Who Needs to Sleep | Rabbi Aryeh Leiser

I have a story which I just can't stop thinking about. It’s already 3 years. I had to go on the 17, and I had to go to 107 on the 17, and at 109, I start smelling smoke in my car and my feet started getting hot. I got off at exit 109. I pulled into a hot dog stand. The car lost all power, smoking, went on fire. People helped, they put it out. I called AAA and they said: You have to stay with the car and we will come take you, tow you with the car. After two hours, two hours, I call them up. I say: You know, it's hot. I don't feel well. Those were the magic words. Sir, we need you to take an Uber right away. So I get an Uber, first time in an Uber. I come into the car and the guy has F.M. music blaring. Not my Neshamale. בלבבי משכן אבנה You know, I'm gonna pop out of this car. I'm not making it to Monsey with F.M. music. So I didn't know what to do, so I said to him: Hey, you know, it's a beautiful Jeep Grand Cherokee you have there. He hits the F.M. music off, and he says to me, I bought it this year for $23,000, and I paid already $19,000 off from the car. I said: That's great. You know what? I'm going to tell you what life’s all about. He says: You know, I take people from New York to Montreal, and then I sleep and I come straight back. I say: Where do you sleep? He says: Look around, look at the car, that little seat behind you. I said: You probably turn off the car when you go to sleep. He says: Sure. I said: Doesn't it get cold? He says to me: Yeah. From the time you turn off the heat until it gets cold, it’s 32 minutes. That's what I sleep. When you have a focus, you have a goal in life. Who needs to sleep, anyways? Who needs to sleep, anyways, when you have a goal in life? He drops me off at Monsey and I say to the Aibisther, One of my dreams in life is יש נוחלין. Every word of the Perek, Rabbi Yochanan ben Brokah, every word, the Rashbam, taken apart, put back together. You know, it takes so much Kochos. It’s one of those Prakim you just put your feet in ice, till you’re actually Matzliach in it. I didn't eat, I didn't drink the whole day, but I knew now is the time, so in back of my house I have a shed, a 10 by 12 shed, with a shtender in it, with a 20,000 BTU air conditioning sticking out of the wall. I walked into my shed and I started. דנימא הנכסים השביח I’m sitting there 2.5 hours of יש נוחלין. Gevaldig, gevaldig. I want you to know, Rabosai, we are at the time of the year that works, it gives us for the rest of the year. We’re all little Chashmona’im. We're all little Maccabees. Everyone else could only push the needle till here, but we could push the needle much farther. ממלכת כהנים וגוי קדוש בימים ההם בזמן הזה.