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How To Pray During Days of Mashiach | Pslams 142
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it's this she is actually a sequel to
The Shear from last week if you remember
last week we spoke about the forecast of
the which laion had said had said there
will be three Wars of gogu Magog and the
last one he explained would be an a time
of difficulty and stress for clis which
is really what we're going through at
the moment and then the said but from
there they will be saved and then we
mentioned who had said as had explained
that only a thinking sensitive person at
such a
time should be quiet and quietly
prepared in great
preparation maybe such a person will
be those are the words of and we explain
that definition of a mascal is somebody
who has successfully thought out he
understands that he is running the world
remember we also brought down from
the the rain and the snow do not go back
but certainly the BR and the and the toe
which one does and that really is the
cycle of prosperity and benevolence and
Welfare from sh we sendas and Hashem
sends gmas that's the way and then we
mention at the end the famous prognosis
of v v had said in the times of theim
like Rashi and the rambam that the main
AV was certainly a of to and to was the
main essence of their lives but then
said in the times of I the m in the
times of which we're going through now
he said that there would be something
the more the preeminence would be of
would almost take over we asked the
question of course P brought out
that certainly is more important than
and he explained that it's something
like the person decides on for example
to sit learn the whole day long and
doesn't hear the Chau he's negligent
because the Torah obligates him the MIT
the day itself is a day of Chau and
therefore the mitz are the Mitzvah you
can't neglect that you have to of course
to Tam is important as well but at the
same time it's the Mitzvah finger on the
pulse want to feel understand the
Mitzvah of of of of similarly we walk
down as by way of an analogy the same
way is by of
course is very important but there's
something very real and something very
special which is the spirit of the day
which we're going through now meaning
the times which we're going through now
is one has to turn to and is the main
Ava remember we mentioned also in per
124 at the end of that which talks
about which
is must turn to and that is the real
help the Yeshua
this per turns and brings an example
from toim from DAV of per 142 K Bas kman
Bas is
Mas when David was inside the cave he
turned and turned and andiz the
importance and the importance of of
davening in order to really take out all
the momentum of this she what I'd like
to do is give a little bit of a
background so we can understand maybe a
bit of a portrait who was DAV and what
was he going through when he said this
pay
we have to really begin from the time
when he had killed golius doid and he
became famous as a famous warrior he
killed the giant of the pishin but after
that he never gained any of The Prestige
of the Valiant Warrior what happened was
he then had to go on the run as a
fugitive running away from sha who was
trying to kill him and he was in
tremendous mortal danger even though he
had TR reached tremendous Fame in Al
Israel but he had to run away because
sha had wanted to was Tred to
assassinate him and kill him and what
happened was there was a banquet
ofes which David was supposed to come
and play music at the banquet and he was
scared since he was aware that Shaw
wanted to kill him he asked yonas and
his friend to go in and sit at the
banquet and test the mood of his father
to see how the land lies jonis went in
as we know sha was very angry that doid
hadn't turned up and he swore at at
yonis and doid then yison realized that
certainly his father was still angry
with him and he had made a PCT with
David that he would then come out into
the field and shoot arrows and the posk
says if the arrows went beyond a certain
Ro it was a sign to David that he must
run away if the hours were in front of
the rock then certainly doid could come
closer and doid yis shot the hours
Beyond The Rock and immediately he
realized he was in tremendous danger and
they met they said goodbye to each other
and D had to run away he ran away from
Yim to a place called no no Wasim a
place where the kohanim lived when he
actually arrived there he was in a
situation of bulus bulus means about to
die of starvation yonis had forgotten to
give him food on the way and from there
we know the important mits was always
giving somebody food when they leave
your house certainly when they travel
away somewhere should give to and he
forgot to give that yonas and didn't
give him and as a result when David
arrived in the which was out of no
choice even though he wasn't a he ate
from the him from the food of
the he had no choice he had to eat from
there and he stayed there in N and then
what happened was that do who was the
ABB St saw doid there and reported back
to show where doid was immediately do
had to run away from no and he ran away
to a place called Gat which is by the
pan which is by Aza which we know today
he went and stayed there and he lived
there for a certain amount of time until
aishat discovered that this was the man
who had killed his famous warrior golus
so he organized to kill David and the
only way David escaped from there was he
pretended to be a mug he dried from the
mouth he wrote on the wall and he made
