How To Receive SPECIAL PRIVILEGES From HaShem?

0:14In the book of Judges, chapter 19, verse 30, there is a horrific act where a pilegesh (concubine) ran away from her husband, who wasn’t exactly a very nice person. The tribe of Binyamin, who were a bunch of reshaim (wicked people) at the time, found her and did their way with her in such a horrific and atrocious way. It is recorded in the Tanakh what they did to this woman. May you never know such horrific things. Unfortunately, similar things have been reported in the media. who were a bunch of reshaim at the time, found her and did what they wanted with her in such a horrific and atrocious way, it is recorded in the Tanakh. What they did to this woman, may you never know, such horrific things. Unfortunately, similar things have been reported in the media. Just in the last few weeks, a young girl went to Eilat. A group of, I don't know, 16 or 20 guys decided that they're gonna have fun by destroying this girl. These stories continue. There's nothing new under the sun. What happened in Eilat a few weeks ago is nothing new. It happened in the Tanach also, to an even worse extent. This woman was raped.

1:42Tortured by these reshaim; they were Jews, but reshaim. After that, she got back to her house, and her husband, who understood what happened, cut her into pieces and sent a little piece of her to the different tribes. Little piece of her to a different tribe and say, "Look what they did to her! What they did to her!" to get them angry because we want to go to war with these wicked Benjaminites. Benjamin himself was one of the four people that never sinned, a big tzaddik. That doesn't mean that all of his descendants are tzaddikim. This generation of the Benjamin tribe were reshaim, horrible people. So he sent it to Yehuda. He sent it to Yosef. He sent it to all of the tribes, though not to the patriarchs themselves, as they weren't alive at the time. Now, everyone got heated and angry. They decided that the time had come to go to war with the tribe of Binyamin, and they went to war.

3:07They went to war with them with 400,000 soldiers. Am Yisrael went to war against one of the tribes with 400,000 soldiers. The tribe of Binyamin had 26,000 soldiers. You would think, logically, the war should be done in 15 minutes. And if they're good soldiers, a day. That's the way it's supposed to work, logically. 400,000. You're talking about a ratio of 16 to 1. So, imagine, it doesn't matter how strong you are. It doesn't matter if you know Taekwondo and Jujitsu, and maybe a little Capoeira. Sixteen guys who don't even know how to fight jump you, and you're getting beat up. All the stuff that you think, “No, no, it's Bruce Lee,” yeah, that's in the movies. Sixteen guys jump you, you're finished. You're finished. Sixteen guys with weapons, you're not going to stand a chance. It doesn’t add up logically, and you start pondering how such a lopsided confrontation could have unfolded if we’re talking about those numbers. i have to say it here, it didn't work that way. You would think, wait a minute, 400,000 righteous people versus 26,000 wicked - that's even more of a reason why this fight should be finished in 15 minutes.

4:27Right, not only is it rationally 400,000 versus 26,000, but on top of it, the 26,000 don't have any good merits. They're ashamed; they are wicked people. Look what they did to this girl. It didn't work out that way in the book of Shoftim (Judges), chapter 20, verse 18. Am Yisrael goes to the Kohen Gadol, goes to the Urim ve'Tumim, and talks to Hashem. Should we go to war? The Urim ve'Tumim says, you're going to win the war. Meaning, it got a stamp from HaKadosh Baruch Hu that you're going to win the war. It didn't specify a time though. On the first day, the first day of the war, the Benjamin tribe kills 22,000 of Am Yisrael—a statistical impossibility. 22,000, meaning practically every soldier they have killed somebody, won a fight. They all ran away. 400,000, now 378,000 left, run away. Don't know what just happened to them. They're all demoralized. How did we not win this war in 15 minutes? What happened? On top of it, on top of it, we asked, what's happening here? They go back to the Urim ve'Tumim. The Urim ve'Tumim said you're going to win the war. 22,000, meaning practically every soldier they have has killed somebody, has won a fight. They all ran away. 400,000, now 378,000 left, run away. They don't know what just happened to them. They're all demoralized. How did we not win this war in 15 minutes? What happened? On top of it, we asked, "What's happening here?" They go back to the Urim VeTumim. Urim VeTumim said you're going to win the war.

