Pittsburgh Massacre Is Tragic, BUT DOES IT MEAN THEY'RE HOLY KEDOSHIM???

1:37even thinking about the truth, even listening to the truth, even considering the truth. We're distorting the facts so much that literally anyone who knows any Torah whatsoever, who has even an ounce of Yirat Shamayim, would review the past couple of days and what people have been saying about this so-called temple or Conservative shul, or whatever you want to call it. the people that died in it and you compare what the Torah says about the same thing. He said there must be two Torahs. It cannot be the same thing. It cannot be the same Torah. Why? The Torah says that people who go against Hashem publicly and are arrogant about it. All of the arrogance, all the gay pride that's considered disgusting and an abomination in Hashem's eyes. But everybody's like, no, they're Kedoshim. What Kedoshim? What Kedoshim? What Kedoshim? What are you talking about, Kedoshim? You know who is Kedosh? You know who the Torah calls Kedosh? Rabbi Akiva. Rabbi Akiva died. Died for what? Al Kiddush Hashem.

3:01They're saying these people, the homosexuals, who were given a Brit Milah to a guy on Shabbat and drove to witness it on Shabbat, are in the same class as Rabbi Akiva. And this, I mean, this is not—if it's coming from the Reform, who listens to them at all? If it comes from the Conservatives, who listens to them at all? Why? Because it's not the Torah; it's their own opinions. But the sad part is, Rabotai, over the last couple of days, especially the last 24 hours, a number of emails, messages, and all types of phone calls and so on that I've been getting, Rabbi Edery has been getting, I'm sure, and Rabbi Zakaria, I'm sure, has gotten, and anyone that has any little bit of emet in them. We're not getting these criticisms from the Reformers and the Conservatives. We're getting it from the so-called Orthodox. They're saying, "Oh, you should be ashamed of yourself. You're a chilul Hashem." I'm a chilul Hashem? Why am I a chilul Hashem? I work for free for Am Yisrael to help people do teshuvah, to return to Hashem. How am I causing a chilul Hashem? What happened? What changed between yesterday and today? Oh, you said that these holy people who died were a kiddush Hashem. I said? No, I didn't say it. The Torah says it.

4:17Says it, so I said, "My father, Shabbat, what you might die did I create? Can you give me proof that what I said is wrong?" Oh, no, but this Rabbi Weinberger says that you're wrong. Well, did he give you a Torah source? Is there a Torah source for what he says? Well, he says some rabbi told him this and that. Okay, I heard what he said; there's no Torah source. I If there's a Torah source that shows anything I've ever said in my life is wrong, I will be happy to make an entire lecture just about publicizing how wrong I am. No problem. Don't go telling me that these people who go and declare war against Hashem on a day-to-day basis in public—nonetheless, not that they're making sins like the rest of us in private because we're all a little bit of a shaygetz once in a while. No, they do it in public. They're still proud of their actions and... Don't go telling me that these people who go and declare war against Hashem on a day-to-day basis, in public nonetheless, are not just making sins like the rest of us in private because we're all a little bit of a sinner once in a while. No, they do it in public. They're still proud of their actions.

5:27They go to the Knesset with their car with the flag of homosexuality on the car, and you're going to compare them to the level of Rabbi Akiva? Hashem Yirachem, what level have we fallen into? How it is that Hashem is not destroying the world is beyond me. You're comparing them to the level of Rabbi Akiva? Rabbi Akiva? You know what happened to Rabbi Akiva? You know what Rabbi Akiva did? When he was in prison, and he was in prison, somebody, one of the talmidim would bring him food and water every day. Why? Because the reshaim wouldn't even give him food and water. These arurim, these Romans, wouldn't give him food and water. They said you can arrange for yourself food and water. So, one of his talmidim would bring him food and water. One day, there was no food and just a little bit of water. "I'm sorry, food, but just a little bit of water," Rabbi Akiva said. "Okay, so I'm just going to drink and I'm not going to eat." "Rabbi Akiva, you need to eat." "No, I can't." "Why?" "It's not enough water for me to do netilat yadayim."

6:51It's not the water that you gave me. It's not enough water to do Netilat Yadayim so I can eat the food you gave me. Therefore, I can eat the food without Netilat Yadayim. It's not enough to do Netilat Yadayim. Netilat Yadayim, Rabotai, is Rabbanan. It's not Moshe Rabbeinu who told us at Mount Sinai. Rabbi said you should wash your hands. Three times on this hand, three times on this hand,that's what the Talmid told them. I'm sorry to remind you, but the netilat yadayim is d'rabbanan. It's a rabbinical mitzvah. It's not d'oraita. It's not like, and anyway, you're in jail, you're an anus. Rabbi Akiva looks at him and he says, chas v'shalom that I would ever go against even a single law for my dear friends and colleagues. Meaning, what do you mean d'rabbanan, d'oraita, what are you talking about? It's all the same. It's all Hashem. He wasn't willing to eat because he didn't have enough water to wash his hands. And you're going to put him, who got his skin peeled off with a fork-like tool by these Reshaim Arurim, and in the middle of doing it, he's saying "Shema Yisrael Hashem Elokeinu Hashem Echad." The Gemara in Masechet Berachot says, "Ashrecha Rabbi Akiva that your Neshamah left your body at 'Echad.'" Prison because he didn't have enough water to wash his hands, and you're going to put him, who got his skin peeled off with a fork-like tool by these resha'im arurim, and in the middle of doing it, he's saying Shema Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad. The Gemara in Masechet Berachot says, Ashrecha Rabbi Akiva that your neshama left your body at Echad.

