Rabbi Eliezer Zeytouneh Elul: Investing in Hashem & In Yourself

[Music] we want to thank I'd like what as I said what an organization you know I mean one time he walked into a store I walked when I was a teenager I used to wake alone you know that was the thing to do away step here in those days but I guess away right and used to put on like you know cool or the Cologne or all these types of cones one time I went and my mother came home my mother said why did you put on so much cologne what's the matter with you I said I didn't I didn't I just went I just I just you know sharp and with the big deals you stink smell you said mother that's my you know natural put anything on we talking but when you walk into a perfume store the potency of the sense that are permeating the room it rubs off you know really the name has AK should be called maha's ik because that's what they do they go and they strengthen people they go in and they bring people closer to Torah but Haziq the people at has AK are so strong the potency of kedusha that resonates within the walls of Kazak is so potent is so great they're just being around them just being around them you ready get it's a contingent that's in the air just being around without my Elan and the right with Robbie and Eve and all the people that are involved and that wonderful organization just being there already you usurp a little bit of that kedusha that's what it's called high back because that's their essence they themselves are strong themselves are cut they could achieve and therefore that you can't help but you know sampling and taking a little of that so visibly should also there's a lot of hats AHA and only good things beside the gym I mean okay we're here to discuss a loom and I picked a nice a nice topic for tonight's class I don't really remember what it is my mother it was nice it was investing in a shame and in yourself and the question really is what is the essence of evil every holiday every time as an essence as a point as a goal with a mission there's something that you're supposed to achieve something supposed to accomplish and the question is what is the accomplishment that I'm supposed to attain in a loom that's why we don't by the way rabbis write the positionally I neither Dodie Dodie Lee ro ever saw Jenny I am from what are umbrellas for me right the God who Shepherds amongst the roses but it wasn't mean shepherds amongst the roses so I have a daughter my name is Rosie and we always tell her Rosie but a champ she's a good girl in 102 yeah I should have any many years and one of the things you always tell her is that roses they smell nice and they're very pretty right but these thorns sometimes they're a little spiky you know depends depends where yeah you know which part of it you you might come out with a few stitches okay so whatever mom is there he's watching you sometimes it smells good and sometimes it's a little thorny it's a little painful but what I am is always there is always watching over you but the rabbi's right I knew the Dodie Widow DD is an acronym it's an acronym there and that is what I need Islamic valve right video D and we it's a wonderful what does it mean it's a beautiful acronym it's a wonderful kaduche but what does it mean you have to quantify to be so that's question number one what is the goal the mission of it'll question number two is what is the message for me because if I'm sitting it today I'm watching natori anytime or in my feet hi mom right there's a reason there's a reason but Elmont spirit watch this this cliff there's something that God wants to communicate to me to transmit to me personally and I have to try to understand what it is so everybody ready let's get sunny if by the way if anyone says anything did this erase that that comment okay good that's good started ready the truth of the matter is that the point the mission the board of operation in a rule is difficult clinging tomorrow um now what about the way what is difficult what does that mean difficult difficult means that I stop concentrating on myself I stop being self-centered I stop worrying about my own needs my I want my own will and I start focusing on putting on and you know what sometimes we walk around it's very hard in America in a world of capitalism in a world where pleasure there's wealth its opulence right there's affluence sometimes it's very difficult to take a step back and say wait a second what is poori olam one from me not only in everyday dealings but even when it comes to holy matters many times were so focused on ourselves and our own wills and our own wants that we forget about but I'll give you a couple of examples now the other day a ton of the qalaat sat in front of me okay they were getting married and every time a couple gets married they said in front of me I give them points you know the points of how to conduct a marriage basically I think everything I did wrong and I tell them not to do it that's happening works like a jump and I was sitting in front of that middle listen I say okay lady and gentlemen do you have any questions is there anything you want to know so the lady says rabbi can I ask you a question I said sure she says on the wedding ring are you allowed to have words on the wedding ring I said words I mean you mean like you know I don't know Savita jelinek did I mean you know maybe I had shame I love you what kind of word do you want on the wedding ring shows well I just want to know if we could say Gucci on it I said you wanna know if your wedding ring could say Gucci I said are you Joe if it says it's a Tony Robbins Gucci okay we spent so much time where they are the wedding rings and so much time and the flowers and understand the pieces and on the band another DJ and I'm not the wedding dress you might sometimes people go to I have a feeling tonight you know if the girls getting engaged ever showed enough to my class again okay because there's always a fitting on Monday night I don't know why you can't do it I know there's nothing no one has anything on Tuesday nights okay I don't think but everyone that is a fitting I mean what happened did you gain four inches in the last week what are you feeling make sense we spend so much time and so much energy on the fitting and yet when it comes time to the collect laces and the hot line places and we start to skip down rabbi don't have time to Nick we do the abridged version we do the quick one you know that