A Torah Observant Secular Jew - Rabbi Aharon Pessin

[Music] recently there was a me in ER Israel there's a father to a 16-year-old whose name is Idan and slowly but surely the father saw that his son is deteriorating inz his wasn't the same shabas observance wasn't the same the benching it's all going downhill and his parents were so upset but what can they do 16 years old a little while later Edan calls his father Dad can we talk and he sits his father down He says Dad I decided that I'm no longer from the father and mother they were devastated the following day father goes to Sho and he sees that Idan is there in SHO he puts on and he stays longer than everybody else in SHO comes time to bench he's looking at the sitter and he's benching word for word shabas he keeps and he does all the Mitzvah it was so strange after two weeks that this has been going on he calls his son and he says can I ask you a question and he says sure he say I don't understand you told me you're secular you're not from anymore is this how a secular person behaves and hean says to his father that it's very simple when I used to be from you used to count my Aus now that I'm secular you count my mitz this is a great story of but it's not just about and it's about us we need to start counting our achievements we need to cherish our accomplishments we need to celebrate our success instead of ruminating on our failures in the year 5785 with all the Temptations that are out there we're able to withstand don't look at the times that you fail you're human look at the Times there so many times that you were able to overcome tap yourself on your shoulder and say I'm great look at all my successes that thought alone will Propel you to action it's such a good feeling to feel you're successful and you will want to feel that feeling again and again not only will you be proud of yourself AES looking from will say wow look at my son at the year tapin behaving as I expected him to let's celebrate our success [Music]