Tehillim Treasures: Episode #6 Chapters 11 & 12 - Rabbi Yechiel Spero

[Music] Hello everybody and welcome back to Tahillim Treasures where every week we are going to learn through two capit two chapters of Tahillim beginning with chapter alf going all the way to capitul 150 chapters of David Hamel's timeless treasures this episode of treasures is sponsored by two exceptionally wonderful organizations. First of all, Kazak Kazak giving to Yidden all over the world throughout the world through various mediums. But Kazak has given strength to Yidden and especially over the last two years throughout CO when so many people were locked up inside Kazak was there for you. Please support them generously. And finally, chickens forshas, which is exactly that. At chickensforshabas.com, you will be able to donate to an incredible organization that provides chickens for shabas, but much more than chickens. For those people who are raim, they're malam. They can't afford things. They give them chickens. For women who are gruesious, they're divorced or aunas. They're all alone. They need our help. And we hashem will be able to help them. Please give generously chickens for shabas.com. We now get back to the next twoapit which is capital and yudap begins sings a mism he sings a song and he starts with two words and these two words are words that you should hold in your pocket. Bashemi in Hashem I trust throughout speaks about he speaks about trusting in Hashem and this is yet another opportunity where David is able to speak to us about the truth is is that is not something that you check the box and you move on it is a lifelong struggle we're constantly tested with be talking challenges and we have to do our utmost to be able to rise to those challenges that when we feel like matters are totally in our own hands, we have to realize that who is controlling the world and vice versa, we should not panic when we feel like we have no control. We need to remember that the will a never do anything to hurt us and b controls the entire world. If you can remember those two thoughts, put bashmis in your pocket. Hold it dear to your heart. You will never ever be lost and you'll live through life so much more comfortably and pleasurably. Now the words at the end of have very interesting rashis. The rash of spell the word mammed. And a mal or a m is a staff, a stick. Jacobu says running away from Asov. Yakovu is being pursued as of Arasha is ready to hound him to kill him and he crosses with his staff with his stick of really that's not going to get you very far. How are you going to defend yourself against with a little staff? And the answer is A person has to remember and we should remember this when we say in that capital of in that chapter in that of person needs to remember that if we are armed with the staff with the stick the m that Jakavinu has carried that Rabenu carried that Yidden throughout the generations have carried we will never be lost we could be pursued by our enemies and And this can happen to somebody at work. Could happen to somebody when he's hounded with various trials and tribulations that happen in everyday normal life. But if you hold on to the trust, if you hold on to the and that's all you hold on to, you will always be in good hands. There's ribbund of salant was a great sadic and the doctors in usim were worried that his daughter was having very very great difficulty. She was very sick and much anxiety and worry went into it. Not from Ribzund though. Ribbzundul sent his son-in-law and he told him, "Listen, there's going to be an operation performed. We do not have the necessary funds. Can you please go travel to Europe and you will be able to raise the money so that my daughter, your sister-in-law, will be able to have the operation she needs." And Rupool set out on his journey. And he went collecting, but he did not really have much success. He was very very broken about it. And he called up his father-in-law whose name by the way was the same name as his name. So salant told his son-in-law salant to go collecting and salant told his father-in-law he's not having very much success. How about you write me a lot? Write me a letter of approbation. Give me a when people hear that ribbund salad's daughter is sick and that she needs someone to give money everybody will give responded no you are placing your trust in something or someone other than theam and that is not the way we live sure enough did not rely on it eventually they were to get the money and she had her shalo imagine that Rabzund Sal's own daughter is deathly ill. She needs an operation to save her life. All his son-in-law was asking for was just a letter. But Zundal understood there was only one that could help his daughter Bashemisi. Hashem and no one else. This brings us to the next chapter of Tahillim chapter 12 yud. And capital speaks of a very very important mida. It speaks of the mida of ms. David speaks about a person asks hashem cut off all the lips of smooth talk. Sometimes people think that their talk will be smooth and glib. They'll get it by whoever they need to. They'll get what they want. They won't be totally honest. Little do we realize says that the word, which means smooth, and the word, which means a portion, a division, something that's separated, are really the same word. A person wants something to be whole and therefore you think I won't be totally honest and I'll keep it whole. I'll make it whole. On the contrary, [Music] just the opposite. If a person speaks dishonestly, then unfortunately, not only will it not remain whole, it will fall and crumble. and everything you hoped and dreamed for will not come true. And David talks about the mid of MS and he goes through various instances in David's life when MS was needed and the importance of MS and how you can't rely on sheer because she racker has nothing to stand on. I want to share with you a story. The story some might find a little troublesome but I think it's a very powerful story. Ribshiman Schwab the great RV of the Washington Heights community who was a great sadic he stood for truth. He spoke often about the importance of being and honest and his community followed in his footsteps. I'd like to share with you a story about Ribshim Schwab. And Ribshim Schwab was the RV of the Washington Heights community. And he preached to his community about the importance of MS, of truth, of saying the truth, of being truthful. And his community followed in his footsteps. And the Washington Heights community is a very community. And he drew upon his experiences as a childhood, the message that his father gave him. One time his mother asked him to go buy some groceries from the store. She gave him money. He went to the store and there was some leftover change and Shim wanted a piece of chocolate. So he bought the chocolate with the leftover change. He ate the chocolate and he put the wrapper in his pocket so no one would know. He then went home and his mother asked him for the change and he said, "I'm sorry, mommy. There was no change. And she noticed that there was a rapper sticking out of his pocket. She called him on his dishonesty and he confessed. That Friday night, Shim is sitting at the Shabas table and his father sings shalom and he sings a sky and then it's time to give out the brahas. the beautiful braha that a father gives his child every single Friday night. And each child stepped forward to get their braha. But when it came to Shim's turn, his father looked him squarely in the eyes and he said, "Shim, today you did not tell the MS." And when someone doesn't say the truth, there is no braha in his life tonight. You don't get a braha. And this very painful episode taught Shim to never lie. And in his estimation, he said he never knowingly told the lie for the rest of his life. It is a hurtful story. But sometimes, especially when people are younger, they need to learn the importance of being honest. And when you're honest, you will see all the braha in the world. [Music]