HaShem's Honor is above all Treasures (Story of RASHI)
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Transcript
1:04He wasn't exactly a rabbi, but they called him Rebbe Yitzchak. Poor as dirt, but righteous. As poor as can possibly be, he studied his Torah; he did his business, but what could he do? Nothing. Nothing was paying, nothing was productive. So poor that it got to a point of starvation, to a point where there was no food. suffering and hardship. But he's not worried about the financial struggle. What is he worried about? He's distressed that for almost two decades of marriage to his wife, they haven't been blessed with a son. They haven't had a child. The only thing they can think about day and night is having a child, and they are unable to conceive. So,
2:07Sad, praise to Hashem. But what else could he possibly do? One day, as the poverty continues, you know, in those days, it's either you were extremely rich, few, or you're as poor as can possibly be. There was no middle class. One day he finds a stone in the field. He doesn't know much about stones, but he brings it to his wife. His wife brings the stone to the local expert. The local expert says, "This is a priceless stone. You have no idea—you are the richest people in the country, let alone in the town. Here, take a couple thousand dollars to buy groceries and do whatever it is that you want. But this is a stone that I would be more than happy to sell for you, if you grant me the honor to sell it for you. Please."
3:08Obviously, them striking rich overnight is wonderful. Apparently, this story is important enough for the Yetzer Hara to arrive three times in. He's sitting also. So the guy puts it on the market little by little. People come in to see this precious stone. It is beautiful, but no one can afford it. One day, a couple of messengers arrive from a different country. Yes, the king of some country is looking for a specific stone, and the owner of this stone finds it to be perfect for him. It's perfect for what he's looking for. So where's the owner? Oh, the owner is Rabbi Yitzchaki. Hey, I'll bring him here. Okay, listen, we're leaving tomorrow morning. You're going to come meet our king. And I'll give you whatever you want for this stone because he needs it. This was the eye in his statue. So Rabbi Yitzchaki knows he doesn't have much of a choice here.
4:29If he says he's not going, they're going to kill him. So now his wife won't have a child or a husband. If he says yes and goes to this king, he will be partnering with Avodah Zarah, idolatry. He doesn't know what to do. He prays to Hashem for guidance, to do something. The next day, they go on a boat. They go on a boat, he has the stone in his hand the whole time, and he doesn't know what to do. What to do, what to do. They're on a boat, the sea starts rocking, and he gets a brilliant idea: I'm gonna throw the stone in the water. He throws the stone into the water, makes it seem as if it fell out of his hand, and then pretends like he went crazy.
5:29for losing the stone. They arrive at the seashore. The people are asking, like, "Oh, where's the guy with the stone? We heard you wrote us letters with the guy who has the stone. We heard it's about the stone." Someone responds, "No, no, it's this guy." Another asks, "What do you mean? He's a drunk. He's a crazy person, this guy." The response is, "No, no, you don't understand. This guy, don't even touch him. Don't even bother with this guy. Poor guy. He just had a priceless $20 million stone and he just lost it. Don't even touch him. We already feel bad enough for him." Put him on the next boat to go back to wherever he came from. They put him on the boat and sent him home. As soon as he comes home, he gets off the boat. This old man, right off the boat, covered up, comes up, gets closer to him, and then grabs him really fast. He says, you are going to have a son that's going to light up the world.
6:30because you took something that was priceless to man, but was against Hashem. And he says that his eyes were like that diamond. And when he came home, he told his wife, "I believe I just saw Eliyahu HaNavi." And their son that was born a year later, his name is Rashi. That's Mesirat Nefesh. That's Mesirat Nefesh. Can any of us that have food to eat, have roofs over our heads, not worried about lunch tomorrow or dinner next week, give up $20, $30, $50 million? Just so, chas v'shalom, we don't become partners in Avodah Zarah that you can't even see? Or do you just pretend like you didn't see it and you don't know that it's happening? It's their business whatever they're doing. I just sold them the diamond. What do I care what they do with it? That's the Greek in us. That's the Esav in us. No, it's "what's my problem what they're doing with the rock?" "What's my problem what they do with this? What's my problem?" It is your problem. You're not thinking with a pure mind. You're thinking with the Esav. You're thinking with the yetzer hara.
