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And it's important to realize that often
we're inspired by holy sites by
the bylon
um or hungry at the of
yet the most powerful inspiration for us
which you haven't experienced in a long
time came this week at the laba more
particularly at the kvura of the
cemetery in richfield Minnesota the cold
snowy and windy day it was really set a
perfect stage a fitting stage for the
lesson which you've learned. The weather
reflected
the undeniable
reality of life which is that
even
in a life's end
a legacy can be born which is the most
inspiring thing. When a guy thinks of
the end, it's the end. But for Yid,
that's only where it starts. That's
where the legacy begins.
That's where the person can shine
through. The nish really pierces through
everything. So when we arrived, seeing
the tombstones like in any Jewish
cemetery, Con Levy, Goldberg, Freriedman
cats reminded us that no one is spared.
A whole lifetime and it all ends the
same. People come in selfishly or
selflessly and standing by the kura but
home a hard truth that life has a firm
unchangeable end and every decision
every moment is fleeting and the
opportunities mitzvah acts of we learn
that is what we take and that is what we
can show in our favor and merit in the
next world. Those opportunities though
which are left behind are gone forever.
You must like the Gmorrah says
grab, eat while you can, drink while you
can, referring to the mitzvah in this
world because in the next world you
can't. My wife's grandmother Bobby,
she lived her life as a giver, as a mto,
always thanking, always thankful for her
family and all the braha she had in her
life. And she was a pillar and beacon of
light. And that is what she will always
be remembered for for eternity. And what
seems like the end six feet under in the
cold, rain, and snow is in reality only
the beginning of her eternal legacy. Her
life reminds us that we too are here for
a reason. We're here for a purpose. We
have a tak. We're confronted daily with
choices that shape our legacy. And in
the end, all that matters is how we live
for others, the mitzvah we perform, the
kindness we give to others, and the name
we leave behind. And when we go six feet
under, that's when it all starts. It's
hard to remember. It's hard to live with
this on a constant basis
but and for that reason specifically
means the most reminding the most physic
and reminding of the basic values the
basic truths and while some people might
call this morbid I respectfully disagree
this is life itself this is right now
forget about what you do in 10 years or
in 20 years question is what will you do
right now to live for that eternity what
will you do the moment
The year is over. You got and reading
this paper. Whatever it may be,
it's all about the journey.
Keep on going. The journey every day,
the steps, the grind. And how you going
to live it elevated purposefully? How
you going to make it all about the We
all know that we are sons and daughters
of royalty. We're childrens of the king
of the meal himself. And we're here to
accomplish and to grow and to achieve to
invest in our
yet we often forget when we lose track
of the days. They just pass by in a
whirlwind
going on and on and it becomes days and
then months and years and we lose focus
of the priorities and we live in a world
of distortion. It's so hard a world
influenced by the
that is why moments like these these
reflections are so important. They help
us reccalibrate. We live in this world,
but we are meant for more and for higher
purposes. We're meant to live for and
for eternity. And we constantly need to
be reminded that we're children of the
world to come.
Not just what's in front of us, not for
now.
As Aloin prepared to meet his brother
Asov,
