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This week's Torah portion, Matot and
Masei, [music] talks about how God
commands Moshe Rabbeinu to go ahead and
make war with Midian.
And what happens is that right after
[music] they finish this war with
Midian, what's going to happen with the
Jewish people? They're going to be
entering the Holy Land of Israel.
And we all know that Moshe Rabbeinu will
not be entering the land. We all know
because he hit the rock instead of
speaking to the rock.
Because he's such a high level that even
a small mistake has big repercussions
and punishment. So, what happens is
imagine you are Moshe Rabbeinu.
What would you do? Would you be quick
with regards to making this war, or
would you procrastinate and take your
time? You would strategize. [music]
Why is it you want to take time? Because
you know once you win the war, they
enter the land, you're not entering
land, it means you're passing away.
But what did Moshe Rabbeinu do? He did
zrizut. He did it right away. In
essence, he put himself to the side and
he put Am Yisrael in the forefront. And
this is what every single one of us
should also do. Most people, they only
care about three people, [music] me,
myself, and I. It's a joke. Obviously,
there are many people they only care
about themselves. Right now we're in the
three weeks [music] between Tisha B'Av
and the 17th of Tammuz. It's a time of
mourning because of the destruction of
the Holy Temple,
Beit Hamikdash. And the reason we don't
have it is because of sinat chinam,
which is baseless hatred.
What should we be doing? We should have
ahavat chinam, which means loving our
fellow like we love ourselves.
>> [music]
>> V'ahavta l'reacha kamocha. We have to
work on putting ourselves sometimes to
the side and being there for other
people. There's a famous story with this
we'll end. That there was Rav Ovadia
Yosef, zichrono livracha, blessed
memory. He had a surgery.
He went to the hospital about to have
the surgery, and then he asked his
family, his helpers, and the and the and
the doctors, "Is it okay I go back home
and take care of something then come
back?" They're like, "What's so urgent?
What's so important?"
>> [snorts]
>> He said, "I have an agunah. I have
someone that I need to write a letter
that she's allowed to get remarried.
And in order for me to do this, I want
to do this right away. And then I'll
come back. They're like, "Why can't you
do this afterwards?" He said it's simply
because God forbid if something doesn't
work out well with the surgery, who will
write this letter for her to get
able to get remarried?
>> [music]
>> So, that's what does he do? He put
himself to the side. He could have
easily just taken care of whatever you
needed to care of with regard to this
surgery, and he put himself aside. He
put others in the forefront. He put Amis
of the Jewish people in the forefront.
Let us Let's as much as possible be
there for others. Let's help others. And
this is from by us helping others we we
should have merit [music] to have the
blessing of complete redemption to come
in our speedy days. Amen. Amen.
