Selichos: Burden or Privilege? - R. Don Jarashow - TorahAnytime.com

This should be a double measure for many others out there. So right now I'm currently walking with my palace children and my slippers. The two of us. [music] And I had the following aura. I'm going to want to aura something that stuck with me from [music] this past Muslim Shabbos that I heard it in school from the world there. I think it's very important that we keep it in mind. >> [music] >> Oh, it begins with slippers on the Shabbos. All times we're tired. Slippers starts earlier than usual. We're not that energized. We're not really sure exactly what we're doing when we're saying sorry and true love, but >> [music] >> it can seem cumbersome. Like it seems like a load that we're schlepping that we're pulling. We're not really going to fit in. But I want to tell you the word of what the world said. [music] The world said, "The world say we have six [music] days not just days, but a course of saying slippers to us. What a difference. Different mindset, a different perspective. Sometimes [music] that's what changes everything. And as we go to slippers, but we're tired. We're not feeling [music] it. So first of all, for sure, have a coffee. Learn about it. See exactly what you're doing. Understand [music] why we're saying slippers, but more than that, realize the tremendous opportunity we have as the song tell us. True love is the most incredible [music] matana from Hashem. It's a matana, it's a gift. You slap [music] a regular Malcolm Bossom in the face. You wish he's giving a chance to repent. He's sending you straight for the gallows. The English [music] that Hashem could you bring to me my camera was a whole different whole different way of operating. Hashem wants [music] us. Hashem loves us. Hashem gives us endless amounts of chances. And Hashem says, "True love, return." He's waiting for [music] us. He's not making it hard. He's not putting up any iron doors. There's no security guard. He's saying [music] every day you have an opportunity. Wake up. Come to me. Daven to me. I'll be there. And we have [music] not just these times, these inconveniences, these early days, >> [music] >> we have the opportunity of the year, opportunity of a lifetime. When says has [music] come back, I want you. And that was the time we would do it just that. Sukkot >> [music] >> is a source of Rosh Hashanah, being with the king, being with the Melech in the Heichal, in the holiest [music] place and holiest day of the year. And then of course coming with him Kippur and Neilah, but it's [music] not just times to be scared and aim and yes, of course there's that element, but it's a time of a Sukkot, a time where we realize that we're Am Yisrael Kedoshim, we realize that Hashem is waiting for us, >> [music] >> and we realize how lucky and fortunate we are to be the Am Yisrael. >> [music] >> Take that to Sukkot, take that, put that in your master, wherever it is that you're going to be, whoever it is that you're going to be with. >> [music] >> Share this with yourself, share with others, and let it bring you to a better, [music] more uplifted place, and realize that Hashem is waiting, and we have