himself look an absolute fool it so
happened that had a wife and a daughter
was also muga and he turned around and
said I need any more M and he left D
alone and was able to escape from there
he ran away from Gat after that I just
want to trace the steps is all these are
in sh Alf the beginning of sh Alf he
then went to a place called adulam the
caves of adulam he was on the Run he was
a fugitive and there the POS says he
looked after 400 Muk 400 people who were
broken who had no Muzzle in their life
who were broken had no money had no Naas
no family no pannosa nothing to do
nothing at all and he looked after like
a father figure such a beautiful
portrait a caring caring person he
looked after all these 400 people and
people had no no success or happiness in
his life scha knew where he was then he
had to run away from there and he ran
away to a place called mitz moav where
actually he put his parents there and
the parents stayed there and then the
parents were killed there there was a
certain substitutes there and he ran
away from there to a place called The
Forest of clay The Forest of clay is
nothing grows in clay clay is Barren
there was no vegetation no protection
for him nothing at all and he had
nothing at all from there we have the
most beautiful P perhaps
into such a beautiful pay ofus to B even
though he had nothing he wasn't
hallucinating there but he felt as if I
was by Lush pastures and water and a
beautiful scene of Tranquility but he
wasn't tranquil but because of his b he
had tremendous tranquility and jonis
actually found him there and brought him
food and looked after him you made
little fine sh was running after him
with 3,000 soldiers he then ran away
from there and went to a place called
Kaila Kaila was a city that was being
attacked by the pishin he saved them and
then they reported straight back to scha
unbelievable betrayal that they went
back and told sha where he was and he
had to run away from there if you look
in the life of D there were so many
scenes where people who were close to
who betrayed him do a also his son abom
and people of Kila and continually he
was being betrayed by people he went
from Kaa and ran away to a place called
M midb and midb there were two mountains
which were there he escaped one of those
scenes I remember reading it in sh Al it
was almost like Captain Mouse D is were
on one side of the mountain he was
running on The Other Side of the
Mountain he was in tremendous mortal
danger he then darted down to the yam
and by AI he ran inside a cave and here
we have this payor this is the payor of
this pay paye I suggest actually in this
year if you take out AUM this she is
quite textile I'm going to go through
the and show you differ from the this is
where we have
the when he was inside the cavea he
realized the importance of he realized
the what the value OFA was was what
actually happened was David had gone
inside the cave and as soon he was
inside the cave a spider came and made a
web right in front of the cave so it was
clear there was no one else in there sha
then came inside to relieve himself and
Sh was on one side of the spiders web
and dois on the other and then David
said in reality there's nothing more
than helps a person than prayer meaning
in reality the irony of the situation
sha thinks I'm at his Mercy but in
reality he's at my Mercy I could
actually kill him and he said even
though he has all the king's horses and
All the King's Men He has everybody with
him but nevertheless he's really at my
Mercy as well and David made this
beautiful statement at the end of the
day nothing helps a person but the the
power of a person's prayer that he has
and that is the great support and the
butus that doid have he realized prayer
will help him above all the medes brings
down on this P such a beautiful P from
Mish MD shame
hasem shame Hashem meaning is a tower of
strength and a sadic runs to it and he's
uplifted he's elevated he's inspired and
that's what he meant the lifted him up
and inspired him m a tower of
strength he saved from there and we see
here from this situation here in this
POS we learn the enormous profundity
that there is in prayer what prayer is
prayer is a support for a person that's
the great support that he had in reality
we know for sure kazal learn out this
beautiful Rashi in by yam when clis came
to the
yamu they snatched and grasp the
profession and the exper of the and we
know for
sure the prayer and that was the
phenomenal K which D realized he
snatched also the omness the profession
the expertise of prayer and he daved
there inside the cave I think it's
phenomenal if you think about the
circumstances doid was in Mortal danger
and outside inside the cave there were
3,000 soldiers looking to kill him and
these words were composed inside the
cave behind the spider's web that's an
incredible situation here unbelievable
calm and and ability to compose such a
beautiful peric of prayer inside while
he was inside the Cave the POS inside
the cave he composed it there is
actually a beautiful medish and the
medish brings around just an interesting
point the doid once complained to the
almighty and said as follows I don't
understand why you created insects and
creepy call is and also why people have
to be muga why you have to have what's
the need in the Bria and B turned around
and said you'll see one day you yourself
will be so dependent on it he es he
escaped from Gat because he Beed mug
there was a need for that he managed to
escape because of that and certainly the
spider made the web for him and
