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9.5.23 Jewish leaders are all for the Jewish nation
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so my welcome to everybody
welcome back to tourist spot
I hope everybody had a summer
getting them ready to take on the
challenges of life
as we start the new year
imagine we're just less than two weeks
before before Rosh Hashanah
the month of ello the month of
preparation
for us to take over to Shawna the way
Hashem wants us to
the Jewish New Year is so different from
the not Jewish New Year
's new year was drinking and sugaring
Jewish New Year is a very solemn
happy
holiday
Italian because it's day of judgment
Shem looks at our past record of the
whole year to see
how we lived
did we grow
or did we stagnate
we take a look back bless you at this
time before us inshallah
and now
before this is Rosh Hashanah
and take
a
look
to see
are we the same
well if we didn't get worse that's also
good
but it's not enough we want to grow
with something more than we were last
year
when this world Hashem wants us to
grow in our service to Hashem the study
of Torah
episode the laws of the Torah
another was getting close to Hashem
going close to God that's our purpose in
this world
because the more we get close to God in
this world we'll be close to him in the
world to come
it's a great pleasure a world of
pleasure unbelievable unsurpassed
pleasure in the world to come the closer
we are to him the more of his
pleasurable be able to to enjoy
so
we want to think of an inventory
are we growing
in our life
towards the goalness and put us here for
so uh this is the day of judgment that
she was going to take a look and see
how we're how are we how we're doing it
in our in our life for we using our life
for the for the right purpose that we
we're doing the things we should be
doing and not doing things not doing
those things we shouldn't be doing
so this is a day of judgment
but it's very happy day because Hashem
is our King
it's close to us
10 days a special closeness to the
Jewish people
so it's a special time of Sir mixed
feelings it's a time of of uh since
being a very serious time because of
judgment but it's very happy time being
close to Hashem
so this is the month of el the month
before month of tishray of Rosh Hashanah
That was supposed to be thinking and
working on themselves trying to make uh
no uh things that we should take upon
ourselves to do
with us the way we speak the way we act
the way we think is it
synonymous with the word Terror wants us
to live because we have to can't think
about
we want to grow
I wanted to discuss tonight
the upcoming portion of the Torah going
to read this coming Shabbos
we have two portions because we have to
finish the Torah by cynical Cyrus in a
few weeks
so in order to do that we have to read
two portions of the third this week did
sovereign
of
the thing which is
mentioned
which is talking about what we just
talked about before growth
bring us up to higher level
of spirituality
close to Hashem close to God
and it starts off
Moses went
where did he go doesn't say where he
went
we know
that we're about to read about the facto
is about to leave the world
and uh his great disciple
you know sure Josh was going to go he's
going to take over for him
and uh he is talking to the Jewish
people
and telling them
the news
that he's about to leave them
you can imagine the
terrible feeling whole Jewish Nation had
frightening feeling motion man is going
to leave that believes leaving them
he's leading there for 40 years in the
desert took them out of Egypt
being God's Messenger to do so
he stood by Mount Sinai
brought the Torah to the Jewish people
with hashem's words
and went through the
challenges of the desert for 40 years
and helped them out in so different ways
put down the month to eat was to drink
all the history we read about most of
abandons with people in the in the
desert
and whenever they were in trouble he
prayed Hashem and got him out of trouble
and now he says I'm leaving you
frightening so people are really what's
going to be we're going into their holy
land now most of things are going to be
with us
who it's going to be we need him so
badly desperately
went a great capital of totals he went
to
calm down the Jewish Nation
and tell them don't be frightened
Hashem still with you
maybe I'm not with you but Hashem he's
the one who's with me he'll be with you
and Yeshua my great student disciple
will be with you
and that's where he went
I told the people they don't have to be
afraid they'll be okay
just act the way as him wants attacked
and
everything will go okay
foreign
what they do for Jewish people a leader
was the Jewish leader a Jewish leader is
not just somebody who's able to take
care of their political needs and their
physical needs the economical needs
somebody lifts them up
it's a higher level of greatness
spirituality
closer to God
that's what the Jewish leader is
obligated to do
he has to take care of all the needs the
physical needs the monetary needs and
also the
these are then the shama of the Soul
and that must have been with the
greatest man who ever lived
because Prophet were prophesied
he did just that for the Jewish people
those 40 years
he brought them up to hire
highest standard of of Life the real
life
of the life which brings the into the
ultimate and the life of the hereafter
which is forever and ever
so that's what a Jewish leader is has to
do to be a real Jewish leader he has to
take care of all the needs including the
