Rabbi Yaakov Rahimi | CHAZAQ Tisha B'Av Marathon

Okay, thank you everybody for coming. I know it's a long day, but it's worth it every moment. As I was walking in here, the Torah anytime poses over here are getting bigger and bigger by the year. And I thought to myself, this is a typical fight with me in the mic. Okay, I'm good. I'm good. I'm good. Thank you. No, I'm good. And I thought to myself, sometimes we see pictures coming out of the White House, out of the situation room as they call it, and you see Donald Trump over there sitting, you see Marco Rubio, you see JD Vance, you see all the Kashu [snorts] guys of the world, quote unquote. I mean, Trump is awesome, don't get me wrong. So you see them sitting in the situation room deciding should we attack Iran, not attack Iran. They're making the decisions of the world. That's what it seems like. But really, it's all bluff. It's all she and we have to remind ourselves of the real reality. You know where the situation room is of where the direction of the whole world is going to be in generations to come. All the ishivot, all the shuls, how we act at home, how we learn at home, how we follow, do we stay away from we dictate and decide the direction of the world. That is the reality. Us the yudim. So next time you see those pictures coming out of the white house, it should be a mous a wakeup call. Whoa, these guys are making big decisions. Not true. It's usabatai. How we act, how we talk, how much we learn. These mitzvot are the ones that make a difference for the whole world. So when I walked in here and I saw this massive torany time sign, it looked like a situation room. The real situation room. Look how many things they're doing every year that goes by. Unbelievable. and my dear friends of the getting also bigger and bigger every single year. In fact, I myself got a different type of job in the New York area with public school kids and who was the first organization that I called Kazak and Revealan helped me out right away to speak to her fry who helps out the public school kids. By the way, on a side note, as I was driving here, I got a call from a very wealthy Jew, just in case anybody here is listening, and he told me to announce this announcement. He's ready to sponsor, if anybody knows, 50 public school kids who are renting public school. He's going to sponsor their tuition for the upcoming year. So, if you know any public school kids in the New York area, please reach out to me. Jacob, Raheem.com, and bizm. The first 50. Hopefully there's less than 50, but 50 is paid for. So reach out to me if you know any public school kids, boys or girls who want to go to Jewish school. Announcement number two, there's a new organization called Vim and we gave it the cards over here and for those who are listening, it's spelled v a yi doom m.com. Now you have an opportunity that if you take upon yourself to learn the you can now submit your names on this website and your names are going to be prayed for by the on his yard site the week of the yard site and also the mansions of Shisha who's the one who made the revolution to learn to say this is an unbelievable opportunity all you got to do is submit your name take upon yourself to learn the and your names will be mentioned for there's countless stories because we did this last year of people that took it upon themselves and their names were mentioned and they saw Yeshua, people got engaged, people had children. So take it upon yourself if you haven't yet. I mean if you're listening every year I hope by now you already started learning otherwise I don't know who you are but just in case somebody over here did not start learning take it upon yourself and submit your name and now number three and that's it guys we're going to put a book on the stories that were said over here through and various other places. It was put together by a professional team. Don't worry, I did not write it. I did not write an English book. So, if you would like to help me put it out and print it, we are not we have most of the funds. I'm missing only a few thousand. If anyone wants to help me or is listening, please email me.com. We can print your name inside the book. It's called a quiet victory. I want to share with you a mash that hit me very hard from the about why is it important not to speak. Imagine and this can happen sometimes in shs. Imagine you walk into Shak in the morning and a person has his cava. He has this permanent spot in the shul and he sees some random person that never prayed in that minan in that shul ever before. He sees that person sitting by a seat and this guy who walked in and he sees this person that nobody recognizes sitting in his permanency. He starts he starts getting upset and he tells the guy, "Get out of my seat." But he says it loud. Obviously, it's the wrong thing to do. And the guy gets embarrassed. But the guy keeps on going and says, "Who are you? Nobody ever heard of you. No one knows who you are. You just walk in. You sit any seat. What are you doing?" The guy gets embarrassed. He has no choice. And he moved away. Then imagine after is over says the writ. Imagine after Shak is over the rabbi of the shul that everybody respects walks in and he sees that random Jew quote unquote that he kicked out. He sees him and he says, "Hey, why do we deserve such a important figure, such a person over here in our sho?" And the rabbi goes over to him and hugs him and kisses his