therefore he saw himself that everything
in the world has a purpose to it and
there's a need for it even though he
himself didn't realize at the time but
the limit that we take out of this first
posk is the enormous reserves of
which a person gets it lifts him up a
tower of strength a MD and that's what
David said inside the cave I have my I
have my prayer even though everything
else seems to be abandoned and I have no
no support system but I do I have Theon
my tower of strength comes from the
almighty and that's what he was saying
here sha was inside the cave relieving
himself and the 3,000 soldiers outside
and he stood there and made this
beautiful composition of prayer what I'd
like to try and do in this Shia is to
try and bring for you all the different
points which come out from the but
before we go through it I'd like to give
you an point of introduction which we
see in the commentary of the seoro on
this per the siono says David inside the
cave was certainly a fugitive and he was
desperate and on the run from schol but
at the same time he felt the pulse
ofes of the the times that we're going
through now in other words it was a
realistic scene that he went through but
at the same time the mood and all the
the Imp implications and all the
inferences that we learned from the per
was actually also a a prophecy of David
of what CL will go through in the times
which we're going through now
as and this is the prayer which is made
and therefore there's tremendous
relevance of this per to the times which
we're actually going through now we are
such b Bim o we're inside the cave in
the cloud soil and Times of vict of the
m in a similar situation David sense
that and therefore the points which
we're going to bring out in this year
are very relevant to the times that
we're going through after the war and
and everything that's going on in and
the anti-Semitism which is going on
around the world
is remember the
words from there they will be
saved
mention only a thinking sensitive person
mentions in Mishay the meaning of the
word a mascal is someone who
successfully thinks things out he has he
has Divine assistance in the way he's
thinking and that's the beauty of this
pay David inside the cave sensed our own
predicament that we're in and that's the
LI which will come out out of these
eight sentences which we have there were
rules and guidelines for prayer during
the time of the Masia and that's what
I'd like to bring out to
you let's go to POS
base my voice is too
I will cry out I will I will scream
out I will call out to and I will beg
for and grace and favor look carefully
say how direct how accurate how precise
the words are is like the bullseye he
hit the target K straight on straight on
directly to the k no diversion no
distraction it was clear directly where
the the was going straight to Theon and
that is the tremendous M of tremendous
success of Dar is that he in his prayers
and we see this in t there was always a
direct Focus he was he was on the mark
he hit the point K directly to the kiss
they I covered nothing else I'm not
thinking about I'm not distracted I'm
not I'm not disturbed by anything else
my prayer is my basis now my nness my
profession my expertise is prayer and
that's what we see from this posk here
the direct accuracy and the Precision of
it I remember once
hearing
that had once asked a beautiful question
about
in reality the singular of toim is and
therefore it should really be called
safer why is it called safer to heal him
and he explained as follows if you take
for example put said a Yad a hand if you
put out many hands you
have 10 hands but supposing you put two
hands out and you put two together two
is a set Yim masculine plural means the
set the set of it should really be to
Hilo but if you have the set meaning
said bhut the complete compilation of
everything there is in prayer that's why
it's called to heal him because
everything you need to say in prayer is
all in safer to heal him such a
beautiful point and that's why it's to
heal him to heal him means masculine Pro
you have the set it should be to he us
but like your D so to heal him to heal
him means masculine PL all that you need
to know in prayer is all in this pay
which is a beautiful thought but the
point we're bringing out here is that
his ability to to be so clear to be so
focused in his prayer maybe that's the
meaning when we
say he is the right address to D to and
that's the secret directly to the point
of where we have to go in the
prayer there is an expression which the
brings out
in when it comes
to mentions as follows what does it mean
to
have and you should put in your
heart there's no one else there's no
other medium no other Lucky Star no
other man no other person I have no
protects you at all except the meaning
don't look at Uncle Charlie don't I have
protects here I have connections when
you DAV you must be straight and
accurate directly to the source
meaning there's nothing else and that's
what is directly to the that's the point
he's making here and it's so focused
it's so penetrating the point
here a beautiful expression which was
once made by I saw in
the by Pinkus explains as follows do you
remember when yov gave Y and he said as
follows to him I attained sh from
asash with my sword and with my bow what
does it mean we never find that yakob
went to war with Asa to get what does it
mean with my sword and with my bow and
the tum
explains with my prayer and with my
request in other words the Marshall the
parable of the prayer is a sword and a
