Frum...Frum...Noch Kluger Before Mashiach

I remember when I was a child growing up in England and my Bobby, my grandmother used to live with us in the home and I remember she used to come out with different Yiddish lines lines in Yiddish and one of them I remember stuck with me which was a beautiful statement. She said fugger one can be f and very f and extremely f but on top of all your fkite one has to also be clever as well. Then she would turn around and say kug you can be very very clever with all the cleverness you also have to be f as well. I think what she meant is something like this. It's all very well being f and being careful and with all your hummus and all your particular stringentes but you have to be clever as well with with understanding of how to apply all your dish you can be very very clever very clever indeed but if you're not f if you don't have your shine if you don't have fear of the almighty with it all then it really won't work either I remember a friend of mine he's now the mash in Mosha fishman once told me he was once walking down mayor show him and he saw the most horrific incident in front of him. Someone was very very firm but certainly not very clo not very clever. There was a dwarf who was walking along the street. I promise you this was the mice that he saw and your came over to him picked him up and said and put him down again. anything more disgusting in her life. Yes, but no seah. If you don't do that to a person, put him down in the street and having said the mash abos. What a what a ma very firm. Yes, but no not kite. No seal to behind it all. I remember an episode reading about was sitting once at a bitzvah next to the bitzvah boy and on the other side was the father sitting next to them and the washer walked in and as he came to sit at the table in front of he turned around and said to the father of the boy tell me when is the here in the cash here in this hall and he sat down for a few minutes and then he went out and as soon as he went out the zamu went after him afterwards and he let him have it outside the hall. So the Talmud said, "What right do you have to say to if you don't want to eat then don't eat but why embarrass him? Maybe he's a which you don't eat but why embarrass about and to ask him what it is." You don't do such a thing like that. You don't ask if you want to inquire inquire on the quiet but not the person who's making a simra how bad he must feel about it. You hear the point? No, you hear the point. I remember the certain people I'm not talking about joining Davening, but certain people have what's called a townis divor. They don't talk at all. So you go over and talk to them and they go it's an awful feeling. No tis is all very well then you can't do it in public when people talk to you normally. Also making a making a fast as well. I remember reading about he would never make any other fast except for the public fast. That's all he said because I don't have any. It's all very well being but one has to be one has to be clever have say to it as well. And that's what my Bobby meant that I'm f but also with and understanding how to do the mitzvah as well. One can be very very clog very very clever indeed. You can give I know certain people I remember seeing they give a day when it comes to making a what happened to the bra. They're very clue, very clever, but you know, bo is llap and they talk in the middle of dabbing and and they come in late to dabing as well. Very clog, very clever. But where's the US? Where's the clue behind it all? You hear what I'm saying? The point is it's not enough. It's not enough just to be someone who's very form. You also have to have a cloite cleverness about you. A it's not enough to be clog. I think what Bobby meant meaning clever, but at the same time, one has to be f with it as well. Your shine behind it all. We're not mal we're not angels. I'm not saying we're perfect and we all make mistakes. But you hear the point and I think there's a tremendous wisdom behind what my Bobby was saying. In reality I I think is also perhaps there's a positive which we say every single morning. You know the beginning of beginning of wisdom is a good understanding a sensible person. When you do it, you have to do it with a it has to be with understanding with common sense behind it all. Meaning the funkite has to have a clue kite to it and a clite the cleverness has to have also an eosi behind it all. And then I think when I was a little older I remember learning a puk in shia hashirim which really king Solomon said it very clearly as well in the beginning of peric base in hashirim says about you yourself beautiful because of your ancestry where you come from the you come from refers but you yourself are very beautiful as well. Meaning the eyes of a dove as you know are compared to a dove and the vagon explains on that a beautiful explanation. He says as follows there's something very unique about a dove. The two eyes are perfectly symmetrical. They're exactly the same size. They're featured in the middle of the face. One is never bigger than the other. One is never smaller than the other. The eyes are identical in size. says they're going to go on the eyes of one eye is forma for wisdom and one eye is for yam. They must be perfectly measured. If your says they're going to go on more wisdom more than you do have shim. It's called bizuya. It it it's not right. It doesn't appear to be good. It's almost in some ways disgusting. A clever person but it doesn't have enough y. So they go and if you have more fear about you don't have any backing behind it. You don't know the no wisdom behind it. is dalous. It's weak. Hear the point. The two have to come together. In other words, one has to be wise, one has to be smart, one has to be quick and alert to a situation. That I think is the also together with it is wisdom as well. If you don't