Rabbi YY Jacobson Farbrenging with Children #8: Stories, Riddles, Meditation, Q & A

Good afternoon everybody. Welcome dear children joining us here live on our weekly program here on the yeshiva.net. I am so thrilled and privileged to be here with all of you. Thank you for joining us once again. This is our eighth program since the Corona virus began. This is our eighth program with children all over the world in English. Today we also had our third Yiddish program and we also had our Hebrew program. We also have our teenage programs for your older siblings which is Thursday night at 9:30 p.m. right here on the yeshiva.net. So thank you. Thank you all for being here and I hope you're having the beginning of a new week. May it be a good week, a a healthy week for you and your families and your loved ones. May Hashem give a complete and speedy recovery to all those who need it and inspiration and strength to all those who need it. Stay healthy and uh I love you all and let's make it an awesome and productive and meaningful and inspiring week. You can text in your questions or write in your questions if you come to our website the yeshiva.net net and you'll see the first video on the homepage is our program with children and over there you can ask your question ask any question you would like if you're listening by phone and you want to text your question that's also fine or again you can come into the yeshiva.net to this video and you can write in your question and God willing in a few minutes we will be going to the mic to get your questions in writing. As always let me begin with a beautiful story and I'm actually going to begin with two stories. Each story has a special message. The first story I want to share with you is a story that involves one of the great sadikim in Russian known as the His name was Mendelin. He lived in the city of Loavic in Bellerus. He passed away the 13th of Nissen right before Pes in the year which would be 1866. Those days that time when there was a fire in a village or a city it was often very very devastating. Most of the homes were built from wood and they would be easily consumed by flames. You didn't have the fire department like you have today. You didn't have the equipment to extinguish flames that you have today. Even today, it's often devastating, but then it was often very devastating. And uh there was a big fire in the city in the town where the Sedic lived and a lot of the homes were burnt down. And when they started to rebuild the homes, they made what's called a special for the seven for the groundbreaking of the new homes that they were building for the and people came together to celebrate the occasion. and the Tamakad who was the third Reb of Kabad he was the grandson of the Balanne of Leyadi his daughter's son he sat there there was a chair and a table and he was sitting there and the were gathered around him and he turned to them and he said I want to give you an option would you like to hear or would you like to hear a story now the was one of the he was one of the greatest minds of the generation. He was also known as a great a great authority. We have a lot of his answers in a set known as and uh he would teach a lot of both in terms of and so the there were asked this question. Would you like to hear like a mimer a discourse or would you like to hear a story? So they told theb that you know we often have this to hear from you. We never hear a story from you. We would like to hear a story. So the began to tell them a story. He said there was a man named Raby and this what is was an innocent Jew. He used to rent many of the cretas, many of the inns by a puritz, by an overlord. You had these prits, these governors who ruled over many fields and pieces of land and they would often rent them out to Jews or other people and they would lease them and get money for it. So this Rabbi Yakov worked for this pirates and he was in charge on dealing with all of his properties and renting them out to people who wanted leases including many Jews who would rent Kretchmas. Kretchmas were like little ins where people would come like little motel. People would come and have a meal and have a drink and stay over for a couple of days or a couple of nights or one night and that's how they made their living and they would pay every year every month the rent to this who brought them to the pors to this overlord. There was one Jew who rented such a such an inn from was known as they called him Ishtam which means an innocent man. At the end of the year, it was time to pay up the annual rent. But this Jew did not have the money to pay for the rent. So told this Jew, he sent him a message. He says, "Listen, this is not my money. This is the Pix's money. And there's no games with him. If I don't show up with the money, you know, he wants an account. Why is he not getting the money?" And he wants the person expelled. So, I don't know how much longer I can delay this process, but if you don't come up somehow with the money, I will not be able to keep you in the motel. I'll have to give it to somebody else. This poor Jew was desperate. What did he do? He was aid of one of the great sadikim of the generation, a Jew known as the Bistro of Ran. He's known as the the holy reb of he was a of his and was also aid of so this Jew who was renting the in came to and he said would you be able to persuade your other to give me another year and at the end of the next year I'll pay up for two years. So the holy sent a message to and he asked him to please make an exception and give this Jew another year and he said he would do that. The next year went by the problem was the situation was no better and he didn't have enough money to pay not for the second year not for the first year. So Ryakov says what am I supposed to do? The pirates is getting impatient. I'm not going to be able to do this any longer. you have to find a new place. So the man in the desperation went back to his and he says please persuade him to give me a third year and I'll pay up for all three years of sent a special message to have special compassion on this person until he'll be able to pay back for three years. I don't know what Ryakov had to do. Did he have to lay out the money from his own pocket and pay the purits the overlords? you shouldn't expel him or something else. But his Reb asked and this is what he did. The third year passed and it's been three years and the renter of the inn could not pay up any money for his lease. The story repeated itself again. The man came running to the and of heart went out for this Jew pleaded with his disciple with his to give him a fourth year got the message and he said to himself I can't it's impossible this I can't do this anymore he simply couldn't do it and he asked this Jew to leave the khma to leave this in he was behind all these years and uh he had to send them out after the three years. Okay. Time passes and passes away. He dies. This is the story that is telling his by the groundbreaking. He comes up to the heavenly courts and they examine his life and they find that he was a wonderful wonderful man. Sur he stayed away from negative and immoral behavior. He did all the positive things that a Jew is supposed to do. He lived like a a good Jew proper proper perspective and proper lifestyle. But this one one powerful blemish on his soul that he disobeyed the profound and heartfelt request of his reb the holy and what did he do? He expelled this Jew from an inn. And they felt that for this his nishama has to go through a serious process of cleansing in what we call gem in order to fix this blemish. As they're discussing this situation, a man suddenly walks up and he opens his mouth and he says, "Rabo, all those of you who are in court here in heaven are souls who left this world, who left earth many, many, many years. You don't know or you forgot what money looks like in this world on earth. You don't know what money is. You don't know what material life is. You don't know what struggle is like on earth. You don't know what it means that people suffer economically terribly. People don't have food to eat. People can't pay their bills. You simply don't know what it means. This man says according to my opinion, listen. for two years he listened to the after the first year after the second year he gave him a whole third year at the end of three years the man didn't pay he didn't listen to the but you have to understand where he's coming from if he was laying out the money from his own pocket or he had to fight with this pirates and it was a very very difficult situation I believe that you have to appreciate the perspective of this man and understand where he's coming from it was beyond his capacity. That's what this man said in the court. So finishes the story. He's quiet. He turns around to the he says, "And now let me tell you my opinion. My opinion is that this Yak is also innocent and he should go out of the court. Zakai the verdict should be he's innocent. That's my opinion as well. And now I want to ask you what is