5:49The next day, the tribe of Binyamin kills another 18,000 people. 40,000 people of Am Yisrael die at the hands of the tribe of Binyamin. Am Yisrael starts crying, soldiers, huge, powerful soldiers start crying like little babies. What’s happening here? goes, "This continues within a week, everyone's gonna die, but we can't stop the war now. It's 26,000. If we lose this war, overall all of the nations are going to attack us and kill us anyway because they will see how weak we are. So, we might as well... you know, they can't even beat their own people. What's happening here?" becomes the leader. goes to the Urim and Tumim. Urim and Tumim say, tomorrow you're going to win the war. First time. This is the time. Tomorrow, you're going to win the war. The next day, Am Yisrael kills 25,100 of the Benjamin tribe, leaving 900 left.

7:06Virtually, they destroyed almost all of them, yet a little bit remained. That's why the tribe of Binyamin is still in the world. We will only know who is who when Mashiach comes. So, the question is, Rabotai Yekarim, why did 40,000 of Am Yisrael, who were on the righteous side, have to die before a single Rasha died, before they won the war? defying all odds, defying all logic, but doesn't defy the rules of the Torah. So the Chachamim explain; Rashi, Rashi explains on the Pasuk that Am Yisrael was punished, was punished, and that's why they lost. Why were they punished? They were punished because they weren't zealous in the past sins that were being made, which was in chapter 17 of the book of Shoftim, when the army said when they were worshipping idols. When people were worshipping idols, I mean, I wasn't zealous to go fight it when people were recruiting. were punished because they weren't zealous in the past sins that were being made, which was in Chapter 17 of the Book of Shoftim. When Am Yisrael said, when they were worshipping idols, I mean, I wasn't zealous to go fight it when people were recruiting Jews to Christianity or people were getting others to become atheists, or people were teaching heresy, or people were saying that God needs us, or people are pro-homosexuality. Obviously, I wasn't zealous, but only you became zealous once it hurt somebody that was your friend.

8:26Jews to Christianity, or people were getting others to become atheists, or people were teaching heresy, or people were saying that God needs us, or people are pro-homosexuality—obviously, I wasn't zealous. But only you became zealous once it hurt somebody who was your friend. Your friend's girl got hurt, now all of a sudden you're a servant of Hashem. Now all of a sudden you're going to say, oh, all of a sudden you want to be the defender of the faith. How come you weren't zealous for Hashem when it came to avodah zarah (idolatry)? How come you weren't zealous for Hashem when it came to defend the Torah? How come you weren't zealous? Because of that, when one woman gets killed, everybody fights. But when Hashem's name was being desecrated for years, where was the outcry? Where was the defense of His kavod (honor) all those years? No one did a thing to protect His name and His kavod. So HaKadosh Baruch Hu says, okay, you win in the end, but not before you learn this point. You learn this point that if you want to be saved, and when you want to be saved, if you want that special protection, when you want that protection...

9:47You have to fight for the kavod of Hashem. Not when you want to fight, but rather when you need to fight. How do you know when to fight? Anytime Hashem's name is being desecrated, that's your cue. That's your cue. You see a rabbi, or a speaker, or somebody desecrating Hashem's name, and you stay quiet. Don't expect any special privileges from Hashem. You're defending the Reform mentality. You're defending the Christian missionary mentality. You're doing all of that. Don't expect HaKadosh Baruch Hu to be on your good side when you need Him to. Why? You didn't defend His honor. You didn't defend His name. but I was righteous overall. I kept Shabbat, I kept this. Yeah, you're good. I'm not gonna say that you're going to Gan Eden permanently, but as far as the special privileges, not so much. Why? Because you didn't do it. You didn't make it to the team. You didn't make it to the team. You aren't on the starting lineup. We kept you in camp, kept you on the roster somehow. Why? Fighting for the kavod of Hashem.

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