give me a video watch it on the way to work at something right now why why would it come somebody alarm we start compromising when it comes to us there we come and invest all our time what about a Bar Mitzvah vomits also we go he's pronounced with the the balloons I meant when I was a kid he's having things to go to the with I'm used to go to the social and at the end of the wedding some guys to take a poll like a 30-foot pole and he's to stick it up to the ceiling and pull down all bull existe falling however I told my mom you remember that you have my mom it's not everything you were a little scared okay because if you want you didn't get me a present I'll tell you that much chicken and and I remember that was my focus not don't forget the balloons my I want the balloon I wonder how you get 13 years old Freddie talking about a place of balloons anymore okay and the suit and what you're gonna wear and how you gonna do Pony comments to the the tip you lean now we start asking questions how much is stifling so I find you done $1,200 it could you make it five you have one four five yeah the fun if you want this one for 25 cents off they go to the bean and press right we're done why are you compromising I put your alarm where's your focus forget about everyday dealings but dealing with godly things do we focus on for the alarm so call it comes right at the seven said another month I can't believe it's like so quick just finished and already is coming Vince at the shame and we go away by this lavish support and we decorate him so nice we adorn them with wonderful things chandeliers em people chandeliers and couches right wonderful and when it comes to the love in a drug we look for the twenty five dollar pair why because when it's a Sukkah that's for you so guys for you love it talk is forgotten and therefore what I'm gonna live the lap of luxury on sukhothai want to be comfortable so therefore I'm investing in myself not God ladies and gentlemen a rule at the time when we stop thinking of ourselves and we start investing in putting olam Elul is the month I need little D I'm investing I am there for God just like they said right by the me lies shimmy like whoever was up for God come to me good talk about variety full of copán Olivia came Livi came to more I banal to fight against their brothers that was in it wasn't so easy there was no Felicity over there but he did it because the investing that goes but a cool infested night shimmy but uh that's what it's all about and that's what I want to talk about tonight tonight I want to talk about how to invest and I said meat better everybody ready let's get funny how I there go the the abusive hyeme from back that writes a safe fear or as difficult the pen is higher so we all know the been described that's the famous a firm anything how many oh yeah there's been a yeah there's many many different Safari that videos are high in published there's one called finish higher and over there he says what's the difference between the days of air rule and I'll sell it to me to Shuba why do I have this this is separate it's separated by by your Madine why not just have 40 days before Rosh Hashanah and that's it and you think both time periods and you combine them with one right they make them converge why does it have to have two times separated by Rosh Hashanah so the minutes crying the entire purpose of a rule is something called year doing teshuva coming close to God from here ah now what is your speak up many people think is fear but says the Messiah shame it's not fear your is or fascination all right being fascinated with God being dazzled by put alarm taking a look at things that I Shem does and saying I cannot believe that such a thing exists it's an unbelievable thing and that is that with that of evil by the way that without of sentiment to Shuba is Ahava so fascination with God amazement by God that's a little and after oh she and I were able to know uptick our relationship and then we go into something called love you know what it's like person goes on the date okay so all your single people besides gemstone you can have a lot of dates okay because that the same you know you're gonna eat one on Russia now but that's beside the point okay by the way you know there's a cig well that probably the single out when I was a bit me - so my rabbi came he said listen he's supposed to take a date right or even over off you know he says but he says when I was a behold and I was ready to get married I took a date and sadirah told I should have the perfect date perfectly he got married so I'm presenting I'm trying it I said cuz if it means the miracle anyone's gonna say yes to me is a miracle okay I said no problem and I sat down Rosh Hashanah and everyone there Utah maja I said one second I have an additional one says here that son the perfect thing and that year I got married against my wife's will by the way by and and then the next couple years later that my sister tried it and she got married and my cousin tried it and she got married but I said so I don't know if it's all dates but definitely they truly dates have a nice little potency yeah we're selling them for $25 the pen okay but the point of the essay to achieve a sava but it was yeah you know what it's like I'm saying it's person goes on the deep when you go on a date with a person you don't fall in love for the person right away but what do you do you look for virtues you look for things that are good about then you look for positive qualities in them you look for things that you're good that you want in yourself or do you that are compatible to you that's what you look for you look for the or in the person and how awesome that person is not awful but awesome between me and you my wife still looking but we're getting there is a bishop she was to like my hair but that's gone so that doesn't everything okay doesn't do anything but a person has to realize that when it comes to a rule your honor date with God and first you have to find God's virtues you have to find the fascination and how fascinating but LM is how amazing God is and only after that then you could go to other only then can you develop a love a love relationship with Motorola and therefore that's exactly what we're doing in a little the point of it all is to catch that fascination I'm gonna tell you a great story happen today so true the matter is I think I'm like a spring chicken I have anything