spiritual needs
and that's what we have to uh
work on ourselves to attach ourselves to
people who bring us at a higher level
whether it's a person and
that we're close to listening to
somebody in the real life or things that
we read the things that we see
things that we listen to
we have to try to
use those methods Hashem gave us in this
world seeing and hearing and talking
to lift ourselves higher
see here's words from a great person to
read words of a great person to listen
to words okay that's what we want to do
for our lives
and now before Russia we have to
contemplate and think are we doing that
who are listening to the right people I
just want to hear a lot of jokes all the
time and frivolous talks things that
don't make much sense as people just
just to take life so so so simply and
and not not seriously just to try to
make the time go by killing time but
people say killing time that's about the
best things worse the type of killing
the person can do to kill time
we have to use our time in this world
for a purpose
so this is what the term is telling us
over here
the great leader of the Jewish people is
about to leave them
and what does he do before he leaves
them he's only worried about the Jewish
people that about himself he had what to
do for himself
he could have gone higher and higher in
this
elevating himself closer to Hashem but a
great Jewish leader puts to put Jewish
people first
went to calm them down they shouldn't
get
panicky he's leaving them what's going
to be don't worry shims with you show us
with you things will be okay
and he himself
said to Hashem
that I'm leaving
you have to appoint somebody
a great person
that should not be like a flock of sheep
that does not have a Shepherd to take
care of them
in the Melbourne explains
such a beautiful idea motion Hashem
so we know in the animal world
there's a Lead Animal so let's see the
birds flying there's a bird in front and
all of them they follow the bird if you
ever go to the pharmacy sheep his Elite
sheep goes ahead and they'll follow the
Sheep
that but that sheep is a sheep like the
other sheep that birds are burned like
another Birds
it's not it's not a different uh the
level of greatness it just has some kind
of leadership qualities that the other
birds know to listen to to follow
a shepherd
is a different
category is not calligraphy another
sheep he's a human being
it's way above the animal world he's in
the human being world
said questions the two types of leaders
Selena that takes care of the people and
the physical needs like I said with
political needs all types of things that
keeps them going to be a nation
but it stops over there there are other
other leaders who bring the people up to
a higher level of greatness that only
takes care of the physical needs but
takes care of their spiritual needs live
some higher up closer to Hashem
so most of us said I don't want the
Jewish people and when I leave them to
have a leader who beat the leader like
everybody else except his leadership
qualities no I want someone who's going
to bring the hive up and a higher level
of greatness the spirituality they
shouldn't be that flock of sheep doesn't
have that doesn't have a shepherd they
might have a lead sheep but the Sheep is
like everybody all the other sheep I
want them to be like a flock of people
as a personal Shepherd who's a different
category of greatness than the other
sheep a leader who's closer as him can
be like most Urbana but sort of like
most of them to a certain extent that
the entire level
and this is what he prayed Hashem
and this is what we pray touch him all
the time we need leaders that will raise
us above our highest or closer closer
touch him closer to the purpose of life
that has been created this for
this is the type of people that we
should connect ourselves to there's a
lot of people going around and give good
speeches and a very uh entertaining and
they have a lot of personality but I
want to finish what they're talking are
we getting something substantial from it
there's something that we're growing
from it we just had a nice speech you
know and it was it was it was enjoyable
and then we go on tour with our business
that's something we're here for for a
person around to get close to people
bring us up to higher level of greatness
closer to Hashem
and here and Mercia bayno also prayed to
Hashem different qualities that he
wanted Hashem to appoint
to lead it to be a rook has a little bus
or the thing called
a leader has to be very open to realize
that people are very different and they
don't have they don't handle everybody
the same way
some people will be handled in a simple
Smiley way and some people sometimes are
being a strict way and sometimes they
have to be in the middle of some way
everybody has a different uh personality
a great leader has to judge who he's
talking to in order for him to be able
to have a effect on the person you have
to know who you're talking to and how
you have to talk to the person
now everybody's the same
and therefore you said to Hashem please
Point somebody who will be able to
understand the type of personality of
each person that he talks to and talk to
him the right way in a way that they'll
be effective
to the church will talk to a person it
might be effective one way but the other
person might want to turn them off
because it's the same way some people
it's just that's the way that's why I
talk whoever you talk to that's why I
talk some people turned on so it was