hand. And then you find out that you know who this random Jew was. Let's bring in our terms. Our leader trusted this guy blindly. HE LOVED HIM. The Benishai's best friend was this guy. The Baba Sali's KUT, YOU KNOW WHO HE loved so much? This random Jew that he kicked out. And the list goes on. Kyvski trusted this man so much. He trusted him blindly. Obviously, if we're going to hear that the Benishai, the Babisali Kyvski, if all the leaders of the world trust this individual so much, there must be something good, very good about such a person. IF OUR GDIM TRUST HIM BLINDLY AND love him, then obviously he's something special. And you kick this guy out of his seat just like that says the not once and not twice, many times throughout the Torah, Hashem tells us how he loves every single Yehudi. And I know we hear these terms all the time, but who really lives by that term? And I'm talking to myself. Hashem values every single Yehudi. So when one speaks lash says another Ye, YOU KNOW WHO YOU SPEAKING AGAINST? You're speaking against somebody that Hashem loves. And if Hashem loves and trusts, that's who he made you a Jew and gave you the Torah. IF GOD TRUSTS HIM, then who are you to make fun of him? That's the what a powerful mash. If Hashem loves that Jew you're about to speak about, it's not worth speaking because you love Hashem. You love Hashem, love that person as well because Hashem loves them. Tremendous mashenu. Is there anybody else that we trust more than Moshe Rabenu? And the Torah tells us that Mosherenu revealed to us the secret as to why we're still in galut. Like the puk says meaningu said now I know why is in galut is in exile. We're always searching for ideas. How do we get out? What do we do? But over here we have Moshe Rabenu. Moses the greatest Nvida we ever had and ever will have. Moshe Rabenu and says Rashi you know what Mosherenu said while we're still in Galut why we're still in exile on the says Rashi because of because while they were in mitime this is rashi on the Torah. It's a big deal. Moshe Renu revealed the secret to us. Why are we still in galut? Why are we in exile? We got to work on staying away from is a very serious thing. It's a very damaging thing. How does a person stay away from because nobody really wants to speak? We just forget. How do you remind yourself to stay away from says If you learn the laws of every day, it will help you stay away from but you got to learn it every single day. And people saw tremendous changes in their life for the better. Tremendous. But today in the last few minutes that I have, I would like to share with you something that I feel is a very important topic. And that is the topic of limuda to of learning Torah. The gives him a shal and he says imagine you walk into a dark room and you want the darkness to go away. The So what do you do? You take a stick, you take a bat and you start chasing the darkness away. Is it going to help? Is that how you chase away darkness? Obviously not. You want to go away, you want darkness to go away, you have to turn on the light. Light chases away darkness, not sticks and bats. Says the when the generation when the yudim ARE GOING THROUGH DARKNESS, when there is WHEN JEWS ARE DYING AND SUFFERING AND BEING CHASED, how do YOU TAKE THAT AWAY? WHAT DO YOU DO? RALLY WITH AN ISRAELI FLAG. It's nice, but it's not what's going to take away the kosh. This is a very important thing because some people are getting confused. You want to take away anti-semitism, you want to take away darkness only through light. AND WHAT IS LIGHT? WHAT is Torah? When you're in the Shabbat table with your family and someone is about to speak or start as speaking. So you that person that learns the laws now you know it's somehow without embarrassing the person if somehow you know how to maneuver to change the subject. You say, "Oh, whoop, the coke bottle spilled." And the whole conversation changes and that person did not speak. You just made the world a better place. That is called turning on the light in. When a person works all day and he STILL GOES TO SHUL AND HE LEARNS TO BECAUSE IT'S important to learn. It's important to learn at home. It's also very important to learn. He goes to shul and he learns Torah. Even though it's hard, even though it's 30 minutes, 30 minutes is a lot. You chased away and anti-semitism. That's how we fight it. Through Torah, through will take us out of the exile that we're in. And this is all over Kazal. In fact, I'll read you the words of the Zorados. Everybody loves the Z says the Zimon. I'll say it outside happened when we left Mitim. You know why there was a war with Amalecch? You know why Amalecch wanted to kill the Jewish people? Because in Shamim, way before that in heaven, the dean, the angels of judgment were telling Hashem, "Hashem, the Jews are guilty." But Hashem fought those angels. And he says, "No, I'm going to protect the Jewish people. They're not. They're not guilty." And this went on for a while. Says, AND EVEN THOUGH AMALCCH WAS READY TO WIPE US OUT FOR A long time, Hashem stopped him. And even though the angels of Dean were fighting against us, Hashem stopped them. Says, "What cost for Hashem to now let AMC fight us?" And that's what happened. says the zor and I'll read you the words they let go with their hands when the yudim in the started becoming more chilled when it comes to learning it's not that important whatever their level was it's not that important