What HaShem Is Looking For on Yom Kippur

0:02For those that continue to make excuses, Hashem continues in this week's parasha, Parashat Ha'azinu. All these parashot, if you notice, this is the last speech from Moshe Rabbeinu. The last speech from Moshe Rabbeinu. In Parashat Ha'azinu, Moshe Rabbeinu says, Hashem gave you all the good. He gave you this, he gave you this, he gave you this, he gave you this, and you still went against Him. He says, you're a vile and stupid people. Moshe Rabbeinu is saying this, not me, so don't get offended at me. Moshe Rabbeinu is saying, you stupid people. Why, stupid people, do you know how much he loved me? He said he was willing to die for me every day. But he's calling him stupid. Why is he calling him stupid? Because do you realize what you're going against? You're going against the hand that feeds you, you idiot. You want parnassah? Where are you gonna get parnassah? You think you're the one that made the money? You want air? Where are you gonna get air? You think you're the one that's gonna invent air?

1:25You want a zivug? Why do you think you can get a zivug? Why are you going to find it on your own? You can't go to the bathroom without Him. Go try living a day like Rabbi Yehuda HaNasi with the screaming. How can you go against Him on purpose nonetheless? That's what makes you stupid. That's what Moshe Rabbeinu was saying. Religious in-your-heart thing? It couldn't be stupider. Why? Because it's being intellectually dishonest. Intellectually dishonest. Why? You live in a world where you know there must be rules. You drive in a system where you know there have to be traffic laws. Why? If there are no laws, there will be accidents. There will be chaos. There have to be traffic lights and traffic laws and speed limits and so on and so forth. Whether you like the laws or not, you know you have to comply with them, or else you risk getting arrested, getting fined. Why? Because men invented laws. You live in different countries, whether it be America or Istanbul or Australia, or Israel. Wherever you live, you have to live based on the laws of that government. Whether you like it or not, if you want to live there, there have to be laws, and...

2:52Whether they make sense to you or not is irrelevant. If you like them or not is irrelevant. You want to live there, you have to comply with the laws, or else you risk punishment. You have a family, you have kids. You're going to teach your kids that there are laws of the land in this house. Somebody goes into a yeshiva. He says, hey, I'm here, I'm the Mashiach. The rabbi says, hey, you shut up, you. He goes, oh. Rabbi, you're telling people to be quiet. I'm the guest. I'm the Messiah—no, no, no, I'm not the Messiah. You come, you raise kids, you tell the kids, "Hey, there are laws of the land here. I'm Abba, I'm Ima, whatever it is, you have to follow my laws." Why? If there are no laws, the kids are going to become little Hitlers. That's a reality. There has to be a law. So if man created law, what makes you think that his Creator didn't? What makes you think that only the creation can create something that's logical, that's necessary, but its Creator wasn't smart enough to figure it out? Just go do whatever you want. Go, have fun. Enjoy. Go into the world and have relations with as many people as you want. Go steal money. Go kill people. Do whatever you want. Just believe in some idol that died 2,000 years ago and everything's going to be okay. Who told you this nonsense?

4:21intellectual dishonesty. You have to either be crazy or a liar to believe that there's no law from the Creator. You have to either be a liar or crazy. If you're crazy, you're patur anyway; you're an oness. You don't have to worry about the law. You're crazy. You're like a drunk. If you're a drunk, you don't have to follow any law. They don't judge you in shamayim. You say this guy's crazy, I... He's crazy. This is just a crazy person, not to be judged. You can't judge someone who's mentally deficient like you would judge someone like Einstein. You can't; he's autistic, he's intellectually disabled, he's missing half a brain. You can't judge him. He says, "Oh, if somebody's crazy, he's patur." He's absolved of the mitzvot. So, if you're that, don't worry about anything that I just said. If you're everything else... You're still saying, "I don't have to follow the law. I'm still gonna be religious in my heart." You're a liar. You're a liar. Why? There are laws everywhere else, and you comply with them whether you like it or not. There are traffic laws, government laws, tax laws, regulatory laws. There are laws everywhere you go. Why wouldn't God have laws?

5:44Yom Kippur is the opportunity for you to realize, okay, okay, I gotta stop messing around. If Hashem gives me another chance this year, I gotta do better. Why? Going to pray, it's good, it's great, nice, good job, go pray, have a good time. But that's not what Hashem is looking for on Yom Kippur. Hashem is looking for teshuva. Hashem is looking for teshuva. Many people go to the Beit Knesset and they pray, they pray, they pray, they pray. Some of them even pretend like they're crying. A day later they violate Shabbat. A day later they still eat Chazir. A day later they still go back to stealing at work. There's a Pasuk for them in the Torah also. In the book of Yeshayahu, chapter 29, verse 13, he says, In their mouth and their lips they honor me, but their hearts are very far away from me.

6:54You can say whatever you want to Hashem. Yeah, I love you, Hashem. I love you, Hashem, I love you, Hashem, but in reality, deep down inside, Hashem knows what's going on. He knows you're going to be a sinner tomorrow. He knows tomorrow you already have a barbecue set up on Shabbat. He knows tomorrow you already have a deal where you're planning to cheat your customer. He knows tomorrow you're planning on going out and cheating on your wife. He knows. He says for you, Yom Kippur is not going to help, all the Yom Kippurs in the world are not going to help you. Why? Because you're making a joke of the system.