have the wisdom behind it all, it doesn't work. The two go together. The must go together with the wisdom as well. I think when we come to this situation of what my Bobby was saying after I think maybe we can apply it very well to the situation that we're going through at the moment in Klis the Mashia the footsteps before the Mashiach will arrive and really what I'd like to point it out to you bring it out is a famous comment which was made by Rebelia Lapian the great Bal Musa he said it in London evidently in the yeshiva of when he was there in London. He said as follows. Rebel Elliot said he heard from the from the Khan Basan. Babon Basan had said that he had heard from the in 1920 after the first world war. Kit had said there will be three wars of Gog three wars of GO. What has just occurred nearly the first great war from 1914 to 18 to 1918 said the was the first war of go. The first one we pass the first one he then said in 1920 said Ellia in the name of Bhonum the second one will be in 25 years time and it will make the f the first one look like child's play like misraim an incredible comment which he made so said and the said like child's play if you want to look this up if you have leo on the ino look at the very last ma on paras yo on the very last page What I'm saying is written there that's where I saw it inside there said as follows and then there's a footnote at the bottom that is Alman Meltzer the famous Shiva from Slutzk when he heard this comment of the he went to asked what did you mean what will happen in 25 years time so the like I said it will be like a child's play meaning what will happen will be disastrous will be catastrophic what in 25 years time the situation will be awful horrendous he And he asked what will happen with said I will protect my my city which is for my benefit and also in the meaning to go to on that basis went home packed his bags and as you know he came to be theash in next he was there. He came to live in Israel. The second one happened and then said the third one would be something called after the second one and aime it would be a time of for but from there they will be saved. So he said so he said meaning there will be something called an I don't know what that means. I'm not sure what the reading is whether it means there'll be a war or a time of great difficulty. Certainly what we're going through now is an as what's happening now in England in the anti-semitism in the Iran the problems in America the problems of Kalis the problems of Ben here in as well it's an from there they will be saved so the now if you know was something like a prophet in his times many of his writings he wrote about communism about democracy about Zionism, all the different isms he wrote about them called the Reb said as follows. He made a comment of what the said there has to be something called Moshe. When you have a birth, you have the pains before the birth. The birth pains before the birth will occur. And then he said as follows which I think Rabai the crucial words of Rabana this great prophet in Khalis Rabana said as follows lack mascul only an enlightened thinking person augment a person who thinking person should keep quiet and prepare with great preparation. Maybe such a person will be privileged to see the arrival of Mashiach the is what had said look carefully isn't that the meaning of it mascul a masculism a thinking person a thinking person the milon in mish if you look at the beginning the milon explains hasll [clears throat] means successful successfully well third out correct in their thinking remember at the end of parasi after the awful of the college in order that you should be successful. The definition of a is well thought out as my Bobby had said you have to be a clever alert awake sensitive to what's going on in the situation. I think that's what really what it's all about. Meaning in the times of the way that saw it in the times of how do we possibly survive this third war whatever it means what the s meant I don't know many of you have to be a mascul understood exactly what the s was saying you have to be a thinking person you can't be a drifter not an apathetic person who just drifts on and on and never thinks about what's going on in the world you have to be a thinking person let me explain to you who I don't think a masculine I don't necessarily a mascul necessarily a wash doesn't have to be a great saddic a great vital doesn't have to be a great doesn't have to be a great person who's finished shass no who is an ask it's you and me every normal person I think you don't have to be particularly great one thing you do have to do is you have to be a thinking person you have to be alert to situations which are going around you can't just drift and that's the meaning of a kluger mention alert sensitive to the surroundings which are going to be a masc person. We can ask maybe a question. What did mean when he said the words to keep quiet? I think it's a little like the reference do you remember which we saw in Paris Schmini when Aaron lost his two sons he kept quiet. I remember hearing from the great rashes Aaron Lansski Lupansski he came to Matvish recently he said a beautiful explanation is not the same as to keep quiet means you have something to say but you don't say it is acquiescence I don't understand what's happening here what happened with my two sons he didn't have an answer he didn't have an answer you think things which are happening you don't understand what happened in the in the Holocaust What happened with great now in the soldiers who were being killed on October the 7th? We don't understand these situations. Diamonds, diamonds have been lost to Clalis in families in Kalisel and the amount of sacrifices people made. People are injured, families are broken situations we don't really understand at all. But yet and prepare, be ready, be prepared