bow it really refers to the prayer in
other words yob daved for but why does
it say my sword and my bow
and Pinkus explained as follows the
meaning is as follows if you know the
expertise and the skill of being a
swordsman or an AR
you hit the bullseye you hit the point
meaning the focus is direct to the point
there's a beautiful gar brings out in
sanedrin that when Ken killed Heil he
stabbed him many many times CU he didn't
know where theaba came out from and
similarly we find when avner put his his
spear back in asahel and killed him
under the fifth rib one blow one shot K
didn't know where but AER did in other
words one blow is enough one shot and
therefore we learn here not necessarily
we Ed out in previous shim is the length
so important focus is the is the
criteria focus is crucial once you're
focused you don't have to spend so long
in prayer in reality kashem direct if
you hit the point straight off then
you're there you hit the point and
that's Thea here if you can act if you
can be a swordsman a marksman and hit
the hit the target straight Kash is
direct he's hitting the point straight
away and that's the skill which one
needs to have to be you know time is not
the most important thing time is
optional it's discretionary but when it
comes the ding focus is the most
important of all I remember when I was
in gatesa and remember the
there if I can say I think he was
probably one of the first to finish I I
remember also in the minion I used to D
there these great sadik he didn't take
so long he knew what he was doing he had
the skill I remember I D for years
with he didn't take so long he knew what
he was doing he was skilled he was an
expert and therefore if you are marking
the point and you hit the bull that's
enough and that's the point which we
learn here and therefore the limit the
lesson which we take out of this posic
base is the accuracy and the focus of
prayer there is a beautiful pish onim I
don't know if you can ever find it it's
called The
maharit dski onim I actually have a
quite a story about that sa I remember I
was asked when I was living in hanov to
give a series of shim on T we went
through most of sh most of t together
and I went inside a
store in I remember the name of the
person it was a and it was someone
called vulner was behind the counter and
I put my hand on the on the books I said
can you help me out with a safer onto
the Good Parish he said lift up your
right hand underneath your right hand is
a beautiful P it was a marit and I B the
saer from and he used it all the time
beautiful safer I think two or 3 weeks
later NE was killed on the number two
bus remember in me he was killed on that
bus but that
P I remember such a beautiful pish the
says as follows he was the guy of
the he commented on this why do we have
two
expressions why are the two expressions
and explained as
follows is a legitimate claim in court
I'm correct I'm right Sha here is
pursuing me he has no right I I haven't
done anything wrong in reality I could
kill him someone who comes to kill you
you can rise up and kill him I have a
right in din I have a tier against him
that's in din in court in a matter of
law a matter of
judgment though is a always ask
for ask for something for for Grace from
and those are the two points behind it
I'm correct and also I'm asking for
those are the two points the two arrows
which doid thrust in this in this part
the two the two points one is the and
one is is the V makes a beautiful point
on this it doesn't say the word to say
nor does it say the word de to speak Co
is like a squeak ah a scream a k k is
like a squeam a squee out I screamed out
to hasem you don't have to talk so much
just the voice I'm turning to youhm
means a scream to ah help I scream out
that's enough that's enough like that
and that's the power precise right to
the right to the point right to the to
the I will pour out to him my
conversation my problems and my
difficulties I will tell him about look
carefully at this sentence here it's
interesting that The Words which he used
the word is a conversation the word is
and
what is something current and a
conversation is also something current
the meaning is as follows those there's
a beautiful comment of the malim the
Mitzvah on the night of the 15th of n is
called telling about the going of out of
mits but in reality the book is called
the haod why do you call it the haod and
the answer is says the malum as follows
s means a story an old story which you
might know I'm telling you a story which
you might have know about haod means I
want to tell it in a certain way if you
tell the story about y m like an old
Story the children will fall asleep at
the table and they weren't pay any
attention is if it's current as if it's
alive and that's why it's called
the
meaning the heavens have been there for
years and years there's no
change the sky is today is
weather is something current and
therefore is teaching us here when it
comes to daving you must talk about
problems that you have now I'm scared of
the Arabs I'm scared scared of theas I'm
concerned what will happen you're
allowed to say you're scared you're
allowed to to express your your fears
that's what prayer is I'm expressing my
worries I need I need help I need
guarantee I need a I need protection I'm
asking you for help we hear in people
are very wary what's going on and I hear
also in London in different places as
well of all the Muslims I'm scared you
can tell him what's happening in my life
now I'm concerned if the person's
looking for I'm asking you now the
