The Need To Succeed- Rabbi Mordechai Burg

this week's parasha's passion israel the pasha of kabbalah satire the parsha where we were given the torah that was created 974 generations before the creation of the world shabbos tells us that the malachim tried to hold that kadash baruch back from giving us the torah but ultimately maisha beno argued that the terror was given to mankind the terror was given for us to bring the world closer to akadesh barachu we all know the very famous kash of taisus already asks this kasha the gemara says that we said nasa venisma was unbelievable we put nasa before nishma we were given two crowns unbelievable hashem we were but then in the moment when akadeshvarahu said decide whether or not you want the torah he held the mountain over our heads and he said accept the torah the immalav here you will be buried you will be buried here i will drop the mountain over your head and kill you all this does not sound like the beautiful relationship we have come to expect from akadeshvarho the invitation to participate in the most meaningful thing in the entire world all of creation is culminating in this moment that the whole world was waiting for us to take the time who says to us take the torah if not i'll kill you this is how we begin a relationship with akadesh bahu and perhaps the answer is yes there's something that we need to talk about the value of accountability the value of knowing that what we're doing is important the value of knowing that the entire world rests on our acceptance of the torah and so is coming to us and he's saying it's not some cute thing that i need you to do this mission that you're about to take upon yourselves is everything the entire world is resting on your shoulders and if you don't accept the torah that's it that's the end we need to move on we need to do this again until there will be a people that will accept the torah because the entire reason that quran created the world is for us to fulfill his will to make this world into a more godly place so often when we're thinking about yeshkai we think about it as am i enjoying my yiddish guide am i getting enough of what i want out of my yiddishkai and that's a good question i'm not being mizazel in the question it's important for us to ask that question is my davening where i want it to be is shabbos where i want it to be but let's ask a more important question as well hakadoshvara who said this is the most important thing in the world we have real accountability for that knowing that we have accountability means knowing our life matters and if our life matters that is the greatest inspiration in the world when we are doing a mitzvah only because we want to do the mitzvah because we find value in it then the mitzvah is only as big as we are but when we do the mitzvah because baruch wants us to do the mitzvah when we're doing it la shmoop because this gives us that we are fulfilling the purpose of creation that we are in a relationship with him and we understand the value of the torah that he's given us that inspires us to stay loyal to our yiddishkai even when we don't want to and especially in today's times when we find ourselves in a narcissistic generation when people are asking what's in it for me our response must be we accepted the harsinai even though we accepted it willingly who came and he held the mountain over our heads to teach us how important this is so if i don't want to wake up for chakras remember there was a mountain held over your head you have to this is really important if i don't want to go to seder if i don't want to do that if i want to give sadaqa if i don't want to light shabbos candles whatever it is that you're struggling with remember there was a time where we accepted it willingly and akadeshwar who said it's got to be bigger than just you and it's inspiring when we do things that are bigger than it's than ourselves it's inspiring because we recognize that this is not just what we want it's what i call this barracuda wants it should be with tremendous