I'm a very young person young in heart but efficient in fact when I first started teaching so I taught the seventh grade in a certain school we won't say where and they told me that they are cold they're like the sweat hogs like they're a horrible place they make trouble they don't listen to anybody umberto crush em with me they were putting my hands we learned that the kids were doing great and they were accelerating they were excelling in their studies and one day I walked into the office and the administrator said well is it true you want to know why you do soil with them I said you know what I have no clue she says because you were kid you act just like they do so in my in my opinion I believe that I'm very young but once in a while I get the reminders subtle reminders from people no my wife thinks I'm young too I hope right that that I'm not as young as I think I am so the other day I wake up and my my heels are hurting my ankles already and I talked to mow turned to my wife and said honey Am I am I an old man she a young what happened I said I think my ankles are swollen she goes are you pregnant I said I'm getting old anyway so I went to a doctor the doctor took some tests and he prescribed for me 21 days of medicine constantly morning and night everything to pills a day two pills a day unbelievable so I started taking it religiously and I'm very bitter pills very bits I put it reminders in my phone okay take till you bump that's the way it works okay and then so every morning I think whatever evening I take on every morning now keep Shabbat and there's no reminder so there's no reminder my fault my phone is not on and all of a sudden I forget to take my pill and it god forbid it's not good to forget this sort of pill and around what o'clock as well think about it like a wine o'clock my ankle starts hurting tremendously the pain in my ankle I turn to my wife I said I don't understand I'm only a couple hours late what does it mean why is it in my ride she says okay so taking medicine you'll feel better I said great as I took my medicine and a couple hours later I felt better and then I turned to my wife and said look at what airline works there was no alarm but Ellen was my alarm Hashem didn't want me to figure out that course of medicine I said I don't want me to get that dose because husband saw if I do it could prolong the recovery so God said I'm gonna make your ankles hurt I'm gonna make it painful so that way you're forced to take that medicine you're gonna remember to take the medicine well for my benefit that's awesome taking things that don't go your way and sometimes maybe things don't work as you planned and saying well but LM fascinating you are look how amazing you are and I want to tell you another story I once well you know we saw the news Eva well flesh em you see vodka on tour that ykt have a one of my students view but look I said do you thinks is gonna get extra credit if he comes but anyway and little coach yep so while by the way there's refreshments in there yes okay that's why I came so let me tell you so one day I had to fund me and there wasn't for this it was for my shul and I go see this is a big name I mean very affluent then he gets distributes tzedakah and I walk in I'm sitting down with him let's call him Joe and I say Joe how are you I want to tell you something you know we have a shul but okay sure there's a lot of people it's packed bunch about and there's a lot of Torah going on with different shooting and shooting for young people young adults and kids and all the people ladies in Arabic in English you know it's unbelievable you got to see it I said Joe we need yell I need financial help I can't do it they can't do it I need you to come you have a fund right you have a foundation help us he said I know exactly who you want and I want to help you I said good that was easy as it crazy a question why you helping me now whenever you ask that question well if he was wrong with what he was thinking I lose the money so I didn't really want to ask the question but the curiosity got the best of me I said Joe could you please tell me why do you what helped me so much he says let me tell you a story he says when you were younger you and your father share with each other if I share my you and your father he's so what common man old man do you remember the old men I said my father's yeah but he's talking a lot of old men I said which one is yours so he told me his name is it sure I said one time remember you drove you went to deal you took my parents would you remember that I said those are your parents he says yes he doesn't because you helped my father I'll help you could you imagine all those years before Patel I'm set into motion then I should help this person and years later that's the guy that I needed looking at your life in the grand scheme of things watching the orchestration of put a lamp in a detailed fashion that's how you come to you to being fascinated that simple so looking at the greatest emotion and to say but L AM marabou my second ship look how wonderful look up wonderful look how great you're wonderful actions are putting olam I want to tell you this what a and you could tell what I'm just like this holy what the my name is Fidel is this quarter god yeah when a person we person reaches they rule it's a great time for that that that means different things but what he says Dino she's scared that way I mean my chihuahua or damn it to Gila so the person's going to understand to comprehend to internalize things that he didn't he wasn't able to do before via the air or seen the machine hi - English motto there by doing so again new gamma Tanya neshama when it's all Michael it's a note and you have the ability from that point on to be saved from sorrow from agitation from disaster and from tragedy what does it mean you could start understanding things you didn't understand before and it's very possible that we're talking this is exactly what we're talking again stopping the focus of myself and starting to look at God and to see how Pony Obama runs the world and that should run things I want to tell you I don't know if I told you this before you know but well the ladies they come to my place on Monday nights you probably heard the story but I'm sure you won't mind if I tell it again okay is that the gym probably you either well how are you Harvey such a great guy I think that's what you told me a couple of moons