HaShem Runs the World (8 Minutes)

1:13People think they are trying to help Hashem, trying to get a second job, trying to work overtime, and trying to do all this wheeling and dealing to do extra. What is it like? It's like me going into somebody else's business, telling them, "By the way, I don't like the way you're selling stuff. I don't like this, I don't like that." Hey sir, it's not your business, it's my business. Mind your own business, get out of my store. We're asking Hashem all these questions. No, I'm trying to help Him with extra jobs and extra time and extra dedication. We're going into His business, and He's trying to tell you, "Hey, get out of My store. This is not your business. Mind your business. Go learn some Mishnayot, go learn some Shulchan Aruch, go learn how to be a Jew first. Then you can talk to Him about how to run My shop. Go learn how to be a Jew, go learn how to do your job." And that's what we have to focus on, rabotai. We have to learn how to do our job. How do you know you're doing a good job? When you're so excited about it, you're advertising it to the whole world. That's how you know. Because when you love what you do, you can't help yourself. You have to advertise it. When Torah is coming out of your lips non-stop, you're non-stop. Anyone you see, you say, "Listen to this parsha, come, come, come." "I don't know what parsha." "I have to have a meeting." "Okay, five minutes." "No, the whole parsha in five minutes."

2:27I'll give you something: when you're truly immersed in Torah, that's when you know you're doing a good job. Why? Because you're living it. You're not just learning in isolation. It's not hidden from the world. No one even knows you're Jewish because sometimes you can't tell the difference. Sometimes the Muslim, the Jew—everybody looks the same. The guy's embarrassed to put on a kippah. He keeps a kippah in his pocket, only putting it on when he enters a synagogue. Why are you embarrassed? The Muslim's not embarrassed. The Christian's not embarrassed. How come you're embarrassed? So when you're telling people, hey, this is what Hashem said, you're constantly telling people, telling people, your wife, your friend, your this, your that. All you want to talk about is Hashem. People, it's about learning Torah, studying halakhot, and mishnayot, and all the different things, instead of talking about the basketball players and the baseball players and the football players. This person makes this much money, and that person makes that much money, and the politics of this way. Trump should do this, and Trump should do that. Who cares what you think about what they should do? Everybody talks about politics as if their opinion matters. Do you think Trump's going to stop because, oh, Steve said I should fire my Secretary of the Treasury? Who cares?

3:41People spend their whole lives talking about things that have no effect anyway. Oh, I think that the Fed, you know, the Fed chair should increase rates. Who cares what you think anyway? Do you think the Fed chairman is going to say, oh yeah, you know what? Steve said I should increase rates. I'm going to increase rates, guys. We're going to have a meeting, emergency meeting. Steve, in the middle of California, said I should increase rates. Why are you even talking about it? What purpose does it serve? Oh yeah, LeBron James just signed a $50 million contract. Is he paying your bills? Why do you care how much money he makes? People that talk about other people's money, it's the lowest form of conversation. Who cares about how much he makes? Why do you care? Is he paying your bills? If you were broke, is he going to send you a check in the mail? Hey, listen, help you out. Because you talked about my salary last year, and you watched a few games on ESPN. Who cares how much he makes? These are nonsensical conversations that the Yetzer Hara puts in your head. Waste time, waste time, waste time, waste time, waste time, waste time. Why? Because when you waste time, it means you're not learning Torah. If you're not learning Torah, you're not killing the Yetzer Hara. If you're not killing the Yetzer Hara, he's winning.

4:54you have Torah, you have Torah. You know what it means to have Torah. There are eight billion people in the world. However, it's not really eight billion; it's more like 7.92 billion. They round off about eighty million. This means that the twenty million Jews we know of are not even a rounding error, and... Not even a rounding error. Okay, now out of the 20 million Jews, only about 3 million keep, unfortunately. Only 3 million, and out of the 3 million that keep mitzvot, a relatively small percentage actually know Torah. For those people, Hashem runs the world. You have 8 billion people in the world just filling up space and 20 million, He wants them to do everything. They don't always listen. Out of the 20 million, 3 million do some stuff. Out of the 3 million, only a few are superstars. You're in the Kollel. You're one of those superstars. The world is created for you, and you're thinking you should talk about LeBron James, or Trump, or any of these other people that are just filling up space. It's like a guy that has a castle full of diamonds, but he wants to go play with sand.

6:09For what? You have Torah. You're the superstar. You are the superstar. What are you wasting your time talking about these people? Go spread the news. Go recruit other people. Go tell them, "Hey, hey, listen, stop filling up space. Stop filling up space." And that's why the Gemara in Masechet Pesachim says that someone who is an am ha'aretz and doesn't know Torah, really, according to Hashem, he shouldn't be allowed to eat meat. Why? The cow is fulfilling its role in the world. He's not. The cow is better than him. He shouldn't be allowed to eat the cow. That's what the Torah says. That's what the Torah says. Someone who doesn't learn Torah should not be allowed to eat meat. We still allow it. But in reality, according to Hashem, he shouldn't be allowed to eat the cow. Why? The cow is better than him. You have to run. You have to understand what it means to run. You learn Torah for ten minutes, an hour, or two hours—whatever you learn every day. You are part of the few that Hashem runs the world for. If that's not something to celebrate and run in the middle of the street jumping around saying "yay," then what is? What is?

7:20You understand? That's what you have to wake up every day and remind yourself. When you say, "B'ezrat Hashem," that's what you're saying. That I'm one of the few that learns Torah non-stop. B'ezrat Hashem, this will give you enough strength to continue learning and teaching. B'ezrat Hashem, all of you become great Talmidei Chachamim and distinguished teachers.