Rabbi Sampson at Body & Soul 2018

yes he mentioned it we had a meeting we had a meeting in Manhattan Isaac's hotel how are we gonna do this what is it going to be about I don't know I could imagine that we would have had the beautiful Shabbos that we had so inspiring so special because of all of you so I just want to take a few thanks before I give you a few thoughts to take with you first of all I you know Jesse Friedman he's thrown up here I don't know how he does what he does how he proves everything he organized everything but you know just as special thanks to Yossi for everything he does incredible amazing Yakov ginika unbelievable running around a humble guy I get so much done simcha barnett educational program modified truck yoni zakat in ski what will we do without yoni yoshikawa all the support staff absolutely incredible absolutely incredible and of course the grocer's and of Isaac is here if I see him over here but Edie I think I thought we thank you so much and the hyneman's and to all of you all the James PI groups and all of you that came people came out to me said thank you it's amazing what you did and I said it wasn't me it was you you know we talked about the artists and coming together this is real activists look at all of you you've all come together to learn to grow and to share and it's amazing so I want to thank all of you and as I did on Friday night a round of applause for yourselves please if we reflect back on the weekend so I think one of the things we do we usually do and we're very good at is breaking misconceptions people come in with misconceptions one of the misconceptions I think we broke lady told me that one of the people that came with a group with a whole bunch of snacks with her she wasn't sure if there was going to be enough food I think we broke that misconception people have coming in coming over to be especially mostly Shabbos Sunday morning it's amazing it's amazing it's amazing it's amazing but as they tell me it's amazing and it and it has been amazing but I take the words in with a heavy heart they're heavy hard and how can you not have a heavy hard after what we heard and never happened yesterday with the shooting in Pittsburgh or brothers and sisters and I'm reminded of how I opened this beautiful weekend and I said we're one your successes are my successes your failures are my failures your joy is my joy and your pain is my pain and we have to realize with a heavy heart that our brothers and sisters it's our pain and we cry together for the people that we lost when we pray for the people that should have a referral aimer then and I think and I ask myself so what is it that we're supposed to do a beautiful sharpest project around the world thousands of people millions of people and this happened on that chart on the Shabbos project so I think what would my revenues with no Weinberg the founder of Asia tour and what would he say say he would say listen to km you have to appreciate what you've done always appreciate what you've done what we can do a lot more and we have to do more and the question is what we say this community here is a learning growing and sharing community and that's what we produced here over the Shabbos we've come together as a family it's not just about the sharpest that we had but this is just the beginning and I'll tell you my friend this morning this is just the beginning we're a family we're in it together and we're learning and growing and sharing the first question that we need to ask is what can I do what can I do a little bit more how can I incorporate a little bit more there's a lot of darkness out there in the world and there's one way to break that darkness and that's to bring light to the world and that's who we are as a people the Jewish people is a light to the nation's and we bring that light into the world by committing to Torah to turn a little bit more each on his own level a little bit more what can I do rev Noah he always used to say give me ten men and I'll change the world could be ten women we have a community here of people that are learning and growing that are doing so much we have many more than 10 can't we change the world together we've know who used to always say that all of the Jews can come together and be growing together we're living in a generation which so many Jews don't have the pleasure the opportunity of what we experience the Shabbos but all of us together can change that we can all make a change if we do something about it what can I do about it can I really do anything you've seen what you can do look what how many people have come look wonder what this Shabbos has been 700 people coming together and this is nothing last night I was saying to people I'm speaking to people they were saying to me you know we brought some people but if we did this again next year we could bring a lot oh great but let's not wait till next year let's do it now the Father time and I said this in my prayer class yesterday gave an analogy for prayer people feel their prayers aren't answered and he gave an analogy there's a poor person and he in the city and he's saying I need some help give me some money so a person said ok come over to my office 2 o'clock tomorrow I'll write you a check - a cop comes and goes he doesn't come he figures something happened that night he sees the put same person in the city saying help me help me help me I need money my family might okay tomorrow two o'clock in my office I write you a check to account comes and goes that night he sees them again help me help me help me he's ok last I tell you again you know come to my office tomorrow and I'll write you a check - accountant goes he sees in the next day the same person saying I need your help I need your help I need your help we cry out to the Almighty in times like these Cottage Baruch Hashem we need your help there's darkness in the world we need light and the Shemer says back to us I'll give you all the light just do something I'll give you all the means of how to do it just take action learn grow share do it and you will bring all the lights and then the next and tomorrow we come to attend please help what are you gonna do a shed sentence that I'm waiting for you where were you last night I was waiting to write the check to help you to bring back all of our children to bring that light into the world and the next day we come to ash ever said we need your help where are you God and God says listen I was waiting for you all you needed to do is something very simple ask yourself what you can do now you can make a difference how you can bring a little bit more light into the world yesterday we spoke about different programs if you learning a little we have the program that we offered yesterday if you want to do one-on-one learning if you haven't got someone to learn with we can set you up we have the various programs that we spoke about yesterday we spoke about the seven second level trip look how much has happened from the trips that you've been on take it to the next level in February and March we have trips with men and women make a commitment go deucey grow one of the ladies came over to me today and said you know what you know I was speaking to someone yesterday and they said you know what we're gonna cut around our home isn't that beautiful and it's a wonderful wonderful thing what be a part of it what can you do but most of all and I'll finish with this I was in the dining room this morning and someone coasted this little baby his little child has lost its mother it's walking around okay I'm sure I found his mother but I couldn't help but think we're Jewish people with so many people out there that don't know who their father in heaven is and then they're looking around they're trying to find they're not sure what they're trying to find we're a community this is the vision of Rev Noah rev knocks vision rabbi wine was vision is to create a group of people a community of people like us that were with each other would ever literally run a little bit more a little bit less it doesn't matter because we're all one together and through the Shabbos where we hope that you've resonated a little bit that you're resonating with who you are that you know that you're a soul we've resonated that we know what we have we have each other and we have the Jewish people we're a community of people that care let's be those 10 men let's be that community we're going to leave the shoves this is just the beginning we're in it together we're going to take action we're gonna learn we're gonna grow we're going to share we're gonna change the world of north used to say to all of us how can you do it we say Rebbe how can I do it split the task is too great there's too much to do you used to put his armor ouch our shoulder and say hi and if the almighty would help you if he was on your side and help you do you think you could get the job done if the creator of the universe was going to help me do you think you could do it we said sure and you say he's helping you ladies and gentlemen the almighty loves us with an infinite love when there's unity and we have that unity we saw that unity there's nothing that stops with unity nothing there's nothing we let's together make a commitment we're going to make changes to ourself we're going to grow we're going to share we're going to get our friends involved we're going to bring them to the lunch and learns we get them involved in you at your James black communities let's bring all our brothers and sisters are back and better rich and the almighty will look down and say I see where my children are doing I'll bring back all my children to life of Torah and we'll all be in Yerushalayim please God very very soon with all of the Jewish people singing and dancing in the streets of Jerusalem thank you very much