ago anyway about that you know this base here was very double dis for me because I decided I was leaving where I was a principal for 13 years I thought I had to try something new so someone offered me a position as a principal and they told me listen we want you to become a principal and you'll be principal of our school no problem they said this one catch there's a boys and there's girls I said you want me to be a principle of to achieve what beautiful I said oh no together no together is the problem so I wouldn't I asked why don't they get to leave doctora and I asked him and he told me listen here's the deal you tell them that if they split all the boys and all the girls all the way you take the position if not you can't take the position it's not good for you said rabbi no problem I said that with the with the president of the Shiva he says no problem we'll do it we just have to sit in the board meeting and vote but don't worry about it I'll bite no problem I said okay sure thing I went to my wife is it honey and this became the Russia Shiva of two schools boy school and a girls school she says really I said yeah I said if you want you become the principal of the boys school of the girls school and I'll be able to boy school she does I don't want to do that I said why not she's got enough for you at home I have to go to school with you I said thank you any anyway I'm about to sign the paper and then the board says wait a second remember that that that splitting thing I said yeah he said it's a deal-breaker I said sure is I said I guess we don't have a deal we don't want to split I said okay I turned around and said well um you're the best I said I love you and I was dancing I'm feeling pregnant I saw dancing dancing a Chevy around the world taught me the next day at school girls school calls me rabbi I think we want you to take over this school he let me take over girl's school said yes I call my wife said honey I just became grouchy Shiva of a girl's school she said I thought I was the hostage even now now settle not this cool I said okay I mean right before about the sign he says you know what I decided to keep it okay I went that dominicana started dancing free online Malibu myself a shame you must have something unbelievable it's so funny you must have something unbelievable for me Olga's issue calls me we need somebody to help us fund raise and to be in charge of the teenage program I said great he said you sure they said yes I said you sure I said yes why you asking me I said I don't want to tell you because if I tell you it's my might be contagious you do the same thing I said okay good what can we sign they said if the two weeks too excited they came back in sentence and Rabbi we decided you're both not insane everything we decided we need someone who talks to the language of the people and you don't talk to the language of the people that ISM you know primary language of the people you don't do it alright my back the minute I started dancing Shem you run the world there's something out there that's good for me another rabbi called a couple of minutes later and the rabbi says no come on it's couple days leave it says you know what I have the best thing I have a bunch organizations they fundraise for I'll get you the money you want you help me funsies I said I'm not really a best fundraiser but okay that's what I am I really told all the plates I'm not going back I'm stuck I said okay let's do it as I quit me next week he said okay comes next week he says know what after pizza later gentlemen it's may time no April and I don't have a job I have no idea what I'm going to do in September I know a friend of mine calls me up and he says rabbi my uncle just passed away can you come speak by the you know the garage 7-day yard sign said mark to me fever I think I have a little bit of stress on my head now I say you know what mark I'm coming okay so I said well I'm doing a present make it happen please I got my speech ready spend my time I get up and speeches in my packet and on the black my Avenue oh I walk in there to the to the shul just want to make my speech and leave as I'm walking in a lady says rabbika I talk to you another favor okay sure how can I help you she's Luton nine years ago I came to my kids and nowhere for my kids to go to school and you directed me to the right you see very did a great job my son and his high school and he there's no offense ago and she told me the circumstances of a boy and she said there's no school that I could envision will be good for my kids I said give me until the afternoon let me think about let me go speak okay I call her up after I gave my speech was a great speech by the way no joke pretty sweet and I tell it think you need me in my shul I have three options for you she's okay she came down to the shul with the boy is it here's option number one this is Shiva these are the pros these are the cons this is why I think it might be good for your son but these are things that the watch out for I think is number two number two option these are the pros ease of the problem the other kinds this is why I think I'll be great for you kid but this is also the deficiencies in the achiever I said option number three is I'll open up a school for you and I told that our school is different because we teach professions and we foster confidence and we really help these boys I said if I get ten boys I'll open up a shoe with you she says okay I'm gonna work on it Baruch Hashem tomorrow I think we're accepting number 24 that's a good don't give me applause give me money anyway but if I didn't go to give that speech never would have met the mother not a poem is a fashion it was a time I stopped I pause I stop thinking about my busy schedule and what's going on with me and I start focusing on what God did for me in my life it's an unbelievable level to reach but if you reach that level then your nish mad and it's all me Colette so it's because you start realizing things died they never had before that's the purpose of a rule by the way you know this idea of focusing on God it's prevalent in the Punisher we just read that reads all right you know the participant Attila Nahum Oliveira when you're gonna go you're gonna go to uh you go to war with your adversaries and you find the girl that using the new captivity and you take her and the pursuit says Oh bucket Salvatierra hey I mean she's gonna cry for father and for a mother