your opinion? Understood the calling of the moment. They understood and they all screamed together, "Zachai, Zachai, Zakai is innocent, innocent, innocent." The were smart. They understood that the was telling them what is happening at the moment. There was a court case. One man said he's innocent. Said he's innocent. And now he needed the verdict of everybody there on earth. And that's when they said innocent. So you had the verdict that he's innocent. And of course what the story brings out in such a powerful way is that you can never judge a situation or a person or an event if you don't understand the difficulties the struggles and the hardships that you're going through or that person is going through at that time. That's why the Mishna says, "Don't judge anybody until you don't reach their space." And this is famously says, "And you're never going to reach their space." I am never wearing your shoes. And as long as I'm not wearing your shoes and I'm not walking in your shoes, how can I judge you? All I can speak is about my experience. But if I did not go through what you went through, if I don't know your experience, if I don't know your heart, your soul, your nishama, I could never ever judge you. I want to try to understand and I want to try to empathize. But before you don't know another person's struggle, be very slow to judge. There's a beautiful beautiful vert and insight from the holy once said he writes it in a say for kadushi in gra very often when there's an unresolved question the garra says what does means let it stand which means we don't have no answer but the says stands for that aloi elawa is going to answer all the questions. Meaning this is one of the questions we're going to have to wait for who's going to come before Msiah to answer the I don't understand the Gmorra says in that when Msiah comes Rabenu and Aaron are also going to be with us. He says if you have a question in you can ask one of you can asku who should you ask or what would you say? Of course, you should ask Mosher Raen. Elio was a great man. Ilio was an angel. Ilio was a prophet. But Mosherenu, he is the ultimate teacher. Why is Mosha not going to answer the questions? Why? And the answers and this is what he says. He says that Elanovi has been around because Elanovi comes to the seder spiritually. Elani appears at every Jewish bris spiritually comes around. He goes from house to house by every single brisenu is in Ghana already for thousands of years. So says, you know who has to answer questions? Only somebody who's here, who's been here in this world and knows the struggles of the generation, knows the issues of the generation, understands the mindset of the generation, understands what people are going through, understands their blessings and their challenges, their gifts and their opportunities and their difficulties. He is the one who can answer questions. And that's why it's so important to understand before you judge another person that until I really don't understand what another person is going through. I may have a different opinion, but I should never sit in the seat of judgment. And the same is true with yourself. Sometimes you're going through a difficulty and nobody understands it. And you have to respect that. That sometimes people mish don't know what you're going through. But you have to know that it's so important to know that Hashem knows what you're going through. And he gives you all the energy and the resources that you need in order to be able to be successful and to be able to be happy and to be able to live the best life in your circumstances. And the fact that we have limitations because we're people who live here on earth, that's always part of the equation. You have to always understand and appreciate. Just like this, he was not perfect. He made a mistake. But as the says, understand why he made the mistake. Understand what he was going through. Doesn't mean he was perfect. We have to cut him slack. We have to appreciate that. The same is true with you yourself. It's important to hold yourself accountable, but also to appreciate the fact that when you have real struggles and when you have real difficulties, Hashem gives you all the strength that you need, but you have to recognize the fact that these are the difficulties I'm dealing with. And therefore you always have to do the best you can do and not compare yourself to other people because every person is on a different journey. And life is never about comparing yourself to other children. You could learn from other people and be inspired by other people. But never try to copy anybody. You want to be the best that you're supposed to be. Like once said when I come to heaven after I pass away they're not going to ask me why I was not like because I'm going to have a great answer because I'm not I'm not ofu. They're going to ask ask me why were you not like Zusha? He said that I'm going to have to give a good answer. Why was I not Zusha? Meaning why was I not living up to my my potential? And my potential is different than everybody else's. I have gifts that others don't have. And I have challenges that others don't have. You have gifts and special resources that others don't have. And you have challenges that others don't have. And every person must judge themselves according to who they are. You have the strength to do whatever you have to do. But you also have to recognize that when you have real limitations and challenges, that is part of your mission. And don't feel guilty and horrible about yourself because there's certain things that you're limited by. And you have to take into consideration these challenges and these realities of your life. My dearest children, let us go right now to the questions. Now, I know I have still have a debt from last week's riddles and I'm going to be very honest with you because I had so many so many programs last week. I didn't get a chance to deal with it and therefore I'm going to delay it one more week. So, God willing, next Sunday I'm going to get back to the old riddles of last week, the one about the water and the one about to kuess. And we're going to reward those who got the right answer and we're going to give new ones. So, I'm going to ask for your patience until next week 4:00 p.m. for once again our next English program which is going to be next Sunday. Let us go right now to the questions. A lot of questions are coming in. You can text your questions to 8457774747 or go to the yeshiva.net go to this video the children's program today and ask your question. You could write in your question over there and hashem I will try to take as many questions as I can. Okay. My name is Mohi. A lot of mois today and I live in Williamsburg and I am 9 years old. Great. Welcome Moi from Williamsburg. If Hashem loves us so much then why did he give us this virus and why does he make people die? Yes, Moshi. That's a very good question. Hashem loves us so much. Why is this happening? So, Hashem loves us very very much. Hashem loves us infinitely. But one thing we have to remember about Hashem and that is a lot of what Hashem does, it's very very difficult for us to understand because our brains are limited and as smart and brilliant as we are, we are created. Hashem is the creator. Now imagine you would take your four-year-old brother or sister or cousin and put them at a shar in Williamsburg of a very big rashiva rashiva who's teaching a difficult typhus. You're not going to expect your three-year-old brother or sister to understand it, right? Even you may not understand it. Why? Because for this you have to learn much more and know the language and your brain has to be developed. And a three-year-old can't understand maybe a 60-year-old who's brilliant. And you know what? One day your brother may be as smart as that rasha and maybe even smarter. But still, as a three-year-old, you can't expect him to understand that Shia. Now, the difference between the three-year-old and the rasha is a limited one. As I told you, he may grow up to be like him or better. The difference between a child, a person, and Hashem, even the greatest person, is infinite. It's it's like the table which I create trying to understand me. It's impossible. So, Hashem created our brains and therefore our brains can't grasp Hashem. A lot of things in this world we can grasp and we can appreciate. You look today outside at the wonderful weather we have in New York. You look at the spring blossoming. You study the miracle of your own body. You have 37 or you have around 50 trillion cells, trillion cells. Each one functioning perfectly in order to be able to create a healthy body at every single moment. Every aspect of the world is perfectly designed to be able to allow us to live and to be able to live and celebrate life. So there's so much in life that we're thankful for and we're grateful for. But there's also challenges in life that we don't always understand. Why a person gets infected with corona virus or any virus or any illness. Why some people pass away at certain point