What Is HaShem Disgusted Of?

1:03Now, you're going to think about, if you're a righteous Jew, you're going to think about Hashem all the time. There's no such thing as not thinking about Hashem. But learning Torah is different. You are not allowed to do so in certain places, such as taking your Chumash with you and learning on the toilet. This is prohibited. Why? Because it's an impure place. But here's a question for you. Is HaKadosh Baruch Hu also in the toilet? If you say no, you're a kofer gamur (complete heretic). Why? He's everywhere. Why? He's everywhere. There's nothing else but Him. He's everywhere. Now, let me ask you a question: Is HaKadosh Baruch Hu disgusted by the fecal matter that's in the bathroom? Is He disgusted by the fecal matter, by the waste that comes out of your body? Is He disgusted by it? Now, is HaKadosh Baruch Hu disgusted by animals such as the pig? The pig is an animal that will eat absolutely anything, whether it's a diaper, food, or even a human being. It is such a filthy and disgusting creature that even if a venomous snake bites it...

2:12It does absolutely no damage whatsoever to the pig. Why? Because the skin of the pig contains so much poison, it's more venomous than the venom of the snake. This is a hundred percent fact. The pig is so filthy from eating everything, that the venom of the snake doesn't affect it. Now, isn't this a remarkable aspect of creation? In Hashem's infinite wisdom, even the pig, with all its perceived impurities, plays a unique role in the natural order. When that pig eats waste, people's waste, its own waste, bodies, anything, is HaKadosh Baruch Hu disgusted by the pig? Is HaKadosh Baruch Hu disgusted by the pig, yes or no? He created it; Satan is still right. Now, next, at some point, at some point, everybody dies. The pig is going to die, and people are going to die. That's what everybody's going to die. No curses. It's just a reality. People die. Now, what happens in the grave? What happens after someone dies? They decay. What does that mean? What does it mean? Decay is a nice way to say it. What does decay mean? Decay means you become lunch.

3:27you become lunch for a bunch of worms and maggots. Maybe sometimes snakes too. The maggots and the worms start eating the person, a person that died. Within a few hours, they start smelling. And the next day, you think you should burn the whole house. If you open a grave of somebody that died a week, two weeks, three weeks later, you have to go to the hospital sometimes. It's horrible. Horrible. Now, The animals are eating this. These little animals, these little creatures are eating this. It's delicious for them, like lunch, breakfast, or dinner. Is HaKadosh Baruch Hu disgusted by the decayed flesh? He created it, right? Is He disgusted by the maggots that are eating it? No, He created it. He's the one that implemented the system. So what is HaKadosh Baruch Hu disgusted by? You're in the right direction. You're in the right direction. HaKadosh Baruch Hu is only disgusted by one thing, not three things, one thing. Sin. That's the only thing that HaKadosh Baruch Hu is disgusted by.

4:49That means, Rabotai HaKirvim, if you actually put this into your head and you remember this, the next time you want to look somewhere you're not supposed to, the next time you want to turn on something you're not supposed to, the next time you want to take something you're not supposed to, the next time you see a delicious sin, You think for yourself, Hashem is not disgusted by the maggot. He's not disgusted by the worms. He's not disgusted by the pig. He's not disgusted by disease. He's not disgusted by all types of horrible things. He's not disgusted by anything, but He is going to be disgusted by my sin. That means the whole world moves, the whole world operates, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu is not disgusted by anything. accept our sins. So imagine one day we meet HaKadosh Baruch Hu, and HaKadosh Baruch Hu shows you everything that's going on in the entire world, but the only thing He's disgusted by is what you did in that moment. That, rabotai, is embarrassing, to say the least. But that's what HaKadosh Baruch Hu says.

6:02He writes in the Torah itself that he's disgusted by sin. And that's what we have to work towards. We need to bring ourselves to a point where we are truly disgusted by sin. I'll give you an example of what a Jew I know does. He's still alive, Baruch Hashem, and he told me he practices this, and it helps him. Now, this is a little bit higher level than most people, but nonetheless, it's a good idea. He says the only way that he can stop looking at women is if you replace it with something. Now, obviously, there's going to be women in the world. He's married, he's got a wife, he's got kids, so he's going to look at not just them, there are other people. Now, of course, once in a while, you're going to see someone that looks attractive. So what did he do? He simply starts thinking in his head of all types of disgusting things. Bugs, all types of filthy things, and he thinks of it as being on this person he's not allowed to look at. Why? Because you know he's not allowed to look at her. She's a married woman. She's not his wife. He's not allowed to look at her. So what does he think? He looks at her, he starts seeing all those things in his mind. So what did he do? He simply starts thinking in his head all types of disgusting things: bugs, all types of filthy things, and he imagines them as being on this person he's not allowed to look at. Why? Because he knows he's not allowed to look at her. She's a married woman. She's not his wife. He's not allowed to look at her. So what does he do? He looks at her, and he starts visualizing all those things in his mind.

7:21So immediately, any thought of attraction that he had for a moment disappears because he's disgusted; he's revolted by it. That's a genius idea. How many people can do it? Who knows? But the point I'm trying to tell you is that a person who wants to get close to Hashem has to help himself. Being creative, being zealous about mitzvot, and being zealous about staying away from sins because he knows and she knows that sins are disgusting to Hashem, and we should never ever want to be disgusting to Hashem. I remember one of the lectures I listened to from Rav Nissan Yagen, alav ha-shalom, mamash, probably a few months before he died. He was very, very sick. Probably one of his last few lectures. He was very sick. And he started crying. It was right before Rosh Hashanah. It's Elul. He started crying. During the shiur, he was crying. But he's not crying about, you know, the government. He's crying about the... What is he crying about?

8:32He starts crying in the shiur, talking about doing teshuva and praying to HaKadosh Baruch Hu, thinking about how we should never be disgusting to Hashem. That's what we have to pray for every day. We have to beg Hashem, beg Hashem to help us so that we're not disgusting in His eyes. That's what a kosher Jew prays for—not to be disgusting to Hashem. But now that you know that the only thing that's truly repugnant is sin, that already provides you with a clear perspective. So from this point forward, I've got to be vigilant. I must ensure that I try to minimize sinning as much as possible. Everybody sins to some extent. But the crucial point is that we must first and foremost not sin intentionally. Furthermore, we must engage in teshuva — repentance — to correct our misdeeds. Let's proceed to the next question.