throughout the program and that is we do all that we can we put all our resources together we employ all of the greatest strategists all the greatest Consultants we come up with all the greatest plan plan we do everything we can to defeat those who seek to defeat us to eliminate us but the most important thing we have to do is Davin Davin you can put together the biggest war chest in the world to back the right candidate you could take out the biggest ad Buys in the world you can knock on as many doors as you want but if Hashem wants that wrong person in they're going to be in if Hashem wants to defeat that person he doesn't need you we need to take our initiative but we can't ever forget that it's all up to Hashem don't let the initiative get in the way don't let the initiative be friction or a barrier to remembering in the end of the day it's all up to Hashem so a person has to sometimes sit back and say I did all that I can and I now resign myself to the fact that it is in your hands I made every phone call I made every appointment I took every effort every initiative in whatever area or realm of life and now I Surrender it's up to you the rest is entirely and utterly and exclusively up to you and that is the moment that we are displaying not only the MS that he's in charge and he's in control that is the moment that we are displaying the amuna we're putting into practice and that's the second email that I want to read to you that is the second email I want to read to you dear Rabbi Goldberg I hope all is well y yada y a number of my good friends listening toir I also began to listen I enjoy the shum I came away feeling inspired blah blah blah I like to share with you something that has happened to me over the past few months as it fits into what you discussed I was in Israel at the beginning of this year for shet in January I had to make a decision either to stay in Israel and make alah or to start college in America it was an impossibly hard decision to make this is because from before I could remember I planned to make Aliyah after Seminary but also for multiple reasons I was having a really hard time making the final decision about Aliyah I felt as if many things were holding me back as you say in theun I kept trying to frame my thoughts that whatever I would decide was where Hashem meant for me to be but it was very hard for me because I felt that both options were wide open so I couldn't figure out where Hashem wanted me to be I desperately want to stay in Israel but I also felt that being with my parents in America would allow me to feel more grounded after many tears and many conversations I made my decision to come back to America for the semester postponing my Aliah for some time later when I felt more stable I was unsure about my decision and even as I was getting on the plane I was still unsure once I got back to America I only had a few days before starting College it was a whirlwind I felt as if I was just going through the motions of life I was struggling with whether I made the right decision then on my first day of college I heard from someone that one of my good childhood friends was probably about to be diagnosed with cancer as the days unfolded I found out that my friend's diagnosis was even more serious than originally thought and it was going to be a really hard fight for her having been in Israel for the past few months it had been a long time since I had seen her and I didn't even get a chance to tell her yet that I was back in America she thought I was still planning on making Aliah I made sure to tell her that I was in the country and I made sure to go spend time with her as soon as possible I continue to spend as much time with her as possible and at one point I remember her telling me I'm so happy you're in America but all of a sudden it hit me up until December I truly thought I'd be making alah in January instead I was in America being in America gave me the opportunity to visit her see her in person and keep her company I don't know why Hashem does what he does I don't know why my friend has to be diagnosed with something so serious and I dve in every day for her to have a complete Ru however now my perspective on decision- making has changed greatly because when I made the decision I could never have known what would be about to happen I had to make the best decision I could with the information I had but ultimately Hashem was the one who put me in the right country at the right time I couldn't be more grateful for being an American now as I've been able to spend a tremendous amount of time with my friend to keep her company going forward as I now to decide whether or not to make Alan September thinking back to this decision about how many unknown factors go into each decision helps me remain calm because I know Hashem has the greater plan it was so unfortunate something so terrible was giving me that perspective I hope it will never happen like this again but now I'm able to better Trust on Hashem and put him in the right place at the right time I just have to do the best with the information I have thank you so much have a good shab we D from the bottom of our hearts her friend complete speedy and painless that she should be able to fulfill this dream make alah and continue in the Holy in the Holy Land in the Holy Land but again you see from this email something that we're all trying to live and practice that we do the best that we can at that moment with what we have but afterwards don't perseverate and don't get stuck and don't be paralyzed and don't second guess and don't get regret realize wherever I am it's where I meant to be and sometimes we find out quickly why we're there and other times it remains a mystery we may never find out but it gives us the peace of mind and it gives us the calm That We crave and it gives us the serenity that we need to live life I get all the variables I consider all the