situations which I'm in someone in my
family needs Yeshua someone might be
sick I'm telling you of my situation now
and that's the the role of prayer prayer
is an ongoing is a a conversation which
is happening to me at the moment and
that's the secret which is telling us
here there is a beautiful MIM of the
alter
from and he explained as follows such a
beautiful point but once you get this
point you understand fully what the
lesson of this sentence is is supposed
to be a conversation he said as
follows is the and I am the here is the
creator I the one who created and
therefore I
say and I am the he form and
therefore this conversation the
relationship which I have I'm expressing
the
relationship is and I am the and
therefore I
say I express in the relationship what
is the
relationship he breathes life and
therefore I
say it's always like that the connection
is made the says the alter and is really
expressing the Y I am the jingle and I
am the ever and therefore I
sayuu it's clear the is there and that's
what we're doing in the conversation I
explain it's you I'm looking to you and
I'm turning to you I'm asking you V I am
the y i the young child I am the Evan
and you are V the is here but what's
happening to me now is really the
conversation which I'm talking about
here and that's the lesson which we
learn from
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Basim when I am complete means like
wrapped up covered over in despondency
in great worry my spirit is wrapped
up and you know the the path which I'm
choosing in this path I will
go but I've been overcome and I've been
uh hidden by a p by a trap I'm overcome
by the Trap let's look at this sentence
again try and understand what lesson is
teaching us here which is so relevant to
our
times means I'm sitting in a corner I'm
covered up I'm drowned in my
difficulties I have great difficulties
I'm worried about
it you know what's going on with me and
that really is the tremendous situation
which we have in prayer who thereare
it's it's not a hidden agenda here not
he knows exactly he knows I am being
pursued and is trying to I you know what
I'm up to here you know what my
situation is you know my predicament
here but I'm in a p I'm in a pth what
can I do I'm in a trap here I'm caught
out here it's so relevant to us in our
times as well in the times of the
problems we have withas and all the
terrorist I'm in a p a means a trap if
you remember we said in peric 124 k
we learned through
the our lives are like a bird who is
caught by the Hunter's trap and the trap
is is attached to me but the Trap the
Trap will snap and I will be saved we
will be saved it's a p the Trap is you
can't talk to them you can't negotiate
how can you talk to when they take so
many hostages and kidnap so many people
it's a trap it's a dead end what what
can I do I'm caught in a situation that
is the nature of and that is the nature
of the that we're going through at the
moment it's
a means what can I
do I talk in priests but they come to me
in War what can I do how can I help them
we gave so much to these people in AA
the the utilities the facilities the
water the electricity I give them
everything and they come to me with war
that's a situation it's
a and that's what is expressing here our
situation is like that that's the nature
meaning it looks very glim but the rule
is you know my pathon you know what I'm
going through you know you know the
difficulties that I'm going through here
and that's the lesson which we learn
from this
PUK it's interesting that the medes
brings out in by the brisban when the ab
was shown the whole vision of the future
of is he was
shown he was sown all the periods Amo is
Godless
B is Godless Yan G is godess PO nois is
Godless our love is God he was shown all
the periods of of Exile of Cl all the
periods and then turned around to him
and said as
follows this is the situation of the
future of Cl isra if they keep the toah
and the BOS then they will be saved from
gas and gam but if they break the first
two which which of the last two do you
choose do you choose Gus or do you
choose ginam Ain was asked at the end of
the day he decided that he would choose
gas as against ginam the vagon asks an
obvious question of course Exile is
better Exile there can be a g ginam is
almost final and terminal what does it
mean here he waited the whole day said
the
vonu could not sell clel into Exile
unless he himself knew that he was able
to withstand all the difficulties that
they're going through the the end of the
day a said I choose gas of all the
difficulties that I see in front of them
if clis do not keep the to and the B
mikdash meaning the kadus and the tower
the Bas then why choose Gus why why did
he delay he built himself up with such
resilience that he himself said I would
be able to withstand all the
difficulties which I'm going through in
go which claro will go through and
that's the nature of a even though I'm
in a but nevertheless I can withstand it
all I can manage it I can over these
difficulties and that's the tremendous
tremendous which people have in the
periods of we see a Beau letter which
has just come out now of someone who was
in the Warsaw Ghetto and he writes a
letter was found I think just recently
of a person there I think later he was
killed and the letter it says as follows
with Bon last week I lost my daughter
and my my my wife and a few weeks ago I
lost all my family I have nothing left
but should know of all the difficulties
I'm going to I'm not leaving you I have
you I'm staying by you I will keep
