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>> Okay, good morning Rabai. I want to draw
your attention to a comment of the mam
in hoist rash.
The mam
who is one of the most concise probably
the most concise of all the kale on the
mam tells us the story
says abram
was rebrainer.
He lived from 1637 to 1683. So he did
not have a very long life. He lived 46
years.
At the age of 18, he saw both of his
parents slain before his eyes by the
Kazaks.
Aram
>> writes
one time
they bring the
try to blow the guy puts it on his right
side. doesn't go. Puts it on his left
side, doesn't go. He takes the tissue,
he wipes it, he clears the throat. It's
not working. The doesn't work. one time
they cannot blow the so what they do
says
they turn the upside down
and they read the following into the
white side of the
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And then the worked again. Magic, right?
They couldn't blow the guy could not
get, you know, he's been blowing for 50
years. Bester blower in the world.
>> Couldn't do it. Turns the shaer upside
down. We would have, you know, you know,
he bang on the shaer.
>> What do you mean upside down?
>> Upside. He he took the wife side and he
talked to the
>> what did he say? He didn't say wake up.
He talked to the he said
so first of all nice story
but this is the mam
does not write
>> there no there are no stories in the mra
is the technical commentary on the first
of all why is the bringing down a
it's very out of character he doesn't
bring down stories this not it's not a
story book it's as far as I know there
not too many stories reported in the mra
second of all of all the he's the most
concise of the he writes everything
is you know why he was so concise
because he was poor
he was so poor ink
>> that he could not afford ink and most of
mam he wrote on the walls of his house
with coal
So here you have a man doesn't have
paper. He doesn't have ink. He's writing
his with coal on the walls of his house.
He he can't spare a penny. He can't
spare a word. This is so important. It's
not even a it's a I mean this is what
he's wasting his coal on. Why is the mra
bringing down the story?
Another question. Why am
you know if your doesn't work you should
say
maybe you should say
right
why would you say is the they said when
they made the mishkan
doesn't seem to have any shas with the
and finally
Why did they turn the upside down? If
you have a problem with the problems on
the end where the guy's blowing, not
from the not where it's coming out of.
>> So, so what's going on over here? First
of all, does not bring down my very out
of character for him. Number two, the
mamra is the most concise of all the
noise. Why is he wasting his coal? Why
is he wasting the walls of his house on
this story? Why am and why the open part
of the sheh
there is
says the tonba there is a challenge in
life that everybody faces and that is
that we think that we're in control.
We think we control how much money we
make. We control how things will work
out. we control
how successful we'll be and so forth.
And therefore, the more we do, the more
effort we put in, the better our plans
are, the more successful we'll be.
That's human nature. Human nature thinks
that it's everything is dependent on us.
The more effort, the more energy, the
more preparation, the better the
product, the more success we'll have.
But often, and if not in most cases,
that's not the issue. The issue is not
on our end. The issue is person needs
>> without help from heaven, without help
from Hashem, person could be the
smartest, most talented, the best
preparation, the best techniques and it
doesn't go. And on the other hand, you
see people,
they don't have it. They don't have the
they don't have the charisma and they
they they hit it big.
So what's the is not everything is on
our end. A lot of it is from
from a lot of it is is dependent on the
not everything is dependent on how hard
you blow. Sometimes you need the
heavenly assistance on the other end.
That's the main part. That's the main
way for a person to to gain success. So
says the mamra
one time they couldn't blow the shaer.
So we would say you can't blow blow a
little harder vibrate a little stronger
switch your mouth. No that's not always
the answer. The answer is not always
something is lacking on our part but
rather the recognition has to be is that
we need more
from heaven. It's on the other end. The
problem's on the other end. So what do
they do? They take the and they say no
no no the problem is not on our little
end. Our little end is only a little
hole. The problem's on the other end the
big the big end the bit from we need
added.
So take the they flip it upside down.
And what do they say?
Let God's pleasantness be upon us.
Let him give solidification to what we
do because without his help that is we
could blow and blow until we turn red in
the face it's not going to produce the
sound. This possibly is the the message
and the lesson of the mamra who
ordinarily is not a storyteller and was
very concise in what he says but
nevertheless this the mamra felt is
important as we approach yumpt of
rashashana especially in the beginning
of the year then we really feel that the
coming year is not dependent on our own
um ingenuity and our own talents but
rather it's dependent on
And sometimes we got to turn things
upside down. And it's it's not that we
have to do more. It's that we have to
gain more favor from from Shayim. And if
helps us out, then certainly we will be
successful.
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