because it's in his world. It's not that we understand the situation going on at all. It's something which is beyond us. Maybe we can explain it in the following way. I remember the great washiva from Nar Feldman came along recent about two or three years ago and he spoke in my mish and he said as follows. It's a mamm I think from the ram khal in d hashem the rams himself says as follows a fetus in time the mother an embryo inside the mother has his two hands on his temples and bowing down the profile of a baby inside a mother is like this hands down hands on the temples and the head down it means as follows says and the mal also explains as follows like this means a thinking person with anova with humility you're bowed down says the Raal that is a profile for the rest of one's life for 120 years to retain that profile that status of a thinking person with a novela with humility behind them I think that is a definition of what we mean here to be a thinking person to to try and work out what's happening here not just to drift along and that's the be prepared because we don't know what's going to be in this situation of a mime don't know what how it will be but we certainly have to be accord person who's alert and thinking person who's aware of what's going on in clis what's in the circumstances we're going through under those circumstances what I'd like to do is to give you two really case studies what I believe liti are the definition of a mascul there are many many points which I could like I'd like to go into maybe the the tremendous prevalence there is of gashmas of materialism in the world the care one has to have of the internet you remember where mattis Solomon gave this city fields assembly to people be aware of the technology and the problems of the internet. There are many issues. I chose two issues which I think are very crucial and vital in the concept of being a mascul one is mo and one is and these are the two areas which I think perhaps we can try and excel when it comes to being a thinking person. Let's begin with a role model of somebody who I think was the greatest mascul of all. Do you remember the episode at the beginning of Shmo Alfres after David had killed Golas? He then was very famous. His prestige was enormous. a gib a mighty warrior and people were singing the praises of Davidid says the after that mascul David was called a mascul meaning wellought out successful in his thinking David realized what was going on in the world and he he understood he had a tremendous I wonder if that's the reason why whenever we want to approach the kiss to ask for We use his words. Why his words? Why do we use the words of David? Why specifically him? If you notice this morning in ding nearly all the words are taken from from David except David is the spokesman for us. We use his words. His words are what we use to approach the I remember I was very fortunate when I used to live in how north. I gave a shia for women. We've completed nearly almost all of safer was in the house of a great lady. Her yacht site was this week. Rebbitson Vulk Hovich. She later married the Boston Rebi Rebbitson Vulk Alan in her house and we went through every week a different pay. It was wonderful. I remember pointing something out after we'd gone through about 50 or 60 proim of Tahillim. You one thing you notice very clearly in in Tahillim. There are many different moods. There's a mood of thanks, mood of appreciation, mood of joy, mood of great sorrow, mood of great bitterness, mood of sorrow, many different moods which you have. But you never find the end of a chapter in him a disillusionment, a depression, a yush. He never give he has solace but never is there a yush. It's the end I cannot carry on. And David as you know had tremendous challenges, tremendous difficulty in his life. You don't find that interim was a mascul with all the difficulties that he went through he carried on and we use his words always to approaches under that circumstances. Here's the example 142 which we keep on saying when David was inside the cave he turned around and said with his enlightenment is the avoid of if you remember the scene what had happened Shaw was chasing after David with 3,000 soldiers and he was in mortal danger he ran down to ai ran inside a cave and as soon as he ran inside the cave to hide A spider came and made a web in the back of the cave. And the soldiers came and inspected who they were looking for David. And they saw there's a web. There must be nobody behind it. A few minutes later, Shaw came in to relieve himself. David was behind the spider's web and Shaw was in front of him. And he saw that was the situation. Shaw was looking after David was chasing after him with 3,000. All the king's horses and all the king's men were chasing for David. And there he was right in front of him. It's almost ironical the scene. Schul was trying to kill David and then he was at the mercy. He didn't realize Schul he was at the mercy of David. David could have killed him in one second in front of him. He was right there in front of him. He didn't touch him. And David then came out and said the words nothing helps a person more when he was inside the cave is with all the king's horses and all all the armaments. All you have nothing really helps more. We're learning that nowadays. You can have all the armaments from President Trump and everything and all the right soldiers of the right air force and everything but nothing helps as much as filler says the medal is shame hashemic a tower of strength shame hashem is a tower of strength runs to it and he's uplifted uplifted and therefore if we understand this per correctly we can learn from this The sepo the great rishan explained as follows this scenario of Davidid inside the cave hiding there it was Davidid running away as a fugitive but in reality says the pona it's also the pulse of kalisel