strong by my amuna that's the letter
which was written this most beautiful
letter even though I lost everything and
maybe he was killed as well at the end
I'm I'm holding by you I'm strong by you
and that's the lesson was said at the
end of the day I'm able to withstand all
the difficulties and therefore I'm going
in this path but I know you know
everything that's going on about me I'm
in a path but you will help me and the
promise we see in is eventually this the
Trap will snap look at the
next I look to the right and I see the M
no one recognizes me no one knows me no
one's there for
me Refuge has been left me I have no
refuge no one is asking after me what
lesson do we learn from this POS my boy
say it's so relevant to our times
certainly DAV had his finger on the
pulse as to what we're going through in
our
times who's asking about who's worried
about three or four days after Sim the
world was in support of of Israel and
then all of a sudden the whole world
turns around demonstrations in Berlin in
Washington in New York in flat bush in
London allas what happened here to all
the support all of a sudden everything
turns
up all the decisions which were made in
the United Nations we can rely on nobody
can't rely on America we have to rely
onon and that's the lesson here no one
recognize there's no one there for me
and that's the situation of gas meaning
recognizing that I must turn I don't
have anybody else that's the lesson of
prayer all I have
is that's all I have in these situation
that I'm going through
now in
1934 with the rise of the Nazi party in
Germany they came to power and there was
a tremendous worry of course throughout
the
world who
was said the following I heard what I'm
about to tell you now from the great
G after one of the p in in he came to
yes and he said the following M over
from he explained exactly what happened
from the rise of power of Germany in
1934 the rise of Nazi power he turned
around and said as follows the situation
that we're going through now meaning the
wars of Goo Magog is really all inside P
Basin to heal him let me read out the
first of few suuk him to and you'll see
what I mean said the difficulties of the
rise of Nazi power is here
inside why do all the nations gather
together it's talking
about and all the nations come around
and they talk heaven and
vanities all the nations will come
together and all the princes will
gather they will go against the almighty
and his anointed ones meaning the fight
of gogu Magog is a fight against the
Almighty ask how can you possibly make a
fight against I hear fighting human
beings what does it mean go mag their
war is against the almighty what does it
meanman explained as follows the medish
there in peric base in the AL brings
down into him the following ex
explanation asov called Ken a fool why
asov said as follows if K wanted to
control the world what he should have
done is also killed Shas as well there
was another son musan if he wanted to
take control why didn't he K why didn't
he kill Chas as well meaning asov said I
will kill yob and I will kill everybody
I will get yov when my father dies I
will kill them all in other words I
won't hold anybody I won't leave anybody
out I will kill asov and all his family
par called ASA a fool in the following
way par said ASA you waited too long by
the time it came to the time that yak
had died and he tried to kill there was
a whole sh there was a whole Mish family
there it was too much for him to kill
and therefore poers said to Asa you a
fool what I would do is I get them when
they
born I will take all the children and
throw them in the sea throw them in the
water meaning power went a stage further
than asov you waited too long asov I
will get them when they're born hon
turned around and said to parro you're a
fool you took only the boys you left all
the girls it's not enough you didn't go
far enough not
me Helman turned around and said I will
go after everybody men women and
children everybody that there is gogu
Magog turned around and said to H you're
a fool why are you a fool why are you
going after them go after him attack him
get him the question is how can you make
a war against the almighty how can you
fight
hasem how can you fight hasem explained
as follows they will pull us away from
they will pull us away from any care and
interest and scrutiny we have in mitzah
they will pull us away and that's the
assimilation in America the assimilation
is it's alash to pull us away from there
said but Theon will give us decrees
which are in that we have no choice we
have no other Refuge but to turn to the
almighty and that's the reason for the
Nazi party saidas the reason is we will
have to turn to Hashem we have no
alternative that's the nature of our
difficulties and that's what it means I
have nowhere else to go meaning the the
decrees which we're going through now
are decrees which
are mean they try to P us completely but
the idea is that the decrees are so
harsh that we can't possibly manage
without Hashem we can't we can't survive
in this difficulty and that's I think is
what we're going through in our
situation the decrees are lightly so
that we will turn to him and askem we
have no other
help how can we possibly manage if the
abish doesn't help us that's the nature
of
this look carefully at this POS say it's
a beautiful lesson which comes out of
it I called out to you hasem I
said you are my support you are my
defense you are my
salvation my portion is in the land of
the living what is the lesson that David