at certain time in life. Some people are younger. Some people are older. Some people are very old. We don't have an answer to so many questions of life. This is part of the mystery of life. All of life is a gift. We're born. We don't know why we're born. And we don't know why we die. When people die, we ask why? Why? Why? When they're born, we take it for granted. But it's the same question. Why are they born? It's all a unique unique miracle. Every soul has its mission and its journey in this world. Hashem guides and directs every soul and holds everybody's hand to be able to fulfill our mission. And when an completes its mission, it goes back to its source. It's one with Hashem where it lived thousands of years before we were born and it continues to live after we pass away. My name Okay. Wow. This is an interesting question. All the way from London. From London. We just did a Yiddish program. We had a few thousand children from London. Why did Hashem make such a thing as nightmares and fears that don't serve a purpose? For example, we're fear of dark, fear of darkness, and fear of bad dreams. This is David, 8 years old from the United Kingdom. Okay, first of all, welcome David. Thank you. Thank you for coming to the program and thank you for this great question. What's the purpose of nightmares and all these fears? It's a great great question. I'm going to answer you on two levels. One on a more simple level. The Gmorra says, "Why did Hashem create thunders?" Thunder, you know, thunderstorms as a result of lightning. There's also thunder. So, we have the scientific explanations when and why thunders happen. But why did Hashem design it that way? And the Gmorra says thunders were created in order to uh remove crookedness from people's hearts. Which means these types of fears make us humble. They remind us that we're human. They remind us that we're vulnerable. They remind us that we're simple. They create perspective. Sometimes people can have a lot of ga. We get very arrogant and pompous and haughty. That's you're an English boy so you probably know what that word means. And these fears, you know, remind us that we're human. We're mortal. We're frail and they keep us humble and a person needs to be humble. But let's go one step deeper. And this is a from the BMT. It's a very very deep teaching from the BMP David. And I hope you'll understand it. You'll probably understand it. I'm going to try to understand it. And the BMP says that every time we experience love or fear in the world, it's really Hashem reaching out to us. Whenever I love something in the world, even a piece of chocolate or another person or a piece of music, you know what the bash says? Really, the essence of everything is Hashem. So, Hashem is trying to tell me, I love you and I want a relationship with you. But, Hashem is invisible and he can't talk to me always directly because I don't understand it. So, Hashem manifests his love in something else. But the purpose is don't fall in love with the chocolate. fall in love with the essence what is behind a chocolate with hashem with hashem because hashem is the source of that person and that chocolate. The same is true also with fear. Hashem wants to have a very deep relationship with me and that relationship includes love and it also includes yera. Year is awe and reverence and respect and all the fears that I have in my life. The bump says is hashem communicating to me. He is hidden behind it. But it's very hard for me to experience awe from Hashem. But I can experience. I was once on a cruise. I remember the Atlantic Ocean and I went out in the middle of the night on the porch and I saw the vastness of the ocean and it was just it was it was awesome. You know, you go sometimes and you see certain sites and it's just you experience so much awe, so much so much reverence. I sometimes go out in the morning to my back porch as this the birds are singing and the deer are moving around and there's something so so moving about it, so inspiring about it. And what is it really? It's really Hashem. Hashem is in the presence of all of these phenomena. So even when it comes to darkness and a nightmare, what the BMP is saying is if you look deeper and deeper, it's Hashem trying to give you a message, trying to communicate something to you. And the more you'll understand that, the less you'll fear the outer layer and rather you'll develop a very deep relationship with Hashem who is behind it. I see we have somebody live. Yudi. Hi Yudi. Oh, Yudi from Lakewood. Yudi from Lakewood. Yudi. I know. I know Yudi from Lakewood because we had a private Zoom session last week. How are you, Yudi? Yudi grew up in Pittsburgh and now Yudi is in Lakewood. What's on your mind? How How should we bring Mashiach? How should I bring Mashiach? That's a beautiful question. Yudi Yudi wants to know how we should bring Msiah. Okay, great question. Mashiach. Okay, great question. Great question. So what we can do to bring Msiah is daven for the coming of Messiah. Hope for the coming of Messiah. Yeah. Every time we do more good and we bring in more light and love into the world. We prepare ourselves and the world for Msiah. The Rambam writes in Hiluva that a person should look at himself and the world as balanced and he says one mitzvah can tip the scale is quoting. A person should look as the whole universe as balanced. And one mitzvah that I do can tip the scale and change the world. And we see it from the corona virus. What do we see from the corona? One sneeze in China can ultimately close down the world. That's negatively. And positively, it's the same thing. When you learn more, when you do another mitzvah, when you daven more and with more, when you give, when you engage in, and when you do goodness and kindness and you fill the world even with one mitzvah, every one of those adds to the positivity in the world and hastens the coming of Msiah. What? Amen. Amen. We love you, Yudi. Take care of yourself. Take care of yourself. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. You have a great afternoon. Y Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Yudi. Thumbs up. Thumbs up. Thumbs up. Thumbs up. You're the best. You're the best. Excellent. Okay, let's go to the next. How do Okay. Seven and a halfyear-old boy wants to know how can we reconcile our free will if Hashem knows the entire future anyway if Hashem knows everything we're going to do. How can we say that there's free will? Excellent question. And you know last week in our children's program, one of the children or I think a few of them asked this question. and I addressed it. So if you go to the yeshiva.net, you can go to the previous children's program number seven, children's program number seven. It was last last week, last Sunday, and we addressed this question and you can perhaps show it to your child. Why did Hashem Okay. What's where did Hashem come from? How was Hashem created? Okay, beautiful questiona. We say that the world comes from a creator. But where does the creator come from? The world is so beautiful and it's designed and it's so complex and it's so intricate and you have so much information and it has to have a designer, a mind that created it. But where did that come from? If the creator is such a powerful being, he also has to be created. Can you help me respond to this paradox? It's an excellent, excellent question. And the answer to your question is the one who created the world, the being that is responsible for creating the world, the consciousness or the mind or the presence of that which created the world is beyond the three things that define creation. What defines our existence is three things. matter, time and space. Matter are things, whatever they are, tangible or intangible. What I could see with my eyes, like this table or this mic or this hand or this computer or this camera or what I can see with my eyes, but that's matter. Then there is space. That's the space everything is in. And then there is time. Right? Right now it's 4:38 p.m. New York time. A moment ago was 4:37 p.m. All these three these three things come and work together. Today we know in science matter comes together with space and matter comes together with time. And they were all they all came into being the same time. When matter came into being, it came with space and it came with time. One can't be without the other because if you have matter without space, we're going to put it. If you have matter without time, when you going to put it? So matter, time and space always work together. And all three were created. And it's the first of in the beginning. Hashem created heaven and earth. In the beginning, this is the beginning. Hashem created the very beginning and the concept of beginning. In the beginning when there was the beginning of beginning when he created time he also created shamayim heaven which means all space and eritz earth which means matter. The first verse hashem brings together the three components of matter space and time which always work together as Albert Einstein taught