The Most Important Yahrtzeit

No, she's good. I want to I want this this three three topics on my mind today, Yehuda, that I want to share with my friends. The first The first topic It's my share of being with all three will relate. It's my share of being with you all today. It's Zion others. My share of being with you all today. And there are three topics that I want to speak about. One is doing for others, being there for others. Oh, it's good enough. Thank you. Thank you. I want to express Yehuda, I want to express that being there for others and it's it's not a topic Being there for others is not a topic of neglect of self. It's [snorts] not a subject that Rabbi Yerucham has a piece about this. Being there for others sounds like forget yourself, just be there for others. It's not that way. There's a line from Rabbi Yerucham used to say people were meant to assist others. A neshama is godly as a piece of Hashem. A neshama A neshama wants to give. Being there for others is not a neglect of self in the slightest. So, I don't want to like the subject of being there for others is the deepest usage of self. There's a line from Rabbi Yerucham that an expansion of self is being there for others. One of my favorite and people It's not like studied well enough. If I'm selfish, what a lousy I need. The whole Indian of being there for others You have an I need No, like share. Let's go. You have a neshama. You have a light. Somebody was somebody was some person, well-meaning person, very well was making fun of therapy. You're too self-focused. We're just busy with self. It's interesting where Yeshiva where I'm very into guys like healing and yet the main topic of the Yeshiva is be there for others. You can't be there for others if if the taking care of self is to be there for others. If I'm just selfish and that's an anee, please. The anee is meant the ashama is meant to shine to others, to be others, to encourage others, to bring a beautiful light to the world. That's what we're designed to do. The very taking care of self is there's a good self to give. That's the taking care of self is to make a good self to give. There's a story that Salanter that's a very important story to me. And I'm my sure who was a who was who was a rebbe of who said my koloni. Like they're about to kill me. It's like all about the people, for the people, invested in Israel. And and I want to express there's a story that Salanter Salanter spoke to his tell me to about giving. That was what he spoke about morning, afternoon, day and night. He produced an army of givers. Most of the Torah we have in the world today, if I dare say, is from Salanter's tell me them. His tell me them the altar of Slobodka and look look what we have today. A lot came from we have most of what we have is by way of Israel. And Israel spoke to his tell me them a lot about giving, being there for others. Don't be selfish. Let's go. Give and share. Of course, that's what it's about. So >> [snorts] >> So his Talmud his Talmud the Rabbi Yisrael his talmud came to Rabbi Yisrael Itzel came to Rabbi Yisrael and he said, "Rabbi, I was offered a job to affect the million Yidden. Quite the big steller. To affect a million Yidden, he was offered a job in St. Petersburg. And a million Yidden were were he was able to affect. It was like quite the big steller. He was very young. He was 25 years old. And he asked Rabbi Yisrael should he take the job? And Rabbi Yisrael shocked him. He thought the sugiyah was, "Am I big enough? Am I royal enough? Maybe somebody older should get it." Rabbi Yisrael said, "Itzel, you're a big davening. Is this good for your davening or not?" That's so selfish. You're a davener. Does being a rav for a million people help your davening or not? It's It's He was like shocked. It's a famous story in the Musar movement. You heard this story, right, Levi? Very famous story. Are you heard me say it? It's a very famous story in the Musar, very important story. Cuz it looks so selfish. Is it good for me or not? You have a million people. Forget the me. Be for others. But it's not it's not forget the me. Be for others. It's the best thing for the me. Is Is we're born to share. We have a neshama to give. And he was asking if does this match your neshama? Doing this giving is this the share with your neshama? If you're a davener, Itzel, by by its core you're a davener. If a davener should do this, if this is what a davener's gift to the world, this is the share you do it. That's the world. So, then that's the davener does. If it's not good for your davening, that's not the I need to share with the world. I want to express a tremendous appreciation to the dorm council today. Moshe Rabbeinu Yahrtzeit, a rebbe who's about who's about others who's really about others There's a big subject says if your rabbi is dying to a malach to actually you meet P U. What is a rabbi is