Why Can't I Just Be A Nice Person without Torah (5 Minutes)
Rabbi Yaron Reuven explains a passage from Deuteronomy chapter 29, verse 18. He discusses the concept of those who claim to be at peace with themselves while ignoring HaShem's commandments. They might say, "I'm a good person, I do good deeds, I help others, but I don't follow the Torah." The rabbi emphasizes that HaShem will not forgive these individuals. He cites verse 19, which states that HaShem will be angry and jealous and will erase their name from under the heavens. This is because they are not truly seeking to connect with HaShem, but rather, are following their own self-serving desires. He concludes by stating that HaShem will forgive those who make a sincere effort to follow the Torah, even if they stumble or fail. However, those who deliberately disregard HaShem's commandments will not be forgiven. To Donate and Support our Kiruv work please visit us at www.BeEzratHaShem.org. If you'd like to invite Rabbi Yaron Reuven to give a lecture at your synagogue, home or office please email Yaron@BeEzratHaShem.org to see availability and make arrangements. Rabbi Yaron Reuven is based out of Florida, but travels around the world to give lectures to different groups. Click here https://soundcloud.com/yaronreuven/sets/daily-chidush To Listen to our very popular "Daily Chidush" short audio series on soundcloud.com Join one of our interactive "Interesting Torah" Whatsapp groups to get daily messages of short Torah clips that can uplift your day by texting the number above. Please join our Facebook page Be'Ezrat HaShem page and join our group "Torah Lessons To Help Our Lives". This Group is solely about publicizing HaShem's holy Torah from my lectures as well as great Rabbi's such as Rabbi Efraim Kachlon, Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi, Rabbi Zamir Cohen, Rabbi Pinto, and anyone else that is teaching interesting and relevant Torah. We will also bring you some brand new lectures directly from a Kollel in Jerusalem you won't find anywhere else. Torah posts will be in Hebrew and English. There are plenty of places to find entertaining stories that sound great, but this group is about showing you Torah that can impact your life, hence the name Torah Lessons To Help Our Lives. If it's not impactul, then it won't fit in. I watch and read all that I personally post, so I promise to do my best to bring you only the best quality of Hashem's amazing Torah. The Torah is the only thing in the world that you can learn and have an outcome that makes you SMARTER, WISER, And a BETTER Human Being. If the Torah you're learning is no longer impacting your life in a positive way, than its time for a change. If you haven't learned Torah in a long time or ever, then its time to start friend. I guarantee you will enjoy the journey and life will never be the same, if you just give it a real chance. Kiruv and Kiddush Hashem is our #1 goal. So please feel free to contact me if you are interested in getting more FREE material. We would be have to send you Torach lecture DVDs, CD's and a Book for FREE to anyone that is serious about learning them. If you are far from Hashem and His Torah, our goal is to get help you get closer. Thank you for the opportunity and May Hashem bless you with a life full of Torah. #Judaism #Jewish #RabbiYaronReuven #Torah #Jews #JewishCommunity #KIRUV 00:00:00 Intoduction 00:00:14 Introduction to Parashat Nitzavim 00:00:45 Understanding the Imprecation Verse 00:01:15 Self-Deception and False Peace 00:01:47 Ignoring Torah's Commandments 00:02:24 The Danger of Self-Made Religion 00:02:49 Consequences of Disobedience 00:03:07 Hashem's Anger and Retribution 00:03:38 Forgiveness vs. Joking the System 00:04:02 Trying vs. Ignoring the Law 00:04:21 Deuteronomy's Warning Against Complacency
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0:14The pasuk says, the following: I didn't write this; Hashem didn't ask me for permission when He wrote this, so don't get upset at me. But this is something that it says in Parashat Nitzavim. Parashat Nitzavim, we read two weeks ago, in Chapter 29, verse 18. Chapter 29, verse 18, it says, "I know most of you didn't understand this pasuk, so we'll read it and explain it. Even the English is not easy. It says, 'And it will be, when he hears the words of this imprecation,' this is after Hashem says there's a blessing, there's a curse, and so on and so forth. Someone that hears this, 'And he will bless himself in his heart saying peace will be with me though I walk as my heart sees fit.'"
1:15I know most of you didn't understand this Pasuk, so we'll read it and explain it. Even the English is not easy. It says, "And it will be when he hears the words of this imprecation," this is after Hashem says there's a blessing, there's a curse, and so on and so forth. Someone that hears this, and he will bless himself in his heart saying, "Peace will be with me, though I walk as my heart sees fit." thereby adding water upon the thirsty. He says someone is religious in their heart, and... Just listen. I know you say there's a blessing and a curse. I know you mentioned Shabbat and keeping kosher, but that's not for me. Come on, it doesn't apply to me. I'm going to focus on other things. I'll give money to charity, be kind to people, open doors for others, and say thank you. I'll even donate to save the pit bulls. How many like Michael Vick are out there involved in harming dogs? I'm going to save the pit bulls. That's how I'll be a nice person.
2:24There's plenty of nice people in the world doing such things, right? Not following Torah, but following their own version of Torah, following their own mindset. So Hashem says, those people that say peace will be with me, I'm gonna be okay. Peace will be with me. I know you said Shabbat, I know you said everything and... It's gonna be okay. Don't worry about it. Peace is gonna be on me, though I walk as my heart sees fit, even though I do whatever I want. Whatever my heart says, everything's gonna be okay. Verse 19 continues, Hashem will not be willing to forgive him. For then Hashem's anger and jealousy will smoke against that man, and the entire imprecation written in this book will come down upon him, and Hashem will erase his name from under the heavens. Hashem will set him aside for evil from among all the tribes of Israel, like all the imprecations of the covenant that is written in this book of Torah. No such thing is religious in your heart, my friends. No such thing.
3:38He says, "You want to do what you want? No problem. Do what you want. Hashem won't forgive you. Everyone else will forgive you; He won't forgive. Why won't He forgive? Because he made a joke of the system. Someone that tried and failed. Someone tried to keep Shabbat, but he didn't know all the halachot of Shabbat. He didn't know. He tried. He failed. He tried keeping Shabbat. He didn't know all the halachot. He forgot. He didn't know." Why don't people say, "I forgive him"? He tried. Someone tried watching his eyes, but he failed once in a while. He saw a girl who was not modest. He looked at the internet. He tried, and he failed here and there, but he still tried. So I say, "I forgive him because he tried. He tried, he tried." Someone who says, "No, no, those things like not driving on Shabbat, that's for you, that's for the Haredim, that's for the really, really religious. I'm not at that level, I'm not so religious. I drive on Shabbat. Don't worry. Hashem understands me, everything's going to be okay with me. Peace will be upon me," should be aware that Hashem wrote a verse for him in the Book of Deuteronomy.
4:49He says he's not gonna forgive him, and he's gonna erase his name for eternity, and all the punishments that are written in this book of Torah are going to come upon him. This is why I just read; do you want to read it yourself? There's no such thing as being religious "in your heart," no such thing.
