A Lesson from Shragee Gestetner Z"L | Shloime Daskal

Rabosai, here I am again. You know, in such a generation, if a person has two minutes of his day even to go in to watch a Vayimaen clip, you’re a Tzaddik. In such a world, so many Nisyonos. Chazak, Chazak, Rabosai. I'm proud to be a Yid. We all have sometimes in life, we take a Kabbalah on ourselves, and we feel a tremendous, tremendous Siyata D’Shmaya. You go on a week and two weeks and you ממש feel the Ribono shel Olam takes you and He gives you the Ko’ach and the courage on the Kabbalah that you took. And all of a sudden, you lose it. All of a sudden, you feel like you’re climbing a mountain. You're pushing up an 18-wheeler on a mountain. You feel like every day another Nisayon, another Nisayon, davening, learning, no Ko’ach. What's going on? I lost all the Gishmakeit in what I took on myself. Now let me tell you, I had a friend. His name is Shragee Gestetner. He was one of the Kedoshim in Meron. This should be in zechus of him. I remember once he told me he took on himself once, That's it, enough is enough. I'm going to start learning, davening. He took on himself he's going to learn, like, two hours a day, and daven ehrlich and everything. The first month, he felt so good. From the moment he took on himself to become the better Shragee, he ממש had Siyata D’Shmaya. And then after a month, he lost all of that. He didn’t have חשק to wake up in the morning. By davening, it wasn't the same. Shmoneh Esrei, his eyes were going all over the Shul. And when it comes to learn, he opens the Gemara and, you know, I took a Kabbalah on myself, I’ll have to learn two hours, but it wasn't going. He went to his Rav, he asked for Chizuk. He gave him: Don't worry, it's a stage you're going to go through. And after a few weeks, all of a sudden, all the Gishmakeit came back. He ממש felt the Ribono shel Olam is here again. The learning and the davening were so good. I remember then he told me, Shloime, when I started, when I took the Kabbalah, I ממש felt HaKadosh Baruch Hu is holding me. He put training wheels on the bike, I shouldn't fall. Then HaKadosh Baruch Hu told me, Shragee, I'm going to take off the training wheels. I want to see if you can do it yourself. And then he was driving the bike and falling this side and falling this side. But then HaKadosh Baruch Hu saw that he learned how to drive the bike. Let me give him courage. I'm going to give him a better bike. I'm going to give him better roads, no bumps, everything. So whatever Kabbalah you take on yourself, if it's Shmiras Einayim, which is the biggest in our generation. Yes, you are going to have that feeling here and there, ממש what Nisyonos that you didn't even have before. Chazak. Go on, go on. Think about the training wheels. HaKadosh Baruch Hu says: I believe in you. I'm going to take off the training wheels. Let me see if you can do it yourself. I know you can do it. Stay strong. I love you all. HaKadosh Baruch Hu loves you all.