a malach who's perfect? If your rabbi is not perfect, you can't learn by him? It's one of the hardest parts of life is is facing a rabbi's imperfections. It's a human being. So you find the human is possible. What does it mean in dying to a malach hashem to actually you meet P U? If he's dying to a malach, let's see if I find one thing. See if you have to like under Clearly it means that you feel he's a shliach Hashem. But the nakud of a malach is somebody who mamish feels he's on a shlichus. If you sense in your rabbi a gaiva, a very big ani and a and a certain type of arrogance, run away. A malach's all about the job. He's about the job. There's no arrogance. There's no gaiva. There's a person who has a light. You have a light. I have a light. He's not playing a certain role. In very secular, I find secular somebody is I am mister, I'm the teacher. I'm rabbi so-and-so. In a world of ruchnius, we don't know who's bigger in a shamas. The rabbi might be smaller than the talmud of any any rights. There's a malach. There's a shlichus. There's a shlichus. He has an or. He wants to shine his or. Maybe we'll shine his or. Maybe we'll shine the or together. Maybe we'll both shine a light. That's the malach Hashem tzuach ice. I want to express how appreciate I'm the dorm guys specifically today when they're running things, organizing things. I appreciate Yehuda what you did today, what Michal did today, what Elio did today. I just appreciate tremendously people who are helping others, doing for others, thinking about others. We're born I promise you we're born for that. We're born to help others. It's not a It's not like It's not a martyrdom. If you know anything about the enneagram, then the sign for two is like martyrdom. Like a guy gives up himself, that's not the energy of giving to others. That's the most beautiful, the most beautiful place of of a person's self. I see people that are fathers, that are husbands, and they're giving to others is such a shleimus, such a beautiful shleimus. Now, giving a wholesome, healthy way, it's not a neglect of self. I don't appreciate martyrdom. When someone is like a broken down person and like uh but they give it uh giving is the is the most healthy, wholesome, what we're born to do. So, I want to appreciate the dorm counselors a lot, what they're doing. I want to be mechazek. I want to be mechazek this inyan of sharing with others, being there for others. That's the tafkid of a mensch. Like never Adam Akriti. Who knows here besides where I leave you, there's there's a minyan in Klal Yisrael with certain group on Moshe Rabbeinu's yahrtzeit every year makes parties. So, minyan in Klal Yisrael, does anybody know? Mar Shmuel Akriti. The Chevra Kadisha is a minyan in Klal Yisrael today is Zayin Adar. They make parties. Usually it was last night across Klal Yisrael, the Chevra Kadisha. Why they do it on Moshe Rabbeinu's yahrtzeit? The simplest reason is who took care of who buried Moshe? Who was Moshe's Chevra Kadisha? Rebbe Nachman Hashem. Lo Yadati Kvurato. Nobody knows where he's buried. Hashem took care of Moshe Rabbeinu's bodies. In every community, there yeddin who assist Kvurah Yisrael, they assist the body and get it ready for messa. And they get it ready for burial. They there's a whole system. They either low lower the body into a mikvah. Some tzaddikim they take the body and the Chevra Kadisha, there's tzaddikim in every city who take the body and put it in a mikvah. Or the other option is uninterrupted, they put tisha cabin. They do it in two big buckets and it's one one and one three bucketfuls and they pour an never-ending kilwa. One strain, it never ends. They like time it exact. They pour one bucket then right before that bucket ends, the other two the other fellow two pour the second bucket and then the third bucket they put tisha cabin over the mace. So either in a mikvah or tisha cabin. And they get the first before they put the mace in the mikvah, before they put on the tisha cabin, they clean the mace's body. They close their na'im. They clean the entire body to make sure it's perfectly perfectly clean. I'm sorry, no. They but they clean the entire body making sure it's clean. Then they either put it in a mikvah or they pour tisha cabin over to get the mace ready. Then they dress the mace in takhrikhin and begotten for kvorah, they dress they put takhrikhin on the mace. That's what the chevra kadisha does. Specifically the chevra kadisha is is celebrated is remembered and people give staka to the chevra kadisha to support this group that's whatever the costs are to do this to to to bury to bury the mace. There were a few thoughts because klal Yisrael has this minhag minhagei Yisrael are crazy important. I looked this week at the document of the Geir. And when the mekabel mitzvot, I love it that mekabel de'oraita says de'rabbanan and then mekabel, they promise