8:19They're peeling your skin. They're peeling his skin. Instead of saying "Ow," instead of saying "Stop it," instead of saying "Hashem," scream. I don't want to scream. I didn't have it. What is he saying? He's saying "Shema Yisrael." If talmidim are saying for the Rav, you could just say one word, kill everybody. You have the holy name. He goes, "I killed them." My whole life I've been waiting. To fulfill the mitzvah of loving Hashem with all my soul, all my money, and with all my heart. I learned to love Hashem with every minute as soon as I discovered it. I learned for 80 years, but to learn it with all my soul, I was scared my whole life. I'm going to fulfill this mitzvah. Now I have the opportunity to fulfill the mitzvah of loving Hashem with my soul itself, and you want me to ruin it? You want me to consider the fact that I'm dealing with agonizing pain, that they're peeling my skin off? Who has time to consider such things? And you're going to put someone who died on Shema Yisrael from Yisrael in the same class as a homosexual?

9:39To'evat Hashem, go nefesh, bushah ve'cherpah to all these rabbis that are supporting this bushah ve'cherpah. Bushah ve'cherpah! You're putting them in the same class? This is Chilul Hashem! If what they did in Pittsburgh is not enough Chilul Hashem... What the Orthodox, so-called Orthodox that are defending them, that's a Chilul Hashem. That's a much bigger Chilul Hashem. You're putting them in "Kiddushim" to you, Adonai. Rabotai, there's only one emet. If you don't like it, look for a different religion. Look for a different religion. At least be kind enough not to call it Torah. At least be kind enough to say, you know what, it's not for me, this Judaism. Why? It requires truth, and I'm a liar, so I can't handle truth all the time. I want to be a liar, like most of humankind. So it's not for me. There's Judaism; I'm going to do something else. I'll become a Sadducee. Don't call it Judaism; call it something else.

11:02And if you don't have, you say, no, no, I like Judaism. I don't want to leave. I don't want to leave. I like it. Okay. But what you're saying is tough. Okay. It's tough. Is it true though? Does it have a halachic background? Does it have halachic support? Yes. You don't like it. It hurts your heart a little bit. Your cousin died. Your uncle died. Your uncle could have died. Whatever. All these things affect you. You're biased a little bit. Be quiet. It's tough for you? No problem. Be quiet. Don't say yes. Don't say no. Don't say I support. Don't say I go against. Be quiet. Is it so hard to be quiet? Rabotai, all of those people that are saying anyone that died because they're a Jew is considered someone that died al Kiddush Hashem simply did not learn the actual halacha. He read it on Google. He read it on Google, maybe on Yeshiva.com. He saw an article, and somebody said, "Oh, look, somebody died al Kiddush Hashem," and he uses that as halacha. But if you look at the Rambam, the Rambam very clearly says that for someone to die al Kiddush Hashem, it's not simply that they die because they are a Jew. Plenty of Jews die every day.

12:30Every person, every Jew, that ever died in a war died al Kiddush Hashem? Are they all in the same class as Rabbi Akiva and his friends? So why is Rabbi Akiva mentioned in the Gemara? Why don't we start a new Gemara? Two thousand years of Mesirut Nefesh, and everyone died al Kiddush Hashem. He has to die for the Torah and mitzvot, meaning he didn't die just because he's a Jew. He died because he protected the Torah and mitzvot. A Jew is born a Jew and didn't pick and choose to be a Jew, for the most part, unless he converted, and that's a minority anyway. And that same Jew could have been a Mechalel Shabbat yesterday, could have been a homosexual today, or could have been an idol worshiper today. She's telling me, because somebody shot him in the face, because he was posing naked on the internet, and someone doesn't like people posing naked on the internet, he's like, "Oh, I'm going to kill him because I don't like Jews." So that guy died Al Kiddush Hashem? He's in the same class as Rabbi Akiva? What's the matter with people today?

13:46Have you lost your minds? Have you lost any sense of honesty whatsoever? Is money that important to people that you simply cannot determine the truth from the sheker? There's nothing, there's no difference anymore. It's busha. As I said on Sunday, we're not celebrating anybody's death. Not even supposed to celebrate the death of a goy. You're not even supposed to celebrate the death of someone who is not Jewish. No one is celebrating any death. No one wants anyone to die. No one wants anyone to even get hurt. But the emet (truth) doesn't change; you cannot change the status of a Jew just because he died.

