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Days of Mashiach: Simply Normal!
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As part of a larger series about “Days of Mashiach” Rabbi Alpren. This class is titled "Simply Normal!" For Rabbi Alpren's contact info go to: https://www.torahanytime.com/#/speaker?l=422 #torah #judaism #mashiach #endofdays
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sh this week
is we conclude and we finish
saem if you listen to the Shia last week
we mentioned that perhaps we're going
through something called emotional
overloading there's tremendous stress we
go from one mood to another mood and
it's it's a tremendous trial it's a
trauma which people are going through I
think in the following way before before
the October 7th mea happened in
we were at
Su and everybody sat in their Su with a
holy and at night we hopped around here
in from one sim to another and we looked
forward everybody looks forward to sim
something like the gazoline of SIM for
the whole year and then eventually it
turned around with horror and it turned
out to be like a day a replica out of
the sh out of the Holocaust with
tremendous tragedy and overwhelming
heartbreak which happened after it and
you go from one mood to another mood and
really I don't think it's really
finished either we're going through in
this particular situation the enormous
sour of the hostages which are still
being kept there in AA and
the the people who are sick and then
people perhaps who are maimed as
well the aveilim the Amon and theim the
widows and the orphans and the families
who were devastated from the loss of so
many soldiers and in particular also
theim who are standing on the border
there looking after us and protecting
our safety and giving up their
lives and those people who are sent out
of their homes I know my own family is
sitting in a in a in a hotel in Nat
somewhere as well the enormous and that
tremendous the of Cl is on the other
hand you see tremendous Sim not
tremendous simple but let's say humble
Elation which we have meaning there are
Nim there are Miracles which have
happened in clisa people were saved in
the most phenomenal way and there's a
Great Awakening in Isel for Chua many
people have asked foran and situs and
keeping shabas for the first time in
their lives and some people said it's
the first time they ever prayed in their
lives and that's in in some way gives
Elation and humble appreciation to for
the enormous hash which is going on and
therefore you have something like as we
mentioned last week almost like a roller
coaster you go from one mood to another
mood from a high to a low and it's it
can be traumatic for people in certain
ways you hear wonderful news of people
who are saved or people who tell their
stories which you see very often here in
Israel and the clips which are going
around on the other hand you think about
the hostages you wake up in the morning
and you think of all those people who
are in tremendous s inside Gaza and you
go from one mood to another
mood and we suggested last week that
perhaps this is the mood which the great
mascal the great thinker in
CL explains really in P Lam which we say
every day
m is from an education if you look at
the pay pay 30 inim you see go through
different
mood at night I'm in in the morning I'm
in and you go that's life that's really
the education which is teaching Us in
that pay but the key which I thought
which we B last week was the last in
order that in all the challenges that
you go through from the highs to the
lows the is a nickname for the let it
always sing it should never be dumb it
should never be silent
I will always be thankful I always be
thankful to and we said really the
forever thankful for the situation which
we're going through I think in some way
L's diet that gives something called
stability if a person can always bear in
mind the connection which you have with
a
c of all that I'm going through isn't
that what meant there in that chapter
there in meaning the challenges of up
and down the roller coaster from one
mood to another mood if you can remember
always I'll always give thanks to the
almighty if you can do that you can find
a certain tranquility and stability in
your life interesting in another chapter
in peric 73
into says it a different
way the best thing for me is my
closeness to the
almighty the almighty is my
salvation I will always tell of your
Deeds if you can do that if you're able
to find a certain tranquility and
stability when we make so many BAS
during the course of the day and we
suggested that really bras are really
the key to finding that you're making a
br for food you're making a br for a
Mitzvah you're making a br of thanks
which we'll go through in a few minutes
if you're doing that as Ryan had said
which I mentioned in a previous year of
the a time when he came to how I
remember him saying that a person who
says his Bas 100 Bas a day if you're
careful about your bras you bring down
the sh the almighty and the divine
presence is in your setting in your
scenario and that really is a tremendous
help which is being brought here and we
mentioned that ran had said two
beautiful points remember we mentioned
that there was a plague in outwell and
over 100 people were dying a day and
doid was broken distressed and he was
told people are being laxed with their
100 bras meaning the care which has to
be taken interesting said ran it doesn't
say that with the basal the answer which
David was given from shamayim his answer
was be careful with your bras it doesn't
say about tal learning Torah tal is
sortly the most preeminent the most
profound of all mits was K kulam brought
a beautiful Point yes but Bas are vital
Bas are the connection which one has
with the almighty and we suggested from
that episode of the plague of D that if
one is careful with one Bas you have
