Rosh Hashanah - “The Time Is Now”

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com okay morning R today is our last Monday night Monday morning Shar for T and I want to welcome everyone to we hope to be together next year okay so the medish Raba comments on the P by the of the whene from the so they said uh oh who knows what's next maybe he'll eat from the and he live forever and now he may send forth his hand from here we learn that God gave adish an opening of chuva he gave him the opportunity to do chuva Weir do we see in this that gave an opening to the word refers to so as a matter from here we learn that gave an opportunity to do we are in the world do we see in this p that God gave the opportunity to do Chua where do you see anything about Chua how does the word v refer to CH we in the where do we see anything about CH in a footnote in the third line in number two where in the word do we see anything about cha I get maybe you see in the words that's got to do with but what does the word mean just means and now what does that have to do with Chua very interestingly you look in the of in a number of places there is a specific word that is used to refer to Rashana so for instance in this week's par [Applause] you stand today all of you before your God you stand today before your God and amazingly we always lay this pass immediately before R every year without exception because the says at the end of that we have to get in the before the end of the year but as explains over there we don't want Lan it right before Rashana so that the the curses don't so to speak infringe on the Rashana we don't want to get the CL too close to rash so we do is we do it before the end of the year with a in between and amazingly this is the par and this is the PK that begins the par right before the new year why do I say that's amazing because I want to bring to your attention many that use a certain word to describe rashash for instance in the beginning of seer if you never heard of seer it's not a new saer it's an old saer highly recommended I can't tell you what the hasas are but I think the would would really encourage everybody should learn it like it says in says just like a Kal has 24 has to Bey in the well it says it was the day the sons of God came to stand by and the also came among them says Rashi what day was this what day did all the convene together with the SAT says rash rash it was rash was the day of judgment when God together with the Heavenly tribunal gathers with all the so rash is saying when it says refers to aash or for instance and say for it was the day came to she pressured him to come eat ala would always go there what day was it says Z which day R the Z says consistently throughout T that when it says the word it refers to so you have the says on the that's the and as well on and that is why every single year immediately before rash we l the words you will stand all of you when we all stand before right every human being stands before God on in other words if you want to encapsulate what is everyone stands before God is rashash another example there's a look at number eight in judgment they stand today because everyone is your servant comes and we wouldn't even need this because it's pretty implicit on what day of the year does everyone stand in judgment because we're all his servant on what day of the year does God so to speak why are subserviant on what day are we what day is that comes if you take the G of the take the the this is quoted by in his he brings down from the entire is G rash another example another example and Abraham called that place hasem will see that it will be said today on the Mountain of God it will be seen says the what does this mean look at number [Applause] 11 the illusion that the that was in that place effectuated that all the should be sweetened from that they will fear therefore the Illusion in the word is on every rash which according to the was when the happened on every rash on the day of AA which is the second day of rashash through saying the AA it will also every yearly effectuate the and and he the says the that every year on it will be said on the mountain of hasem he appeared and another REM is the word bear is so again another another mention of the word and it refers of course to rashash what yeah then that doesn't work out so good but we didn't bring in that opinion we only BR that opinion last week and this year it doesn't fit in so we didn't bring in that opinion right we didn't bring in the opinion of um and yeah look you only bring in what helps you don't bring anyway so the the another example of um an example of where refers to rash is of course in [Music] the it's not just coincidence that we're using the word hay it's not just we're using the word today the day that in is called which is R is the birthday of the world the day that is called so he brought a number of examples number one in the and then finally sixth examp and the question is why is R called after all what does the word hay mean y means day ha means the day and in Hebrew it means pretty much today today means today right today now the word ha could then be referring to any day of the year whatever day you're on today is ha when what are we doing ha we're learning every day of the year is called Hay why specifically then is rashash given the title hay it's not a very descriptive turn it doesn't really shed any light on the day it doesn't add any explanation or explication for what rashash is so why does tanak specifically refer to rashash as ha day the day so we are going to bring out the following idea and that is if you would ask most [Applause] people what do you hear on this world to do nobody's going to answer you I'm here to eat no one's going to answer you I'm here to sleep and no one's going to answer you I'm here to make money everybody understands we all know the truth that is we all believe this so let's ask ourselves why don't we do what we need to do why don't we wake up when we need to wake up why don't we D in the way we need to D why don't we learn the way we should what's lacking what we don't believe in the purpose of this world and the answer is that's not the problem you know what our answer is our answer is also is always you have to wake up early in the morning and I'll be