is teaching us here which is so relevant
in our times I think it's on the
word you are my support the V the def
the definitive the definite side it's
not not a not a doubt by me not a
suggestion it's a v it's a situation of
positive definite
situation you are my help remember bris
used to say you don't d off a Meg of a
possibility you
d a
positive if you stress the word it
defines clearly the relationship the
relationship is I'm
dependent the word actually you know you
have it also
in
says means from the word I have a
connection to you I have protect here I
have a connection I'm intimate with you
is a general situation and
therefore means I have a connection with
I am I am a part of your I'm close with
you ra means the rest of the world but
there's something more have a unique
relationship with him we are
the it's you and that's the the force
the force is the positive side which
comes out of it and that's what the
lesson is which we're coming out
from and that's the nature of it it's
interesting I think maybe isn't that the
lesson which we learn fromi on remember
he turned around and said to the
people make up your mind if you want to
go to if you want to go to B go to Bal
question is always asked how can Alo
turn man to people and say go to B go to
B what do you mean there's nothing to
Bow the answer is the SW but don't sit
in the middle don't be power either be
milk or be fling don't be on the on the
on the on the fence don't be either one
way you must be definite you must if
you're for Hashem for Hashem if you're
for Bal for Bal if you go to Bal then
you'll come straight back cuz you'll
realize there's nothing there but but if
you stay in the middle if you're a
middle man if everything is compromised
and nothing is very definite by you then
you'll get caught out and that's what
Alo was pushing them in be decisive be
clear be definitive if you're of Hashem
Hashem if you're about go to but one
thing is for sure don't sit on the fence
in the middle go to Bal because once
you've gone to Bal you'll come straight
back again that's the answer behind it
and that's the nature of it the vas the
definitive the positive side to it the
Assurance which is so vital inside
prayer maybe that's also the reason why
when we come to shim as soon as we begin
sh we mention our criteria quite clearly
I say el el
that's a definitive statement of support
El says rla refers to a covenant a bris
because ainu excelled in kindness the
made a covenant AB Bru with Ain and said
I will support you and your family l yok
means because yok was so powerful and so
overwhelming and ex excelled in y I will
make a covenant with Y and also in his
family similar with yob because he was
so strong in the middle of Ms of truth I
I will hold out for you meaning there
are three covenants it doesn't say El
abob says El it was an exclusive
Covenant for cl is a clear definite
support by because of his similarly with
but they were all each one was exclusive
each one was unique and that's my
identity my identity is I come to you
hasem I come to you that's the nature I
am V V part of your family I belong to
you and that's the almost like my two's
Hood my identity when I come in front of
him it's interesting before you start
also I remember hearing
from in the used to say also before you
come to you
say go you say the word Isel five times
in Isel why because that's who I am I'm
a member of is I am to you I'm I'm
favorite to you I'm I'm part of you is
that's I am part of cloud is that's and
then I start then I begin who are you
I'm a member of I'm a I'm clear about my
status and that's a positive side to it
and
therefore is telling us in such times
you can't sit on the fence you have to
be clear with your loyalties you have to
be clear in your devotion I know where
my loyalties are and I know
I'm I'm with and that's my clarity and
my clear Assurance of where I am I'm
holding POS Zion
pay attention and listen carefully to my
call I'm very very poor I'm very
feeble save me from my my
enemies for they are too powerful for me
what lesson of prayer is teaching us
here especially which is so relevant in
our times what is the main word on this
P I think
is pay attention to me because I feel
very feeble when a person comes to
prayer he has to come not necessarily as
a gav Raba with great support and great
great uh backing I come as a few as an
only my my humility before I come with
with a certain request of I'm asking you
for help I need your support so much the
is a is a mindset you do you don't come
to prayer with all your backing and all
your wealth and all your background
which you have you come as the mentioned
before there's no one else who can help
me and I feel very feeble and that
feeble modesty humility is very
important before prayer that's the
lesson which we're learning from here in
reality explain that is one of the
reasons why when we come to D we start
first of all with
EAS is a prayer where we really explain
ourselves the mha which is given to the
of an Oni who's knocking on the door
he's knocking on the door and hoping
that the king will answer he knocks and
knocks and waits and the King answers
and he opens the door but you must
straight away start your prayer it's a
definition of a poor man standing help
me help
me all the
Expressions it's an expression of anas
of a humility behind it all and that's
certainly also the reason why
every always
begins
down why does begin
with I cannot open my mouth I'm so
feeble I'm so low I can't even talk to
you aagi to but I must talk to you I
can't be quiet such a beautiful
