Rosh Chodesh Nissan Farbrengen - Separation makes the heart grow fonder: Rabbi Chaim Dalfin

I see them back in 1962 or 63 I forget now one of those years a little while ago okay the original words are in Russian Ukrainian sometimes it's Russian sometimes Ukrainian depending on who's in charge at the time right we know about that right yeah but it also has a meaning so the meaning is in English so first listen to the tune and then hum along and then if you actually can learn the words sing along okay and it's based um a Psalm of King David psalm 63. what King David says King David was exiled by Saul and he was pursued and chaste and he ran to the Judean desert and he was used to being in Jerusalem so imagine you're exiled from this let's beautiful house here with the palm trees and they put you I don't know if I should pick a neighborhood but I'm gonna say the Bronx are we are we are we PC over here so forgive me if I if I say something they'll never bring you back again anyway so uh King David's out in in Judean desert and he's alone he doesn't have family he doesn't have friends he doesn't have rabbis he doesn't have the Hamish kite the warmth he doesn't have so he talks to God what do you do when you're when you're lost what do you do right you cry you you talk to God yeah you talk to him doesn't mean you have to go out and scream but in your own way you talk to him so King David talks to him and let's record it in Psalm 63 what he actually said that and he says basically my soul is thirsty for you God My Flesh shrivels up in desire of you God oh I wish to feel the closeness of you God that I had when I was in Jerusalem and that's the simple text and this was a way in which King David David Miller quenched his thirst and when you read when you read this in Psalms or you hear me say this you have to ask yourself a simple question how am I in in Palm County wherever I am how am I relating to this this is not Jerusalem this is not the Bronx this is not I'm not David desert so you all know probably a little Yiddish too right a business a Bissell epistle a little my little Yiddish foreign how will this help me the Hungarian polish Jews say the galitian Jews health and it ain't gonna help me at all no but yet it's in Psalms it's part of our liturgy in our prayers so this is so when you sing a nigging when you sing a song you sing it over and over and you get into it you'll find an answer so if you're looking for an answer from here it ain't coming tonight I'm looking for the answer here I want you all to relate to what I say tonight with your heart not with your cup because this is a for bringing label said it's a bring it it's not a lecture I'm not going to give you a lecture now we're going to schmooze we're schmoozing together here it goes hey it's summer summer so much sorry again in in in Hasidic Judaism we say we repeat everything twice again hey it's so much Russians ukrainians here anybody ready everything is that [Applause] Ukrainian or [Applause] Russians [Applause] what are you doing in the market you don't buy you don't sell all you do is yeah hey [Applause] so thank you so no you Johnny thank you you don't buy you don't sell all you do is yeah who is this Johnny what do you think that Johnny is no all of us oh we're Johnny's we have Johnny's in ourselves this John in ourself he's not there to make a deal he's there to make him a sugar you know the market is up the market is down this bank is in business this bank is out of business let me make a few dollars in a normal way no no it depends on the feds tomorrow it depends on Yelling today and it depends on someone last week in other words there's confusion until the mashiach will come which will be very speedily God willing they we live in a confused world Johnny represents that part of us that gets confused that gets worried that has anxiety that has stress and so when Johnny Goes to the market you go to the market to make a deal and you eat those to make a deal right our grandparents Bubbies and zadies they went to the market in Poland and Russia in in wherever they were in the Lower East Side with their little carts they pushed the cards right right to make a few bucks but if you go to the market and you don't buy and you don't sell meaning you come out with a big zero and all that's being done is you get stressed out I.E you yell no so the question is what's the point of the Nick and what's the point to make you despair to make you upset no the point that the Negan is to realize number one where are we at in our lives I was talking to this wonderful gentleman who drove me here Jim the special Soldier Jim is a special Soul a special need where is he I don't know where he is wherever he is a special youth anyway so we're talking about maybe to see a good sale no Jim you know we're talking about this idea of purpose of of life it doesn't mean whether you're have white hair or black hair or gray hair or red hair you're young your middle age your old the question is a universal question why did God put me on Earth why am I here and that's a question that's a Perpetual question for every human being every human being not just Jewish people every human being and this is the question that the philosophies and psychologies and religion everyone's grappling with this issue why am I here what does God want of us we as Jewish people connected to the Torah connected to such a wonderful Chabad rabbis and Institution that seek to to spiritualize every experience so yes you have bottles of beer on the wall or a bottle of water and you have a barbecue and it's wonderful and beautiful it's the spiritualizes because guess what one day these trees are gonna say tonight there was a fabrangian at this house and thank God there were 30 40 people and we were sinking and laughing and talking and learning and what did we walk away with and that's something that we hopefully towards the end of the fabregan will have a little glimpse into something that we could kind of walk away with and use in our lives now foreign so the rabbi said I should speak for 15 minutes take a break and give everyone a chance to talk or to ask so a rabbi is that what you want to do or you tell me it's all right who has a question so everybody asks what's it for bringing you want a gravel you want to tell us what if I bring it is yeah give me a second