the first one to tell you that I'm on board tomorrow tomorrow I'm going to wake up early and of course the purpose of this world is you have to learn Tyra that's why I'll be the first to tell you that I'm on board with whatever St or program you're going to offer me and I'm starting tomorrow and of course we have to be very careful how we talk to other Jews and have talk to other people and how we have to behave but that's why I am going to start the the program first thing tomorrow what about today today's not a good day today's not good I'm well you know because anyway uh it's only six days to rashash so I'll start rashash it's always good to have a new beginning I don't feel like the end of the year is a good time to start but I'm going to start the first R why didn't you start the first night R there's a that the din doesn't start till the morning what happened to your anyway it's not for yet the real happened the first day you blew it the first day of no that says that the main is the second day of what's going on what's going on anyway we're I'm probably a wait You You spaced out the whole y you missed it no no no no says the first day of circus is I don't do do the P right anyway it's not no I once saw you have to what happened if you would see what he says about I'm waiting till the holiest day of the year it's only anyway so wait till anyway nobody does CH before the three weeks I'm waiting for Tish Mia was born onsh I'll do I'll be Mah passes it's it's not a good time excuses excuses excus nobody denies the truth nobody says that the of is to eat to drink and that's all everybody knows what they need to do so why don't we do not only what we need to do what we want to do the answer is tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow I love you tomorrow not today not today forget today says says we see with our eyes and for everybody this looks like an autobiography how many times that we know what our obligation is and it's true to us everybody knows what they need to do to save their soul and what their obligation is to their creator and even though everything in here is a who we abandon it why why don't we do what we know it's not out of lack of recognition of what we need to do and for no other reason we're just plain lazy of course I'm going to start when are you going to learn Chas not right now right now I'm hungry let me just eat something or I'm going to take a little nap and after my nap I'm going to master Kula what when are you going to start Dow with Cavo when it's not it's a little bit too cold right now it's already cold I'm going to wait for the summer right now what's the date now what's the also tax season is a big thing tax season when tax season is over that's when I'm going to be coming go when my stocks go up when the economy gets better when we get a republican as a president when when I'm going to do what I need to do when this when that when something happen well says the I'll eat a little I'll sleep a little bit it's hard for me to leave my house it's a very difficult night it's a the the um the pollen count is very high today the allergies are very high today isti right it's what the UV rays it's a carple day today yeah I can't I already got undressed it's too hot it's too cold it's raining now says who in this world has more excuses than anybody else so I would have said who the the smart people the clever people they could come up with every ingenious excuse no it's not them it's the lazy people because the lazy people have the most motivation to come up with excuses like like shom says I can't there's a lion on the road there's a terrorist on the road the roads are not saved I can't get to show right now tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow that is the ultimate excuse and in the interim the t is abandoned cees also a similar type of idea he's trying to encourage people to do says what's the main reason that people don't knew don't do enough just plain lazy it's not because they're being stingy it's not Ro it's not that they need the income Ro they're just lazy hey pal you mind lending me a 100 bucks so you think to yourself 100 bucks I don't have it in my pocket I have it in my house what do you tell the guy I don't have it on me you don't have it on you so go get it too hard it's too say when we think about this he it is enemy number one and because of a person remains completely bereft of learning of of CHA why cuz everything is about tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow the is right now is not a good time you hear a oh have to learn sh so what do you say what does theara say to you nah it's not important to know Shas it's better to know the Wall Street Journal cover to cover than to know Shas do that's what thear says noar says the most important thing is to learn CH that's why you need to eat very well right now and get a really good night's sleep so that tomorrow morning you're going to be the first one there that's what the isara says he's smart he knows he can't tell you it's not important he just pushes it off yeah says this is what it means this is what it means that in don't tell your friend go away go go goodbye and tomorrow I'll talk to you who's your best friend the don't tell the come back tomorrow and we we'll talk tomorrow no if the atatar comes to visit you today deal with him today converse with him today look at number 15 about 12 lines from the top see the first word on the line is right say what is which day is that referring to you see you know how we learn it we learn the when when the um says do CH today you know what today he's talking about tomorrow that's what today he's talking about when we say means we mark off on tomorrow's calendar I heard in the name of a a person needs to imagine in their heart three things number one first thing you have to think is the only day that I have in my life is today the second thing you should imagine is the other thing one should think is the only thing I need to do is to learn one blot and the third thing you need to think is I am the only Jew in this world to M the because otherwise if a person says look I have many many days ahead they'll just postpone if a person says the whole sh forget it it's impossible why even bother right the there's a medish I think it's a the the