Nuking Our Own Olam Aba

0:06So now, people have no idea that every single one of their actions has a reaction. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't happen. When someone drives on Shabbat, He doesn't see anything bad. He doesn't see any accidents. He's driving his Bentley. He's driving his Ferrari. He's driving his Mercedes Benz. Or he's driving his little toot-toot. It doesn't make a difference. He's driving. He's enjoying. He has nice weather. No problem. What he doesn't realize is that every single time he presses the gas pedal, he's violating Shabbat a minimum of 6,000 times. One of my students, who is an engineer, did the research.

1:21Go 90 miles an hour. It increases it. Now he doesn't see this, the guy with the two stoos. He doesn't see it, the guy with the little Mercedes. He's enjoying the air conditioner. He's enjoying the music. He's enjoying all these things. What he doesn't realize is that every time he does Chilul Shabbat, there's a spiritual atomic bomb going off in his personal Olam Haba. That's why, in the Gemara on Masechet Sanhedrin, page 90, it says "Kol Yisrael," meaning everyone in Israel has a share in the world to come. And on Shabbat, we read this. The problem is that on Shabbat, in the Siddur, they only include that part. But if you read the continuation of that Mishnah in Masechet Sanhedrin, from page 90 all the way to 98, you'll find it goes on to talk about the exceptions and those who do not have a share in the world to come. 90 to 90, the first line says all of Israel has a share in the world to come. That's the first line. The remaining eight pages, which is really 16, talk about all of the people that don't have a share in the world to come. Someone who went with an Eshet Ish, all of these sinners who don't have, meaning, yes,

2:37All of the ones that are righteous, because they use a verse from Yeshayahu, he says "all of you that are righteous," fulfilling the verse that all of you are righteous and have a share of the world to come. Meaning, as long as you're tzaddikim, you have a share of the world to come. And these are the following that do not have a share of the world to come, and it lists all of the sins that someone commits in order to lose their share of the world to come. Now, these people don't know. They go to Beit Knesset with their car sometimes on Shabbat. They think they have a share in the world to come; they think they did a mitzvah. They even consider themselves part of the minyan, even though Chazal says they're not considered part of a minyan. Yet no one tells them; the rabbi doesn't tell them because then he won't get tzedakah. So they have to read. They have to read Mishnah, they have to read Gemara, they have to read Halachot. They have to learn for themselves; they can't just rely on a once-a-week lecture. And they'll see that in this Torah that we have, that we got from Shamayim, there are rules. Not everyone has a free ride, my friend. No one has a free ride. There are rules. If you're a tzaddik, meaning you comply with the Torah, you're good to go. You're good. You have nothing to worry about. Can anyone here raise their hand and say I'm a tzaddik?

3:59Can anyone in this generation raise their hand and say, "I'm a tzaddik"? Including all the rabbis. As a matter of fact, the bigger the rabbi, the less likely he is to even think about whether he is a tzaddik. So, the more somebody knows, the less likely they are to even consider themselves as a tzaddik. But the key here is that we have opportunities to build or damage our olam haba. Every time someone drives on Shabbat, they are metaphorically setting off atomic bombs in their olam haba. This is something crucial for us to understand. When it is mentioned that certain actions cause a person to not have a share in the world to come, it implies that yes, they technically have a share, but when they arrive, they will witness only destruction. They will ask, "What happened to my olam haba?" Yeah, you ruined it. You destroyed it. Yeah, you had a share, but it's in pieces. Yeah, what do you mean it's in pieces? It's all fire. He goes, yes, that's what you're going to be in for the next 50 million years. All the bombs you set off. You drove on Shabbat, you ate non-kosher, you went to mixed weddings, you associated with people you're not supposed to, you stole, you did this, and you did that. Every time you did it, yeah, maybe you didn't see it.

5:17in front of your eyes, but it happened. It happened. And that's the thing that we all have to understand. Every single thing you do, there is a consequence. Some of them you see, Hashem shows it to you in this world. But not always.