Divine protection you have security from
the almighty and he mentioned also a
beautiful Point as well which really
goes to to back up and and confirm
almost concrete the idea of whato was
bringing in the following way look
carefully the posk tells us that a me a
person who curses the almighty he's
punished with stoning with
and he has no portion in the world to
come said if that's what happened to a
person who curses can you
imagine the other way around if a person
gives a what security and protection and
what a he receives if he gives a br if a
cursed person who gives a curse gives
that then obviously what happens to a
person who gives
a is even greater than that and that's
the point we brought out the purpose of
the sh week just to go a recap a little
bit and then we'll go on to this year is
to try and give a mindset for all the
Bas that we say and hopefully a person
will have a certain stability by in all
the moods the the highs and the lows
from sukus to to what happened from the
tremendous to and the worry which we
have the anxiety for all the people who
are going through SAS on the other hand
the great Miracles The Humble Elation
that we have if you can be careful with
your Bas I'd like to suggest L di then
you if you have a mindset for your Bas
then you can really carry it through in
the course of the day I must say I
myself preparing this year and giving
this year I found tremendous inspiration
myself the tip and types of BR which
we're
saying we mentioned from the rambam
there are three types of bras the first
is called let's say
a meaning which one
says and we mentioned that the mindset
for these sort of mitzah is as follows
the mindset is on the individual side
the priman had mentioned that the minute
you decide you have an intention to do a
certain Mitzvah you are presented with a
certain with a tremendous light from sh
when you complete the Mitzvah in the
individual way
said you get what's called an on is
motivated from one Mitzvah to another
Mitzvah that's on an individual
scale on a national scale we mentioned
the POS from the nov meaning bosu the
rain and the snow do not go back you
have to listen to the previous share in
order to pick up these points I'm just
recapping a little bit because I think
it's helped with this particular share
the rain and the snow do not go back but
the BR and the Mitzvah do go back
meaning there is something called a
cycle of tremendous prosperity and
benevolence and care when we are careful
with our Mitzvah and our prayer so the
almighty sends the the metaphorical rain
and snow whatever the welfare is the Ben
evence that we need and that is the
point that the mindset behind a for
Mitzvah is the aura of which a person
has and on top of that is the welfare
and the benefit of Cl is we mentioned
the beautiful line of land the in VNA
helps the business in Paris but they
never meet no but you should know the
concept the concept
is there's a tremendous Bond a guarantee
and a connection from one to another
even though you might not meet but you
make tremendous welfare from one Mitzvah
to another one person to another that
was the mindset which we gave
for for food meaning before you eat
something or after you finish something
or you bench or those sort of bras we
gave us a mindset as follows the mindset
was was as follows
the what does a good guest say we
explained there's a good guest a bad
guest and an ugly guest if you listen to
that you'll find the P at the point a
good guest said how much how much my my
host has done for me and a bad guest
said my host did nothing for me an ugly
guest thinks that he after all is the
sadic he is the one who who's done it
because otherwise there will be such
wastage and we explained who's the host
the the almighty is our host and we are
guests here mean whenever you eat
something think of yourself as being
hopefully a good guest you notice you
recognize and therefore the B comes out
with great intention and great sincerity
this particular sh moves on and looks
now at the bras of H of thanks we mean
as follows you know in the morning when
you wake up you say I can open my eyes I
can stand up straight sh didn't make me
into a go all the beautiful Bas which
you say these are
called of thanks and appreciation and
praise is also of thanks the first
three
until really praising and the last three
as well these are all called B of thanks
of praise and Hal as
well what's the mindset meaning which
one should have what should you think
before you're saying a of
a and maybe perhaps we can assume and I
don't know if it's a correct assumption
but if a person is careful of all the
bras of H the bras of praise and thanks
maybe there's a certain piety no there's
a certain a certain ability of a person
who's careful maybe there's assumption
you can make if you're careful with your
the which you say in the morning or when
you go to the bathroom as well after
maybe there's a certain pet you might
assume that in the following way let me
just add a beautiful point of the ab
when the we say matum who releases the
bonds you might think it's C talking
about if you come out of prison and
therefore the chains are released and
you can move around normally but the Abu
Dam says a beautiful point a person
who's able to use his legs properly
their legs are bound up usually but you
can use them a person who can smile a
person who can man a person who can
scream person who can see if you can use
your limbs in a normal way that's called
MIM releases the bond a child namely
with special needs or child made
autistic needs he's bound up he can't
use all his limbs in the regular way and
therefore when we say matum who releases
the bonds my legs work normally my hands
work normally my eyes and my speech
Works normally that's called mat that's
a beautiful point from the Abu but this
assumption I think can be dispelled in a