options I consult with all the smart people and I come to a decision and once I come to it I am where I am meant to be and maybe we'll find out maybe we won't but that's what it means to live with amuna we are on page there are more copies up here we're on page again has been developing the idea of Ms and amuna Ms the truth that God exists the truth doesn't need your help whether you believe in him or not Hashem exists it's his world he controls it he is the source of it amuna is now that I know and I live I submit and I Surrender I recognize I am where I'm meant to be I have what I meant to have I meant what I I have what I meant to to need so he continues B amuna is what collects the MS in the time of clarification when we have a breakthrough and we see the truth and we know the truth and now we're ready to apply and execute and manifest and live the truth you could have all the EMS in the world this girl just came back from Seminary a year and a half two years shabet two years of Total Learning and I'm pretty confident she had classes on and and she probably went to the kotel and went often and K and all over Israel she probably met with amazing rabbis and amazing teachers and they were also amazing and they were incredible and they were so special and rauna expanded and off the charts her EMS that there's Hashem no doubt maybe she took the discovery seminar at H maybe she heard special teachers and she examined the evidence for's existence and all of that provides the EMS but when the rubber meets the road and it's time to make a decision and do you panic and do you have anxious anxiety and do you live with regret and do you second guess that's where the amuna is Ms is in the classroom at Seminary amuna is in the kitchen and the car pool and at work and in the boardroom and at the airport and it's in every decision that we have to make Ms is somewhat easy examine the evidence take the seminar read the book listen to the tape Ms is somewhat easy amuna amuna when you're waiting for the lab report the lab result amuna in the doctor's office with the appointment and the followup amuna when you don't know what's going to be with your child whom you love so desperately and just want their well-being you don't know what will be That's Where am comes in amuna when you don't know where your next paycheck or your parnasa and you're trying to make a deal amuna when you don't know if you made the right decision and if you're in the right place that's where the comes in and is executing whether I get the MS or not many sometimes the EMS is beyond us the truth and the greatness is beyond me I don't understand the intricate detailed laws I don't have access to the understanding the MS is beyond me the Brilliance the complication the minutia the details the MS is beyond my grasp but am sometimes the MS is complicated the MS the truth the facts they're complicated they're complicated they're beyond my grasp but you know what's always available to me and amuna is what so many of our grandparents had our great-grandparents had you know what amuna is tevia I'm Fiddler on the Roof in the barn flipping the hay having a conversation with god I don't know Fiddler on the Roof well so I'm not ranking on it but I have no idea whether the tevia was even literate I don't know do they Reve that in the movie in the play I have no idea my daughter started tevia in high school I could ask her I have no idea she was I don't know if tevia was even literate tevia probably didn't go to aor Discovery seminar tevia couldn't tell you the Bible codes tevia couldn't recite Shas he couldn't tell you the tomad by heart tevia might not have been literate be able to recite the 39 malas to categories of creative labor tevia didn't necessarily have access to all the EMS he couldn't tell you all the pieces of evidence for God's existence and all the detailed minusa complication parts of hashem's Torah and his blueprint for his world the MS is sometimes beyond our grasp the MS sometimes is high Fu and complicated up in iory Tower we feel we don't have access but you know what AM is it's when you simply talk to God you unloaded and unburdened himself and talk to God if I Were a Rich Man I'm not gonna sing it for you you got to pay extra for that I'm not gonna try if you see Atara and Sh ask her to do if I was a rich man for you she does a good T have you but I'm not going to do it for you but you know what Amun is Amun is when you talk to God help my child not into marry help me have a living and a livelihood help me milk this cow help me turn over the hay and is I can't tell you the evidence for his existence I can't recite the detailed laws of his Torah but he's my best friend I feel his presence I feel his guiding hand on my shoulder he is with me all day long I talk to him from when I wake up until I fall asleep Anda I was once at the kotel the k whatever you call it and I heard maybe the greatest expression of Amun in my life of course it was AI I was standing next to Ai and he was daving and I felt so guilty and terrible I wasn't ease dropping he was just ding so loud but he wasn't saying words from a sitter and he wasn't saying words from tum he was talking directly to Hashem not as if Hashem was right in front of him Hashem was right in front of him not as if Hashem was his best friend Hashem was his best friend and he was telling hasm this what's happening with this kid this what's happening with that child here's what's happening in my job that like he made his way to the cotel to regularly fill hasem in here's what's going on thank you for this thank you for that by the way would you mind fixing that could we work on that a little more of this a little less of that thank you for all of that he was having a whole conversation his boy did this he was in this personal private just him me and God conversation conversation thank God he didn't reveal anything too private but I I was like I