for 30 days for a mother for father for 30 days so the body by its mother he that writes and by Rockefeller explains it's an image those thirty days till the thirty days of crying for your mother and your father what does it mean they cry for a mother this girl that was taken into captivity why is she crying for her mother and her father she'd be crying for herself she didn't captivity she's taken right she's a captive she's a pow1 is she crying for and yet there's no she's gonna have a great life she's becoming Jewish she's coming she's totally absolved of all sorrow and agony she's becoming guys she's her son's gonna come to bit hard she loved a great life that crying for self she's crying for a father who lost a daughter she's crying for a mother who was the daughter comes a little and we stopped crying for ourselves we stopped crying for our own sorrow for our own problems and we start focusing on God Oh Beckett died avi was God para su mo and the MFA veena is the shana then again we called a distance Tiberium that's what we're crying for in alone we're focusing on Jimmy's banner but how do i doing how do I do it how do I cling to Buddha Allah what is the process what are the steps well Mohammed I mean it's a beautiful thing it sounds like this I'll read it you behold my comb holds them on your horse I'm incredible burro at any time in any place you could always get closer to the body of lamb no holes okay Matata he says by the way waiting we learned it from a little emotional benefits at Shimla one share beetle comes and he's watching and following his lamp know what this is a burning bush pretty god says listen shall now I take off your shoes why ok McCoy so tell me I love a cold shoe because the lane you're standing on is at Matco dish and says at the time any place people have not kodesh all you gotta do is take away whatever is separating you from the advantage somebody Allah many times it's those walls that we put up that we erect there are standing between me and God causing me to abstain from coming close to body Alam and says by the way in every generation it's the same it's just a question and I think that wall is how thick is the wall I need to penetrate in order to see and to feel what I olam because unfortunately as good as America is I think the walls are very thick because there's so much luxury that we live in there's so much indulgence ease there's so much that we embrace so many times those things themselves those gifts from God well what caused us to be estranged from our Father in shimane ok guy want to take a vacation right you know what you want to be a mouse I mean the Bahamas right right this we want to go you know I always tell my students I love to take vacations I go to Staten Island that's where I go ok it smells a little funny sometimes ok it does you know depends of the season is over here no nobody ever said I'm focusing wow do you say my own are you really know it's good like what was down at the city it is ok but a person has to realize the that vacation is it being you close to touching butter or taking anyway so step number one is I have to realize at every place and every time I can cling to what L mom I'm sitting in traffic I'm sitting in traffic on the Garden State Parkway and I have the ability now to get angry agitated say things I don't want to say wave a couple of thinking things I'm not supposed to wave well maybe I could stop and say but I um look at these beautiful trees and Brooklyn you don't have trees there's Assisting but the Garden State Parkway is lush with greenery it's beautiful never go in there in April time in April time the trees are different colors no no nail nail time October time you go down this it's different three hours and take a look at this purple trees in our ministries and yellow trees and green trees and when I show it to my wife she says I'm gonna show you two colors black and blue if you don't stop okay but a present it's just beautiful you can cling and write just a tardis after shaving butter in the middle of traffic in the middle of traffic you just gotta take away those that that that poison you gotta take away the poison that's stopping me from from happiness or any observe I know it's a great time to clink touch him okay just get rid of the mother Lorne that happens very easily okay that's all it is all you have to do is realize what's separating me from a shimmy panic and easily remove it in order for you to fulfill and to achieve difficult in fact the pellets gives us another way so number one is consciously try to attach this off the gun number one number two said that Pelle awaits so yeah coochi money coochie when he says hey we have to be the bacon butter lon how do you clean tension hit that big the middle time do what God does emulate a shame if you start emulating a shame copying Borneo lot right then you start feeling closer to God now what I hope a botanical just like God is compassionate you also be compassionate now is that worked by the way why is it if I emulate God I feel closer to me but why does it work that way I get the hoot I get all of my BA I'm a very nice guy I become a Siddiq it's wonderful ok but why is it that I feel close attention if I do it got this and the answer is very simple you know when I was a principal in elementary school seven years ago so the administration told me and rabbi we want to make school sweatshirts you want to make school sweatshirts ok but I don't think they going to some and so let me I want to design them let me design them so I'll design them and the first day came nobody put the school sweatshirts second day nobody bought the school sweatshirt he said Robert attorney if nobody bicycles you're buying them all ok I said much alike you're not in school and then drove right there where nice one I said I have an idea leave it to me I took a sweatshirt and I put it on and I started walking around just walking around school walking around school now some people when I was a kid I didn't particularly like my principles but they I know my boys liked me so when I walked in they so rabbis II was wearing those sweatshirts they sold like hotcakes and why are they sell like hotcakes because these boys felt you put on about Boise sweatshirt you become mad lazy it becomes a thing you know it's a funny thing when I was a kid the man of the day was Michael Jordan Mike engine that also I want to be like Mike now they say I want to be