certain way and I'm coming really from a
beautiful M and really all of this sheer
is based on a m on an exper exposition
by the alter from
Kim who was the great talid the great
student of salant explained as follows
this assumption that we're making of
when you're careful about saying a ofor
you're assuming maybe that's a certain
piety and the alter suggests not
necessarily so really all these bras
which you're saying in thanks for
example use the bathroom or you say I
can stand up straight I can open my eyes
or I can hear what whatever they are any
BR which is said of praise and thanks is
really just a normal behavior and the
alter suggest as follows the alter forc
says in this beautiful way really it's
just normal behavior to say thank you or
to admire something which is very well
done and those are the two normal traits
of behavior the alter explains from
into B and the alar says as follows
those a
says Hashem you should never resist or
limit or hold back in your mercy for
me your kindness and your truth Tommy
will always guard me and the AL explains
this means it's a normal trait to
express a thanks a is it's very well
done everything which you do is
extremely it's perfect it's excellent
the Perfection of everything you do Amit
means those two traits your kindness and
Your Excellence and your perfection to
will always guard me and the alter asks
as follows what is the connection from
the beginning of the sentence to the end
of the sentence meaning from the racial
to the sa the first part of the sentence
says you should never resist your
kindness your mercy from me because your
kindness and your truthfulness Your
Excellence will always guard me what is
the connection if you can hold that in
mind again the question is what is the
connection from not holding back or
limiting your mercy for me because your
kindness and Your Excellence will always
guard me let's explain a little bit and
we'll come back to explaining that
sentence at the end of the
sh the alter is suggesting as follows
recognizing something which is very well
done admiring Perfection is a normal
human trait and also expressing a thanks
is a normal human trait what I'd like to
do this is not what the alter says but
I'd like to extend the idea in a certain
way I'd like to open your mind to this
Theory and then bring you back to the
source of what the alter is referring to
the alter let maybe we can explain in
the following way admiring something
very well done is a normal human trait
supposing you walk into a room and you
see a beautiful painting or a beautiful
picture the normal thing to say what a
beautiful picture what if you it's
normal it's not necessarily a great
quality of piety you recognize people
normally recognize something which is
very well done no if you walk into a you
see a person dressed very well you're
dressed very well it's a normal thing to
admire someone is very well dressed
looks very good if you walk past a
building I remember walking around
Lakewood sometimes with my wife we go
there sometimes for PES and you walk in
some of the house beautiful homes some
beautiful if you see a beautiful
building the only things to stand back
and admire what a beautiful home what a
beautiful Skylight what a beautiful uh
entrance Lobby the normal thing to do is
admire something which is very well done
let's start with this basis when it
comes to a professional for sure who
doesn't admire the expertise and the
Excellence of a
professional I remember in London this
week was the Y site of the great Dr
arler in London and Gold's
green he was a phenomen doctor and there
were stories about him his genius his
Ingenuity in prescription and prognosis
for people who were sick I remember when
I was in gates at Yeshiva I remember
hearing about a certain B in Yeshiva who
complained about his eyesight and he was
completely he was eyesight was going
dimmer and dimmer and he had tremendous
problems he was brought down to London
and he was taken to the famous eye
clinics in Harley Street which is really
a street of specialist medicine in
London and none of the doctors could
find the problem at all and he was
complaining all the time his eyesight is
dimming and diming and he couldn't see
properly they suggest him why don't you
go into Dr Arley he went into Dr Arley
he took one look at him Dr Ary stared at
him and then went like this said you
have dandruff he said to him your
dandruff is getting in your eyes buy a
special shampoo and you'll see you
immediately he was better he saw past
the the the problem he saw IM what the
problem was a phenomenal The Genius of a
doctor to look at a person to realize
what it was it's really the dandruff
which is going inside his eyes and
remember my mother Al sham we didn't
live in London but I remember she had a
friend who was complaining terribly of a
certain pain in her leg so my mother Al
suggested that you call up Dr Adler and
ask him describe the problem to him and
the lady described the problem she
bought a certain cream and immediately
the problem went away the man was an
ingenious in medicine his prognosis his
ability to diagnose something was
phenomenal you see something
professional something which is very the
normal way is to it's have tremendous
esteem and admiration for something
which is very well done I don't know if
you appreciate music but I know there's
something in music called a cadenza you
find that very often in the violin
concerto I think of Max B and Beethoven
all of a sudden the violinist goes off
by himself and plays by himself a
phenomenal piece all by himself there's
a certain piece I remember in the music
of Yanni uh a piece of music called the
storm and the violin it's it's a
phenomenal thing to watch somebody a
professional at work is a beautiful
beautiful thing to see the normal thing
is to admire something very well
done as well if you hear a wonderful
