Daily Chidush: What Does It Take To Be Saved By MaShiach?

0:11Hi, Baruch Hashem, what a beautiful letter. I mean, it's a certain amount of strength that's necessary to survive the end of days. They ask Rabbi Eliezer ben Hyrcanus, one of the giants of all giants, what's going to save us at the end of times? He says, Torah and Gemilut Chasadim. Now, Gemilut Chasadim we've talked about many, many times. ...about how someone has to go out of their way to save Jews and do things that are above and beyond. But what does it mean, Torah? Torah—why, do you just open a book and that's it? You fulfilled one main thing to get you to have survival at the end of times. What does it mean, Torah? Torah means to be a person of emet, standing up for Torah, fighting for Torah through thick and thin, whether it makes sense to the world or it doesn't make sense to the world, whether it's acceptable or not acceptable. That's what it means. When Am Yisrael was at Yam Suf, they were all scared to death. They had no idea what to do. There was a sea that never ended in front of them. There were Egyptians that wanted to end them behind them. And there were scorpions and snakes on both sides. Where were they going to go? Nachshon ben Aminadav, one of the leaders of the tribe of Yehuda, said, if Hashem already brought us here, that means He wants us to go forward.

1:34And he moved forward and went into the ocean up to the point where the sages say he started drowning. His belief got to the point where he was willing to put his life on the line. Why? For Torah. For Hashem Yitbarach. For Hashem Yitbarach, he went in there, and right when he started swallowing water, that's when Hashem split the sea. Why? On his merit. On his merit, he saved the entire nation. On his merit. And that's why until this day he's known. That's why until this day, the Mashiach is going to come from Nachshon ben Aminadav. Before David the King, before Shlomo the King, it had to be from the tribe of Yehuda. Who got the merit? Nachshon ben Aminadav. So when you stand up for Torah, when you stand up for the emet, that's what you're standing up for. You're standing up for the truth. Putting a mitpachat on your head instead of one of these avodah zarah, immodest wigs that unfortunately many of the women of Am Yisrael are putting on. Unfortunately, some because of ignorance, some because of other reasons. When you're standing up for the truth, even when they're telling you to your face, "You're wearing it, you're going to get fired. You're wearing it, you're going to get thrown out of the kehillah. You're wearing it, blah, blah, blah." All these threats. You're saying, "I don't care about your threats. I don't care about anything you say. All I care about is Hashem." And that's also what you can teach your kids for the rest of their lives. What's the lesson of Chanukah? What are we going to learn from Chanukah? What are we going to learn?

3:00What did the Chashmonaim say? What did the leader say? When you stand up for Hashem like this, and you tell the world, whoever is with Hashem is with me, whoever is not, I care less what their opinions or their threats or whatever they're saying is. It's irrelevant, because once it's against Hashem, it's meaningless. And that's what we learned in last week's parasha, what Yaakov Avinu told his two wives. He said, "Your father Lavan, Rasha, cheated me, cheated me for 20 years and he changed my maskoret, my income, a hundred times. We had a deal, he changed it. We had a deal, he changed it. We had a deal, he changed it. Every day he changed the deal. A hundred times he changed the deal. A hundred times. Imagine, he signed a contract, he changed the deal a hundred times. But there are very, very important words in the Pasuk that some people miss. Yaakov Avinu says, 'But Hashem did not let him succeed.'" But Hashem did not let him succeed. Hashem did not permit him to harm me. That's the key. Why? Why? Because I stood up for Hashem. I was honest. I stood up for Hashem. That's all I need in the world.

4:18This is what you can teach your kids. This is what Nachshon ben Aminadav did. This is what makes you Bat Yisrael. This is what makes you the daughter of Yaakov Avinu. Why? Because you stand up for Hashem when it doesn't make sense. When everyone's against you, that's when you stand up for Hashem. That's when it counts. That's Akeidat Yitzchak. That's the greatest thing in the world. You should be proud of yourself. Your husband should celebrate your name. Celebrate your name. Mamash, celebrate your name and be mamash. Thank Hashem for having a zechut to stand with such an amazing person who's willing to stand up for Hashem. And you obviously celebrate him as well for being supportive. The key is you have something to be proud of. Why? You stood up for Hashem when it counts. Be'ezrat Hashem, many, many more blessings will come to you. Hashem will give you parnassah tovah, hatzlachah rabbah, refuah shleimah, refuat hanefesh, refuat haguf. All the blessings in the Torah will come true in this world and the next for you and for all of the ones that love you. Go to...