Before The Dawn - R. Eliyahu Maksumov - TorahAnytime.com

When to make the noise? So, when a person goes to sleep, he completely shuts down because the world shuts down. And the when the first rays of light comes into the horizon, it becomes like a beacon of hope. All of a sudden, you realize that today is a new day. And this rooster is a very optimistic creature. He's very optimistic in the sense that he says, "Why do I have to rub it into people's face that the day is over? So, they couldn't accomplish a bunch of things. I'm going to make noise for that? Instead, I will wait for the sun to rise to tell them today is a new day. What you haven't been able to accomplish yesterday, you'll be able to take advantage and accomplish today. So, Hashem is always revising the day. Hashem is always giving you more chances. And the rooster reminds you of that. Go and tackle the day. Go and conquer the world. Today is your chance. So, the rooster teaches us a very important message. You know that message is? That Hashem always gives us more chances. The rooster's message is that we always have hope for another day. It's never over until it's over. So, the rooster says, "Listen, I'm going to wait for that moment to tell you I'm waiting for that moment to tell you that the sun has is is out so you could go and you could tackle the day and accomplish and achieve." This rooster doesn't sleep like human beings. When the rooster sleeps, he sleeps a bit a little bit at a time, but he always makes sure to stay up when it's coming closer to dawn cuz he anticipates he anticipates the boker. He anticipates the morning. Now, according to mysticism, whenever we refer to day, we are referring to when life is good, when there is redemption, when there's freedom, when there is serenity, when there's peace and calmness, when there is when people are prospering, when there's success, that's daytime. Nighttime on the other hand represents darkness. It represents when there's when there's people are despondent. It represents when people are giving up hope. That's what darkness represents. But, what does he anticipate? That in the end of this darkness, there'll always be a light. The rooster teaches us never to give up hope that in the end of every dark tunnel there'll be a light that'll be shining right through. We have to remember that, believe in that, that no matter what happened in my life, I start off the day by saying that the rooster knows the difference between Yom Ben Yom He says that I know the difference and then guess what? I'm waiting and I'm anticipating for the day. I'm waiting for that moment. And guess what? Are we waiting for that moment? Are we waiting for the light to come and shine? Do we have that type of type of positivity? Do we have that type of aspiration? Do we have that type of, you know, ability to be able to accept that no matter how dark and gloomy things might seem, in the end of the day, I'm going to stay optimistic and believe that there is hope, that there is going to be another chance that in the end Hashem is going to bring light. You look throughout nature. Pay attention. You put a seed into the ground, it's dead. It dies underground. And guess guess what? It resurrects itself and it becomes a beautiful tree. In the end of the of it all, when everything seemed to be hopeless, it's really not so hopeless. In the end, something beautiful could come out of any outcome. You could have a caterpillar going inside its cocoon and all of a sudden it comes out a beautiful butterfly after a number of weeks surviving within that cocoon. It was really dead. And yet, after everything, it was able to come out stronger than ever. So, the rooster tells us that no matter how gloomy things things might seem, you have to know and believe that in the end of it all, Hashem could make anything happen. And Hashem could make you all of a sudden go from the bottom all the way to the top. So, believe in that. And And if you really believe in that, you'll be able to take on any challenge Hashem sends your way. And even when you're failing, you realize that it's never over cuz I have Hashem on my side. The rooster reminds you of that every single day. And you have to engrave that into yourself. We are right now in Galut. We're in exile. We're in very dark times. But guess what? As much as we're in exile, in the end of the day, Hashem is going to bring Mashiach. And when Mashiach comes, there'll be a shofar that'll be blown. That represents the daytime. So, what does the rooster do? It makes the noise. This rooster is a representation of a shofar. When Mashiach is going to come, there'll be that sound of shofar, that sound of hope that will remind us that now our redemption is finally here. And the rooster reminds us today could be the day, the day where the sun is going to rise on the world. And all of a sudden you're going to see redemption. And I'm going to be representing the shofar. So get ready cuz Messiah could be coming any day. The rooster reminds us that every single day