Parnasa Secrets by Baal Shem Tov
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0:37Everything is determined from that Rosh Hashanah until the next year's Rosh Hashanah, and it is already decided on that day. So, the Baal Shem Tov asked, if it's already decided what I'm going to make on Rosh Hashanah, why does the Gemara say that I also get judged for my parnassah every day? If it's already decided, would He judge me again? decided it's a good question. So, one day the Baal Shem Tov sees this guy who used to carry water, used to sell water, and he asks him, "So, how are you doing?" He says to him, "Oy, Baruch Hashem, I have a very, very difficult life and I have this job that is much torture. It's hot outside, it's...
1:38My customers are unhappy. The water is not always as clean. He's complaining non-stop. The next day he sees him again. He says, how are you doing? He says, oh, Baruch Hashem, everything is great. Thank God Hashem has given me parnasah. Thank God that today was a little easier, less hot than yesterday. He's like, ashrecha. Ashrecha for teaching me Torah. Oh guys, this water man is saying to me, "I taught Baal Shem Tov Torah, what did I teach you?" For many years, I've been wondering about this question, when it says in the Mishnah... When we get judged on Rosh Hashanah, what are we going to receive from Rosh Hashanah to Rosh Hashanah? But then the Gemara presents a different perspective. It explains that while we indeed receive judgment on Rosh Hashanah, we are also judged daily. Why are we judged every day if our fate was already determined on Rosh Hashanah? It was already decided how much we will earn. What is the purpose of this daily judgment? And then I realized, when I asked you, "How are you?" Yesterday, you were complaining, but today you are not. Yet, nothing externally changed—you still have the same job.
2:41For 25 years already, the same water was just as heavy yesterday as it is today. The water, the weather, really didn't change. What changed? Something in your neshama changed. What changed is that when you went to sleep, your neshama went up to shamayim. Before, the first time I saw you, it was decided in shamayim that you made some... Averot, you committed some sins, and you need to repent for them. So tomorrow, even if you're destined to receive parnasah, let's say $50,000, the way you'll achieve it will be very challenging. Automatically, when you woke up, it felt like Tisha B'Av. You woke up feeling miserable even though nothing specific happened yet. Why? Because your neshama knows that today is going to be a tough day. While you slept, your neshama ascended to shamayim. They said, oh, today you went through your kaparat avonot. You don't have kaparat avonot tomorrow. Tomorrow's living is going to come fine. No problems. So automatically your neshamah is happy. You feel good. So now I finally understand. Even though it's decided on Rosh Hashanah how much I'm going to make, they decide every day how I'm going to make what I'm going to make based on my actions.
4:01That's why sometimes you wake up happy, and sometimes you wake up upset. So a truly wise person who believes this would ask themselves: What would they do if they wake up upset? The first thing they need to understand is that they must have done something wrong yesterday. If they continue acting the same throughout the day without reflection or teshuva (repentance), they risk continuing to accumulate sins, and tomorrow may also be a difficult day.