had my sin and I was just like w there are really Jews who do that there are really Jews who talk to Hashem right I don't know if I would have put a gamarra in front of him and said read could he read could he make a laning could he make a laning on the D I don't know maybe probably a holy Jew I don't know I don't know but I know this Amun the amuna he lived with there were just no questions there were no questions I'm reading the biography now of the clba art SC put out a new biography there was a previous one but art SC right on of PES kenberg Reba buried 11 or 13 11 11 children he was married he lost his wife and all 11 children all 11 children they were great people and they lived and they lived with a they rebuilt after the war the way they lived you got to read you're struggling with your amuna we've talked about a hot spot the kenberg rebba biography is a hot spot if you're struggling with yamuna you're going through a hard time you don't know how you're going to make it through some difficult period read a biography of a great man or woman rebit mki the kenba there's no shortage of them and let's assume I don't want to say it's true it's 100% accurate even if you want to believe it's 50% exaggerated it is still out rageous extraordinary the fastest most highspeed hot spot you can connect through and to that will increase your amuna and you remember your mother your father you remember your bubby your zi you remember the people that we knew and that we know in our own lives who also went through are going through and the don't start to talk to them but how do you know he exists and theoy I use a fancy word to impress you you know what theoy is why do bad things happen to good people the odyy is the study of evil why is there evil in this world why do bad things happen to good people the fancy word if you go to college which used to be a place for smart people not anymore they talk about they'll talk about theoy the Divinity School of uh of that horrible Place who's in signus says in Latin mems but it is the capital of sheer and they'll talk in Divinity School theoy why do bad things happen in good you know clener Reb he didn't ever talk about theoy he had a PhD in theoy you didn't have to talk about it Amun survivors who rebuilt that's amuna Ms is the truth sometimes it's beyond F happens to be the was an enormous he knew the Ms and he lived theun he had both but what MO shapir is telling us is that sometimes when you struggle with the EMS I can't explain it I don't have access to the complicated part of it it's high fluting it's complicated it's complex it's beyond me it's beyond my grasp I'm lost the EMS I'm lost but the amuna there's no question I talk to God at the cotel tevia in the barn I'm just there's nothing to talk about there's a Hashem this is all for a reason there's a plan I'm in his hands I surrender to him 100% the leaves me within the world ofs forever Turn the Page with amuna the MS is gathered and can be collected and can manifest in every way sometimes the EMS is revealed right the morning after the Iran missiles all were intercepted the EMS was the MS it was every headline even the enemy media the headline was the MS that Against All Odds miraculously Beyond Comprehension all the headlines and all the data was that Hashem helped us and the extraordinary collaboration knock all those missiles out of the sky that was the EMS sometimes the MS is clear as day helicopter went down it's unbelievable the country that wants to destroy us is being destroyed and self-destructing it went down that helicopter with its president foreign minister The Butcher of Tran it went down the headlines are right in front of our eyes sometimes the MS is visible discernable measurable undeniable the MS is clear as day clear as day sometimes the MS is hidden and sometimes you read even between the lines you still can't find it it's not the headline it's not the subtext it's not under the fold it's not in the back page the MS you're searching you're yearning you're looking you're reading you're trying to find where's the EMS in this diagnosis where's the EMS in this what this child is struggling with where's the EMS in my difficult parnasa where's the EMS in this long wait for aash where's the EMS in this in this weight for fertility secondary infertility where's the EMS in it sometimes they can't find the EMS anywhere that's where the amuna kicks in that's where the Amun is Ms is sometimes clear and sometimes hidden Ms is sometimes a headline and sometimes they can't find it anywhere but the amuna living with amuna connecting to Hashem submit and surrender let go let God feel his presence that is always is set and you can always rely on it you can always rely on it and that's why one is z and one is n we'll pick up with this next week but Ms is is because one is intellectual and cognitive and theoretical and abstract and that's masculine and the other is lovely everything in your Ivory Tower but we got to put it together and run a house a Carabas somebody's got to get the kids off to school somebody's got to make shabas somebody's got to take all your nice ideas all your fancy D Tor about PES who's making PES somebody's got to drive the ship somebody's got to get us where we're going someone's got to make it happen someone's got to execute and manifest someone's got to bring it into reality we'll pick up with that next week which actually correlates what we just spoke about in 10 minutes of meaning we spoke what's the difference between the mus of your father and Tora the Torah of your mother the father transmits the mus and the mother transmits the Torah what is the Torah of the mother in distinction to the mus of the Father which correlates beautifully with what we'll pick up that EMS is Zar Anda is Nika because it is the masculine energy that's the Ms and The Feminine energy the Tora which is the and please God we'll pick up with it next week