you tell man and say what a wonderful sh
I was very fortunate when I came to live
here in there was
a he would speak on shabas morning I
meant I was breathtak it was phenomenal
his original thought his presentation it
was incredible to listen to he was so
original he was so well thought out and
the delivery was perfect I went up to
him every time I said that was the most
wonderful sh you said you're taken by it
no the normal reaction of a person is to
admire something very well that I
remember his sharing were wonderful his
shabas
morning I miss him terribly here
in now here's the launch now let's move
on now let's move on from to between
ourselves and the
almighty I'd like to suggest as follows
I think this is what the alter means
here when you say in the
morning that you gave me you gave me the
ability to breathe breathing is an
incredible Miracle the ability to be
able to breathe in and out and the air
stays in your body even though there are
so many holes all around your body the
ability to breathe is an incredible
Miracle no it's very well done the
ability to breathe is an incredible nce
incredible miracle I remember hearing
from the great mashon seel Shish he once
explained to us in the Shia that as a
young boy he had tremendous problem
breathing and he once went to a famous
doctor in hadasa in car here in
Jerusalem and complained to him he said
what's what's the matter with me all the
time I can't breathe properly what's the
matter with me and the doctor evidently
who was y turned man and said to him
young boy he said to him you are amazed
why your breathing doesn't work I don't
believe why it does work why not should
you be able to breathe properly you know
it's incredible and therefore when you
say you that I can breathe what an
incredible miracle that is it's not
necessarily A Min it's a normal thing to
I can breathe I can breathe in and out
no it's it's a normal reaction it's not
a it's not a piety let's move on a
little bit if you ever see a child a
little baby just born a newborn you take
one look at the child all the limbs are
there everything the little fingernails
the little ankles the little eyes the
head everything is there it's very well
done it's a normal thing to
say shom what an incredible creation
comes out of a mother's womb and you see
a baby and the limbs are there it's
normal to appreciate it's not a normal
to preach you look at a child who is
born then the child will grow up and all
his features and his functions will work
it's an
incredible it's Norm it's not not and
therefore we're coming on
to the of is not necessarily a great
Miler it's a normal thing to do no there
isn't one living creature who moves
around who can take for granted using
the bathroom everybody has to use the
bathroom even an animal a cat a dog a
human being no one can take for example
for granted MAF lasses to be able to use
the bathroom and
therefore M it's an incredible Wonder
it's not necessarily a trait ofas it's
normal to appreciate I can use the
bathroom properly we're not talking
about great sidas here we're talking
about the normal thing to appreciate to
be able to use the bathroom properly Bo
say look at the Alm might's catering the
catering is incredible you want
vegetables you want fruit you want
grains and anywhere you want to have it
however you way you want to have and the
the food supply which the almighty gives
is remarkable incredible I've got a
feeling that maybe Hashem had in mind Al
no you can't argue about taste how a
person wants them you want it fried you
want it cooked you want it boiled you
want it in ra as it is however you want
it you can make it as however you want
his catering is unbelievable and
therefore it's not AAS to turn around
and say who hath who
M that he's so good to us it's not at
all it's a normal thing to recognize
you're given such beautiful food and the
choice and the selection is remarkable
his menu is unlimited and the vastness
of the food which you can eat it's
normal to bench proper you know it's not
a now this is the point I think which
the alter is
saying there isn't one person I think in
the whole universe who doesn't stand
there and admire and watch the
Brilliance of a sunrise or a sunset no
it's not a great to turn around and
say the sun and the sun rises at the
precise time the Precision of the the
time of the sunrise and sunset and it's
a normal thing to do to recognize the
greatness of the Bria it's normal it's
normal is a simply a normal way of
Behaving no to recognize the beauty of
it or you see some beautiful scene you
don't have to go to Niagara or the Grand
Canyon to see something I myself I'm so
fortunate I live in shees from my porch
from my I look out on the hills of and
you see the Green Hills and you see you
see a
beautiful no it's normal it's normal to
appreciate something which is very well
done that's the normal way of Behaving
it's
at all this is the point I think which
the alter is mentioning to
us is a normal statement of aair you
recognize esteem and something which is
excellent well done maybe perhaps also
on Le when you sit there behind besides
the thanks just when you
say he saved us it was unbelievably well
done each each ma which was
from each one it was very well done that
we came out
of with great property and tremendous
wealth it was very well done and
therefore there's no great trait of
piety I'm suggesting here and therefore
when one comes to something of great
esteem and Excellence it's normal to
turn around and
say I
overo with the ax of your
hand with the actions of your hand I am
Overjoyed says on
that
is a halfway
stage is a completion
meaning I Rejoice the almighty in the
halfway stage you put a seed in the
ground it begins to grow when the tree
comes out with great Blossom and the
fruit comes out that's M when a lady
becomes pregnant that's that's a halfway
