Pesach Seder of Rabbi Yehuda Fatiyah

Rabbi Yehuda Afteya Alav Hashalom, one of one of the holiest people we had in the last 150 years or so. If you read his book about the different conversations he had with spirits, dibbukim aside from getting scared to death you quickly realize that the world is much bigger than the four walls four walls around you, than your own world. >> [snorts] >> And the only thing that people care about after they leave this world has nothing to do with this world. No one worries about money. No one worries about whether they're going to get married or not. No one worries about anything material. No one worries about any of that stuff. And Rabbi Yehuda Afteya said a story once that one particular year he wanted to have a very extraordinary Pesach. So he spent a lot of money to get himself a special white suit white type of suit it's klima it's I don't know how you say it in English. Similar to how the Arabs wear. White and shiny and which by the way they got it from the Jews. Like everything else. And he got a very special outfit and his wife made a very special meal. And they were really prepared to have this beautiful meal, something out of the ordinary. And this is not people that were extremely wealthy, so they went out above and beyond. Why? Because it says Pesach, this is it. If you don't have a good Pesach there's something wrong. Why? Because this is it. This is the exile. You're supposed to get yourself to this is your best your A game. Don't show up with the Pesach with a half a leg cuz you try to save 50 cents on the matzah and the matzah that you have you're not really sure if it's even food. You show UP TO PESACH YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE BEST. Don't try to save money on Pesach. Don't try to save time on Pesach. Go for everything. Do the best. Why? Hashem's going to pay you back anyway. So Rabbi Yehuda Afteya in those days there was no air conditioners like we have a central air over here. There was no such thing over there. They would have the seder on the roof on the roof of the houses. So the wife, the Rabbanit set up the table, beautiful table. Everything is beautiful. Rabbi Yehuda Afteya is coming. Imagine Moshe Rabbenu of the generation shows up. I mean just to think about it. Right now I think about it I get it I get excited. I get excited thinking about why you can you can actually have a seder with Rabbi Yehuda Afteya. I mean just sit don't say nothing just listen. It's already enough. It's already like you feel like you're in Mount Sinai. Now he's over there. The Rabbanit brings special food. Imagine what kind of food she made. I mean this is probably like They probably ate manna. Who knows? I mean he spoke to spirits. He probably got manna from the Beit Hamikdash. Who knows? So now they're having this Everything is good. Everything's prepared. Probably malachei hasharet the next thing. Who knows? Now imagine this next thing you know he sits down. She's about to come. A cat a cat jumps on her. The whole food that she has the pot that she has flips in the air. Everything pours on him. The white outfit that's priceless is worthless. The whole seder's food gone garbage. The whole seder is ruined. Ruined. Now you and me we know what we're going to do. The Rabbanit Afteya is upset. She's not upset about the food. Food comes and goes. She's not upset about the cat. Cat is from Hashem. She's upset because one time she heard listen you're supposed to have a good seder. Why? If you have a good seder it's a good siman. It's a good sign for the rest of the year of how Hashem is going to reward you. You have a good seder. She starts getting worried. She goes Rabbi what are we going to do? What kind of sign is this? We have such a seder. He says look we did what we had to. What did we do? There's there's the matzah and there's the chametz, right? We're supposed to eat the matzah. Matzah arrived. The chametz we left outside. Not the chametz of the bread. The anger we left it outside. Everything that just happened we didn't get angry. You didn't get angry. I didn't get angry. So I promise you you're going to see this year BECAUSE WE FULFILLED THE MITZVAH to the highest level of completely getting rid of the chametz this will be the best year. There was no arguing. There was no anger. Despite we had all the excuses in the world to be angry. But we weren't. You'll see this year will be the best year of our life. And he writes that's what it was. It was the best year of our life. Best year of our life ever. Now he had all the reasons in the world to get angry. Everybody has a reason to get angry on a seder. Why? You have family you don't really want them. You you regret inviting them. Or the food didn't come out like you expected or it came out like you expected and you really didn't expect it to become like this. All types of things happen in a seder. Rebbotai the the whole point of Pesach is not just to eat a bunch of food and you know invite a bunch of people you really don't want to see for another year. The point of Pesach is to get rid of the chametz. Now one of the things that this next few days people need to make sure they avoid is that during these next few days the yetzer hara knows how much reward you can get for succeeding in this mitzvah. And he tries to make you fail along the way. Why? So you could lose your mind during the seder. So during the whole next few days he's going to constantly make you and your world around you whatever that's your husband or your wife or your kids or whatever constantly get on each other's nerves. And you're going to think you're passing a test. Why? Cuz you didn't say nothing. Don't worry. The yetzer hara is in in charge of that also. He's making sure you don't say nothing. Why? He wants it to come out during the seder. During the seder he wants it to come out. You see your kids broke this but you're not going to say nothing. You saw the wife do this you're not saying nothing. You saw the husband do this you're not going to say nothing. But during the seder oh wow the whole sewer comes out. After you have a couple of glasses of of wine in you the the neighbor's sewer is coming out also. So first and foremost you should know yetzer hara knows about this also. He came to the shiur last time we had it. First and foremost this next few days you're supposed to look for chametz not for each other. Look for the chametz that you are in charge of which is the chametz around your four corners and inside you. Don't look at the chametz in your spouse. Oh she has this chametz. She she's arrogant. Oh she's this. Oh she's a little overweight. Oh she's a little underweight. Oh she eyes over here all of a sudden. Oh No. Don't look at the chametz in her. Look at the chametz in you. Why? Because that's the chametz you're in charge of. That's the chametz you're in charge of. But if you constantly look at everybody else's chametz the kids, the wife, the husband, the neighbor, the father-in-law, the mother-in-law, the Guess what? Once you arrive at the seder you're bound to explode. You're bound to explode. How do you get this? Why do I even mention this in this bitachon shiur? Because the only reason why Rabbi Yehuda Afteya was able to overcome his major obstacle that he had was because he prepared for it. As a rabbi I must emphasize that [music] this mitzvah is mandatory for every Jew as it ensures all members of Am Yisrael can properly celebrate the holiday with dignity and joy.