like that no no one said that if I don't want to be like they doing that's what they say anyway but and people used to buy the jerseys Michael Jordan jerseys he's a big $40 I figured I wear a Jersey should say your name on it not Jordan on it my people used to do that and it's to spend money and money and people right through the Jordan sneakers right Michael Jordan wears the sneakers I want to wear this thing is why do you want to wear Michael Jordan's it is because it brings you close you feel like you close it in you're part of a club so ceremony you want to feel like you're close to God do what God does you'll feel very close to God there's a closeness that emerges when I emulate when I mimic when I replicate what put it on I'm done and that's what it means is that big me with the time and set the pillow weight DRF man isn't only to your friends we think being compassionate is you've been I see a frenzy compassionate but that's interesting because God isn't only compassionate to those who listen to him God is compassionate to those who don't read atole Devorah right makka pakka God gives a person the ability to breathe his oxygen right comes throughout the system even though the guys sitting and while the guy is sitting the breathe unbelievable separates it's nice to be at a home on to your friends but to those people who had to Tate you I bother you you know this is this past week I had a guy who works for me and he just got on my nerves the guy got on my nerves and and I wanted to fire the gun and I told my told my committee I said guys I'm not doing this letting the guy go I'm letting him go if I set him down after Shabbat know was about it was on the Tuesday and I said it's in Jack I I can't I can't work this way anymore I'm sorry how are you to take stress off my back if I want stress I go home no Hanson I said if I want stress you know I could do myself I said I hire you to do a job cuz I don't want the stress you're getting it and you ever giving me more stress you're making things unbearable for me I don't know if I could do this I have to think if I could do it and then the same breath I said but you know what I want to help you find another job also in addition to this if I do continue I would help you find another job what the guy just Balaji yeah attitude me to pull out whatever the little hairs you have left and you're helping them fund that's godly dad did that beg me Middletown now I feel a little bit more my god now I feel that my god but I feel close to God I feel closer to be put on because you're acting in the ways of body of them so yes number one try to be consciously close to God remove all barriers number two and emulate replicate the way that I see me better one second but now I'm gonna give you form always ready I love this says that best thing is the pursuit we know that when the B'nai cell really really come close and attached to them a check and sorry attach themselves to talk to it God more than ever before so you're gonna say where you see my time toda it could be it could be but there's a one time with the rabbi saying that they attach themselves more to God than you know Montana anybody don't win by pooty-poo team and they sell accepted to Ramallah they was doing it on there was no now didn't that was hovering over their heads it was total love and the pursuit says that he might out without him heart soared because instead of Tesla what I think Isis only time those are four ways you could cling to God who always was always well let's go through them ready number one is order what's what on what I stone ax everyone knows that so comin up and said to make you live it says what I thought I'm one of them because when a person wants around that's God talking to you and realizing that that's God talking to you that's how you become close to touching para so that's what our number two is similar what simcha says of Destler simcha is the recruitment child huh Kurata tov that's looking at all the wonderful things that we just discussed before and realizing how God is good to you that makes you cling to God I didn't say anything new yet but number three it says so on what's that song says the government's gonna give that says on somila them it's void when I do a mitzvah and brings me closer to him if I have a manager I want to do things again take God's once I want to do things they're gonna bring me closer so buddy all I'm is better wait a second I'll prove it to you anyone here they said they what yeah okay we have the mint the mint they said what you get the same such of 1250 vis at this gym tonight okay follow your live live stream yeah anyone watching this and anyone under the art people a good time I think you okay so one second what do we say we say I am whenever I do the people who are real I'm gonna you know find them anymore this cars the in Beco I'm not saying they come with the power the potency of their actions one second what do you mean because my same what do you mean level once the difference between ba and holy well that means it's distancing himself he's going father God means it's getting closer the people are really Munna Bhai iguana is in every time you do Mitzvah they get closer to me para ha every time you do a mitzvah they come closer touch him they brings them one step closer did that vague the very shape are they gifted by the pontiff Ilene I did something for God you can't mix them closer right did you see my car like there's something for God it makes them closer Sorry mate caught my eyes same so the Mitzvah a person does could bring you closer to God that's number three wait a second my favorite is number four recon what's week on I want you in the woods of Delta because if you came for everything tonight this is what you came for Seraph Dessler what is the wage Academy economy is special it means unique says ruff Destler if you want to see claim to God you want to fasten yourself to the master of the universe take a look at your own life and see how are you a unique person there are no two people in the world in the universe that are the same everybody is different parts of Fame are different right and their ways are different everybody says I'm Destler you want to cling to God take a look at something that you haven't nobody else says okay I could tell you the things that I don't have everybody does that doesn't have here but anyway besides that okay but look at where you're unique and say well