stage when eventually comes to when the
child is born then
eventually no it's an incredible feat
when a couple maybe become that's a when
they get married and build a beautiful
home
that's says the I am
Overjoyed with a halfway State when
something reaches completion I'm
overjoyed and that I think is the first
point which the alter is saying it's
normal behavior to appreciate something
very well
done now let's go on to the second trait
which the alar
says it's normal to let's go as on the
same basis move between and then we'll
move on in the following way and this
this is what the alar is saying I've
taken the words of the altar if you want
to look it up it's
in M tesv you'll see it there I've it's
condensed much more but I've opened it
up because I found the mimer so
incredibly inspiring and motivating I
built up on the idea of what the alter
said it's normal behavior to say thank
you to somebody it's it's not it's
abnormal not to say thank you I remember
a friend of mine when I used to live in
Hof told me the following incident he
was coming back from America and the
plane was delayed and he arrived back at
Boran airport at 3:00 in the morning and
when he came out he was so fortunate his
wife was there to meet him and she was
there to take him as he came through the
tunnel with his luggage his wife turned
around and mentioned look there somebody
else coming out who lives on our street
who went over the tax and there were no
taxes there and he was completely bere
he had no way getting home nowhere at
all his wife turned around and said to
him listen there's so and so who lives
on us why don't we give him a ride there
are no taxes sure took him he took his
bags and put in the back of the car and
sat at the back of the car the whole of
the way he didn't say anything at all
eventually they took him from door to
door from benan right to his house I
think Oni I think it was in hanov where
I used to live
there and he told me he didn't tell me
the name but he told me this is what
happened to me at the end when we took
him that we took him straight to the
door he went to got out of the car took
his luggage out slammed the door and
went in the house and never said a word
of thank you not a word and his wife
said turned around to him and said as
follows I either that person has just
suffered an enormous sorah maybe someone
just died or he's unfortunately he's not
normal it's abnormal not to say thank
you to somebody it's a normal reaction
to say thank you it's notas it's normal
to appreciate something which is done
for you no it's normal I think for a
child to appreciate a parent of all that
they''re done it's a normal behavior I
would suggest
also if a person recognizes and
appreciates a Reber or a person who
teaches you something he's lifted you up
he's taken you somewhere in life he's
given you a certain mind set he brought
you into chuba whatever it is it's
normal to appreciate a rebba or a mentor
that you have who's moved you on it's
notas it's
recognition there's a beautiful story
told
of the W of the Washington Heights
community in New York the following
Beautiful episode he learned in the Mir
Yesa and it came to one B manim he
explained and he didn't have any money
to go home he went over to the the
great asked him for a loan for and gave
him certain amount of money as he was
going out of the door he turned around
and said thank you so much and said no
no no you don't say thank you for a loan
it's called ribis you don't turn around
to somebody who lends you something and
say thank you you don't say that you
just take it and and walk away meaning
you don't say thank you because there an
interest aspect of of Interest the
person receiv receives something more
when he gets the item back again he
learned his lesson when he came to the
following man he gave the money back
to a year or two later the same thing
happened again he also needed a he came
into and asked again for G and as he
took the gak he walked out of the womb
as he went out of the womb him one
minute one minute shim come back you
didn't say thank you he said web but
last time when I took a loan from you I
said Thank you and you told me I
shouldn't say than yes of course but
there's something called showing your
thanks no you don't say thank you but
show at least your appreciation it's
normal said to show your appreciation no
it's normal to show your appreciation
it's normal if you've taken that point
now here's the launch now go B
what does it mean what does it mean to
show appreciation maybe in the following
way when you wake up in the morning and
you
say it's normal to and thank you for
waking me up in the this morning how
many people didn't wake up this morning
in the world thank you for giving me
back it's normal to say thank you to be
thank you for all that you did
that's it's a beautiful story told of
about the great po here
in at the end of his life I think he was
over 100 he had a severe heart problem
and they brought in a specialist from
the Cleveland Clinic to do a certain
very technical and intricate heart
operation on rash unfortunately it was
very successful and the Rob lived I
think four or five years afterwards it
was extremely successful after a year or
two after the operation the doctor came
in to have a look at rashev and rashev
turned man to his his grandson and said
to him as follows i' like you to do me a
favor and tell me how do I say thank you
very much to the doctor when he comes to
me and the grandson turns and said Z but
in one minute you don't have to say just
say it in Hebrew and I will translate
for you or some will translate no no no
he said that's not good enough that's
not I have to say the words myself and
he explained why listen to this
beautiful point the Abu dram explains
that when it comes
to when we listen to the sh being
repeated the norm situation is after you
