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[music]
says Mosherenu, [music]
the difference between getting the
blessings of the curses is simply
following the Torah and not having an
unacceptable attitude. [music]
What is following the Tua is? Is it
difficult? Is it far away? Is it
something that requires for me to
[music] grow up in a religious house, in
a religious family, in a religious
community? Is it require me to to know
everything? No. Says Mosheu,
for this commandment that I command you
today, it is not separated from you,
[music] meaning beyond you, it's not so
distant. It's not in the heavens for you
to say, [music] "Who can ascend to the
heavens for us and take it for us and
let us hear it so that we can perform
it?"
Nor is it across the sea for you to say,
"Who can cross to the other side of the
sea for us and take it for us and let us
hear it so that we can perform it?"
Rather, the matter is very near to you
in your mouth and in your heart to
perform it.
Fulfilling the Torah is easy
if you want to. If you have the right
attitude,
the Torah is the easiest thing in the
world.
It's in your mouth. It's in your heart
to perform it. Meaning, you are created
to fulfill the Torah. If you use your
time in this world to follow the Torah,
certainly you will succeed. It's just a
matter of time and effort. But if you
have the unacceptable shalom, peace will
be upon me attitude as I do what my
heart sees fit, not only will you not
find the Torah easy, but in fact over
time you will find it intolerable.
You'll hate it and you'll find yourself
violating it left and right. And that's
why Musher Rabenu continues verse after
verse to warn us. What happens if we
choose to go against the Torah?
If you choose evil, says Moshe Rabenu in
verse 17, chapter 30, and your heart
will turn away from Hashem, and you will
not heed his commandments
and you stray and prostrate yourself to
the false gods of the nations and serve
them,
then I tell you today that you will
surely be lost. You will not have long
days upon the land, that you cross the
alen to enter there, to take possession
of it. I call the heaven and the earth
to bear witness against you.
[music] I have placed life and death
before you, the blessing and the curses,
[music]
and you shall favor life so that you
will live, you and your children, to
love Hashem your God, to heed his word,
and to draw close to fear him. For he
has your life and the length of your
days to dwell upon the land that Hashem
swore to your forefathers to Abra and
[music] Yakov to give them
[music]
when decides what he's going to decide
on Shah he's going to evaluate the
person and everyone around him and
therefore if a person [music]
makes himself a benefactor of the
public. Meaning more and more people
need him. He's a [music] benefactor of
the public. The greater of a benefactor
he is to the public, [music]
the more the public needs him, the more
there's a reason for to leave him in
this world. Because even if none of
those people are sadiki, the fact is
that he's [music] still a vessel that
Hashem is using in this world to benefit
his people, to benefit the world.
So if he's responsible [music] for
helping a thousand people eat this
holiday through his donation,
if she's responsible for helping 5,000
people [music]
celebrate the holiday this year, if
they're responsible
for thousands of people doing Chuva in
the last several months as a result of
their donation,
even If none of the people at yet, there
are simply too many people that are
relying on them. They're not easily
replaceable, if you will. And therefore,
decrees, they're good for the public.
The merit, the combined merit of the
public will give them life.
>> [music]
>> I hope that everyone takes everything to
heart to do chuva to get closer to push
ourselves to the maximum to become a
benefactor of the of the public whether
it's with the gifts and talents or the
gifts of money or skill whatever it is a
person that wants life has to choose the
perfect solution that gave us which is
to help other people really acquire
life, which means to get closer to him.
By being a benefactor of the public,
you're certainly choosing I found you.