matter says why is compared to the Fig it says he who guards the fig tree will eat its fruits what's special about the Fig Tree why not an apple an orange a pier a plum a cherry why a fig nobody eats figs anyway who eats figs when was the last time you went to the store and say you know I want a good fig why is to compared to a fig says the medish tip a fool says you eat figs I love fig he likes figs okay so he understands it okay very good but why is talk fig tip why bother 10 each and eventually they learn like the is the only fruit that the the fruits are not ripe at one time all the other fruits when they're ripe they're basically all ripe the Fig 2 to today two tomorrow a little bit at a time that's all you need to do well says that this is what a person should imagine that they only have one day but then he says a very important thing he says V were about 14 lines from the bottom V now let's come back to the med that we began with we began with the med from and asked where do we see God is giving him the opportunity to do Chua all he said was the word now we are in the world now do we see chuva well says chuva is only about one thing don't say tomorrow chuva is one concept right now you want to do something right now with my father told me he was somewhere shab and he met a guy maybe um the guy's not from he didn't even know if he knows Al and for some reason my father started to uh hum to him and the guy turned white like a ghost so he says yeah sure let say sh where do you say it he said where you say it this is flap every corner you can say he said but where do you go I go to the aod whatever he said is there room for me but there no problem I have extra seat I buy seats for my kids they haven't ding with me in in you know 10 years already you sit right next to me he says I'm there I'm there so first you see you know the pencil how easily it comes out here he just hears the words but he didn't show up what you think he didn't want to show up or he didn't plan I guarantee you he planned on showing up but he probably went home and he probably took off his jacket and he took off his shoes and the Atara said look you go Rashana you go Rashana unfortunately unfortunately what's chuva Chua is the now the now he says don't follow he pushes off he postpones the learning and the contemplation and therefore the tah says you know what God asks of you that's all he asks of you all Hashem asks of you is V that is at every moment in life a person should think what does God ask of me now truthfully as simple as it sounds this is an awesome tactic and this is a tactic which is applicable every moment of Life says you get up in the morning and now you have a dilemma should I go DAV with a minion or should I go quickly put on my fill in my bed and run to work so you know what you do you ask yourself a simple question what does God ask of me now and we know the answer and then after you at you DAV ask yourself doesm want me to run home immediately or should I learn at least something like it says in right that right after daving even if a person has to run out they should learn at least something says minimum one one at least learn something this way to be from to in fact that the next after from here we learn that if a person learns even right aftering it's a school to have their tus answered so at that moment in time ask yourself what does God want of me now wants me to learn a little bit and then what then when you're leaving SCH ask yourself what does Hashem want me now just to drink a coffee and go to work or to eat breakfast wants you to eat breakfast you have to eat break not enough just to drink a coffee eat something and then what does ask of me to support my family and then to be and so on and so so forth every moment in life a very important anchor and a very important direction is the following question V and now what does God ask of me not everybody everybody here knows what God wants them to do tomorrow we are all sad in terms of knowing what Hashem wants us to do tomorrow now I'll say even more regarding what Hashem wants us to do in an hour we're all what what makes the difference between the men and the the mice is to do what you know Hashem wants you to do VI now there was once a great man his name was baz and Nami tells Russ Nami tells Russ says look don't fret don't sweat it we're going to settle this matter very quickly I am confident that Boaz will not rest until he settles the matter today now let's think for a moment kazal tell us that that night Bas married Russ he settle the mar the matter he clarified PL says okay I'm going to do the mitzvah imagine if we would have come to B said we have a great for you says but you know what's happening in hatbox next Monday they're having a sale on Bolino hats two for one well I get married today I'll get a suit and a hat and a pair of shoes on next Monday and I'll look like you know a real I'm not doing today you know kind of how expensive it is to get a hul of that day it's much cheaper on Wednesdays I wait till Wednesday night it's not a good season to get married you know the my friends are out of town imagine if B would have given any possible excuse to delay that Mitzvah one day even more 12 hours kazal say that baz died immediately after living with Russ and at that moment oade was conceived imagine what would have happened had Boya said there's a much better let me check my calendar sorry you know I already have three appointments it ain't going to work today we'll schedule it next Tuesday next Tuesday have to speak I have to learn the I have to get a pair of shoes all the all the excuses in the world then we would be hopeless we never would have had opportunity for M but no tells Rose I am confident that this man will not rest on his Laurels until he said a matter today cuz that's theim they never say tomorrow I'll don't say tomorrow if he would have said tomorrow we would have been lost forever say who says tomorrow who mid is who who mid is whenever we deal with rash whenever we deal with our enemies the the for some reason the terminology that is associated with am or we could throw on par the terminology associated with them is always every time appears on the scene the word appears the says this is a word one of the words we don't know how to read it is it or is it