Shlomo Carlebach - Awesome Privilege to a Jew! i rather sit in hell for Million Years

Remember the story that brother Haman why was he so angry at Jews? What [music] what what couldn't he take? And the mother says the Gamorrah says that Haman came before Ahasuerus before God so to speak and he says I can't stand those Jews they have so many holidays. They have Shabbos every week and then they have Rosh Chodesh Chanukah they have everything. So God says Thank you so much for mentioning it. Just because of you I'll add one more right? You know friends what is clear to you and to me that the Rebbe wants to give us another Yom Tov no question about it. I don't know yet how we'll call this Yom Tov. But I want you to know something friends. I'm sure you share my feelings. You know we all are sitting here right? What are we waiting for? No wait wait wait. What a most unbelievable approach right? Can I can I ask you a big favor? Cuz I don't know what I want to say. So if you start talking then I forget what I want to say. You know what's going on today? It's like the Yidden were standing by the Yam Suf. They have no idea how God is helping them. You remember in front of the ocean behind us Egyptian and on both sides wild animals. We knew that God will help one way or the other we have no idea how. I don't know how I none of us know. But just we feel in our bones it's about What a privilege. What a privilege to be in Yerushalayim in those holidays. I want you to know even if a miracle happens at the end of the world the headquarters for the miracles is right here in Yerushalayim. You know something imagine I would see a holy mother so or baking a cake and then she gives me a piece to taste right? And then she brings it out from the kitchen other people are eating it also. I would say friends you know something you know something you don't know. I was there when our holy mother so was baking the cake right? Here in Yerushalayim is God's kitchen. So you can feel mamesh the Rebbe is cooking up cooking up a little mess that's right. So he's cooking up a miracle. You know something else? What a privilege to be a Yid. What a privilege. What an awesome privilege. Because is there anybody here who would like to be one of them? Imagine someone walk in now earlier and nobody says listen you can be one of them I'll give you a hundred million dollars or I promise you you're sitting in Eden for ten thousand years. I'd rather sit in hell forever and be a Yid. You know friends why Moshe Rabbenu never promised us heaven like other religions? Because am I a Jew because I'm sitting in paradise? Am I a Jew because when I keep Shabbos I have peace of mind? Am I keeping Shabbos because when I keep Shabbos I feel good about it? I don't know. Maybe I'll even go to hell for Shabbos I don't know. I have no idea. But who cares? >> [cough and clears throat] >> I'm just so glad. I'm so glad there was Shabbos. I'm so glad we're Yidden. And I'm just so glad we all are here what a privilege.