expression The Dilemma The Dilemma is
the optimum stance in prayer I'm coming
to you because I I I I can't even talk
to you but I must talk to you because
you are you are you are everything to me
that's the nature of the prayer prayer
is I come I but I'm in a dilemma I can't
and that dilemma is perfect now start
cuz if you have that mindset you're
ready to dab with trend kav and that's
the necessity which you have the is the
point
here before we go any further I like to
recap on these seven before we go the
last p is the finale is the most
beautiful P but I'd like to leave it for
a minute and just go over the LI that we
have make sure we get them clear the
first is saying here the profound and
the enormous power which there is the
Tower of strength the MD in Bas is focus
has the clarity D is teaching us here
how to DAV all inside the cave behind
the Web behind the web tremendous power
of concentration and vacas yet in such
circumstances Pok uh gimmel is my
connection I have you I'm telling you
exactly what's going on
I mean something which is current prayer
has to be something which is on your
mind which you're thinking
about you know my path it's not hefa
it's not coincidental it's not so much
something happened by the way it's not
you know my path you know you are aware
fully of what I'm going through and I'm
in a p and that is the nature certainly
of godess is it's difficult for me but
the P will
snap hey is
the you can't be land there's no one
else there's no one else to help me and
I
realize is my personal connection with
you I am a choice I am a i part of
your is
the reference to anas and the humility
before prayer now we come to the last
which is a beautiful P I want to mention
something which I think I have a little
bit
experienced in if you look through saer
toim there are expressions of tremendous
disillusionment and great despair but
never ever does David leave us with that
situation every pay as far as I can see
always ends with an upbeat you never
left with a situation of desperation the
end of the per also so he lifts you up
you never find y at the end of a per you
find great difficulties now look at the
end of this P this P of all the
difficulties inside the cave being
pursued 3,000 soldiers outside Immortal
danger he's on the run and this is CL in
the times of the M now listen to this
last sentence which I think is the most
beautiful beautiful sentence it tells
you exactly what the mindset should be
in prayer when it comes to ding in the
in
the take me out of this straight jacket
Mas I'm locked in I'm closed in I can't
move as you mentioned previously the why
why the reason is as
follows that I can come out and thank
you afterwards my motive is to
appreciate you and give praise to you
afterwards righteous people will Crown
me why that you have been good to me and
you have cared for me dou is saying as
follows you know I want to get out of
this difficulty not to go off to Floyd
and sit in a deck chair or take it easy
for the rest of my life no no no he was
much more devoted he was incred much
more powerful than
this because I'm AI I want to thank you
what will happen I will be a role model
for everybody else they will Crown me
and say look what happened to D he was
saved in the situation I will be a role
model for all of khis in the future
because you were kind to me and you
looked after me K therefore for that
that reason save me Hashem which is a
beautiful point at the end I'm not
looking just that I can enjoy my life
and and spend it in Easy time my purpose
is if you save meem I will be a dgma a
dma is a personal example for everybody
else in the world people will look at me
and say and Crown me because because of
me I will be the example for
everybody for you were kind to me you
paid me back what does the word Gamul
mean Gamul means the payment meaning I
wait waited for you I held on I was
patient I I didn't give up I didn't lose
my I didn't lose my because I waited for
you Hashem and I was patient and I knew
the difficulties but because you will
pay me back for that a the men of the P
at the end of which goes through all the
of the
last I will sing to hasem for he will
pay me back mean because because I
waited for him because I had the
patience
even though with all that's going on
nevertheless I waited for you and
because of that I will be the role model
such a beautiful beautiful postic at the
end it's me people look at me and see I
will give an example for everybody how
to give thanks to the for my
difficulties you will look after me and
therefore everybody will recognize
there's there an example here there's a
role model that we can match here such a
beautiful POS that rabite is a pay that
we have here the beautiful liud in which
we can take out here but the last one is
is the prime Pro which comes out of it
all all the difficulty of person G in
the end I'll recognize all the difficult
which we've been through we will see the
in the
end I was thinking maybe that's the
Beautiful song which we sing all the
here such a beautiful song at the end
it's
a in the days
when
we will rejoice and be happy in our
Salvation which will come out at the end
and the time when the time will come on
that
time that is what I look for that is
what I anticipate that is what
I I waited for him and what will
happen we should rejoice and be
celebrate in his salvation which will
come
in we will see the
Salvation these are lessons which we
take out of the P such beautiful but
sful guidelines as well for Trill during
the times of our prayers should be
accepted