Understanding the Red Cow Will Save YOU When MaShiach Comes (7 Minutes)

0:01So these rules and signs of the red cow are extraordinary. But the one thing I actually realized today, I heard from Rabbi Nissan again, zecher tzadik livracha, also one of the best signs of the red cow is, and who provides everything in the world, is the fact that for over 2,000 years, we haven't had a red cow. When 2,000 years ago, we had red cows because we had a need for them. We had a Beit HaMikdash, the first one, the second one. When we needed them, we had a red cow. During the time of Moshe Rabbeinu, we had a red cow. If we needed it, we got it. But as soon as the Beit HaMikdash was destroyed, for 2,000 years, no one has ever seen a red cow. In 2,000 years, there have been a lot of cows in the world, millions and millions of cows in the world. Not once has anyone seen a red cow. When was the first time that they saw a red cow in history, in the last 2,000 years? Now, in the last couple of years. In the last couple of years, we had two red cows born. One of them was born, I believe, in New Jersey, and another one in a different place in America. The one from New Jersey was recently transferred to Israel, to Jerusalem.

1:26But this is one of the greatest signs that not only is Hashem the only one who decides who lives and who dies, and what comes into the world and what doesn’t come into the world. He decides everything. If there’s going to be a red cow, Hashem decides. If there’s not going to be a red cow, Hashem also decides that. But it also is one of the best proofs, in my opinion, that no one can deny that we are in the end of times. Because why would Hashem give us not one, but two red cows if the Mashiach is not around the corner? If the Mashiach is not around the corner, then we're not going to have a Beit Hamikdash. Without a Beit Hamikdash, the red cow is useless. Now, for 2,000 years we didn't have a Beit Hamikdash, so Hashem didn't give us a red cow. So if He's giving us a red cow, it's logical that He's going to give us a Beit HaMikdash soon also. But a Beit HaMikdash only comes with the Mashiach. So this is, again, one of the most important things that people need to understand, and that's why things in the world are happening with a, it seems like everything is fast-forwarded. Everything is happening very fast. Things are changing much faster. People are noticing things or ignoring things faster. They're making decisions faster.

2:46But this red cow and this mitzvah is unusual in the sense that in the beginning of the parasha it says, "this is the decree of the Torah." And then it starts talking about the red cow. So, if it was talking, if things were based on rationale, they were based on our own logic, instead of saying, "this is the decree of the Torah," it should say, "this is the decree of the Red Cow," or "this is the decree of purification," because the Red Cow is purifying. Or, "these are the laws of impurity." But it's saying, "this is the decree of the Torah." things were based on rationale, they were based on our own logic. Instead of saying this is the decree of the Torah, it should say this is the decree of the Red Cow or this is the decree of purification, because the Red Cow is purifying. Or this is the laws of impurity. But it's saying this is the decree of the Torah. It's not saying this is why the Torah. Chazal explain that this mitzvah is like the entire Torah. The one mitzvah we don't understand is a representation of the entire Torah. And why is it a representation of the entire Torah? Because it's telling you this is how you have to treat the Torah. The fact that we don't understand it and we'll never understand the mitzvah of the Torah of the red cow until the Mashiach comes. We're not going to understand it.

4:02But despite the fact that we don't understand, we still have to do. And this is how we have to treat the entire Torah. Because if we do things even without understanding, then it shows that we're doing it for the right reason. We're doing it because Hashem said so. Why do you say a prayer at the end when you leave the bathroom? Hashem said so. Why do you keep Shabbat? Hashem said so. That's really the real reason for all of the mitzvot. It's the only reason you ever need. Sometimes Hashem, and most of the time, Hashem gives us something called a ta'am, a little taste of the benefits of the mitzvah. rewards that you're going to get for this mitzvah. But you should never do a mitzvah because of the benefit. In the Gemara Masechet Ta'anit, it says that you should never do a mitzvah purely based on benefit. Yes, part of the reason could be the benefit, but in reality, the main reason to do a mitzvah is because Hashem said so. So much so, that the Rambam writes in his book, that the Chasidei Umot HaOlam, the non-Jews of the world,

5:13the righteous non-Jews of the world, if they keep the seven laws of Noah, they have a share in the World to Come. As long as they're keeping the seven laws of Noah because Hashem said so, because it's written in the Torah. But if they keep those seven laws of Noah, just because it makes sense to them, or just because they feel like it, or just because, listen, "Do not murder" is very logical. Why should we murder? They're all common sense. The seven laws of Noach are all common sense. Don't steal. Of course, you shouldn't steal. You shouldn't murder. You shouldn't eat living animals. This is all logical. If they happen to keep those seven laws, but just because it makes sense to them, or because they agree with them, or anything based on their own rationale. He says not only do they not have a share in the World to Come, but they're not even considered the righteous people of the Gentile nations; they're considered the foolish people of the Gentile nations. Why? Because they're doing a mitzvah, they're doing something, but they're not doing it for the right reason. They're not getting any benefit from it. If you're already going to do it, do it for the right reason.

6:37And the right reason, what the Parashat HaShavua is telling us, is because Hashem said so. Whether you understand it or not is irrelevant. Of course, you should try to understand as much as possible, because in our lowly generation, We need to try to understand the meaning behind everything because it's very, very hard for us, especially in the beginning when we first start doing teshuva, when we first convert, when we first connect to Hashem. It's very, very hard for us to make such drastic changes in our life without knowing the reason why. Sometimes the reason needs to be because I don't want to be punished. Sometimes the reason should be because there's going to be a big reward, either in this world or the next world, and so on. And Hashem gave us plenty of mitzvot. Most of the mitzvot we have in the Torah, we have those reasons, we have those tastes. But in reality, once you're in it, once you understand what Torah is, the real reason for keeping anything is that Hashem said so.