hear the for example you say after you
say but there's
one that you do not
say when we say thank you there's
something
called why don't we just say after
the why do we have to say there's a
special prayer which the congregation
say called because it's not enough to
say when it comes to thank you you have
to say it yourself says reash from there
we learn it's not enough for me just to
have someone that voice the words for me
I must say it myself I must express my
own thanks I must say thank you to the
doctor in my own words it doesn't work
if someone else says it for you isn't
that a beautiful point it's normal to
turn around and say thank you to a
person do you remember the beautiful
episode which I think I mentioned at the
beginning of the year marvelous episode
about the son-in-law of as evidently
every Friday every a shabas he would go
around and visit his sister who was an
Alon a widow who lived on M rashbam
there in benra he would go and visit
every air of shabas one particular air
of shabas he went in there as he went in
there he took his jacket off and gave
his jacket to his sister reiton
bam as he gave the jacket to his sister
the sister saw in the pocket a sandwich
bag she T the sandwich bag out and threw
it in the garbage and said no no no
please don't throw away don't for the G
the sandwich bag an empty small plastic
bag he said she said you don't need it
he said I do need it she pressed I said
why do you need it what do you need the
plastic bag for in your pocket for and
he turned around and said to us follows
listen to the beautiful words of the
Odum godle he said I don't if you
remember 20 years ago I had a stroke I
was unable to put my hand in my pocket I
couldn't put my hand in my pocket but
after the stroke I recovered I can I can
now put my hand in my pocket I kept
there for my own purposes a reminder a
plastic bag so I should never ever
forget that I couldn't put my hand in my
pocket it's my own personal reminder I
don't want to ever forget and therefore
every time I put my hand I feel the
plastic bag and remind myself thank you
thank you for what you've
done says the on those
words is before something
happened is during the actual test
itself I will sing to hasem that he was
kind to me 10 years later 20 years later
50 years later to say thank you and
remember that it's normal it's normal to
say thank you I think that's the point
which we have and that's the lesson
which is teaching us here it's normal to
say thank you to appreciate all this
done for you thank you very much is your
your your well-being to me and your
benevolence to me is overwhelming and
that's the meaning
of I don't know AB I'd like to suggest
as follows today is a of shabas tomorrow
when we say nishmas I'd like to suggest
when you say nishmas think of all the
things that happened during the course
of the week think of how many things
could have happened and things could
have gone wrong and you say Nish it's
called say the words slowly say the
words with intention say the words with
thoughtfulness you say
these that's a normal expression of
thanks I would suggest and you come to
these of all that you've helped me until
now was your
mercy and you didn't leave us is your
kindness please don't leave us ever
normal I'm suggesting to say thank you
to AES it's not it's not necessarily A
piety and therefore these are the two
themes which the alter brings out here
in this in this point here it's very
your very I appreciate all that you it's
very well done Tomy always guard me in
reality says the
out it's very well
done and I appreciate all that you've
done for me and that's the nature of it
it's a normal expression of thanks of
all that you've done I appre it's very
well done it's excellent the breathing
is excellent the bathroom the food
whatever youve done for me it's normal
to express the it's not a
piety and to appreciate it all it's very
normal normal to appreciate something
well done and also to say thank you for
everything there is a beautiful
commentary on
chapter5 into we say it on we say it in
listen to these beautiful words which we
say in Hal and theim explained that this
par per T is actually the appreciation
of the thanks of clel to survive the all
the period that we're going through the
time of great distress and hardship
before the time of the Messiah and this
is what we
sayem it's not us it's not
us because of
you and your kindness and everything is
so well done and that's the expression
of that it's not us we don't deserve any
credit it's all you Hashem and that's
the nature of it it's very well done and
we thank you and appreciate you all that
you've done for us that's the nature of
it I was thinking as I was praying the
Shia perhaps even goes further than that
person is not necessarily limited to in
the course of the day if something
happens it's normal I suppose the ter
say chapter 100 of at any time or
say something happens to you and you
recognized it's Hashem who's behind it
it's very well done and his benevolence
and Welfare was overwhelmingly kind it's
normal to say that if that's the case
RAB say here's the question which we
must answer as follows if as the alter
is saying that to recognize admiration
and esteem something which is very well
done something professional which is
very well and to recognize kind if it's
normal where is the Midas which comes
out where is the quality of piety and
and Excellence which comes out where is
the Mila in a person where is the great
quality of it it's this of course as
follows that you don't mumble jumble or
chant the Bas you say it with meaning
and
understanding when you say a of
thanks I say it with meaning I say it
coherently I say it with articulation
you say it with a passion you say it
with eloquence you say it with great
meaning that is the nature of the to say
a
of it's normal to say I can stand how
you say the that is the point here which