the world. And so the creator of this is beyond matter, beyond time, and beyond space. And therefore, the creator did not need a creator because when you're dealing with matter, time or space, it needs a creator in order to be created. But the creator, which transcends matter, time, and space, is not something that had to be created. Because the creator is the essence of reality. The creator is not made up of physical matter and time and space which has to be created. The creator is that which transcends creation. He is not part of creation. It's like if I create this table, I'm outside of this table. The one who created this computer and the brilliance of this computer is outside of the outside of the computer. So, Hashem is beyond. He transcends. He's outside of creation even though he's also in creation. And therefore the laws of creation that this thing needs a designer to bring it together that does not apply to Hashem because Hashem is the source of all of it and he's not matter and he's not time and he is not space. I hope this gives at least a little perspective. I am so fed up from the Corona virus. I was supposed to go to the USA and I get so frustrated and upset. What are the tips to help me deal with this frustration from the Corona virus? And I think the greatest answer to this is the greatest answer to this is is how you wake up in the morning. When you wake up in the morning, it's very very important to dive in with kavana. And during those times, try to meditate. Try to be mindful. Try to breathe and inhale and exhale and connect to your nishama, to your core, to your soul, to your God. Remember that every moment is a mission and every day is an opportunity. We don't decide all of the details of our life. Hashem who loves you guides you with tremendous providence in every single moment of your life. Can you surrender your faith to his? Imagine Hashem embracing you every moment with unconditional love. Don't try to create expectations that don't happen and then you get frustrated when you don't see those expectations coming to fruition. You have to realize that now is a unique time in history. It's a different mission and a different opportunity. Don't try to make believe nothing happened. We have to make peace with what we're experiencing. Realize that this is our calling now. This is our mission and maximize the potentials that we have right now in our lifestyle. And a way to do that is to connect every day to your nama. It's important to eat healthy. It's important to exercise. It's important to do things that are productive. It's important to have fun and enjoy your life to the best of your ability. Kavi from Williamsburg 12 years old. Everyone around me, my family, my friends at this time of crisis are doing kabalo. They're accepting upon themselves different things to do during this Corona virus. Okay. What is my part? What am I supposed to do? What am I supposed to do in order to help bring Msiah? How can I connect to Hashem? This is not okay. I'm not learning. I see my father. Okay. I see my father and my my brothers their that my father davins and learns. I see that my father does that and he enjoys learning and it's wonderful. What is my part to do? What am I supposed to do? And the answer is I said this is a great question but as you probably know and if you don't know it's important to know when Hashem gave the Tyra to the Jewish people it says in Paris Hashem says to speak to the house of Yak and speak to the sons of Israel. So the kazal say what does it mean speak to the house of and then b who is that? So he says, "Hashem told Mosha, first give the Tory to the women base is the house of Jacob. They are the foundation of the house and then and then you'll give it over to the boys to the men." By the way, that's why when the Bakov when the girls school started to be created 100 years ago, Tesh by Sneer in Krakow, this was uh 1917. The first girl school which was a unique unique phenomenon. So the name that Sneer gave the girl school is Bak. Why? Because it says first speak to Bak and the Medish Rabb says that Hashem said that if I know if I want Yiddeshai to remain eternal the first ones who have to hear it is the women them you could rely on that's what the med says if you want it to go over for all the generations you have to give it first to the girls and the women then you'll go to the men and the boys that's what the med says and that's Why girls and boys, women and men are absolute equals in the experience of Matra and in the privilege and the responsibility to internalize Tyra to live with Tyra and to fill the world with Tyra. Yes, there are the mitzvah that the boys have. There are the mitzvah that the girls have. There are the unique things for men. There are unique things for women. But never for a moment should you think that somehow is more connected to the men than to the women. If anything, it's the other way around because Hashem said, "First, make sure the is given to the women." It's true. Women learn differently than men. They often learn different subjects than men. I have this of teaching a lot of men's classes. I also have this of over the years teaching different women's classes. It's a very, very different experience. But there's no question that when women learn, they internalize it very, very deeply. Not only intellectually, but very emotionally. Women have a gift of amuna and spirituality that is very often deeper than men. The Gomorrah says, "And therefore I say to you that just like your father and your brothers which are doing awesome work, you too, this is a tremendous historic opportunity for you to dav and for you to learn and for you to engage in increasing in all types of mitzvah, whether it's a whether it's whether it's working on your mid, whether it's building a deeper relationship with your family and with your friends and most importantly with yourself, with your and with Hashem. I would also suggest every day you should call one or two lonely people and be the mazak. It could be relatives, it could be senior citizens, it could be older people, it could be younger people, it could be old friends, it could be cousins, but that would be a tremendous thing to strengthen people. Age nine. Why did Hashem ask the other nations if they want the if he already knew that they're going to say no? Hashem knows everything. He knew that Asav and Yeshal are going to say no. Excellent. Excellent question. And the answer is because even though Hashem knew that they're going to say no, but he wanted to plant the seeds in their mind. Because when you say no to something, it means you already have a connection to it. Right? If I never heard of anything and I didn't say no, there's no connection to it. But when I hear about something and I say no, it means that it already touches me. It's already affecting me. And that's why I'm saying no, no, no. I'm not ready for this because I know that when this comes into my life, it's going to be too hard for me. And this is a preparation for the future world when ultimately the whole world is going to become one. The Pik says that when Msiah comes everybody is going to serve the same God and everybody is going to follow the mitz the laws of the so then Hashem offered them the said no but that no is the beginning of a yes because it established a relationship even though it's a negative relationship it's a no but a no means already it's part of my life and therefore it planted the seeds that one day they'll be able to say Yes, I'll also tell you a beautiful from he says this in he says as follows that it's impossible that all the gentiles said no for sure some said yes and he said it's impossible that all the Jews said yes for sure some Jews said no the bad said that history actually is loyal to those minorities he said all Of those non-Jews who said yes, their descendants find their way to the Jewish people through converting. And those Jews who said no, their descendants find their way out of the Jewish people. I'm 9 years old. I'm very anxious when people talk about Msiah. I really want him to come, but I'm also scared what it's going to be like. Is it a scary scary thing? You really don't have to be scared. When Msiah comes, what's going to happen is the ultimate truth of everything is going to be revealed. That means your truth, my truth, and the truth of the whole world. And what is the ultimate truth of everything? The ultimate truth of everything is that it's infinite. That it's one with Hashem. So therefore, you don't have to be scared. On the contrary, when Msiah comes, you will be the most yourself. You will be fully one with yourself. And the same is true with all people. The same is true with the whole world. Avi, I am a fan of sports. I feel it's good to have some exposure to the world and it's something good socially. Some say it's a problem. Please explain this. By the way, these questions are coming in right now as I speak. I didn't sit and prepare these questions before. Sometimes I get questions earlier, but these questions I'm reading. They