Make Yourself Holy (AMAZING REAL STORY)
Rabbi Yaron Reuven delivers a Shiur on sanctification, urging listeners to grow holier each week. He stresses active participation, not just attendance, emphasizing application of lessons to life. Through a real-life story, he illustrates sanctification's benefits, highlighting the importance of maintaining professional boundaries and ethical conduct. The narrative underscores the transformative power of small actions in achieving holiness and making a Kiddush Hashem (sanctification of God's name). BH CORONA-HELP CAMPAIGN Feeding Poor Jewish Families by Be'Ezrat HaShem Inc https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/ODk5NDk= BeEzrat HaShem Inc. Cares About the NeShama & Guf (Body) of Am Yisrael and are back on a CHESED MISSION to FEED POOR JEWISH PEOPLE in Jerusalem and other areas in Eretz Yisrael. 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To Listen to our very popular "Daily Chidush" short audio series on SOUNDCLOUD or the Podcast Channel at https://beezrathashem.jewishpodcasts.... Born in Netanya, Israel, Rabbi Yaron Reuven began his American Dream as a little boy, when his family immigrated to the United States. He went from a newspaper boy at the age of 10, to a well-known self-made Wall Street multimillionaire by the age of 23. During his time in Wall Street, he owned his own private brokerage firm, a hedge fund, and an international insurance agency. He was featured on CNBC, Bloomberg and Chinese NDTV due to his success in the financial industry. At age 26 he faced a 7-year battle for his life when a simple surgery went wrong. From that moment his life would never be the same. This moment marked the start of a series of miraculous events and an exciting pursuit of truth, ultimately resulting in Rabbi Reuven renouncing his lofty position and success in Wall Street, after 16 years, to become a full-time KIRUV rabbi. His Teshuva story is sure to catch the heart of every listener. Rabbi Reuven’s shiurim are in English and Hebrew. His classes are focused on spreading the truth and divinity of the Torah through MUSSAR, scientific proofs, and many other methods to reach each individual listener. Rabbi Reuven is the leading educator on the topic of wasting seed in the English language with over 30 hrs of content published online. Rabbi Yaron Reuven is a proud member of the Igud HaRabbonim (The Rabbinical Alliance of America), a national rabbinic organization founded in 1942. Today, our 900+ members are congregational leaders, religious teachers, chaplains, heads of Jewish organizations and communal leaders united in their commitment to traditional Orthodox Judaism. For more information please visit: https://rabbinicalalliance.org/ #Torah #tikkunhabrit #movie #judaism #jewish #rabbiyaronreuven #lifestyle #addiction #wastingseed #guardyoureyes #modesty #modest #pgamhabrit #Brit #motivation #JewishLife #spirituality #kosher #JewishWisdom #Shabbat #Mitzvah #Faith #JewishCommunity #JewishTradition #Halacha #Teshuva #Talmud #JewishLearning #JewishCulture #emunah #bitachon 00:00:00 Intoduction 00:00:14 Sanctifying Ourselves 00:01:34 The Yetzer Hara and Holiness 00:02:32 A Businessman's Success Story 00:03:04 The Suspicious Wire Transfer 00:03:54 Hackers and a Fake Email 00:04:47 Uncovering the Scam 00:05:40 The Policy That Saved Him 00:06:56 Reward for Holiness
Transcript
0:14Now, the goal, Rabotai Yekarim, with every one of these shiurim, is to try a little bit, a little bit, every week, to try to sanctify ourselves. Make ourselves holy. Make ourselves Anashim Kedoshim.
1:34No point in entertainment, like watching a movie. The reality is our job is to sanctify ourselves, to make ourselves holy. It's not an easy job, but I'll give you a little bit of an example of how a person makes themselves holy with something small and how HaKadosh Baruch Hu pays cash. There is a Yetzer Hara in the light. He apparently doesn't like that we're trying to make ourselves holy. But there's a special Rav. Most of his lectures he gives in Yiddish. Talmid Chacham Tzadik. His name is Rav Biderman, and he has some unbelievable stories. And Rabbi Efraim told me this one, that he heard from him—a true story. There's a guy that he knows, a businessman, a very successful one, who lives in America. But not only am I talking about just being successful with money—that's a given; he is very successful—but also successful with Kedusha, successful with his Avodat Hashem. How do we know from this story?
3:04One day, this businessman is at work at his company, doing his regular activities, when his executive assistant calls him. "Hi sir, were you sure about this $70,000 wire transfer that you emailed me about?" Because this executive assistant, she's the one who takes care of all of this stuff, including making payments to different companies, buying things, selling things, and handling big transactions that could be in millions. And she asked him, "Are you sure about this $70,000 wire to this bank?" And he says, "What wire? What are you talking about? I didn't send you anything." says, "No, sir, I have an email from you that says to wire $70,000 to such and such bank." He runs to our desk, saying, "Show me the email. Let me see it." He then says, "I didn't write this email!" They ask the tech guy to investigate the issue. What do they find out? There are a couple of hackers that have been tracking him for the last week and a half.
4:17Tracking every one of his steps into his system, they discovered that he has a pattern. Anytime he wants to send money to anyone or conduct transactions, he sends an email to his assistant, and she sends the money automatically. They've been following him, mirroring his computer, not doing anything, just watching and collecting information, and they decided to take the first shot. made a fake email from him, sent it to the assistant, and tried to send $70,000 to this bank, which is their bank. Immediately, they shut off the systems. Obviously, they didn't do this wire. They changed the passwords, everything. But after everything, you know, there was chaos in the office. How could this be? Where? Who? What? When? But after everything calmed down... He says, he asks his assistant, he goes, "I don't understand. I send you wire instructions to send people money every day for much larger amounts of money. You never ask me if I'm sure or if I'm not sure. How come you, what caught your attention on this one? This is the only one. They didn't catch him for any money. This is the only one. They almost got 70,000 from him. How come, what happened with this one?"
5:40She says, "I've been working for you for four and a half years, and ever since I've worked for you, I've known that you have a policy in this office to never call a woman by her first name." Why? To have a distance. Don't become friendly with your assistant. Don't become friendly with someone that's not your wife. So when I saw your email, this email, it says, "Oh, hi Miri, how are you? Please send $70,000 to this guy, we're doing a deal." So I said, "Since when do you call me by my name?" So it looks fishy to me. So he tells Rav Biderman, he says, "Look, Kvod Rav, look, Kvod Rav." Look what happened here. It's not just about sanctifying oneself a little bit. Why? By maintaining a little bit of distance between fellow employees. Don't be so comfortable with somebody who is not your wife. Don't be friends with anyone who is not your wife. Yes, but she's an employee. Technically, you can call her by her first name. It doesn't mean you should. Sanctify yourself just a little bit. He says, "I saved myself $70,000."
6:56And we just learned Torah from it. Imagine how much he's benefiting right now because of this story. Not just the 70,000; 70,000 is nothing. Imagine how much Kiddush Hashem he has made from this story— from all the listeners, from Rabbi Dramein's listeners who will listen to us, b'ezrat Hashem. Why? To teach us that when HaKadosh Baruch Hu says, "Make yourselves holy, because I am holy," in Parashat Kedoshim, it wasn't a suggestion. It was telling you this is a commandment. And it's a commandment that you will benefit from in ways that you will never imagine, making yourself a little holier. It was telling you this is a mitzvah. And it's a mitzvah that you will benefit from in ways that you will never imagine, making yourself a little holier.
8:23Thank you.