we're bringing out which is the crucial
aspect of it according to the alter is
normal how you say it and what you pack
into it is great it's beautiful when you
say it's incredible the Wonder behind it
all when you say it with meaning and
great devotion and passion then already
becomes a it's normal to recognize
something who how you say the words is
the point behind it all if that's the
case maybe maybe now we can go back to
the sentence which we brought from
chapter 40
into please hasem never resist or hold
back your mercy
to your kindness and Your Excellence
will always guard me this is what the
meaning of the sentences are follows you
take the last part of the sentence and
then reflect it back in the first part
of the sentence because at the end of
the day your kindness and your esteem
and your admiration is so wonderful it
always guards me I'm always held in line
to be normal it forces me to be normal
and therefore since I'm
normal therefore please do not resist
your mercy for the end of the sentence
reveals on the first because I'm always
normal hopefully because I always
recognize things which are very well
done and something which I appreciate
I'm an I'm a if that's the case
therefore therefore I can ask you the
almighty please never resist never
resist your mercy to me and that's the
point which we're bringing out I think
that's the nature of it if that's the
case maybe we can make a certain
here a certain analysis at the end of
this year we mentioned at the beginning
there are three types of bras something
which is said over food you cannot eat
something without making a we mentioned
the previous last time in order to eat
something
otherwise you have no license to eat the
food unless you make
a you're obligated to say the Mitzvah
you
say there's an obligation to
say and therefore the first two
meaning are really an obligation on us
but when it comes to it's all it's all
the the devotion it's everything behind
it all it's all what you pack into it
how you say the b how you say how you
say how you say how you say it's it's
the nature of saying it much more of
course with the other as well but it
comes out so much more so much more
power behind it when it's something like
a which is said with great thanks it's
normal to appreciate something well done
it's normal to express your appreciation
but it's more than that when you put a
pack into it you put the eloquence and
you articulate the words and you say it
with emotion and you say it with a with
a real thanks then of course you come
out to be Aid and a sadic I think that's
the piety which comes out in it
all maybe at the end of these shim which
we said the first one was
Onan this one maybe we can ask a certain
question go back to the incident which
we brought right at the very beginning
of the is of the of the plague in the
time of and you have to say 100 Bas a
day but in another M of the Al he asks
the following question which is a
beautiful point we have in the G in the
aspect of Hal of Jewish law something
called a cloud and a pratt a general
rule and a detail a general rule means
something which is generally explains a
certain aspect of our detail all the
aspects inside the cloud meaning in
reality the general rule is made up of
all the details which go up in the in
the cloud for example if you know the
laws of chabas of bishel of cooking
that's an AAL then you have TOA
subcategories all the details make up
the clown if that's the case ask the Ala
from a beautiful
question if we have something called a
cloud and a pratt in reality why is it
necessary asks the alter to say 100 bras
a day surely you can get away with
saying one BR at the end of the
beginning of the day have a cup of
coffee say Shak and the cloud is the
general rule is it's enough because I've
covered everything Shak
everything is according to his license
to his word therefore I've covered the
bathroom I've covered a cup of coffee
I've covered whatever a mitz surely the
general rule is enough and the answer
which the alar gives I've taken it and
use the Marshall to my own purposes but
really the basis of this Marshall is the
answer to the question why a general
rule is not enough every day you must
say 100 Bas and one is not even though
the general rule includes all the
details it's not enough here's a
marshall which I thought
of an Englishman and American are flying
into heo airport and the as they're
coming down to land the American turns
around and says to the English man
you're English are you so you're English
and he turns around and says beautiful
and you know do you know the queen
Americans ask this question such a
ridiculous question do you know the
queen so he says no I don't know the
queen and then the American turns around
and says this line which often Americans
say they say that the queen of ining is
very rich so the English man yes the
queen is very very rich so the Americans
you know I am from from Texas and I'm
very very rich very rich indeed so the
Englishman turns around and says to him
as follows listen have you ever been to
London before he says no it's my first
time visiting England so I have a
suggestion for you he says to him when
you book into the hotel after you've put
your clothing and you you booked your
hotel room take a taxi and go and visit
something called Buckingham Palace it's
a magnificent Palace in the center of
London the grounds are phenomenal and
the building is an incredible Palace
there take a look and see bucking it's
all owned by the queen now it's the king
but let's say we're the queen it's all
owned by the queen there are no mortgage
payment she's not paying anything for
the for rental there nothing at all it's
all belongs to her M says really I see
and then he says to him when you have
you have a chance go up to a place
called Hampton Court or Windsor Castle