ticked off turned off
but most of my bands that will either he
makes sure to
know who he's speaking to and speak the
right way in the right style of of of uh
of talking in order for the person to
listen to him and be able to have an
effect on that person
so this is what martial Bank was able to
do that
that realized that people are different
they said rabbis tell us
just like people's faces
are not the same
the same way people's ideas are not the
same
so the question whether the rabbi's want
to tell us about this just like people's
faces are not the same the ideas are not
the same
so the great commentaries tell us
because if you see somebody
he doesn't look the same as the other
person who looks the same besides the
identical twins everybody has a
different look a different face he
recognize people by the face
when you said ah that person is no good
because it doesn't have Faith Hill like
my face
and everything's that way it does them
kind of faces he's adorable he's okay
you have the same faces as I have the
same way people with ideas
so people have their idea of Life their
idea of things and that's it they can't
hear anybody else's opinion
so because I'll tell us just like the
faces of people are not the same young
think there's something wrong with them
they have a different face than you the
same way of some of this different idea
that you have don't think that
something's wrong with him but people
have different ideas and way of looking
at things
so they should be acceptable just like
accept everybody's face they don't say
there's something wrong with them
because they don't have the same face
other people's ideas of course some
ideas are false and actually and some of
those and then naturally people don't
don't have the right ideas of things but
there are people that are the same type
of person person that you are that's
actually as this is ideal life so this
is
Frank tashem appoints somebody who has
this quality of being able to
except other people's ideas understand
them
he also prayed
should go and in front of them
are not like so it's a lot of the Kings
they go to war they send out their
generals and the soldiers out the front
lines and they stay home in the palace
and enjoying themselves with whatever it
is and they send out to Soldier and
Generals enough to fight the war and put
themselves in danger and they stay back
and enjoy life and are safe and sound in
their power Palace without worrying
about what's going to happen to them
so most of us said no that's not we're
the type of person I want what person
like I did Manchester in the front lines
people want to fight they were in front
of them
accepted
the king and the person that's president
whoever it might be in charge of a
Nation if they go in the front lines
they give a lot of encouragement to the
soldiers to see that that the king
himself is going in front he's putting
himself on the line with them
that gives it much more stamina and and
will to fight and put themselves in
danger to uh to win the battle if they
say that that the the monarch of the
country is is putting himself the same
way the soldiers are same but the danger
if the king is back home taking it easy
so the the soldiers and the front lines
don't have the same uh stamina and the
same encouragement to fight
who's
like I did it comes to a battle I'll go
in front and show them that he's putting
himself in the line they are and uh
we're gonna when when the white Fighters
battle against
also
find the person who will be able to be
patient
but the people of the country
people a person to charge has to realize
that some people are difficult to manage
difficult to please
and they
are very
Buddhism and always complaining
and always
refusing to accept
the uh
the the the the
things of the country that person has to
accept
always has complaints
and they have their own problems but
they bring it out into the open when
they when they talk to the leader they
have a complaint about something he
wants to talk to them and they know the
center reason and they just keep
complaining
foreign
take it easy and come back the next day
with another complaint
they might be a naughty people and
neutral and the hakatranic a lot I would
say in English
and patient and work with them who knows
what the background is their problems
and so on probably the reason why this
is whatever it is they have their own
problem personal problems and this was
that's the type of leader that to show
people should have very patient
we're talking about now these qualities
but the two people were so were so uh
upset that is leaving them where do you
find the leader with all these great
qualities
not only that but he said that they
should be a person who able to be a
static be a righteous person
that he will have in his because of his
righteousness
he will be able to bring out the
soldiers that they shouldn't be killed
they shouldn't be wounded they'll be
able to bring them out in such a way
that the Sham will see he's the leader
and his horse and his the Merit of the
of the great subject the king should be
of greats addict not only
a great General Warrior and a
knowledgeable and patient and so on that
we mentioned but Sadiq also that this
great righteous person that keeps the
laws of the Torah to the full extent
that we have to keep them the Hashem
will look at him and say he's leading
these soldiers into battle into that
dangerous
field of where they're on their way to
but they're fighting they should be a
