Shabbat Makes You or Breaks You on Judgment Day. (5 minutes)
Rabbi Yaron Reuven shares a personal anecdote about his successful career and how religious individuals would frequently visit his office, often seeking financial assistance. He emphasizes that over 10 years, these individuals had countless opportunities to point out that his lifestyle was not in line with Torah teachings. He highlights the importance of keeping Shabbat, stating that according to the Torah and the Oral Torah, it's a fundamental principle. He references a book by a respected rabbi in Jerusalem that discusses how someone who does not observe Shabbat is not considered Jewish. Rabbi Reuven emphasizes that he's simply sharing the teachings of HaShem and that the concept is not his own creation. He concludes by reiterating that keeping Shabbat is essential for being considered Jewish according to HaShem. To Support our KIRUV and Torah Teachings work please DONATE at www.BeEzratHaShem.org If you'd like to invite Rabbi Yaron Reuven to give a lecture at your synagogue, home or office please email Info@BeEzratHaShem.org Rabbi Reuven is based out of Florida but travels to give lectures to different groups. DOWNLOAD Our Torah App https://www.beezrathashem.org/getapp Available on Apple iTunes Store, Amazon App Store and Android Play Store, ROKU, itunes and all major podcast sites. 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 100 videos about this topic 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/ https://www.beezrathashem.org/getapp DOWNLOAD OUR APP FREE #parashathashavua #Shabbat #ShabbatShalom #Shabbos #Mitzvah #Judaism #Jewish #RabbiYaronReuven #Torah #Jews #ShabbatDinner #ShabbatTable #Rest #Peace #JewishHoliday 00:00:00 Intoduction 00:01:23 Frequency of Shabbat Reminders 00:01:52 Shabbat Observance: Foundational Importance 00:02:16 Rav Pinchas Zevichi on Shabbat and Kaddish 00:02:42 Asher Yatzar and Shabbat Implications 00:03:11 Kaddish Recitation and Shabbat Observance 00:03:40 Shabbat and Jewish Identity Halacha 00:04:08 Consequences of Not Keeping Shabbat 00:04:34 Transmitting Established Torah Teachings 00:05:01 Importance of Keeping Shabbat
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1:23But nonetheless, they came. Now, if we do the math, I had the office for about 15 years. But if we just use 10 years, and instead of using 2 or 3 times a week, we say once a week - that's once a week, 52 times a year, which is 52 times. Times 10 years, that's 520 times. Which means that someone had 520 opportunities to tell me I'm a goy. To tell me that my lifestyle is wrong. To tell me that if I don’t keep Shabbat, nothing else that I do matters. According to the Shulchan Aruch in seven places, and according to the Torah Shebichtav, the one we got from Mount Sinai, Parashat Ki Tisa is one of them, and eleven other places. According to the Gemara, which is the foundation of the Oral Torah, according to practically every single major rabbi that's ever written in history about Shabbat, even including the ones in this generation, and according to even a simple book that I recently read by a rabbi, a very tzaddik rabbi from Jerusalem named Rav Pinchas Zavichi.
2:42Rav Pinchas Zevichi wrote a simple book, not too thick, about the blessing of Asher Yatzar. Asher Yatzar is a simple blessing, the one you say after you leave the bathroom. The secondary subject of the book is the halachot of when to say Yehei Shemei Rabba in Kaddish. Asher Yatzar is a very straightforward blessing, and there doesn't seem much to know about it until you read this book. Yisgadal V'yiskadash, you figure you say, you have to use Kaddish. But it's Halachot, who says it? So, when he discusses this issue in this very, very simple book, at some point, the issue of Shabbat comes up. And he says, of course, if someone says Kaddish, and he doesn't keep Shabbat, no one says Yehei Shmei Rabba. The question is why? He says because he's a goy. He's not considered Jewish according to halacha. And he gives you 50 sources, 50 simple sources. So if he's writing about something like this, in a very basic, simple book, it's about Hashem Yitbarach, not even about Shabbat. We find out, we realize...
4:08That the halacha of who's considered a Jew and who's not is common language for anybody that's learning Torah. So when someone like me, or someone like Rabbi Mizrachi, that's been doing it for 22 years, or someone like the esteemed rabbi, is telling you, listen, if you don't keep Shabbat, you have a serious problem with Hashem, they're not kidding. This is basic level, first-grade Torah. People that don't like to hear that they're not considered Jewish according to Hashem because they don't keep Shabbat have nothing to do with me. I didn't write it. Hashem didn't ask me for permission. He wrote it and gave it to Moshe. Eventually, I received it. I'm just telling you what it says. I'm just a parrot. It has nothing to do with me. But if someone is going to write it in a book that's called a Sefer Charedi, we know that this is common language for the religious people who want to learn Torah. We need to keep Shabbat.