but whatever it is you clearly see the word is associated with or even with it's it's I hear but or yeah whenever we deal with our enemies with with with is of well well says the reason why whenever we deal with the word is used is because if the is telling us and the is saying to USA the word now is the word for Chua then the counter attack to chuva and thear and the word the that undermines more than any other is the of tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow so I want to tell you something and I believe it's even true and that is what we're what we're observing is the fact and the facts are that the main is tomorrow and it's such a easy tactic of thear and it's such an effective tactic of but I want to tell you another another idea and that that idea is one of the most effective tactics against theara is also hey you're walking down the street look look it's you so if you're can tell the no I can't I'm not you know you can you going to start up with me I'm much stronger than you and as much as you try to put exert pressure on thear he's going to exert more pressure on you so you know what the best technique against theara is that's why tomorrow I'm G to look but not today and you okay fine he lets off your middle of a she and your phone rings so so M the president of the United States is going to ask your advice maybe um maybe kki wants to ask you a sh maybe I don't know maybe W the loty and if you don't answer now you're not going to be able to collect it's a very important phone call your wife would call middle of sh I'm not but so what do you tell theara theara you say no it's not it's probably a telemarketer it's probably it's not going to work you know you tell you it's is a very important call that's why the next time the person calls I'm not going to answer right now I'm going to I'm going to go learn the best trick against theara is M you push him off push him off push him off don't say no say tomorrow and this far I'm right this is called and the Satan falls for it he goes for it and it's probably the most effective technique against the don't say no just say tomorrow say yes say yes but not now give later so why is the Satan so gullible why is he so naive why does he fall for it why when we say not now not now does he go for it I mean isn't he smarter than that like you said you're basically giving him a taste of his own medicine of his own medicine because since the gave him the ability to ins snare us and trap us and seduce Us in this very powerful weapon ofid you have to be able to use it against him and you can use it against him and you could say to the you know what I'm G to do it I'm G to say it I'm going to think it but not right now I'm going to push it off a little bit it's mid mid in other words listen carefully the fact fact that we are able to say to thear means that that is our Achilles heel m is our Achilles heel he could say to us M with this idea I once saw in the writings of SBA a very interesting idea and we're gonna and that idea is you know comes ask why do we blow twice and what's the aov the aov is the firster he thinks is and the seconder he thinks is mhia that's what T says now one second here the Satan's pretty smart he's a very sharp guy he's able to outsmart us you know it's not rocket science to know that when you blow Sher for the second time in sh that it's not the Sher mashiah how many people in sh think it's the she mashia I don't think anybody does so why does the Satan fall for it why does he really thinks it's the serer of mashiah so the say yeah because the more than anybody knows how close mhia is to coming we're almost there we're and he's aware of of it coming any moment so he we don't realize it but he realizes it SBA says very a brilliant idea the fact that the Satan is so naive and God allows him to be so naive in this area you know what that shows that you know why he's so naive it must be that the reason why he's so weak is because we're so naive in general and we're so gullible and we're so easily fooled and if we weren't so easily fooled then the Satan wouldn't be so easily fooled in other words the Satan is able to get us to do a with the most absurd ridiculous Whimsical excuses ah don't let out for this do this if we would think for a moment how ridiculous it is that the arguments that Satan is using against us we would we would be a mockery to ourselves the fact that the Satan is so easily fooled by the rash that indicates that God is dealing with him because he made it so easy for the SAT to fool us you know what the greatest defense that we have in rashishana cuz what does that demonstrate it demonstrates how gullible the Satan is and thereby it demonstrates that the SAT is just a mirror reflection of us and basically it's AEM look how vulnerable we are look how naive we are look how susceptible we are to the Satan because if the Satan is so easily fooled it's only because we are on us because you've put us in in such a vulnerable situation because if the Satan is so easily fooled we are too and it's the same thing with the argument of M the same way we could tell the SAT the Satan easily tells us that is the main weapon of thear and that is why that is why I believe that the word in tan that capsul encapsulates and captures the essence of Rashana is the word today every day is today but the attitude of having a successful rashash and taking advantage of a new year taking advantage of a y is cannot be said better than one word today that is the main tactic against thear because thear is constantly screaming that's the in order to have a successful in order to have a successful of ch in order to have a successful the is if we're able to make it I'm not waiting till next year next month next season I'm wait I'm not waiting at all I'm going to do it today I saw a beautiful in the in the that we said is the what other day is there that we stand before God then but what's the first word of the you want to stand tall on don't wait for tomorrow don't be seduced by the take advantage now learn from that is the secret of a successful rash and that is why rash in is called us to get together this past year for we should be to get together for for learning for another [Music] year you've just experienced another Tor class brought to you by Torah anytime.com