righteous person and under his wings of
protection Hashem will watch over the
soldiers and make sure that they there
will be Victorious and not be
killed in the land of action by attitude
that the that they're fighting for the
Jewish people
and they'll bring them out to strong way
of of war and bring them back home again
and everybody who went out to battle
should come home to their families and
they shouldn't be missing it shouldn't
be killed in the end and and and battle
and this was what he prayed for also
because
like we find when they fought the War of
Midian while the first officers came to
motion but they know and said they
fought this war now one soldier was
killed in the war they came to bring a a
sacrifice to Hashem to show depreciation
being discussed in this Merit should
watched over all of them all the
soldiers around it even though they were
very very few they went around against
crazy odds
said don't worry you know if they have
big odds to fight their War I'll take
care of you it took care of every one of
them came back and nobody was killed in
the war
foreign and
to top it all off
find the Marshall Plano one Hashem
speak to him he came up and they went
into Michigan would speak to them to
give a message to Jewish people
and they said would give him over there
I said wouldn't then speak to Jewish
people only in our Sinai but scientists
have spoke to them directly after their
Hashem sent messages to emotional
abundance of Moses that he brought the
message he said to his people
and it says he came down from the
mountain right to the people
he was in I've seen him whenever he had
his medicine was the thing to do to
accomplish he didn't take care of his
own needs he went right away to his
people to uh tell them the message has
been the message for Hashem from God to
them
and this is what the uh
greatness of a Jewish leader is to put
the people first not himself first when
he when we get around to it we'll take
care of his things and like I said this
and that and there are no codes for the
Jewish people and tell them what they
used to tell them and uh that's not what
Jewish people leader is he puts people
first before himself
his his coffees the cold coffee and the
the in the office the lord of the boss
we say will bossy investigative
everything so uh he's uh of some types
of bosses make sure they drink the hot
coffee before they take care of them
what they have to take care of
but that's not the weight of a Jewish
King Jewish leader they put themselves
second and third and fourth whatever has
to be done but that's the you know
that's hashems
Jewish people they have to do the job
and do it as quickly as possible so this
is what we're talking about yeah
all these qualities that we're talking
about
and uh where do you find deleted like
that she was a bit more overwhelmed
what's going to happen
so they're very scared what's going to
be
it must have been worse don't worry I
should be with you Yeshua he has all
these qualities wasn't the same as much
like a rabbis tell us much about like
the sun and she was like the moon they
both shine but it's quite a difference
between the shine of the Sun the side of
the moon of course the moon gets its
Shine from the Sun it sure was a great
disciple it was his disciples is like
the moon getting his light from the Sun
but he was nowhere near the greatest
emotional
that he was but he was very great in his
own way and that he calmed him down
telling them that that you'll be okay
just keep the laws of the turret do what
you have to do
say what you have to say think what you
have to think through the loss of the
time will be with you don't be don't be
afraid don't be a don't get panicked I'm
not with you
so this is what we're talking about the
Jewish people we want to connect
ourselves to Greater leaders people to
to bring something to higher level
and same way like a holiday is like a
Jewish leader that we have because of a
connected self to a holiday because she
was close to us on holiday Rosh Hashanah
coming up
I hope we'll talk about next week and
more uh explaining the the essence of
Rosh Hashanah with the chauffeur but
this is what we want to connect
ourselves to the great holiday of Rosh
Hashanah to prepare for it realize
Hashem our King is coming close
the King has lost we want to make sure
that we're keeping laws of the king
we're so happy that he's coming close to
us but we don't want to find any uh
flaws in our life as a Jewish person
so this is what we have to think about
the next two weeks ago categories versus
China of course every day any man who
goes and Sean in the morning to pray you
know the chauffeur was blowing the last
two weeks already every month after
after the dominant after the prayers
the show first not just the Rosh
Hashanah we started the month of el
every day the Shelf is blown and it's
giving us the start to wake up from my
sleep like the red monk says someone's
sleeping a whole year and not doing what
you have to do and that's what she wants
us to do
so let's do our best now we're here back
again in uh tourist spot and we gotta
prepare ourselves for the coming year
and with Rosh Hashanah beginning of the
year to make a real meaningful one and a
worthwhile Mr Shanna and to think that
we have to jump to be proud of us and
that we're working on ourselves for the
New Year we're gonna make ourselves
North and make ourselves do so in the
way that we're gonna do new things no no
ways of serving him no ways of getting
stronger in our service session