in the times of the mashik whatever is said inside this kashmar whatever is written inside this per is a fortune a pro a a a prophecy of what was going to happen in khalis Is this in the time meaning that's what it means and therefore the sipon says this pay is specifically relevant to the times that we're going through that's what we say that's the idea behind this pay here and therefore what the first point of a mascul is a person has to become very adept and very qualified when it comes to prayer you cannot leave prayer at these times a person can be very so disillusioned situations which are coming out in cloud if you don't have this tower strength in front of you then you you can be lost you can be completely disillusioned one has to have I'm suggesting at these times the expertise the ness of being able to dab them properly in front of bolum you remember the scenario we can bring out maybe I don't know if um you remember the scene but when uh the situation of of prayer what does it mean by prayer you have to know how to dab you have to understand understand clearly dabbling cannot become a sardine slot. Meaning you can't squish dabing in between I'm I'm going out now. I'm making a phone call. I have five minutes for you must give prayer a time. You must be able to say the words articulately and eloquently to be able to say the words properly. In other words to it is a is a necessary you must have it time. You must give it patience. Give an opportunity in order to daven. So you are my refuge. You are my salvation. And if one doesn't tap on to this you can lose the whole connection which you have with at such times of stress and chaos and going on one has to become aware and alert of the which there is behind it all. There's a beautiful passage if you want to look it up in in the brings down there as follows a beautiful setup he explains as follows. A person can make tremendous efforts and greatadas in order to succeed in a certain area maybe for a certain shak for a certain job to look for a certain house and you look whatever you can and then the whole thing collapses and falls away from you. What happens here? It wasn't because of lack of effort because didn't want it to happen. One has to appreciate of all the efforts that you make at the end of the day the most important avoid is the there's a beautiful passage which is brought down at the end of the gid right at the end of the of base the men of Alexandria turned around to Ben Khan and asked questions they said rebby rebi how does a person possibly become a rich man said Ben Khan then you be honest in business don't lend in ribbis be honest and unscrupulous in integrity in business. They turn and said baby many many people have been like that and they they they haven't made a penny. They're still bankrupt. They haven't got a money penny to their name. Said then you have to you must dab for it how can you possibly become a so they said you have to send spend time learning in the in the give time for learning. They said many people sat and learn and they still amat and they don't know anything. You hear the point as another question. How do you have a wonderful family? A family who you're proud of with he said marry a wonderful woman with good mid and act with kadusha and sneers with your wife. Said many people did that and they don't have a family who they're embarrassed about what can it be said. Then you have to dab them for children as well. You have to dab them everything behind it all. And that really I think is the the message which we have in that's the mascul mascul realized of all the circumstances and take it into the prophecy especially in the times that we're going through now person must have the ness the expertise the skill of being able to dam properly what's behind it all behind it all maybe is the last person at the end of the chapter says there All is I'm not dabbing to you so that I can sit in a deck chair and relax at the end. No, I want to be able to thank you and praise you afterwards. When I have a difficulty and I have a challenge, I'm turning to you as my source of refuge and at the end I will thank you for it all. That's the point behind it all. Isn't that really the status which we learn so well? We understand it so well when it comes to no turn around and say what should we do when it's a day of judgment. and see panos health everything is open in front of us. What is the best thing we can possibly do? Best thing we can possibly do is to dav. Why? Because davening has the ability to be a pitchfork. It turns over a situation. Remember the beautiful guma in suka. The gumar explains as follows. It's compared to a farmer goes down into the field and he sees that the wheat on top is dry and the wheat underneath is wet. He takes a pitchfork and flips it over. In Hebrew it's called an atar a pitch. It turns over a situation. Remember when was dabing for fork for a child he appealed to he intreated she couldn't have a child and then the next person sayska became pregnant and had a child. He intreat he dav is a pitchfork. It turns over a situation from one situation to another. And that is the reason why we dab on because no is greater than that is also a great mitzvah but to has the ability to turn over sit has the ability turn over situation and that's the point which we're bringing out here and therefore the first point I'm suggesting a person who is an enlightened person realizes between myself and the almighty I must have the expertise and the ness the skill of being able to dab them properly that I think is the first theme. The second theme which I'd like to bring to you which I think is what meant is something which we find every single Shabbat before Yamip in the Shabas between the para is always parasu remember in the middle of parasu which is really the final warning which Mosha gives to he tells them be careful what