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Shnayim Yomi - Lech Lecha - D'var Torah
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Rabbi David Genish shares some really powerful thoughts on this weeks Parashat Lech Lecha. Thank you Rabbi Genish for taking the time to carry us through the week! Shabbat Shalom!
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in 1943 when the telar r Shiva was here
in America before he opened up his EXA
in
Cleveland he lost his whole family in
the Holocaust and he knew that he lost
everything and he stood up and gave AA
which is brought in p and he mentions
that the name bam when ra gave birth to
him at the at the time that she was
passing away B was called Ben Oni of my
oppression that it was difficult cuz she
as we know she died from that birth but
at the same time B is the is the is the
name for G for strength how can the two
contrasts come together the answer is
that dka specifically in the place where
there's Darkness where there's
difficulty the Ben Oni the difficulty
that's where gor stands that's where a
person is able to build and over there
he was speaking about the power of the
Holocaust and how we will have to
rebuild after the loss we have a CL we
have a basic rule in in uh science it's
called nature abor of vacuum and all of
nature whenever there's a vacuum it
tries to supplement for that vacuum from
that empty space in order to make sure
that there is no empty space we try to
make sure that things are at a perfect
equilibrium that is the intention of
what happens in nature and so too when
we are in of when there's a time of
difficulty our objective is not to
ignore the but to work with it to
strengthen our self to build us to our
biggest
strengths we call our wives an AER Keno
sometimes we think of them as Keno
sometimes an AER as we all know but on
the contrary the more something is cono
the more of an AER it is the more it's
the more it's strengthens your muscles
the idea of cono even without the idea
specifically of the wife the cono the
difficulties the more they inhibit
yourself the more you take but use them
as an AER that's where the building
blocks would come some people can ignore
it run away from it but some people will
know how to use utilize it to make them
the best that they can be this explains
the mishna in per in the beginning of
parake which
says it says there were 10 generations
and over there it says it's coming to
tell us that they were they were
angering for 10 Generations until he
brought to them the he held
himself he waited for 10 Generations but
then the M continues that there are 10
Generations from no
until and over there they had is a lot
different than that it says
until 58 because when passed away it
says different took it doesn't say
anything about taking the Because by the
idea of the generation around him he was
aad why we should reach the levels of
but it was a was disturbance to his
growth he stayed away he locked himself
up in a room he kept away from them
because I couldn't handle the the the
their whole their whole the of Life 10
generations of growing more decrepit and
more decrepit and no just stayed away
and kept his to stay away which is also
it's a good in certain situations but as
writes over
there expands on it a lot more the idea
is he did much better he took the he
took the vacuum and he filled it up he
took the and that was that was the
strengthening Point that's why he was
able to reach because he was in such a
point of Darkness he was over I he took
himself to the other side but took the
darkness and he utilized it for his
strength he didn't
necessarily uh he didn't necessarily uh
he didn't necessarily ignore the Nim he
fought against him he made sure that I'm
able to go ahead and Vanquish and
Conquer because that comes from the and
that's why he was he was able to
get he was able to take their place
because on the contrary he used them as
a stepping stone to be able to do that
we know
that is written with two one with one
with we have two building how can a
little
is that's why it's the smallest letter
it's a little Dot and it's always
there's and
there's and how can the which is
representation of be used for also the
the answer is the real ticket to get to
sometimes to utilize that and use it as
a building block that I can get there
taking the a but also the conto the cono
is a place where I can build the N is
the places where it's not so comfortable
to use that and say hey maybe that's a
reason why I can change people complain
that it was cold outside in the Suka a
couple weeks ago and I have to go inside
and it's too difficult to be inside of
there but for some reason in a stadium
they're capable of staying shivering
inside or a woman can dress a little bit
NATA sometimes in places where she might
be shivering but it's worth it in order
to be able to dress in a certain in a
certain way we have to know to make pay
attention to those places one person one
time came to a Rob and says I understand
why you're paying for a lemon so many
hundreds of dollars you guys pay for
this lemon so much money a lemon is
cheap and I well would you have to go
ahead and spend so much money on it he
goes sir when you go to a restaurant
you'll travel 45 minutes an hour to be
able to get there you'll flip the bill
for it could be between 50 and 100 bucks
sometimes to be able to get the best you
could do the best dish you can get and
what is it in the end of the day what is
it it's a it's a pot of noodles which
gives you a stomach ache that night when
you come out and you're finished for the
end of the day what what it's all about
why because of the Ambiance because for
you there's something special about
what's all around it so an edra
there's a lot more than what meets the
eye we should be able to use these
factors to be able to push ourselves
sometimes and I know that you know mik
is not always the easiest thing to do to
be able to keep the pace but compared to
the other things that sometimes we're
most sish about and sometimes you should
be able to take the extra step take the
extra initiative realize that it's
a not
just and with that will be able to
continue this incredible feat of cons of
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