God you made me unique you gave me that special trait that nobody else has I am special and if I do that and I'm able to do it right members of the same your Creed's okay too difficult cause you realize how much a sham loves you and it may be different than everybody else it's a phenomenal way in a little to invest and I should be better but the truth of the matter is any time a person invests in something let's be honest you want returns he want returns guy goes out with a girl he buys the roses you buys a candy right he gives the ring you want to get married I want to get married so you buy this ynys investing is that cold dry big loss for me it was but nobody else okay it's advancing investing when a person goes into a business you don't want to give something and lose it you want to give something get returns well ladies and gentlemen I want to tell you tonight that when you invest somebody alive and stop focusing on yourself the returns are insurmountable they're unbelievable and they're infinite and I'll prove it to you I'll be with you right to the mr. heym refined version so the beautiful thing he quotes the guy only Vilna and they got me velma company and says you know they can run a circuit Huggy got enough give up would others and they go well with their rights that but they sell and the Torah that means now and God sorry God all testify about one another today so I'll say about God that God is one and God said the Bible is out that they are one and why everyone testifies about each other it's wonderful and we know that God also is the feeling well Brock Holt what's in God's to feeling when we come in Al Gore hot bodies you know definitely touch to my seller Cheryl Kenosha Michonne and God stiffly that says a week I'm a hockey cell go your hot body to what one means there is no second of the city short it says their hard-won you're the league of your own what's up the what the going says what does it mean to wear to feeling and then how does it work with vanilla says that emphasis that gold revealing sorry he says when a person wears that feeling I don't wish Abedini leash more when we were a feeling we're seeing our hands our minds our bodies are completely subservient and dedicated that shimmied but uh listen to what the gun says he says and we do when we do that and we put on our to feeling God puts on his Tiffany and God says you're giving all of your cohort to me I'm gonna give all my cohort to you you decided you're not focusing on yourself anymore you're gonna focus on a Shem you can focus on the Masters universe the creator of the world God says you left your preferences and you put them aside I'm gonna make sure that your prophecies are fulfilled I wanna make sure that you're gonna be my focus in life isn't it worth it is that that not worth the return the investment one second in fact in this episode that we say in that that's written in miss lane it's a great pursuit I love it pursuit writes like this take the time pursuit says like this the sort of wider harish gamma value subito I always caught this when a person does what God wants even his enemies make peace with him even his enemies by the way the rabbi's say who is the enemy I'm not even joking this all about is it still his wife seriously I'm telling you it's a huzzah so present want some but what happened okay good please deposit the president of the door and that means even not so that means if I want you know once a person told me my wife is driving me crazy she's driving me absolutely crazy she won't stop she's not my keys about everything everything I do she's on my case everything any was on my case I told him listen to me you want he wants shell bite 101 he said yes I said come to my class said wha come to my class what does your class have to do it to you talk about cello biters and not really he said so what's that gonna do I said listen I bore people so much the second they get home they go to sleep you'll never talk to you my figure I said no I said when a person goes and you learn Torah God will make sure you have somebody if you invest in garden you say boy I'm gonna spend my time dedicate my energies to make you happy God says you did it to me I'm gonna do it for you I'm gonna make sure you have no adversaries I make sure they're gonna be no opponents I'm gonna make sure that you have sell them by it says chillin Olivia don't I know I be a different puts him any hints the word key today has a Miss Park at time means those zeros of seventeen the same is pocket on as the word Torah because of a person learns Torah then you go to mama God puts enemy in your hand it's you investing in yourself not only investing in God you know the difficult if enemy don't saving me those written by Rebbe Nachman from vessels okay she tells me all the time that it's a you know that's a good tip it and every thought sounds like this is a meet Barack this Martin officially began right when a person loves God when you reach that level of our last through yeah you went through it all you got to do not do what I said I yeah and I said you made sure while you're in the level of good loving dog that you realize oh I'm believably awesome goddess nish mommy pig got wrong you're guaranteed to be saved from any ailments veneerings how many problems that's even better wow what a remedy what it had to do for all your problems no headaches have such an idea I told you one time I was on my way to uh it was last week I was on my way to uh I said this story they say this I don't know oh it's on my way to Shiva it's uh going to help somebody and I have the phone in my hand and as I have the fun of my hands probably talking to Robbie well I know and I thought the one of my head sounds like a piece of my ticket huh I make a left on Tiffany and as I make a left on to having yo oh it's on I hear it's I mean like what I do now so it pull over and the guy says do you know why I stopped you I said well if you don't know why did you stop asking me you know what do mean he said I thought you for two reasons doosh two reasons I said please divulge why'd you stop me said well reason number one is if you had a phone in here I said you're right officer I did have a fun of mine I said well what's reason number two he said well reason number two is because while you were turning into Avenue you didn't yield the pedestrians and you almost hit a lady I said well that one I could explain that's what she was my mother