Why do the Wicked Flourish and Prosper? (3 minutes w/ Spanish Subtitles)
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0:02This is what I always tell people: when you see someone who is wicked, doesn't keep any of the mitzvot, doesn't keep any of the basic halachot, and is completely acting like a non-Jew when he's obligated to be a Jew, yet you see him driving a Ferrari every Shabbat, living in a five million dollar mansion, you might wonder, how is this justice? How is this emet (truth)? Translation: Hashem says someone that's completely wicked and is on a path where it doesn't seem like they're going to do teshuva anytime soon. Something drastic has to happen for them to do teshuva. Hashem says, I have to pay him for the few mitzvot he did. He donated five dollars to some homeless guy.
1:27There were three mitzvot that came out of the Purim party he spent $50,000 for. He gave a challah that he didn't want to some guy that came to his door. You know, he did a few mitzvot. I have to pay him for that. He did tefillin once when he was 13 years old by accident because his father told him he had to. I have to pay him for those few mitzvot. He didn't want to do it. He was 13 years old. He was not interested in Judaism. But his father said, "Listen, you have to do tefillin." So it's not really willingly doing tefillin. He's doing it because his father said so. So what happened? Hashem said, "Oh, you did tefillin, I'll give you a building. You gave tzedakah, you gave $5 to the homeless guy, I'll give you a kid. Oh, you gave $50,000 to three people. Ended up saying a bracha because of the $50,000 party. Three people said a bracha because only three people knew the bracha." Okay, so you get a merit for that. Okay, so I'm going to give you a nice wife. You did a few other things. I'm going to give you a house. All these things. I'm going to give the guy a hundred million dollars. Why is Hashem giving him so much? He says in the verse, to eliminate him.
2:43Where is he going to eliminate him? I'm going to pay him all of his reward in this life to eliminate him. Meaning after this world, after this short life you have—70, 80, 120 years—you live here, the real life starts. It's eternal. He says, I don't want to see him there. He has no share in the World to Come. I don't want to see him. He goes to a different place. Not a fun place. Not a place with good things. You've just experienced another Torah class.