I'm telling you is not something empty be careful how you behave and inside the sh is one of the particular particular phrase which I'd like to opin on. So remember the days of the world and understand what has happened in history. One has to have a certain understanding and clarity of what has happened in the history of Kalisrael. And I would like to suggest maybe that there's one particular period in Kalisrael that we learn so sharply and with almost a tremendous rebuke what does it mean the relationship one particular period there's within a few years of each other there was two horrific indictments which were made against Khan Israel within a few years of each other let's take the first one this week will be lagbo when the didn't die they stopped dying 24,000 Talmida and they all died in the period between they stopped dying when it came to shalom they never acted with respect from one to another what does this mean here since when is a person has a death penalty because he doesn't act with we know it's for idol worship or immorality or or or murder since when is a person liable for his life because he doesn't act with I remember hearing from vula the in the yeshiva he once explained the reason why co is they were tid of the great reba was the leaka really was the key the pin in the masurus in the tradition other words from moa to yeshua yeshua to zakim zakanim all the way down to rabaka and then all the talian were then lost they're lost completely there was No more Tyra. The world became desolate. That would be the end of Tyra. The end of the tradition in Israel. What happened? Because they never acted with cover. The meaning is as follows. There is one clay. There is one tool in which you hold all the powers and the the importance of the spiritual matters and that is the main receptacle in which you hold it's how do you measure this the value of a dress how do you measure the value of a car how much it's worth no money materialism is measured by money spiritual matters are measured by something of co they never had the clay mid they didn't have the tool in which to hold all theness that they learned they learned to but there was something missing here there was no action of that's an enormous indictment against in Hebrew it's called there was something wrong in their human relationships between each other what happened here they didn't act with respect my question always is on that gamo is where was the rebba where was aa why didn't he pull them up I don't know if that episode happened in one year. If it happened in one year, there were over 700 funerals maybe in each day, which is an incredible. Where was the Reba? Why did Rebaka say anything to them? Where was the Reba here? Why didn't he Why didn't he pull them up? And you cannot say that was a type of who came in the gab and had no connection with them. It's not true. We know he ate with them. He slept with them. He talked with them all the time. We know different m which are bought down brings down. When a person takes a drink, a person shouldn't swill the whole thing down. Why not? Because it's a glutton who takes it like that. Where do we learn it from? Maybe a ka ate with a talum and he taught them how to eat with etiquette. In other words, he was he was close with them. What happened here? Maybe you can say something like this. This shalom they didn't act with between one another was something was hidden. It was something deep down. They didn't recognize the importance of another person that the human being behind the person. I think that maybe he wasn't to know otherwise I I don't have an answer for it. What happened here? A tragic a tragic situation a horrific indictment against Israel. So we have to remember this is the period which we have a period of mourning m it will end now and this week on Tuesday when it comes to but they all died brings out an horrific comment. He says as well in reality first days y should have been pes a last days y a shab the seven weeks of between are supposed to be like a like a y in between what happened here because the died we don't get married we don't shave we don't listen to music it's a mini morningour morning here the days got changed because of the how important it is that's the first indictment that we see secondly A few years later, we know the second Bitus was destroyed for one simple reason. Why? Because of sin. There was mindless hatred between people. Says the Gmor Intest explains the first Bikdash was because of a zora idol worship and immorality and murder between each other. But in the second BD, they all learned to and there was and there was also everything was right. They dam properly. But there was sin. But how can that possibly be says the from he asked a question in the beginning the hakda of safe says as follows how can we possibly be it doesn't go together something was crucially wrong here and therefore I'm suggesting this second indictment really is quite similar to that of the few years later the the mikdash after the time of the a few years later it occurred same indictment which is such a crucial point we have to pick up on the brings down as follows. What does it mean that there was a situation where there was and they were going and then says as follow these are the words he cannot stomach such who learn to who properly who are busy with it can't be like that it can't be they don't it's not a it doesn't go together like that and that was the reason why there was and therefore If we're saying we're coming to the time of an enlightened person who's alert who's alert to the time of the period of the we're still living under that under that indictment the it's still pending against us. No, there's still no BA mikdash. We're still loving under the living under the situation of of sin. There's still no bases mikdash here. It's a pending indictment against us which is still