The Three Keys to Success - R. Eliyahu Maksumov - TorahAnytime.com

artura begins with the letter baton very sheet and the midrash says why don't we begin the Torah with the letter aleph it's the first letter of the alphabet why don't we start off the Torah with the first letter of the alphabet with the olive why do you go with the second letter and I saw an explanation that goes like this the bet is numerically too and in order for us to understand the Torah we need a rabbis to come along and give it over to us we can't do it alone it has to be a rabbit talmud relationship it has to be a rabbi students relationship where a rabbi is going to come and give us the Quran explained to us exactly what's taking place just recently in the holidays you know the so-called we had all the man comes to come to show with the drug how do they know they need a drug maybe they should have bought an apple maybe they should have brought a uh uh a kiwi or avocado or passion fruit why did they decide to bring in a trog the pasok says you should bring a fruit but how do I know what this fruit was how am I supposed to understand what the fruit was it doesn't tell us it should bring an exotic fruit a beautiful fruit but what is considered a beautiful fruit in God's eyes have to come along and explain to us the fruit that God is referring to is the etrog without we would have never understood what Hashem wants from us you know look at it this way take another mitzvah for example the Torah says you shall put the Tiffin where between your eyes do you ever go to school and see people put the boxes in between their eyes they put it right by the hairline how do we know that we need the talmud we need the rabbis to come along and explain it to us without them we would fail learning the pursue we're going to give our own distorted interpretations behind the Torah there was a father who was very old he was getting old and he was passing away so he called over his son he said you know my time is coming for me to leave this world he tells us when I was very successful with my life I want to give you the three keys to success you want to know how to be successful in life number one always eat honey always eat honey number two make sure to stay away from the Sun number three oh when you go to sleep sleep in silk and then the father passed away the the son didn't understand what did my father telling me I should eat honey run away from the sun stay away from the Sun and I should sleep in silk I don't understand so he started taking his father's words literally I said listen my father told me I should eat honey that's what I'm gonna do so he packs up lunch for work he takes a whole jar of honey puts it in his bag now he's going outside the sun is out my father told me to stay away from the Sun what am I gonna do so he goes running under the shades and he starts running from under the tree so under the this you know from one place to another and finally he gets to his job he looks like his tie is over here he's sweating he's been running from place to place trying to stay away from the Sun everyone takes out a sandwich by lunch he takes out a jar of honey he starts eating the honey and then he goes home that night goes to sleep puts on his still closed checks you know goes to sleep next morning he has to go get the paper outside comes out and it's still close we wear silk pajamas it looks funny people are passing by looking at him like he's a bit interesting and then he starts feeling nauseous he goes to work he looks out of it he's been eating honey all day long and he got tired of running around from shape to shade so he came out with an umbrella it's 100 degrees outside this guy's coming out with an umbrellas if it's pouring rain and everyone thinks he's nuts eventually he gets a knock on the door who is it it's his father's best friend he says you know I know your father for many years he was a wise person he was very respected and then you come along and you're embarrassing your father's name what are you doing I see you running around people say you're eating honey sleeping in silk he says let me explain to you my father told me to do this I'm only following my father's instruction he said what are you talking about he says yeah my father said I should eat honey I should stay away from the Sun and I should sleep in salt he says your father was a wise man whatever he said had much depth and meaning behind it you should look into the words of your father a little bit better when your father told you that you have to eat honey what he meant was in order to be successful in life you have to learn to enjoy what you have in life learn to enjoy the job that you have learn to enjoy then you'll be successful if you don't enjoy you're not going to do whatever the passion how are you going to be successful in life he says okay that makes sense so why did my father say stay away from the sun he says that's very simple you want to be successful in life you have to stay away from the Sun you have to wake up extra early you can't wake up when the sun wakes up you have to get up early in the morning can't get up 10 o'clock 11 12 o'clock at night in the morning afternoon you want to succeed in life wake up early wake up before the sun rises he says wow I never thought of that brilliant he says yes what about the sleeping in silk well silk is a very expensive material he probably wants to tell you but you have to dress well take care of yourself you know sleep and silk means you have to make sure you look presentable people will look at you they're going to watch you and so you have to represent you have to look presentable he says well now I understand you see our Torah is like a prescription when you go to a doctor they give you a prescription you don't know what the prescription says you have no idea what the doctor is talking about you take it to the pharmacist the pharmacist looks at it he understands what medicine you need what are doses you need how many days you have to take it for he understands all the ins and outs of what the doctor wants from you alcohol are like the pharmacists the Torah is like a prescription from God you cannot understand whatever have to come along and explain it to us and just like this man thought he understood his father and he took his father's words literally if we come along and we're going to start to take the Torah and try to lower it to our level and try to understand it we're going to give the wrong interpretation and so we have to understand that in order for us to succeed at keeping the Torah properly we need the help of our we need the help of our rabbis I'm gonna have to appreciate what we have because a great deal of Seattle and they are able to explain to us the Torah according to the way it's needed to be interpreted so with this we can understand why the trauma start off with a little bit because the bet it represents two and the two is between you and your Rabbi and take the Torah from your rabbi and now you'll be able to learn it because on your own you won't be able to understand it