Who Are The True Superheroes TODAY (5 Minutes)

0:23The rules of the world will cease to exist. What he's saying is that the world will simply cease to exist. It's not going to be like Noach, where a bunch of reshaim caused a lot of trouble and Hashem destroyed the world after trying to get them to do teshuvah for a hundred years. No, no. He says if there's not somebody in the world learning Torah, that's it. It's finished. So now, if you understand what I'm saying to you, the value of Torah just changed drastically. It doesn't matter if you're Rav Kanievsky, Rav Ovadia, or you're just you, or just me.

1:32Makes no difference. It doesn't say if you're not coming to learn at the highest level of the Gemara with the people in Am Yisrael. And it doesn't say that. It just says "covenant." It just says "learning Torah." If there's no one in the world learning Torah, the world ceases to exist. Forget about presidents. Forget about all of the things in the world. Forget about money. Forget about everything. If there's no one in the world learning Torah, then... There is no world, sure, but first, we have to understand the part of the Torah. If we think the Torah is just something we should do on the side, as part of our life, then we're missing the point. The Torah is the essence, it is the foundation of everything we hold dear. It's not that you're not Tamei, you're not at the highest level that you want to be, but that's exactly the point. Here, this covenant that Hashem Yitbarach told us, it has nothing to do with your level. It has nothing to do with whether you're an average student, below average, or the giant of the generation. It makes no difference. If someone is learning Torah in the world, in essence, they're the superhero. The superheroes that we actually heard about in last week's parasha, the Shivteiim, and...

2:50Tribes, the sons of Yaakov, you read the Midrashim, you see how they beat all of these resha'im, all these people that went against them. They killed all of them, demonstrating not just spiritual strength, but physical strength as well. The same story you're gonna hear in a couple of days: the Maccabees beat this giant army with physical strength. They were strong, but that's not what we're celebrating in either place. You're not really hearing much about their physical strength or accomplishments. What are we hearing about? We're hearing about the spiritual aspect of it. We're hearing about how Yehuda admitted he was wrong. We're not hearing about how Yehuda was really strong. We're hearing about Yehuda this week; he admitted he was wrong with Tamar. He thought that something happened and it didn't, and he admitted, "Oh, tzadka mimeni." Why? Because that's what Hashem said. Essence with the Maccabees, same thing. Okay, great that they fought wars, but what gave them the power? Hashem. So, first and foremost, when you truly understand that when you're learning Torah, it doesn't matter what level you're at, you're literally holding the world together. It changes its significance. You are now a superhero. That's why it says, "ase," that's why it says.

4:08Why would you be happy with your lot? Why is that considered ashir? Because once you understand what you have when you're learning one pasuk a day, one mishnah a day, one daf a day, one gemara a day, whatever you're learning, it doesn't matter your level. Once you understand that you're actually the one learning Torah, you're the ashir. Doesn't matter what level, who, why; if you're the Rabbi or you're the student, you understand or you don't understand. It's hard. It's easy. It's enjoyable. It's not enjoyable. Once you understand that for that moment that you sat there and you learned Torah, you kept the world alive. Everything changes, everything changes. Why? It doesn't feel meaningless. Quite the opposite, it feels like it's the most significant thing in the world because no amount of money in the world can buy you that.