there's other people learning Torah Do I really have does it really make a difference if I learn? When they started becoming chilled when it comes to learning Torah that is when the angels of Dean now succeeded in their job and Amalcch attacked the Jewish people. So says Rabishimai, how do we protect ourselves? What do we do? We need to keep on learning Torah and not take it lightly. Learning Torah is a big deal. It's priority one. We don't leave our learning schedule because there's birthday parties. We don't just let go of learning. We can't be. We can't let go of Torah. We have to hold on to Torah very strong because that is the way we're going to beat our enemies. The midrash says in the means the tree of life. What is the tree of life? What did mean when he said tree of life means? A person who's connected to Torah, he's alive. Whether it's five minutes a day, 10 hours a day, connected to Torah, you're connected to the tree of life. For those who hold on to that Torah, but the mid goes on and he gives them a shal. Imagine you have a flood in your city. Tremendous flood of water flowing. And people are being taken away by the water. And as a person is being taken by the water, by the tide, he sees a tree with a branch. And he holds on to the branch so strong. So no matter how strong the tide is and the water is and the stream of the flood, the stronger you hold on to the tree, the more likely you're going to survive. He who will SURVIVE ALL THE DESIRES OF THIS GENERATION. WHO'S GOING TO SURVIVE AND HOLD ON STRONG? those who are attached to learning Torah every single day he for those who hold on to Torah. And then the Z goes on and I made copies just to show you the power of learning Torah. The Zor goes on and he says, "The most favorite thing for Hashem, what is the most thing to God when the Jewish people are busy with learning Torah?" What does Hashem love? What is mostiv? What does Hashem love the most? When you Houdim learn Torah, you learn Torah, you make Hashem happy. The mid says, how do we know a person loves Hashem? How do we know a person loves Hashem? says the midrash says the midrash the we say you got to love Hashem with all your heart with all your soul with all your wealth all your abilities how do you love Hashem says we know we're commanded to love Hashem but how does a person show how does a person build a love of Hashem says the mid goes on the means to has to be on your heart. It says the midrash. How do we know a person loves Hashem? You know who loves Hashem? Those who learn Torah. How has to be on your heart? You learn to you're connected. You're a person that loves Hashem. Torah is a priority. The San and also says that the students of Rabil asked him the great Tana. They asked him, "Rabbi, what should we do? What should we do to survive and not get hit in the days of Messiah?" Told them two simple answers. You got to be busy with learning Torah. And two makes you do with one another. And by the way, the says doesn't only mean giving only mean also means complimenting others and staying away from lying curses and when you stay away from you're under that category of doing so. How do you stay away from the unfortunate crazy times? Make sure you and make sure you are busy with and asked a question on this. He says, "Don't the two answers seem so simple? That's all you have to tell us. learn Torah and do I mean that's a pretty obvious mit we know of already maybe told us something more loud maybe more sounds more extreme fast for 40 days it's not what he said he said two simple answers you got to learn Torah and you got to do so this is doesn't that sound so simple so the gives them a he says sometimes a person can have a little small fire on the floor. How do you shut it off? You go with Yeshua, it's out. If the flame is a little bigger, you have to take a cup of water, you spill over it. If the flame is a little bigger, you need more than that. If a flame is really big, then you have to call the fire department. Says the Rabzer was telling us there will be a time where THE DEAN THE JUDGMENT IN THE WORLD IS VERY STRONG. THE fire is massive. What's going to take away those fires? What's going to take away those dean? So even though all mitzvah make a difference like the tells us you do a mitzvah it protects you but there comes a time says there comes a time where you need two massive weapons to take away those fires those deans and what are those two massive weapons that only they have the ability to shut the big flame only learning those those two things will take away all the in the world all the anti-semit you learn Torah you're a warrior of hem you're doing the real job you do you for one another you give you stay away from the you're a hero No, you're chasing the away. There's a story with and I'll finish with this. There's a story with when he was younger 18 years old he already started giving and his friends in yeshiva will comment to him who are you leaving Gim learning for already as you can imagine was a big mid then it waste one second so they asked him what are you so busy with who are you giving a shield to already a thousand people 100 yeshiva students who. So sometimes his friends went with him to see who is giving to and they would see every single night would give a to the working men to the plumbers to the painters to the construction workers blue collar. Not only that most of them will fall asleep in the middle of a speech. They would