Shovavim Series - Parshas Va'eira: The Eternal Connection | Rabbi Nachum Binder

[Music] entering the second week of shim for anyone who has ever started anything new we all know that the second week is a very difficult week there are two things that keep someone going in a new undertaking there's either the Milo of hisas the fact that it's new or there's building on momentum of something going so strong and so good the second week we don't have any of them it's not new anymore we're on our second week but we don't yet have that momentum to push us ahead but may say we know the harder things are the more rewarding the success excesses so let us try to give an extra push in this second week of shim because it's so hard and that will beus hasem help us build up the momentum to keep us going in this week's para and we find that hasem told that they will be redeemed from they did not have the emotional strength to listen to because it was so hard a few later the T tells us thatu tells hem how can I tell par the same thing you told me to tell the yiden if even the Y CL didn't listen to me K for sure will not listen to me the asked that the Y didn't listen to because of their aasha par didn't have any aasha par was riding High everything was going great so how canu learn that if the yiden didn't listen to me for sure par won't listen to me the yiden had an excuse a reason par doesn't have that reason and many different are said to this question and I was thinking of maybe a new teret to the cas what was the that was experiencing what was so hard about the gullas rash tells us that the G started when the eyes and the hearts of Cl is were stuffed very interesting words what does that mean their eyes and their hearts were stuffed because of theas and the tells us a fascinating which is based on a that we all know we all know that there is something about each and every one of us every possess a quality which is called a pin do you know what that pin means it means that there's a part of each and every one of us that is connected to the with a connection that can never be severed there is something about each and every one of us it's in our DNA that there is something about us a part of us that no matter how low a yid Falls he can never fall away from the he is always connected and that is called the heartbeat of Cl the of was that the couldn't see that anymore they lost their belief in themselves they thought that they lost their connection to Hashem and because they felt they had no connection they couldn't listen when told them that the is going to take them out they couldn't believe it because they didn't believe in themselves they didn't believe they were connected and therefore who is truly not connected will definitely not be able to listen to me if the yiden who are really connected they just don't believe in it they can't listen to what I'm telling them then par who is truly not connected will definitely not be able to listen to what I have to tell him but what do we learn from here say we learn from here about theas of each and every one of us every yid has something deep inside of him that is connected to in a connection that can never be broken how do we build that connection what do we do to build up that connection and to appreciate that connection and to be in touch with that connection I saw a fascinating thing the alter from Kellum writes a letter about shim and he writes that whereas if you look in the they say that in the days of one should fast one should do things to afflict himself in today's day and age that's not Nea we don't do that but there are a few things that we should try to do and one of them he says is to be careful in in making properly and the same thing is brought in the what does and what does have to do with shave of him and I think that the answer is very simple we know that there's a of every day to say 100as tell us tremendous in y about being careful of saying 100 bras every day what's the purpose of so many bras a day and the teach us because every time time we make a br what we're really doing is we're saying Hashem I'm connected to you Hashem I have a relationship with you Hashem this cup of coffeee that I'm drinking is from you and you gave it to me everything we eat everything we drink and yes every time we go to the bathroom we make a to reaffirm and reconnect ourselves to the and in the days of when we are trying to pick ourselves up from our personal G in the days of sh when we are trying to rebuild our connection our personal connection to the be careful with your br and maybe this week RAB say maybe we should try at least once a day before we make a just to think for a few seconds I'm connected to Hashem I'm talking to him he wants to listen to me I have a relationship with him and that will be the antidote and will be able to build up that connection and continue our growth and continue our own [Music] personal