Shmek Tabak - R. Don Jarashow - TorahAnytime.com

One time walked into and he saw there was huddled around laughing and peaked his interest and he said no what's what's funny what's the what are you laughing about and they said well there's this crazy guy that just walked in and he said he walked in from a fair 12 miles away they were in Raden and they walked to this he walked back from this town called Ishak 12 miles away from Raden so he walked there and he came back he's the mush And he's so excited he came back and what did he get? So this mishuga told he said I got a pinch of snuff and he said everyone else is such tips. They went to this fair and they paid money for this snuff but me I got the best deal. I got a bargain. I got a pinch of snuff for free and I walked all this time. Seems like I'm crazy but I'm I'm a genius. I got this pinch of snuff for free. And they're all laughing. This guy's mom. This guy's this guy is so sad. He's missing missing streus. He walked 24 miles for a pinch of snuff. And that's the that's what we're laughing about. And don't laugh so hard. Don't think it's so distant from yourselves. You're mocking him for walking all these miles, for journeying out, for stupidity, for chivality, for mamish, mik, for some snuff. Said before we laugh at him, let us have some compassion and introspection towards ourselves. Our inas come down, descend from shmayim, the loftiest, the lofty, from the come down to this world. And what does it come for? Comes for the fear. All theness, the ups and downs, the trials, the tra, the failures, the successes. And here and only here says we can acquire, we can pack away, we can make sure that we put away for we learn more. We do mitzvah. can only overcome and withstand in selling his challenges and purchase the most precious merchandise in this world. That's a tough that's what we're meant to do. But if the nishama comes back to the and Hashem's going to say, "What did you do? How did you spend your time?" We're going to come back with a pinch of snuff. We're going to come back with mamish heav. We're not going to be laughing so hard. So while you're laughing over here when you still bust of a dumb and you think it's funny that this guy went and he wasted his time before you laugh at him, do some introspection and reflection on yourself and make sure that you're not tripping over the same exact thing. Make sure that what you're going to bring to keep cover after 120 isn't going to be a pinch of snuff.