put their heads down. They're working the whole day. So his friends of tell him this is called giving a sh to people should be taking notes. Ysef is giving a sh everybody's sleeping putting their heads down eating the cookies on the table with the drinks. This this is what you stopping you're learning from. And told him the following line. This is a tremendous lesson. He says, "These guys are working the whole day. When they come home and they tell their wife and their kids, "Honey, the rabbi is waiting. I got to go learn." Even if when they come to shul they're going to fall asleep, you know how much an effect it makes on the family that they hear that their father is going to learn Tawa? The wife respects them more. The kids respect them more. See, even though I know they're falling asleep, the fact that they came here is a big deal because I'm changing families to start respecting Torah. And Hashem cherishes them coming to the shul even in the falling asleep. Fast forward 50 60 years later one time said in one of his speeches and events and he says, "You know where I get the most from I said in English I you know I see my fruits of my labor the pleasure of my work when grandchildren of the people that came to my class who are not grandfathers when their grandchildren come to me and they want my for that they wrote and they want me to test them in to give them that's where I get my most from you know why because when and I would give shuim to their grandparents and they fell asleep. People will tell me I'm wasting my time. But the answer is no. And I was right. When you go to shul and you join a class and you learn Torah, even when you fall asleep, you're making a tremendous difference for yourself and for your entire family. And you're going to see the fruits of your labor if not now and generations to come. But there's nothing more important in the world than learning Torah. Like says, how are women? Because women do not have the mitzvah of Torah. They don't need it. So how are women for says, you know, how when they help their husbands and their children go learn Torah? When they pump them up, when they give them, it's very hard for the women that the husband works all day. He finally is home. He goes to sh you know where the woman's is when they pump up their husbands and their children to make sure they go learn Torah. The great leader when his wife passed away by the funeral of he said, "My wife is bigger than mine." You know why? because she gets 50% of my learning and 50% of my son's learning and one child, one boy. So she has more reward than me because she gets 50 5050 of all the reward of from all the boys to is our flag. Torah is everything. It's priority one. It's the only thing that will get us out of exile. And the I start off with the and finish off the finishes off his book dedicated a whole perk. The last one on the book of the last chapter is about the importance of limuda of learning to and why did he do that says both to be had the first one was destroyed because of three very big sins and but even though were doing those very grave sins Hashem still did not destroy the first beta mikdash So why did it get destroyed? Why did he destroy the beta mikdash? The first one says you're asking why did he destroy the beta mikdash? The Jews were doing in public streets. They were doing what do you mean why did they destroy the bet? says were asking the Jews were doing this for a while and Hashem still didn't destroy the beta. What changed now? And Hashem answered them, you're right. Even though they were sitting for a while, but they were still learning Torah. Once they started becoming chilled when it comes to learning Torah, they lost their protection. You lose their protection says, then all the sins of now can take an effect. Unfortunately, so the first bet mikdash was destroyed because there wasn't enough respect for Torah. There wasn't enough Torah learning. That's the first one says the second one didn't have that issue. They were learning to the says in Yuma. They were learning in the times of the second. THEY WERE LEARNING A LOT. Take the whole city of Benbra, the whole city of Shalim, the whole city of Lakewood and Queens, put it into one city. They were still learning a lot more back then than they're learning now. And still the second bet was destroyed. Why? Says learning is very important. That is the PRIORITY destroys everything. So what are the most two important things one has to work on to rebuild the betdash? Make sure you're connected to learning. Be busy with it. Learn there's no such thing as not learning. two, stay away from stay away from those two things are going to rebuild the beta mikdash and definitely don't add more nef to the fire. How do you say nft in English? Don't add more any Israelis here >> gasoline fuel. When there's a deen going on in the world, a person should add more fuel. says, "When one speaks, YOU'RE MAKING THE FIRE BIGGER. WE WANT TO SHUT THE FIRE, NOT TO MAKE IT BIGGER." How do you do that? Stay away from learn the every single day and make sure for those who are here and for those who are listening, take learning Torah seriously. Connect yourself to you got to learn. There's no such thing. There's no such thing as loving Hashem without learning Tawa. And what does Hashem love the most? Those who are busy with limuda to. And that's going to take us out of our exile. Thank you so much. Make sure to sign up at.com. It is.