there. Therefore, we have to straighten this out. We have to be alert to our relationship. We brought recently in a previous Shia some time ago the beautiful comment of the he asked them go out and see which is the right way a person should behave. And each came one said, one said, one said be a good neighbor. And then eventually said a good heart. And the chorov had a beautiful comment about that. The chov said as follows. Zakai lived at the time before the mikdash destruction of the second basikd. He knew there would be a long exile and he prepared them. So when you go out into exile when you leave this spiritual reservoir of the va mikdash and you go out into exile however long which quality do you need most of all you need a le a good a good heart how you relate to somebody else that's the point behind it all if you don't have that then you're missing the the key behind it all and therefore one has to be a masculine understanding I'm suggesting is the prayer between man and his fellow man is the urgency and the severity of knowing how to relate to somebody else. I would like to make a suggestion. What is really our problem when it comes to something like uh and this mind? Why is there still sinners in Lani? In my humble opinion, I believe it's something because of this. We live in a certain like sectarian type of life. I am like this and somebody else is different from me. We're not able to recognize differences in a community. But if you look at the beginning of Khalis, there were always 12 tribes moving different from Shiman who was different from Isra who was different from God. Everybody was different. We're not capable of recognizing that the a person behind the doctrine behind the meaning we we are short in that basis. We're not able to divide and it's almost something we recognize only of my type but someone else's type. He's a safi, he's a kabad, he's a breastla, he's aid, he's a litback, whatever it is, what we're not able to bridge that gap between the two. I'm suggesting that's one of the basic problems with let me share with you a beautiful incident too which I remember hearing about from the satarbi the satarbi evidently as you know was fire against zionism. He was fire. He was livid. He He didn't have any tolerance at all for Zionism, for the Shitta. But it was well known. Everybody knew, anybody who turned up to his house for any sort of uh support, whether it's emotional support, financial support, spiritual support, he gave everybody the same smile and the same care and the same as attention. It made no difference to him. A yudi was a yudi. His principles, how he lives by, he couldn't he had no for the The person that sell the Yehoodi behind it all was the crucial point by him. That was the greatness of the satbi. You're right in the in the policy he disagreed with that. But the y is a person is a person behind it all. That's the quality. That's what we're missing in our times. Beautiful story told about um Babutna. In the times of Babutna, you probably know the prime minister in Israel was golder. Golden Maya had no time at all for yeshiva's fora. She had an aversion to anything to do with and at all. And Raortner once turned around and said as follows. If Mrs. Mayor would walk into my room at the moment, I wouldn't even stand up for her to show respect for her public office. I don't recognize it. She who she is a prime minister, I don't recognize it. But if she would turn around to me and say, "Rabbi, I need a bit of help. I need a loan or I need help with the shitter." I will do my utmost to help that person as much as I can. You hear the point? There's a difference between the recogn the policy the and who the person the individual is the most important thing. Isn't that really the crux of it all? That's where we go wrong. The bay is the yudi behind it all which we're missing here. Evidently they say that the kousenber the great rebber who suffered so much during the war in the camps and he lost all his family. He lost many of his talum. Later he came to Natania and started Kirat Sands tremendous organization of the Clausenberger. He evidently said a remarkable comment a startling comment. He said I miss one positive feature of the camps. What did he mean? He said as follows. This is what I miss. We were all standing there in front of the cruel guards in in the camps there and these cruel harsh evil people in front of us. It made no difference if you were rich or poor. It made no difference if you came from a famous family or you were nobody. It made no difference if you were or a person at the beginning. You didn't know much to at all. It made no difference if you're a professional doctor or a labor. Make no difference who you are. All of us were unckempt with a shaven head. All of us and wearing the prison stripes. That's all the these rags that they gave us. We were all the same. I miss that quality that everybody is the same. I think the Clausenberger guided his life on one eternal truth. The truth was the most important identity of audi is his holiness the that's the point to recognize that I think that's what we're missing here the recognition that's the indictment of the verb and I think also the as well it was missing something was missing there and therefore if we're going to follow the advice and the beuga mench not just for but as well to be alert and sensitive masid One has to stop and think to myself, how can I possibly make my connection with the Almighty in prayer? And I must think about the words, say the words properly with care and not make a sardine slot. Make it make the most of my prayer. Use the time in the best possible way and become an expert in prayer. That's bin between man and my fellow man. Look at these two horrific indictments against Khalisa. 