Swimming Through Life with EMUNAH
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1:32ləchədə et lət'rei, esə gəd tenā'ah ed əsviym, espāshəli ena'ātəm, ed ed ena'ah ena'ah ena'ah ena'ah ena'ah ena'ah ena'ah ena'ah ena'ah ena'ah areg v'al ya'avor, areg v'al ya'avor
2:34It's better you die than go and hang out by the pool with a bunch of immodest women. Die. I'm not just talking about avoiding it because it's not good, where you might think you'll just get a metaphorical slap on the head. It's on the same severe level as the three cardinal sins where it's better to die than to transgress. One of them is avodah zarah (idol worship). If someone says, "Here's JCPenney, go worship him," you should choose to die and not worship him. Die and don't bow to him. If they threaten to shoot you, it's considered better to accept death than to commit idolatry. maraot, yatzkidu shesham. Second, murder. You are not allowed to murder anyone to save your own life. If you are told, "either you die or your friend dies," you must choose to die rather than kill your friend. You are not allowed to kill anybody. Third, illicit relations. Do not go to places full of immodesty, like the beach. פולטין, פארקים מיוחדים, בגבהי ההר, זה עראי ועל יעבור. ואני יודע שזה מגניב למתחילים, אבל זה פעולה. זה פעולה. ובכל מיני פארקים שהם מיוחדים עם כיפה קטנה, אבל הם לומדים בבית כל יום, אתם לומדים אחד מהמיוחדים בתורה.
4:02oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta, oraysta. כן, אתם צריכים לראות את דעתכם, איזו פעולה. אתם צריכים לראות את דעתכם, תורה, ואיזו פעולה, אז אתם יכולים להגיע לצמיחה. אז אתם יכולים לראות את דעתכם. אתם צריכים לראות את דעתכם, אז אתם יכולים לראות את דעתכם. לראות את דעתכם, אז אתם יכולים להגיע לגיבור שמגיע לצמיחה שלכם. אתם יכולים לדעת את דעתכם, תורה והשקפת עולם, כדי שאתם יכולים להיות מישהו. אבל בלי דעתכם אמונה, לא תשרדו. בלי דעתכם על הקדוש ברוך הוא, ועל מה הוא כשאין, לא תעברו את החיים. זאת קדושה, חברים שלי.
5:22That's swimming. Swimming is not to swim when the coast is clear and everything is fine. Swimming is when you're drowning, and you're swallowing water because the debts don't stop coming, the bills don't stop coming, the lawsuits don't stop coming, everyone hates you, it all looks like it's terrible, and you feel like you're drowning, and you don't know where God is. God's where the darkness is. That's what swimming is. emunah emunah emunah emunah emunah emunah emunah emunah emunah ki ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein ein
6:41What makes it beautiful when you cut it, and you break it, and you cut it, and you put the laser, and you smash it, and you cut it, and you kick the heck out of it, eventually becomes a diamond. מה עשו משה רבינו, משה רבינו? המזרחים, המזרחים שהם עשו. מה עשו אברהם אבינו, אברהם אבינו? בטח עשרה ניסיונות שהוא קיבל מהשם יתברך. השאלה היא, כיצד היו עשרה ניסיונות? למה יש מחלוקת על כך? בגלל שהיו יותר מעשרה. פשוט היו יותר מעשרה. קודם כל, אחרי שהם היו הולכים להקריב את הילד שלהם לשם יתברך. הוא פס את הטסט, ה' אומר, אל תדעו עליו. עכשיו אני יודע שאתם מזכירים עליי. אתם חושבים, אההה, זה טסט 10, אני עשיתי, אני במצב ייחודי, אברהם אבינו, קודש קודשים. ה' פס עליי, אני מזכיר על ה', אני מזכיר על יראת שמיים. מי יותר גדול ממך? הוא יצא לבית, שרה אמנו מתה.
7:50Avraham Avinu did not complain to Hashem. Why do you let Avraham get killed? Why? You are letting Avraham get killed. Why are you letting Avraham get killed? Why did you let the Satan kill her? Why? Did you ever see Avraham Avinu complain to Hashem? Hey Hashem, Dear Hashem, why? Ask a question, why did you do it? Give me, give me, give me, give me a pasuk, give me hochacha, give me something. No, why? Avraham Avinu knew everything is the will of Hashem, even if it doesn't make sense. Because Avraham Avinu knew how to swim. Avraham Avinu no'eh la'usvim, v'na'atzru itzchak avinu, v'na'atzru itzchak avinu na'atzru Yaakov. aisev aisev aisev aisev aisev aisev aisev aisev aisev
9:12Save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me, save me. Yaakov, nu, to even swim, even to swim, even to have siyata diShmaya, to survive, you need, you need Hashem's help. You need to swim, to survive, to have this emunah, the basic level emunah, or the emunah of Avraham Avinu. You need the help of Hashem. How do you get to the help of Hashem? You start with the beginning, you go to page one. Ben Zoma omer, eizehu chokham. Who's wise? Torah, okay, I'm going to learn Torah. Who's a gibbor? The yetzer hara, I'm going to start fighting my yetzer hara. Who's sameach? or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1, 2, 3. or, semena stop, 1,