they just came in now or they're coming in now as we speak concerning sports. Listen, this is a very individualized question. Different families have different standards. Different people and children are in different situations. And there's no one answer that fits all about sports and being a fan of sports. This is something you have to discuss with your mother and your father and people that are close to you. Uh a teacher who's close to you, a rebby who's close to you, somebody you trust. And I hope you have a good relationship with your parents to speak about this with them. Generally speaking, there's two concepts in sports. One is your own sports. Meaning people playing sports and exercising and running around is often a very very healthy thing. Exercise is always healthy. And the concept of sports of people playing with friends socially is really really healthy. Today there's a lot of limitations because of the corona virus. But even if your own backyard or your own porch, you can do some things to flex your muscles and run around and get the oxygen flowing. It's important for the brain. It's important for the body. And that is a very good thing in terms of a fan of of general sports. Some people are very very against this and we understand why. This is a world which is which has a lot of celebrity worshiping to it. There was a lot of emptiness to it. There's a lot of shallowess to it. There's sometimes things that are inappropriate. Uh sometimes you're dealing with people who are not uh embodiment of great moral qualities and virtues. And very often it becomes consuming and it takes you away from what really matters in life. What really matters in life is your own growth intellectually, emotionally, socially, spiritually. Is it something that's absolutely forbidden? It's not a clear is there is the concept of when we have time, we should always utilize it for productive things, for for mitzvah, for good things. But there is also a concept of leisure, of relaxing, of exercising, of sports, of giving your body to be able to have more. So therefore, it's a very individualized question where a person is in life and what is really best for them at that point and at that moment. As a very general answer, it's good to wean yourself off a very intense connection to teams and sports and being a big fan. Yes, these are conversations around tables and it's not the end of the world to know a score, but sometimes people become so preoccupied and it really takes over their lives and this becomes the focus of their life and I don't think it's productive. It's productive. So again, it's a very individual question. Depends who you are, depends where you are. But wherever you are in life, for this to become the focus of life could become problematic. And I would try to encourage you to try to find your passion in things that will really challenge you to grow and not just be a spectator of other people challenging themselves to greatness. So yes, it's fun to watch the great athletes and celebrities perform. I got that. But the focus in life is how you become an athlete. Whether it's a physical athlete or a spiritual athlete, I don't know who you are. I just know that your name is Avi. But you want the focus to be how you achieve your greatness. How you become an all-star pro, how you become the best person that you're capable of becoming. I don't want your life to be consumed by other people who rise to such great heights and making so many millions of dollars a year because they certainly know how to touch that get to that end zone pretty fast. I want you to be able to reach your end zone as fast as you can. Again, whether the physical end zone or the emotional end zone mayor is 12 years old. If godliness and Hashem is infinite, how can a piece of it be inside of me? Excellent question. Wow, I love this. Mayor, if Hashem is infinite, how can infinity be inside of me? I'm a limited person. Very, very good question. And the answer is two things. First of all, you can't tell infinity what to do. Infinity is infinite, meaning it has no limitations. It doesn't even have the limitation that it has to be unlimited. Did you understand that? S mayor real infinity doesn't have any limitations including not the limitation that it's not going to have limitations and therefore if it wants it can go inside a limited reality. Number one. But number two, maybe you're not as infinite as you think. Yes, there's a part of us that's finite. Our bodies are finite. Our energy is finite. I can't just go on talking and talking and talking and talking of those sounds sometimes like I do. We need to sleep. We need to eat. We need to replenish ourselves. But there is a piece within ourselves that is really infinite. We call it the divine imprint in a person. So when you say we're finite, we're not necessarily finite. There's a part of us that is really infinite. So you'll say but my nishama goes into this little piece. The answer is it's not that the nishama is inside of us. Really we are inside of our nishama. It's not your nishama is inside of you hiding in some little corner. You are inside of your nishama. The nishama is in you. The nishama is around you. The nishama is above you. Part of the nishama is expressed through ourself. But that's not all of the nish. Excellent. Excellent question. Wow. Here is the riddle for the week. And the riddle of the week actually came in from one of the children. One of the children brought this riddle up. And I'm going to send it. I'm going to want to say it to you this week. And then we'll take another few questions. And the riddle of the week is why don't we say the first time we put on the first time we're putting on let's say it comes sukus and you bench the first day you make first night of you make you know why it's not a mitzvah we do every day this is a mitzah we do once a year or sukus why don't we make when we put on fill in the first time and number two Why don't we make when we count the first time? It's the first mitzvah. We don't do it all year. We do it only 49 days during the year. Why the first time we say don't we say when we count? Those are the two questions to And here is a third one. You know made on a lot of things that we enjoy, right? Before we eat, we have to make a before we smell, we say. Here's a question. Why don't we make a before we listen to music? I know during we don't listen to music, but a whole year music is pleasurable just like smell is pleasurable and food is pleasurable. Why when we listen to music, don't we make a bra this? A child asked me as well and one of my boys asked me why when we go skiing don't we make a braha? Skiing is fun. And somebody else asked why when we go swimming don't we make a braha? Before we go swimming when you're still dressed in clothes make a braha. You're going to have fun in the pool. It's so enjoyable. If they wanted that every h that a person has he should make a brah or she should make a braha. Why not on music? Why not on swimming? Why not on skiing? These are the riddles of today. So you remember we asked about we asked about and of on the different pleasures of life. You could text in your answers to our page on the website the yeshiva.net. You can write in your answers. Go to the yeshiva.net. this program, ask your question and you could write your answer to the riddle or you could text it to 845774747. We are now putting together the addresses of the boys and the girls who got the previous answers right and sending them gifts. So if you get this answer right, these answers right, which I will announce next Sunday at 4 p.m. you are gleaned. You're going to get a gift to your house, a little gift from the yeshiva.net. And we're also going to do the previous week's riddle, last Sunday's riddle. Let's go to another few questions. Dina Khan is 5 years old from Williamsburg. She wants Rabbi Jacobson to know that today is her Yiddish birthday and she had a birthday party last week on her English birthday. She also wants you to know that she loves the programs and she's a big fan since she's been four years old. Wow, Dina. Dina, thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. That means so much. Dina and Dina, happy birthday. Happy birthday to Dina. Happy birthday to Dina. Happy birthday to you, [Music] dear. And Hashem should give you the most amazing, beautiful, happy, healthy, successful year. You should continue to grow from strength to strength and be a source of inspiration and love and joy to yourself, your beloved family, your community, the Jewish people, and the world. And thank you for being such a dedicated fan. When you have a 5-year-old fan, that's a pretty good sign. