Four Simple Steps To Get The Ultimate Emunah (14 Minutes) MUST WATCH

1:30That's the smallest number. Some say it was much more, around nine million Egyptians, which made up a big army with lots of weapons, creating a very, very scary situation. After Hashem split the sea for them, He didn't do it right away. When Moshe Rabbeinu tried to split the sea initially, the Malach, the angel of the ocean, intervened. He said, "No, I'll split the ocean for you." Why? He goes to Hashem. Not only him, he brings the Malach of Mitzrayim, whose name is Mitzrayim. He presents the angel of the Egyptians; each nation has an angel. So the angel responsible for the Egyptians comes to Hashem and says, "Why? Why are you going to split the ocean for these Bnei Yisrael and kill the Egyptians?"

2:31Okay, the Egyptians worship idols. We know. They worship idols. But the Bnei Yisrael also worship idols. Just last week, they were worshiping an idol. This is why when Hashem did not split the ocean, Moshe started screaming to Him. He says, "What are you screaming to Me?" Move on, move forward. What does it mean to move forward? It says, do something. Because right now, you've already used up all of your credits. You've used up all of your credits. I can't split the ocean for you because the Mekatreg, the angel of Egypt, has a case against you. He's right. They worship idols and you worship idols. And whatever credit you had, you've used it up to get here. Show me you believe. Don't tell me you believe. Don't kiss the mezuzah on the way out of the Beit Knesset and go to a barbecue on Shabbat. Don't kiss the Sefer Torah on Shabbat, get excited, and then eat non-kosher on Sunday. Show me you believe.

3:55Don't give tzedakah to the Beit Knesset or to kiruv or to anything with stolen money. Whether it's from your gambling or from your stealing in business, Hashem doesn't want your stolen money. He wants kosher money. Show Him you believe. He needs actions. A part of Am Yisrael was willing to die. Jump into the ocean, just die. It means suicide. Part of Am Yisrael says, let's just go back to being slaves. And a part of Am Yisrael says, let's go fight. At least we're going to die with a fight. But the one who was willing to die, no, he was just willing to die. He said, listen, if Hashem brought us here, He brought us here. But there was one specific person who didn't think that he was going to die. He actually believed in Hashem. His name was Nachshon ben Aminadav. Nachshon, the son of Aminadav, from the tribe of Judah. And Nachshon said, Hashem created the heavens and the earth, this is nothing for Him. Hashem brought down the largest nation in history, this is nothing for Him. Hashem brought us all the way here and made all of these miracles for us, this is nothing for Him. If He brought us here, and He says move forward,

5:24I'm going to trust Him. And he takes the steps into the Yam Suf all the way to the point when it covers his nose. Meaning, he was willing to die to prove he believes in Hashem. And at the moment it reached his nose and he started swallowing water, that's when the ocean split. Hashem says, you have to show Me you believe. But why did I read you the verse after this Kriyat Yam Suf? Where it says, after Kriyat Yam Suf, after we crossed the sea, Hashem let all the Jews, all the Am Yisrael, cross safely in miraculous ways, and drowned the Egyptians. Then it says this verse. It says here in Parashat Beshalach, In Exodus, or Shemot, chapter 14, verse 31, it says, "And Israel saw the great hand that Hashem inflicted upon Egypt, and the people revered Hashem and they had faith in Hashem and in Moshe, His servant." You read this in your tefillah every day, by the way. In your prayer, every day, you read this verse. So, Hashem said...

6:49Nachshon ben Aminadav demonstrated emunah, showing that he already possessed it. However, the people of today, not just you, but everyone, require a bit more than that. He might have been perceived as simply reckless. We need guidance. How do we attain emunah? How do we fully trust in Hashem? 100%. Three steps. Three steps. First, it says—I'm sorry, four steps. First, it says, Israel, the nation of Israel, saw the hand that Hashem inflicted on Egypt. Israel saw. What did Israel see? They paid attention. Pay attention to the world around you. You can't miss God.

7:49Can't miss them. If you pay attention, you look at this table, you know somebody made it, right? Why? Because it couldn't just appear. Like some of these morons think that the world just appeared. Everyone here is brilliant. They know this did not appear. Somebody had to put it together. Who? Somebody that makes tables. The Beit Knesset said, some builder put it together. The city, somebody or some bodies put it together. What about the sky? Obviously, a Creator had to put it together. Pay attention to the world around you. Look into the mirror. Look into your own eye. Notice that your eye is the best camera that was ever invented. Notice that the brain of the biggest fool in history is still more advanced than all of the technology that ever existed from the beginning of the world until the end of the world. If you learn a little bit about scientific facts, you can see Hashem. And anyone who wants facts, scientific facts or proofs of Hashem, you can either buy a book by Rabbi Zamir Cohen that was translated into English called "The Coming Revolution," or if you ask me, I'll send it to you for free. It's an amazing book, Be'ezrat Hashem. You can see Hashem. And anyone who wants facts, scientific facts or proofs of Hashem, can either buy a book by Rabbi Zamir Cohen that was translated into English called "The Coming Revolution," or if you ask me, I'll send it to you for free. It's an amazing book. Be'ezrat Hashem.

