The 10th Of Tevet Reminded Us: Catch The Warning Early, And Choose Repair Over Ruin.

Hello friends. We're here for daily encouragement. I almost forgot about it. We were in the lights of Hanukkah and after the lights, what happens? Boom. We crash. And then what do you need? You need encouragement. So we're on the 10th of Teet and there's a fast tomorrow. There's a fast, which is basically the fast that symbolizes the beginning of the siege of the Babylonians on Jerusalem on the temple during the first temple exile. And then we went into our exile. And there's nothing to do. Every every every moment of our lives, we feel this exile. In this week's Torah portion, we are going to enter the exile of Egypt. Exile and redemption is the frequency of our people. And therefore, we await the redemption. We want it to happen. And tomorrow on the fast uh everyone who fasts or even those who don't should think about uh that we have a goal, we have a purpose. We came here basically in the return to Zion to build the third temple to reach the state of completeness. And this lack that we feel every day will be rectified because whoever mourns the destruction of Jerusalem will see its rebuilding. Whoever is aware of the lack, whoever cries over the lack, whoever feels the pain of the lack, Rabbi Nakman says, whoever cries out about the lack already has a part in it. And this is also the time to say that the 10th of Teet is the anniversary of the passing of Rabbi Natan. After all, we read liuteot in the daily encouragement by Rabbi Natan, Likote and Likote Halachot, which is one of the most immense compositions one can describe about the secrets and the lights within all the commandments we perform every day. This is Rabbi Natan, the faithful student of Rabi Nakman, who saw Brelov burning and said, "In Brelov, a fire is burning. Ignite it within me." He wanted a fire in his service of God until he met our Rebe. He told him, "Tie me tightly in a sack. I will not leave for any position or any place." And he is the one who put it into writing. and distributed and wrote and organized and edited all the books. If not for Rabbi Natan, we would not know of Rabbi Nakman. And that is the connection. And Rabi Natan, the faithful student who is an immense genius and an amazing Jew said that he has an understanding of everything of the rishonim of the Akaronim. He said many things, but this is one quote you should take with you. He says, "I can know the Gamarra forwards and backwards, but there is one thing I cannot know. What a Jew's heart is because every Jew is a holy of holies. Each one of us is a holy of holies. To see this the good point the fact of not despairing. He has a book called Alimrua. He writes to his son Yitzak and to his other son strengthening them every day. And you see what that is seeing the good. What it is to find a good point. What it is not to despair. Everything you know from Rabbi Nakman is thanks to Rabbi Natan. This is the anniversary of his passing. And until the fast, you can have some kind of meal, a small lime, and most importantly, study from the books of our rebe, which are the books of Rabi Natan, Lik Halachot, Likot, and of course, Alimufa, and the other books, and Likut Muharan, which he also printed. So with God's help, may we merit the redemption.