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, Quebec. QB. Uh, how do we know that our religion is the true religion? How do we know? There's so many religions out there. How do we know that our religion is the true religion? What an excellent, excellent question. So, I'm going to address it. But before I address it, I would like to ask you to go to the yeshiva.net. We have the amuna series on the yeshiva.net. You can go to the yeshiva.net net and you'll see on the right column there's something called amuna series and go there and I think it's class number seven and number eight I'm sorry number six and number seven which address your question and then later I think number 16 you'll see the titles that discuss how do we know our religion is the true religion and try to listen or watch those classes I think they will be very helpful but since you're raising a very good question I'm going to address one point and that is there is something unique about yiddishkai that you will never see in any other religion. Every single other religion begins with one person or a few people who saw something special and they shared it with their students and then it became public. No other religion in the world has a story similar to Yiddishkite where three four million people observed Mamemed Har. I observed the experience of Matra. Why not? Why does no other religion have such a story? There is one more religion among the Hindus. There was a religion that said that a million people saw the revelation of God. But there's only one detail there that is different and that is everybody died besides one person by the Jewish people. This is the story. The story is that every single Jew saw Matan. Why does no other religion have the story? Why? It's always one person like Yashka or Muhammad or Joseph Smith or the Buddha. always one person or a few people. The reason is very very simple. In order to tell a story about millions of people telling them what they saw, unless it's true, they'll never believe you. And that's why no other religion can tell such a story besides Yiddishkite. This is one major response. For more details, go to their series on the yeshiva.net. Okay. Beautiful. How long will we have to be quarantined? I don't know. I don't know. But what I do say to you, as long as it has to be, as long as it is, utilize the time well because this is a historic time with historic opportunities. Kinder, this is a very, very special time. You will still be telling your grandchildren about this time. Trust me. In fact, history is going to be divided pre-corona virus, post corona virus. You can mark these words. We're always going to talk about life and you're going to say ah before corona, after corona, before covid 19, after covid 19. This is like a break in history. Hashem says go back home, press restart on your life. So this is mamish. A beautiful, beautiful time. There's a lot of tragedy and a lot of pain and it's not easy. But it also comes with a silver lining and a tremendous opportunity to become a much greater, deeper, more powerful, stronger, and better person. A time to bond with your family like you never did and you never will be able to when this is over. A time to bond with your parents. A time to bond with yourself. A time to bond with Hashem. And a time to bond with friends through the telephone like you never did before. And it's going to be difficult to come back to this because I'll tell you about my life. I travel a lot. Not for the last few months. Since Purim, I haven't traveled. Since before Purim, I haven't traveled. So, it's such an opportunity everyone in their own lifestyle to really go to a much deeper place inside of yourself. Yosi Gervich, I am from Argentina. Wonderful. Welcome from Argentina. Wow. I guess bonus Iris. Welcome Yosvich. How did the know what was happening in Shamayim? This is a question on my on my first story with great great question and the answer is because they were wise and let me explain to you they were sitting in front of their who was one of the greatest of the generation. He asks them do you want to hear do you want to hear a story that's not a usual option that he gave them was not a storyteller he sometimes told stories in the middle of his but he wasn't a storyteller right he would usually say deep deep anyone who knows a little bit about the he was one of the greatest not just of his generation but of many generations his mastery of all parts of and bringing them all together in a perfect mosa Mosaic and tapestry was simply unparalleled published in around 50 volumes of and today forim and all of his explanations on his grandfather's his etc. So you're dealing with a man whose mind and soul was something unique and they knew this each one according to his level. And suddenly he's offering to tell them a story. They already understood there's something unique. And then he tells a story and he's telling a story about the lived in the same time with they were friends. They didn't see each other but they were very close friends. The stories about that too. They were he's telling a story about something that happened then. somebody who lived in those times because the was a contemporary of the and then he says that somebody walked into and said the man is innocent and they understood the man died not longer before because he was a so this didn't happen 50 years ago and then says and I say he's innocent too then he turns to them and says and now I want to know what you say now one second you're telling me a story why you asking me my opinion about the story the they were sensitive They immediately snuffed. They they sense that there's something very unique at this moment that was telling the story to help this nish. You get it? So they may have not known exactly what happened. I also don't know exactly what happened. In fact, the explanation to the story I gave you, it's not in the original story. The explanation of the story, this story was told by the previous labba in Moscow in Toé Piml 1922. published in Vipurim Vipurim and also in Rashimar also in the name of the previous labba who said it in rustav in 19 he says 1922 or 1923 and he heard it from somebody who heard it from the rebba so the explanation of the story I was just sharing with you based on what I understood that they understood but I think it's quite clear that because they were sensitive they got what was going on How do we know that Hashem is the true God? The Gentiles have their own religion. They have the Christians have Yashka. The Muslims have Muhammad. They believe that they are in charge. They say the world came from the big bang. How do we know Hashem is the true God? These are very very good, very very good questions. You have to know that the Christians and the Muslims all believe in Tyra. The Christians and the Muslims all say that Tyra is true. They just say in addition to there is also the Christian religion and the Islamic religion but they all believe that whatever it says in the is true. So all the billions of Christians and Muslims their god they all agree to the definitions and the stories and the and the truth of all of them remember that everyone agrees. Now the question is why didn't the Jews follow Yoshka or Muhammad or these others? And of course the answer is because they were changing the meaning if you believe the is true the says that there's a mitzvah and that the mitzvah are not going to be changed. You can't nullify mitzvah. You can't add mitzvah. You can't alter mitzvah. That's part of the Tyra. So if you believe that the Torah was given by Hashem and he said that mitzvah are not going to change. When later so-called prophets of other religions tries to change Tyra, the Jews knew that it's not true. That's why they didn't accept these new religions. But all of them accept Tyra as true. Again, more about these topics, you can go to the yeshiva.net, the yeshiva.net. We have an amuna series and over there you'll see a list of classes with titles and we address all of these issues. Eli, what does Tishb stand for? Leo Tishbby. I think he came from the city called Tishbi. Do it. I'm sometimes to my parents or my Rebies. What can I do to prevent this? What you could do to prevent this is whenever you have the urge to be remember that you don't want to be and it's usually not going to help and it's not the right thing and therefore be quiet and just tell them that there's something very painful inside of me and I would like you to give me a time when I can have a respectful conversation with you about it. I think that would help. My yeshiva does not allow us to ask any questions on Hashem on Judaism. So they ask me, "Who do you listen to? What do you read?" If I tell them that I listen to you, they might get upset of me. Will they throw me out of school? I don't know. You can email me the name of your principal and I could communicate with him directly if you want. and ask him if it's fine and if he has opposition to it. You can email me rabbi yway yeshiva.net. I doubt he would be upset. Your principal will be upset if you listen to these programs. These are programs where we tell stories. We have nigun. We do riddles. We do interesting stuff. We take questions from people. Um uh I don't know about your school. I don't know about the people. So it's very hard to answer the questions. But listen, you know, sometimes there's different approaches to yiddish kite. Sometimes people say you know it's