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>> A Torah Anytime original series.
Ever wonder where submarines refuel?
Think about it. If you're in the middle
of an ocean thousands [music] of miles
from land, and the whole point of a
submarine is that it stays underwater
and hidden, where were exactly [music]
are you pulling over to refuel? There's
no gas stations in the middle of the
Pacific Ocean. So, what do they do?
Here's the wild part that most people
don't know.
Modern submarines don't refuel. You
heard that. Not every few weeks, not
every month, ever. They don't refuel
ever. A modern submarine can [music] run
for years and decades without refueling
a single time. Now, how in the world is
that possible? Great question. The
answer is nuclear energy. [music]
Inside the submarine is a tiny reactor
with uranium fuel. The scientists take
these uranium atoms and they split them
apart. It's called nuclear fission,
which when the atoms [music] split, they
release unbelievable amount of energy.
And when I say unbelievable, I mean a
tiny amount of uranium, literally a
piece you could hold in your [music]
hand, can produce the same energy as
millions and millions of gallons of
gasoline. So, while most machines are
constantly scrambling to refuel, cars,
trains, [music] boats, a nuclear
submarine just keeps going.
Now, look at Jewish history.
Physically speaking, we were never the
strongest nation. We were the smallest,
the most scattered. [music] We lived on
the edge of cities. We were the ones
exiled, enslaved, expelled, mocked,
crushed.
And yet, civilizations that were bigger,
richer, stronger, [music]
and more powerful than us are gone.
Empires that once ruled the entire world
are now museum exhibits. And yet,
somehow the Jewish people are still
sailing forward through history, while
so many other nations [music]
are ship wrecks at the bottom of the
ocean. How? What exactly is our secret?
The secret is that most of the world
runs on gasoline, power, money, gold,
pressure, fame. But gasoline runs out,
and sooner or later every empire running
[music] on that fuel has to scramble to
refuel. And when the fuel runs out, the
engine stops. But the Jewish people
don't run on gasoline. [music] The
Jewish people run on Torah, and Torah
isn't gasoline. Torah is nuclear energy,
[music] and a nuclear engine doesn't
need to refuel. We are a tiny nation,
but we're plugged into an infinite power
source. So, while the rest of the world
keeps stopping to refill their tanks,
stockpiling gold, and chasing diamonds,
[music] and rebuilding power, we go back
to our reactor. We open a Gemara, we
learn a possuk, we live a mitzvah,
[music] we say Tehillim. And that energy
has been fueling the Jewish people for
over 3,000 years. [music] So, while the
rest of the world keeps stopping to
refuel at gas stations, we just glide on
past, silent, unstoppable, humming along
with an engine [music]
that never runs out.