man I didn't say that I said I said really I didn't even know there's a person here I know what you're talking about I said why do we do it I said I'm so sorry and then he goes through the cart and I look at that shimmy I said well lumpy go ahead doing Mitzvah I said that Chevys but I love you I you know please it could be out of this so the guy comes back and he has one paper in his in I said officer in New York City cutting down on the trees two tickets in one what happened he turn things as listen I'm gonna give you a summons because you always hit the lady so he says if it was my mother would let it go no I said he says I will give you something but for the the cell phone in the hand I'm just giving you a warning I said oh you're joking says when did that happen cops give warning what's a warning I never got a warning and trust me I've been pulled over a lot never got a warning okay but he said I'm giving you a warning because when you put your trust and then show me panic when you put two your love intentions but up cart says do you don't have any worries there is no worries because you place all your faith in me and that is the point of it little that's a point of view in fact you think I'm sexy but most of them tip I'm gonna pen I think that writes like this it's a d'Italia brhaspati I'm Emily I'm gonna filling it these fill you these with greatness hello Sinead dog she's talking about the things when a person is born God writes down how many days the guy is going to live ready Zack I'm actually mean if a person is okay he gets all the days he's supposed to live Lords are poor hi people the very be Akiva see that's okay they take away two days but the rabbi's say no Zaha mostly Finland if you do what you're supposed to do to give you more days hey fella person supposed to live on June 20 people say I've never seen said why do you cursing me I want to look more than hundred twenty what's a loan 20 I said 180/120 Scott two doesn't say anyway but if the president's good it's on him and you become entrenched in God because the longer the returns are paramount when I was a kid you know people see your principle and say rabbi your principle of school it's again they say hell how did that happen because people remember me from high school would be very shocked when they realized that I opened the Shiva one day I'll tell you whenever student over here I don't want to hear my secrets but generally I wasn't exactly the best student but in school we were always really required to read books okay and if you ask me until today and I'm apparently an old geezer with swollen ankles if you ask me how many books I read my entire life full books cover to cover right English books I would say zero I don't think I've ever written ever read a book I've written books little Christian I've written books cover to cover I don't think I've ever read a book cover to cover so you say how do you how do you do it I had to get through high school and never read a book well but okay shame god bless his soul the man is a man named cliff cliff must be has nothing to do as a child read a lot of books and he wrote summaries of these books they're called cliff notes and because he is don't listen to me okay they call cliffs notes and any book do you want to read you go buy a closed notes and that's what I did every time I had to go get a book I went to the nearest bookstore I said he said how you doing eleazar's and very good it's nice to see you have another book to read obviously yes okay said what book I would dump the book it was 15 pages instead of reading 400 pages of nonsense I read 15 pages but Akash ever went out for dinner my friends and I we had a great time but the problem is when the teacher asks you details you're absolutely no idea right so uh where did Stanley take the car I said which time what do you mean were you told man when he went when he went to the there was no Stanley in the book I said I know I know I was thinking about family the sums of the book that was and I thought I have to get my way I've you know one time I went time okay you could hear this I'm not gonna fall for it one time there was a biology paper though biology paper was do know but does she gonna have to forgive me and I didn't do it and I forgot about it so the night comes and the teacher calls me up on my phone right my house phone there were those cell phones in those days I am old and my aunt says yes mr. Cohen on the phone mr. Cohen why does he want me I get on the phone he goes L the other you know I don't have your biology paper so what you know my biology paper I said you sure you check your papers if you check your papers right he said don't tell me why my balance you gave you know how hard I'm gonna check my papers all the time all the time I check it I'll call you back so please please PLEASE oh you got me CT them to find the LCD but you want me to I said okay he goes up the phone and he starts checking his beta Z because if I can't family because I'm so sorry I didn't find you biology paper say could I give you a bee I said mr. Cohen a bee really I said all right you know what was it going Abby's fine maybe was fine I close though right I went for short cuts all the way that was never prepared when it counted ladies and gentlemen in life do not live a cliffs note life we have 15 days left 15 days left to achieve difficult internship to get clothes that shimmy para to attach and fasten yourself to the master of the universe don't live eclipsed note life don't come two days before Shanna and decide now I'm gonna come close - everybody because it's a process that takes time it's a process that takes dedication and it takes attention and therefore if I start today and I go home today and already I start looking at the good things in my life I look at that capital look at the masterful engineering that circumvents my life now I could start today don't wait for a day before Rosh Hashanah to read the cliff notes it doesn't help the details are embedded in the video in that I got in the way god runs the world runs my life could be so beautiful and so uplifting thanks it's so yeah don't look don't believe her and don't delay and don't postpone let's start today and these are the same if we invest early and the returns will be much much greater I think you so much for being here tonight and for inviting me to speak we hope you enjoy if not no refunds but I'll cover it all up I'm Mme [Music]