better not to ask any questions and we have a massern and we have a tradition which is beautiful and true. The only thing is sometimes people do have questions and therefore I try to offer an opportunity for them to answer their questions. But for people who don't have any questions ever there's no need to ask questions. You know maybe they feel that their children you know don't really have any questions. Is there nobody in your school you could speak to? Maybe you should speak to your parents about this and ask them what would be the best way around it. But if you want, I am happy to communicate with your principal directly if you email me who he is or who she is and I'll communicate with them and I could let you know what they say. My school has a lot of learning now. It's mandatory. I don't want to do it. I didn't do it. I'm learning great things myself. I'm using the time to learn topics I want to know more about. Should I feel bad about not doing school's work? I can't do both. Listen, maybe you can get a special dispensation from your teacher or your principal that you want to study other topics and tell them what you're going to do. And that way, maybe they'll give you permission to use some of the time to explore these topics. Listen, I'm sure your teachers and principles will be very happy for you to explore new topics. And sometimes you can get permission, let's say you could take off one of the sessions or maybe a half a part of one of the sessions and do the other topics. But I would certainly try to keep up with school. Can we have a family like fire without any guests or is it too dangerous? I don't know where you live. I know this is Yesh from Muny, but I don't know how you make a fire. What's going to be? You should speak to people who know about the safety in your home and your neighborhood. and uh and consult with them about this. It's known that the Balata the Alterba disliked Napoleon. But why? Napoleon wanted freedom. He wanted to give freedom for the people and today we all live in Napoleon's way. Excellent question. The answer is that the alterba the balhatana felt that Napoleon was giving the first time complete freedom to the Jewish people and they will not know how to handle it and they will assimilate the pressure of losing their distinctiveness will cause them to assimilate and look what happened in Germany and France. So there's no question that history has proven him right that he felt that freedom is a great gift but you have to know how to deal with it. You have to know how to treat it. You have to know how to receive it because if you don't know how to deal with freedom, it can take you away further from yourself and you become more enslaved even than you were before. Because you become enslaved not by things outside of you but by things inside of you. Beautiful, beautiful questions. When somebody passes away, he completes his mission. David says, "Then why do we complete our mission? If we don't complete our mission, we're going to live forever." Do the point is we don't know exactly when we're completing our mission, how we're completing our mission. So, every soul is a gift and every soul has its time and every soul has its mission. And really, we trust Hashem that he knows exactly what's the best thing for every soul. Why does Hashem punish people who don't deserve to be punished? Moi asks a question. I don't know that Hashem doesn't punish people who don't deserve to be punished. But not everything in life could be called a punishment. In other words, when a person experiences pain, it doesn't necessarily mean that they're being punished. It could mean a lot of other things. It could mean that this is part of their mission in this world. It could mean things that I don't understand why they have to go through it. It could be that this is a preparation for something that we don't understand. It could be that this has something to do with their nishas unique history or unique or unique place in this world or the next world that we don't understand. It's not always black and white. Oh, you did something bad. You're getting a punishment. Sometimes it's so much more complicated. Sometimes this nishama is just experiencing and sensing sensing the brokenness in the world. So there's so many different things. How many languages do you speak? Me I speak Yiddish very well and I speak Hebrew fairly well pretty well and I speak English. I would love to speak more but I don't. My grand my parents are Russian. My father was Russian. My mother lang is Russian but they used to speak Russian when they didn't want we should understand. So I never learned Russian. Stephen, what does it mean that an issue for that is like when you say a child is part of a parent? What does it mean a child is part of a parent? It means that the child physically is the product of the of the seed and the egg of Tati and mommy which develops into the embryo and the child becomes separate but the child comes from the parents. The child carries their genes and the child carries much more than their genes. As Yiddisheskite explains, we see that the relation between parents and children is the deepest relationship. Parents will often give everything away and sacrifice everything for their children. This means that a child is not just a physical product of a of a parent but the child really captures the essence of of a parent even though the child becomes a separate person. And the same is true with an when you say an is it means that the is so to speak a fragment of divinity. It's like so to speak a piece of Hashem, a piece of Hashem's light or infinity is invested in every single person's life. So that in that sense I am completely one with Hashem. I am an expansion of Hashem. I am an extension of Hashem. I am a partner of Hashem. It says that when says in paran he says I will give you rain. I'm going to give grass. Moshe is not giving rain. Hashem is giving rain. So say the spoke through the throat of Moshe. Meaning Mosha was so one with Hashem in a revealed way that Mosha's whole presence was just a conduit for Hashem's to flow through him. So Mosha could say I am going to give rain because Mosha's eye was just a conduit for Hashem's eye. Now the fascinating thing is we each say every day I am going to give grass. I am going to give rain. So the asks real davining is not just repeating words. Real Ding is experiencing the words. How can every Jew say I'm giving rain and he says because we say this after we say after the Jewish soul acknowledges and meditates of the about the fact and becomes aware that it's completely one with Hashem. So every Jew could say I will give because his eye is completely subsumed and one with its source with it with its creator so that there's no separateness that part of us is that part where there's no separateness. Beautiful beautiful question. You told us before that boys and girls are equal in Yiddish. Then why do why do we say in the why does the man say or a boy say thank you Hashem for not making me a woman? Excellent excellent question. The fact that a man and men and women are equal. This is not Rabbi Ywesh. This is a basic fundamental truth of Judaism. There's two pillars of Yiddish. One is creation and one is revelation. One is paras. One is one is that Hashem created the world and one is that Hashem gave to the world and to the Jewish people. Those are the two cornerstones the two of all of andi creation of the world and and in both of them what is the role of man and woman and the answer is equal. It says in paras Hashem created the first human being male and female and he called them the first Adam as the Gmorrah says in a was a man and a woman together like Siamese twins both created in the image of Hashem and then he split them into two. So in the beginning of everything man and women are equal identical equal maybe not identical but equal to the women come first as the Gmorrah says all the prohibitions in is identical a man and a woman yes they have different missions they have different mitzvah there's things that a man does that a woman is exempt there's mitzvah that are specially connected to women or more connected to women But differences don't mean they're not equal. They're completely completely equal. In fact, the Gmorra tells us in that said that a person has to love his wife like he loves himself and respect his wife more than he respects himself. The is two reasons. First of all, there's a special gift that a man got so many so many mitzvah. So, it's a special gift. It says this in the because she doesn't have so many this special gift of mitzvah. It's like thanking Hashem for all of these special mitzvah that a human being that this man got. That's number one. And number two, on a much deeper level, and I'm not going to elaborate on this, but on a much deeper level, a man says women, most of them say, at least many of them say he made me like he wanted to make me. And this has to do with the med saying something very, very deep. The med says that a woman has a strength that a man doesn't