9:11Anyone that wants to read it has to promise they're going to read it. Because it costs a lot of money, and I don't want to let down anyone that's giving to our organization for no reason. You have to read it, it will change your life. So first, pay attention. That's what he says. They paid attention finally, after everything he did for them, finally they paid attention. Okay, step one. Step two. As soon as we pay attention, we realize there's a G-d. And this G-d is holy. This G-d is great. This G-d is in charge of everything, including the cells that are in your body. Including something called protein folding. Your body is full of trillions and trillions of proteins. In order for you to exist, each one of these proteins has to fold in a precise way. An exact way. If one protein, one out of trillions and trillions and trillions of them, folds the wrong way, a person can't see, can't hear, chas v'shalom, they could die. One protein. He's in charge of that too. So if you, obviously, believe in this great G-d, and He's even in charge of these small proteins that you depend on and He's in charge of the oxygen we all breathe, what are you going to do? The same thing as Am Yisrael: Vayiru. This leads us to recognize His greatness and His holiness, and to have awe and reverence for Him. An exact way. If one protein, one out of trillions and trillions and trillions of them, folds the wrong way, a person can't see, can't hear; Chas VeShalom, die. One protein. He's in charge of that too. So if you're, obviously, if you believe in this great God, and He's even in charge of these small proteins that you depend on, He's in charge of the oxygen we all breathe. What are you going to do? Same thing as Am Yisrael. Vayir'u.

10:33What's Yirah? They feared. Of course, I'm going to be scared. Only someone crazy or ignorant is not going to be scared of God. He's in charge of everything. Not just my parnassah and my wife, the zivug, and the business. He's not just in charge of whether I'm going to get an ace on the fourth card. He's in charge of everything. Of course, I'm going to be scared. Yirat Shamayim is the foundation of Judaism. Without Yirat Shamayim, you have nothing. Nothing. Chazal says... A connection to Hashem only based on Yirah is an incomplete connection. It's a connection nonetheless, but it's incomplete. Why? Because it's good to have Yirah and Ahavah, both fear and love. But if it's just fear, it's incomplete. But a connection with just love, just Ahavah, Chazal say there's no connection at all; it's worth zero. So the last two steps, and then I'll let you all go home.

11:35After we notice Hashem, we fear Hashem, it says, after you have fear, then you can say, ah, now I know what it is, of course, I can believe He's in control. And once you have emunah, once you have v'ya'aminu... Then you know who Hashem is referring to here when He says Moshe Avdo. Who was Moshe? Moshe Rabbeinu, Moses our Teacher. The written Torah provides us with the foundational narrative, the mitzvot, but the specifics of how to perform them are detailed in the Oral Torah. When you have... Just a little bit of time to spend to pay attention to the Creator, and you're going to fear Him. When you fear Him, you can actually say you have emunah. When you have emunah, you're going to start doing what the Oral Torah says, which means that you have to study Torah. And where I got to, Baruch Hashem, after losing all of that money about two years ago, I had only a couple of hundred thousand dollars left. And I already started doing lectures.

13:00On Tuesday, which was my shiur kavua, my last shiur of the week, I did one shiur a week at the time. I still had the business, and one of our investments went terribly wrong. I woke up in the morning and got news. It was not good news. At 9:30 in the morning, the market opens, and by 9:35, I'm wiped out. I have zero. Nothing. I say, what do you think I say at this point? Losing the first few million, tough. Losing the last million, it's tough. Last couple of hundred thousand, either it's toughest and you're going to commit suicide, or you find something else. The power of Torah, it's stronger than everything else, especially when it has to do with Kiruv. Hashem gave me the zechut to say the same verse that Job said after Hashem took everything from him: "Hashem natan, Hashem lakach, yihei shem Hashem mevorach." God gave, God took, may His name be blessed. I shut off the computer and I went to prepare for my shiur for the night. It's stronger than everything else, especially when it has to do with kiruv. Hashem gave me the zechut to say the same verse that Iyov said after Hashem took everything from him: "Hashem natan, Hashem lakach, yehi Shem Hashem mevorach." God gave, God took, may His name be blessed. I shut off the computer and I went to prepare for my shiur for the night.

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