Are you Crazy Or A Liar?
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1:30You want a zivug? Why do you think you can find a zivug on your own? You can't even go to the bathroom without Him. Go try living a day like Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi with the screaming. How can you go against Him on purpose nonetheless? That's what makes you foolish. That's what Moshe Rabbeinu was saying. Religious in-your-heart thing? It couldn't be more misguided. Why? Because it's being intellectually dishonest. Intellectually dishonest, why? You live in a world where you know there must be rules. You drive in a system where you know there have to be traffic laws. Why? If there's no laws, there'll be accidents; there'll be chaos. There have to be traffic lights and traffic laws, and speed limits, and so on and so forth. Whether you like the laws or not, you know you have to comply with them, or else you risk getting arrested, getting fined, etc. Why? Because men invented laws. You live in different countries, whether it be America, Istanbul, Australia, or Israel—wherever it is you live—you have to live based on the laws of that government, whether you like it or not. You want to live there? There have to be laws.
2:56Where they make sense to you or not is irrelevant. Whether you like them or not is irrelevant. You want to live there, you have to comply with the laws, or else you risk punishment. You have a family of kids; you're going to teach your kids there are laws of the land in this house. Somebody goes into a yeshiva, and he says, "Hey, I'm here. I'm the Messiah." The Rabbi says, "Hey, you shut up." Rabbi, you telling people to shut up. I'm the guest. I'm a messiah! No, no, no, here. I'm the messiah. You come, you raise kids, you tell the kids, "Hey! There are laws of the land here. I'm Abba, I'm Ima, whatever it is, you have to follow my laws." Why? If there's no laws, the kids are gonna become little Hitlers. That's a reality. There has to be a law. So if man created law, what makes you think that his Creator didn't? What makes you think that only the creation can create something that's logical, that's necessary, but its Creator wasn't smart enough to figure it out? Just go do whatever you want, go have fun, enjoy, go into the world and have relationships with as many people as you want. Go steal money, go kill people, do whatever you want. Just believe in some person who died 2,000 years ago and everything's going to be okay. Who told you this stupidity?
4:25intellectual dishonesty. Why, you either have to truly be crazy or a liar to believe that there’s no law from the Creator. You have to either be a liar or crazy. If you're crazy, you're patur anyway, you're an onus. You don't have to worry about the law. You're crazy. You're like a drunk. If you're a drunk, you don't have to follow any law. They don't judge you in shamayim. They say this guy is crazy. He's crazy. This is just a crazy person, not a judge. You can't judge someone who is mentally deficient the same way you judge someone like Einstein. You can't; he's autistic, he's mentally disabled, he's missing half a brain. You can't judge him. He says, "Oh, if someone is crazy, he's patur, he's absolved of the mitzvot." So, if you are that, don't worry about anything that I just said; if you're anything else, however, these discussions and laws are pertinent to you. You're still saying, "I don't have to follow the law. I'm still going to be religious in my heart." You're a liar. You're a liar. Why? There are laws everywhere else, and you comply with them whether you like it or not. There are traffic laws, government laws, tax laws, and regulatory laws. There are laws everywhere you go. Why wouldn't God have laws?
5:48Yom Kippur is the opportunity for you to realize, "Okay, okay, I gotta stop messing around. If God gives me another chance this year, I gotta do better." Why? Going to pray—it's good, it's great. Nice, good job. Go pray. Have a good time. That's not what Hashem is looking for on Yom Kippur. Hashem is looking for teshuva. Hashem is looking for teshuva. Many people go to the Beit Knesset and they pray, they pray, they pray, they pray. Some of them even pretend like they're crying. A day later, they violate Shabbat. A day later, they still eat chazir. A day later, they still go back to stealing at work. There's a pasuk for them in the Torah also. In the book of Yeshayahu, chapter 29, verse 13, he says, In their mouth and their lips they honor Me, but their hearts are very far away from Me.
6:58You can say whatever you want to Hashem. Yeah, I love you Hashem, I love you Hashem, I love you Hashem. But in reality, deep down inside, Hashem knows what's going on. He knows you're gonna be a sinner tomorrow. He knows that tomorrow you already have a barbecue set up on Shabbat. He knows that tomorrow you already have a deal where you're planning to cheat your customer. He knows that tomorrow you're planning on going out and cheating on your wife. He knows. He says for you, Yom Kippur is not gonna help; all the Yom Kippur days in the world are not going to help you. Why? Because you're making a joke of the system.