have. Because Adam, if you take him back to his source, what are you going to find? You're going to find a earth, which is very fragile. If you take her back to the source, what are you going to find? You're going to find, right? It says Hashem separated from Adam. So the source of Kava is a person. The source of Adam is so that's why in a very very deep place, man is very fragile. And he he can't say who he is. He could just say who he is not you did not make me a woman. He could say who he is not not who he is. The woman says you made me according to your will. She can experience and acknowledge that her existence is a manifestation of divine will. If you want more explanation on this, I could send you an article on this, an essay, a few classes. You can email me rabbi ywaytheish yeshiva.net. I just want to get to as many questions as I could. That's why I'm trying to go fast and we're going to go another few minutes with questions. We have another five minutes for the program and we're going to do more questions. Okay. How can every person do all the mitzvah? Some mitzvah are for some mitzvah are only for the bik. Some mitzvah are only for ladies. Some mitzvah are only for men. 100% right. And that's why Jews connect to each other. When we unite with other Jews, then the mitzvah of the Cayen are connected also to me and my mitzvah are connected also to him and her today was my great great uncle Rabbi Label Groner Schlam. Yes, he uh he passed away. Eraf Pesf Pes. Yeah, he is missed. He is missed. I'm 9 years old. How do we know all these stories that happened in Bezon Shila in the court of heaven? I don't know any stories that happened in Beza. That sak sadak was one of the great sadikim of the generation and that sadic a really really great sadic has eyes that can see things that other people sometimes don't see. Really every nishama sees unbelievable things. Do you know the moment a person passes away person can see from one end of the world to the other end of the world because the nama's vision is not limited by physicality but when the nama is in the body it becomes limited but a sadic whose body is so deeply connected to the soul can see things that other people don't see always. So really if all of our eyes were completely cleansed, we would be able to see just like a Na'vi has antennas that allows them to hear things that others don't hear. You know, birds can hear sounds that we don't hear because the frequencies of those sounds are not picked up by our ears. Our ears have its limits that our brain can interpret certain sounds and the other ones simply are not registered but not because they don't exist. Simply we don't have the kalin, we don't have the vessels. The same is true with seeing certain levels of reality. I can't see the atoms in this table. I can't my eyes can't could only see the table. I can't see the atoms. If I would have a microscope, I could see things. Take the Corona virus. You can see viruses with your eye. You know, for thousands of years, they didn't even know viruses exist. Today, in the late 1800s, they developed the microscopes that allow people to see microorganisms. So these things exist, but you have to have the right receptors, the right eyes, the right antennas to detect them. Why are there so many different versions of Davening if the set the dvening in the beginning? Excellent. Excellent question and the answer to this is the were the estray the 18 blessings of Estra but remember there was no printing press then there was no publishing then and even the writing was very very limited they wouldn't write much later after the of the second decided to write down the Mishna because most of was not written. Only the Tanakh was written and even that had to be copied with a hand. So therefore the original things not everything was maintained and over the generations they knew that but some different versions developed based on how people remembered it and then how people sometimes thought if they had a question what should be the right one. But the fact is that the basis of the answer is almost identical. Meaning we have 18 brah. We know the exact order. We know the exact theme of every bra. The beginning, the ending. There's a change here in the word. A few words here, a few words there. But the theme of the bra is completely identical. But over the generations, you had these few changes. And then of course, there were other parts of Davening that were added later. And some parts were added in different communities. And again, without it immediately being documented in one book that went everywhere because of the limitations, there could be copies. And whenever there's copies, you make a mistake. Everything had to be copied by hand. That's why in Gmorrah sometimes there's different versions. How can there be different versions? Because it has to be copied. And when I copy, you know, maybe I snooze off and I miss a word. Maybe I write one line before another line. That's why you'll see in a sagra and other footnotes on the side of the gar they'll put in an extra word because of all these situations. Rabbi Jacobson, what are the children supposed to take out of this situation? We are taking a big hit staying home. We're always told that behind everything that happens there is a hidden message. Excellent, excellent question. And I spoke about this earlier in the program. Please listen this program earlier the beginning of the program and you will hear and also this is the eighth program. If you could have time if you could find some time and listen to our previous programs we try to discuss this a lot. Last question Ellie Ellie Noam thank you Elen Noam welcome. How does Hashem see us without eyes and how does he live without oxygen without cells without blood? Excellent, excellent question. And the answer to this is eyes are needed when you have to see something outside of yourself. Our eyes can pick up through light frequencies. Our retina picks up the light frequency and then our brain interprets it, right? But when it comes to yourself, what is happening in yourself? Like let's say you're feeling anxious or you're feeling pain in your neck. So my wife looks at me and she sees me going like this. She says, "Oh, do you have pain in your back?" But I don't have to look in the mirror and say, "I have pain in my back." You know why? Cuz it's me. I experience me. I feel me. Hashem doesn't need physical eyes to see you. You are part of him. We are all part of Hashem. So, Hashem experiences every single one of us like you experience yourself. Of course, how does Hashem live? In the beginning of the program, I addressed this. You're not dealing with a physical being who is living through the cells and pumping the blood and the lungs and inhaling oxygen and the whole central nervous system and the brain. That's all a physical machine which is an incredible machine that's alive. But Hashem created that machine. So he doesn't need those mechanisms to live. For example, if I create a computer or a phone and I plug it in and that's how I recharge the battery, you're not going to say, "But where's my plug?" I created the plug for them. I have a different way how I live. So the creator doesn't need the same plug that we have. Kind, you're the best. Thank you for your questions. There's still more questions, but our time is up. It's 5:32. I love you so much. I wish you an amazing, beautiful, extraordinary, uplifted week. Utilize it well. This is a great, great time in the sense that you can grow like never before. It's a time to reveal your deepest strengths. This is a time of leadership. Display leadership. Become the best self that you can. This is a historic time. Davin with more cavana and truthfulness. Learn with more passion. Do mitzvah with more excitement. Have a and be there for your family with more gusto. Respect taty mommy. Don't fight with your siblings. Play with them. Have fun with them. Enjoy them. Talk to them. Enjoy spring and the beautiful weather to the best of your ability. Hashem should give a complete and speedy recovery to all those who need it. Strength and to all those who need it. We are going to be back here next Sunday, Lena 4:00 PM with our children's program and the answers to the riddles of this week and the riddles of last week. Also, next Sunday 2 p.m. we're going to have a Yiddish program. Please tell your friends all the programs on the yeshiva.net. Tonight for your parents, 9:00 p.m. a lecture right here on the yeshiva.net about the stress of relationships and raising children during the Corona virus. It's not for you. You have to be in bed. It's for your parents. Tuesday night, 8:30, how do we develop a personal relationship with Hashem? Thursday night, 9:30 for teenagers with all of their questions. And next Sunday again for children. 2:00 in Yiddish, 4:00 p.m. New York time in English. My love, my blessings. Have an awesome, beautiful, inspiring, extraordinary week. May Hashem heal us and heal our planet and give us a new dawn of redemption. Amen. Amen. Have a beautiful week. Thank you.