Yankel The Nebuch - R. Hillel Eisenberg - TorahAnytime.com

There was once a Yid named Manakim who decided one year that he was going to give this upcoming Rashashana his very all. He was going to knock it out of the park. He was going all out during Davening. He's going to cry. He's going to sing. He's going to coronate Hashem like Hashem's never been coronated before. And so he makes all the great preparations for the day. And he goes to the mikvah twice and he puts on his brand new suit with his brand new cufflings and his brand new shoes. And he proudly marches into sh with his brand new mocker. He walks over to his seat only to find that Yonko, the town Nebuch decided to sit right next to him. I can't believe this. Man said, "I cannot believe this. Of all the people in the entire show, I have to sit next to Yonko. He stinks. He's loud. He makes weird noises. He shuckles in weird ways. He wears shoes that haven't been in style since the 1970s. He's forever blowing his nose. I just cannot believe this." And so the entire rashim is quieting Yonkul and he's frowning at Yonkl and he's shushing Yonkul and everybody is tell and he's telling everybody how unfortunate he is that he has to sit next to Yonko. And after Rashu was over goes over to his Reb and he says, "Rabbi, I don't understand. I did my very best. I made all the right preparations. I went to the mikvah three times. I learned all the words of Dony beforehand. Why did Hashem let Yanko ruin my rash shana?" And the Reba stroked his beard and he turned to Manahim and he said, "My dear man, you got it all wrong. You think it was Yankel who chose to sit next to you? You think it was Yonk who wanted you to sit next to Yonk? You think it was Yankel who wanted you to have to endure Yonko? Manim, you got it all wrong. It was Hashem who wanted you to sit next to Yonko." Because some years Hashem wants us to be mim by domining and singing his praise. And some years he wants nothing more than for us to be nice and loving to Yanko. Your entire rash this year, your malus, your zakus, your way of being this year was yank and you blew it. Hashem is very much the same way. Sometimes we think if only I was back in or yeshiva or in seminary then I'd be filled with kadusha then I'd serve hashem. Well, this is a mistake. Sometimes hashem wants us to serve him in the base mish and sometimes hashem wants us to serve him in an airport. Sometimes Hashem wants us to serve him in Schaw and sometimes he wants us to serve him at Home Depot. Someone sometimes Hashem wants us to serve him by giving coven and respect to Arab and Rabanim and sometimes he wants us to be careful to respect Yanko. There is not a scenario in which Hashem isn't by our side watching and hoping that we make him proud. From bagel stores to mountaintops to the crawl space in your attic, he is there knocking on your door, waiting for you to let him