14:46You cannot change the status of a person just because maybe it makes you feel better. "Oh, yeah, he died al Kiddush Hashem, this idol worshipper, so he's going to Gan Eden." You decide he's going to Gan Eden? Hashem has to check with you if he’s going to go to Gan Eden? He lived his whole life against Hashem. His whole life he was vocal about going against Hashem, but because you're saying he died al Kiddush Hashem, you're deciding? You're the Bad Din shel Mata? You're deciding he's going to the same Gan Eden as Rabbi Akiva? unfortunately, about me. Even the people that know the truth have a very, very hard time grasping everything we just said. The reason why is because emotions are flying wild. Emotions are all over the place. No one likes to see anyone, even semi-related to them—a distant relative, even someone that they went to high school with—die, and.

15:46Already know a bunch of people from my high school graduating class that died. Every time I think about it, it makes me sad. No one wants anyone to die, but you cannot change the truth because of that. The truth is, if you live according to the Torah, death is not such a bad thing. Death is not such a bad thing when all you're doing is going from this stop to a much better one on your journey towards your destination. If you lived according to the Torah, you've completed your job, and Hashem is now going to give you a handsome eternal reward. Death is not necessarily such a bad thing. It may be a horrible thing for the people left behind because they're going to miss you. because they have to experience life without you. However, for the individual who has lived a Torah-observant life, death is not the end. It's the beginning of receiving eternal reward from Hashem. This aligns with the belief system outlined in the 13 Principles of Faith, which emphasizes the immortality of the soul and the existence of life after death. Therefore, it's essential to focus on living a life in adherence to the Torah's teachings. That's obvious it may be a horrible thing for the difficulties that are left behind now that you're missing from the world, but for you yourself, it's not such a bad thing if you lived according to the Torah. If you didn't, then death is a horrible thing because now your troubles are just beginning. That's not your own opinion deciding this; that is the 13 Principles of Faith and....

17:12If you do not believe or agree with this, you are by definition considered a heretic who cannot be counted as a Jew. The 13 principles of faith say that there is Torah m'Sinai, there is reward, and there is punishment. If you do not believe in reward and punishment, you have a very serious problem. So, for all of those so-called Orthodox people that do not like to... Think of Hashem as a punishing being, as a punishing entity. Surprise, surprise! You, my friend, are less Jewish than you think. Because in order to be Jewish, you must believe that there is reward and punishment. You must. So, if you're saying Hashem doesn't punish people in this world because they're homosexuals, and Hashem doesn't punish people because they're heretics, and Hashem doesn't punish people because they're into Mary — doesn't punish them, so when does He punish them? Because no one wants to believe in Gehinnom either, since the rabbi said that Gehinnom is only embarrassment.

18:20So that means that the guy that's an idol worshiper, a homosexual, or any other type of sinner, he can do whatever he wants, his whole life, and the other guy is learning Torah from morning to night, and they both go up to Shamayim, okay, you kept Torah, okay, Gan Eden. You what'd you do? Oh, you didn't keep the halachot. You didn't keep Shabbat. Oh, you were a homosexual. Okay. Oh, you went with dogs, too. Okay. Oh, you were an idol worshiper also. Okay, you killed some people. Wow, Hitler and you, okay. You know what? We're gonna put you where Hitler used to be. We're going to put you in the same department he used to be, but since it doesn't really exist, we're going to make fun of you for like an hour and... We're going to make fun of you to embarrass you a little bit, so you cry and then you go to get it in right next to the guy who just came. You see, the guy just passed. He went to the grenet, and you're going to go with him. Just get to know him now. Say, "I'll see you in a few minutes. Come, come. We're going to embarrass you a little bit. Don't take it personally. Don't cry so much. Just get to know, that's a few jokes." What do people think? This is what people think. Even as a secular person with any mind whatsoever, you cannot think such a foolish thing.

19:33It's very difficult. It's very difficult to stick to the emet because the emet obligates us. It obligates us to change. If you're not willing to change, that's one thing. But to stop other people from changing, to make fun of people that are influencing others to change, that just means you're an evil person; it doesn't mean that you're... Anything good at all means you're evil. Why? Because you want everyone to stay losers just like you. You don't want to change; you don't want to progress; you don't want to succeed—that's your business. But you stopping others from progressing, you stopping others from going to Gan Eden, you stop others from moving forward and becoming better—you're evil.

20:33This is what every single person who likes to make comments on the internet going against the Torah, which doesn't agree with their sad reality, needs to think about. What's the point? What is the point of this comment? Oh, so I'm trying to influence other people to not follow the Torah. Why? What bothers you about other people becoming more religious? Why does it disturb you that others have faith in Gan Eden and Gehinnom? Why is it an issue for you? It only troubles some people because it serves as a reminder that if everyone else does teshuva, they may end up being the only one left behind. And nobody wants to be the last one; misery loves company. That's why the Gemara says Gehinnom continues to expand—there are many people who don't make the right choices.