24,000 talid. They all died. How can that be? didn't act with respect to each other and then a few years later how can it be according to the can't stomach with people who who learn who are so acting but there's mindless hatred between them it can't go it doesn't work like that and therefore that is the meaning I think of what a mascul is like my Bobby said the clo and on top of it all if we can learn that point I think then we can really achieve something and be what's called a masculine in these times I think of the mash I'd like to share with you just an incident my wife told me about it recently she heard about a a girl in seminary a beautiful story who left eritz soil went back to work in I think in flatbush in New York she trained in a certain profession and at the end of her training she found a job And the job really wasn't anything special for her. A very poor salary and she really didn't feel accomplished by the job that she had. She had worked. She was an excellent girl in the ceremony. She came back and and she couldn't find much of a job and there were no shid coming out poor. She was in her 20ies. Nothing was happening for her and it was very poor. And she had a job which she had no real satisfaction from. One day evidently she saw a notice in a newspaper. It's a story which happened I think just maybe a few months ago. She saw a notice in a newspaper of a job which she thought that would be perfect for me. It's exactly the sort of job I'm looking for. The pay was I think double what she was receiving. She said if only I could get this job. She called up and asked for an interview. And she was so excited. This is the job I really need. This is the job. It will open me up give me an opportunity. Maybe inim as well I have an opportunity as well. Maybe I'll have finances from it all. And she was prepared to go to the the interview the following day when they called up. The night before the interview, a friend of hers called up and told her she was talking to Anmuzzing on the phone. She said to her, you know, the friend said to the seminary girl, you know, I saw a notice in a newspaper about a job. I wish I could get the job. She said, oh, it happened to be the same opportunity as the seminary girl had seen. And she turned around and said to as follows, you know, I really hope I get my job. My husband is in learning. He's a coing man. We have two children. We have no money whatsoever. I really hope I get the job. Well, she heard about it. She didn't say anything that she was going for the interview as well. The next day she turned up in the morning. She went through the interview and it was Alf ace. She was perfect. She was fabulous. She was sure she would get the job. We went on very well and then she got on very well with the interviewer. The interview went perfectly well. At the end of the interview, she then turned around and said to the person who was interviewer, the the personnel officer, you know, I really hope I get this job, but I must tell you something. You have another girl, another woman who's coming in this afternoon for the job as well. I want to tell you, I would love to have the job myself, but there's only one position. I would like to ask you, would you please give it to her rather than me? She's a married woman with a husband who sits and learns to and they have two and they have no money at all. It's better if you give it to her than give it to me. That's what she said. She walked out of the office and she almost kicked herself. Why did I say such a thing? I did the right thing. I know I did the right thing, but why did I say that? I'm losing my opportunity myself. But she thought to herself, I did the right thing. I was pleased with it. And in the end, her friend got the job and she was very successful in the job. And meanwhile, she was left with her old job with a with a poor pay. And she carried on. She carried on. There were no shid coming in. About a 3 weeks to a month later, a call came in for shid for her. It so happened to be probably one of the best, whatever that means, the best b, but a perfect baka was learning in yeshiva, I think, in Lakewood. And it was ideal for her. This shid it was a wonderful family. Her family was a they weren't anything special. Her father was a balabos and a wonderful family but nothing towards her where this baka came from. And the shid was suggested. She went out with the baka and they went out a few times and they liked each other very much and they decided they'd get married. They decided they'll make her ain. At the time of the aisin the girl turned up at the aisin and met the ba's mother and it happened to be exactly the woman who was going interviewing her. She said why this is you? She said, "Yes, I'll tell you why. I want to tell you my son had the best possible opportunities. But when you turned around to me and said at the interview, give it the job over to a friend, I said to myself, I want you to be my daughter-in-law. I would like you to be the mother of my grandchildren." A such person with such beautiful qualities and such mas, I chose you and I want you to marry my son. And it was a wonderful, wonderful shid and they lived happily ever after. Isn't that a beautiful story? Meaning a person who gives up for somebody else to stand aside stand aside for somebody else. Isn't that really what it's all about? To consider somebody else and think of someone else's needs. Oh boy. Sai I thought I'd leave you with such a beautiful story and that the sugar went ahead and they got married and everything worked out well. You see what I'm saying? To stand aside to think of somebody else. What a beautiful m it is. We should be to become all of us. We should grow and whatever these times are we should be saved only a thinking person who's alert keep quiet as said maybe we'll be to see the but like my Bobby said we have to be for the two have to go together there has to be which is a and say the two of them together gracious. I wish you all a good chabas for