these are castles owned by the queen in
different places around England around
London they're beautiful they're
beautiful beautiful uh castles of Bal Mo
in different parts of places around
England and the queen owns all this
property and the Englishman turn and
says you know it's all owned by the
queen all these different properties and
they're fabulous PA fabulous places
Windsor Castle and the gardens and
everything and a magnificent castle and
then the Englishman turns around and
says to the Texon as follows and
meanwhile when you come back into London
go to a place called the Tower of London
in the Tower of London you'll see all
the crown jewels and they're all owned
by the queen I think they're all stolen
property I know I think the diamonds I
think were taken from India whatever
let's leave that aside for a moment but
it's all owned by the queen and then the
Englishman turns around say by the way
when you walk around the city of London
you should know something most of the
property around the city of London is
owned by the queen it's to the Royal
Estate the Texan then turns around and
says I see uhhuh I I understand so the
Englishman says you see you realize the
queen is is more than just very rich
she's fabulously rich and the Texan
turns around and says yes I realize the
question is as follows what would have
happen if the Tex would have said I am
very very very rich so the Englishman
would said the queen is very very five
five varies you don't get anywhere with
the general War it's only when the when
the American heard the something called
the Tower of London or Buckingham Palace
or Winds of the castle or the Royal
Estate then you suddenly realize only by
the details do you pick on the point the
detail is the intricate point when you
have the details then you suddenly
realize when you put your head on the
pillow at night and you say all the
details it's not enough to say of the
day all the Bas that you said whether
it's a for food whether it's a Mitzvah
whether it's whe the praise whatever it
is they all have to come together you
have to go through every single detail
the impact
of comes out when you've gone through
all the details the details gives you
the real impact and that's why it's
necessary to say the 100 Bas again I
should mention women are not Duty B on
100 and
also both
said woman is not she doesn't have may
she doesn't have Talis or but in reality
to say all your Bas after you've said
all your Bas then you have the impact of
who is who it is who's behind it all and
that's the point the detail will take
you much further
just as I'm saying that I remember an
incident that happened to me how
important the detail is I was with a
group of friends and we were in
Amsterdam and we were taken to a place
called the re Museum which is a fabulous
Museum where they have many original
paintings of rembrand and we were taken
in a room I remember and the room was an
enormous room maybe 10 yards wide I
don't know and at the end of the room
was an enormous picture by Rembrant I
remember was called the night watch and
I walked in with a group of friends I
stood there in front of the picture
about 5 seconds and walked on and the
the guide who was with us turn man and
said young man sit down sit down you
don't just took at the the M watch for
for 5 seconds sit down and look at one
particular Corner look at one particular
point of the painting and you'll see how
wonderful the painting is I remember I
can still remember the face of the
little boy who's looking up a very sweet
child on the bottom left hand corner of
the painting you look at one particular
detail you suddenly realize what a fact
then you go to another detail and I
suddenly realize I don't really have
much appreciation for art it's only when
you see the details of everything do you
pick up the point clearly I think my
that is the nature of every single when
you have all the Bas coming together
then you suddenly
realize who he is who's behind it all
that's the point the details are crucial
and that's the point which we must come
to I'd like to end maybe with a
beautiful passage maybe another time
we'll fill it out in more detail but a
beautiful passage inim
pad which is said on here I know he
notes this well
you go through beautiful passages of the
creation of the
world and
then I don't want to go through all the
paper but there one particular sentence
which I which struck my mind and that is
if a person searches for the almighty
andm the chapter is talking about the
person who's a benalia someone who wants
to grow in tyan Mitzvah someone who
wants to achieve something and become
motivated he
carries he carries he becomes a br
himself isn't that a beautiful thought
he carries a br a person who's careful
with his bras a person who has this
stability I'm suggesting and the
Tranquility of saying
a as we mentioned before if you're ever
thankful if you can keep your bras in
mind and you say them carefully and you
become a br yourself no your life itself
is a br if you're careful with the bras
you become a you carry the BR and that's
that's the great Merit of be careful
with your bras if you say them with
great care I think that rabai is really
the stability which we can find we have
tremendous emotional overloading there's
tremendous Sor on one hand and this
humble relation on the other hand what's
going on
from from the times which we're going
the stress which we're going through if
you can always
remember in order that and all that you
do of all that happens in your life your
it should never be numb it should never
be silent it should never be
dumb I will always give praise for you
meaning if you can look after your
whether it's a whether it's a whether
it's rather not just be normal but say
them with piety withus and say it with
eloquence and passion and expression
then you reach the point
of can you hear what it's saying