they're going to keep minhagei Yisrael. Minhagei Yisrael are like huge. [snorts] They're on equal parts to de'oraita and de'rabbanan. Minhagei Yisrael kodesh. Holy holy holy minhagei Yisrael. Minhagei Yisrael Shabbat and chag. And because the minhag of klal Yisrael is to do this to to celebrate the Kadisha to think about the Kadisha on my venue yard site? I want to share a couple of thoughts with the Kadisha. I want to express that the Kadisha first of all the Indian is the covered of every person and dignity of every person. Every person's value and worth even not alive that a human being does dignity to the body tremendously wash we prepare the covered of the dignity of a person. In our Yeshiva zone's father is one of the leaders in the world and making sure people have the Kadisha water berry 26 years ago the one who trained the Kadisha zone's father should unbelievable nice wasn't thinking about water berry but his father trained the Kadisha around the world his father make sure that you're not given the proper not cream and and has done a lot towards this and done that the Kadisha gives covered to everybody. I think it's remarkable that zone is the 10th grade ready in the Yeshiva. Our our revolution is a revolution of covered of a person the dignity of a person and that zone is so front lines in the revolution of the dignity of a person and his father somebody who taught on me is well the respect even a dead body each person deserves a tremendous respect I find that very very inspiring. I like I say it in front of zone I I like that he's not here I think it's amazing that his father who was so front lines on the covered of a and his son now assumes the position of front line covered of each person's to be respected to be appreciated. The other day I was talking to cats and he was holding his little baby his daughter. And one of the bachurim came by a gashmak again Yeshiva. He said something nice to me. Oh, Rabbi said a nice comment. Then he said to Raison, then he said to Rabbi Katz something nice. And then he like tickled the baby like it was like gave attention to the baby. I was so happy that the guy gets it. The baby's also a person. I see the way the guys respect youngsters here. It gives me the guys get it. This bachur like he got it. The covered the dignity that it belongs to every person. That's the right of every person. This is not a place that is an attitude on a little kid's scram. I watch in the base medrish Friday night is a beautiful scene of covered after the suda. People are here just schmoozing. I watch the way the guys treat my son Yisrael Meir. It's like amazing. I watch guys like let him play the games and with like a tremendous covered. This is a bastion. It's a fortress of covered of a person. Of the dignity that that's the right and the deserving of each person. One of the most important questions of our life the gemara says after 120 is a malach averach that you treat your friend like a king. That you respect another person. It's a big sugia specifically of Adar. Specifically Adar which Amalek fights the beauty of the Yid. Amalek denies and defies the bonim lashem, your children of Hashem. We have a deep and profound connection to Hashem. Chazal say about bonim atem atem ru'im b'Yisrael. A Yid should look nice. A Yid should look nice. You're bonim of Hashem. The dignity of a person. Specifically Zayin Adar. On the month where we where we defy Amalek. With the downfall of Amalek and Amalek is beaten is a big sugia of covered of a person. The honor and dignity that comes to a person. I wanted to say that. I wanted to say the importance of the physical of our body. It's some people become very spiritual and they forget about the body. I think it's beautiful that a body is prepared for pure it's washed. The body has eternal value. I say eternal, the body's fleeting, but the body's involved in mitzvahs. The body's a shotef. Where is the main scar that comes to you and I? The main scar is going to be Olam Haba is going to be wonderful. There's Olam Haba, there's Gan Eden, and then the neshama goes to Gan Eden, but that's not the main scar for a person. That's wonderful. Gan Eden is incredible and you and I will be together, we'll feel it, we'll experience it. The neshama experience it, but it's not fair. The body didn't get to go to Gan Eden. The body put on filling. The body ran base games. Not fair. The body did chesed. The body was involved. In the main place of scar, the iker place is Olam Haba and Olam Haba. They'll be the neshama and the body together to get the main scar. Olam Haba and Olam Haba is the main time of g'mol cuz it's the main scar is the body and the soul together. And it's so cool by me that Yidden the body would say okay, the neshama is out. Now the body No, the body still has value. Physical. It was it something precious. There's something incredible about chevra kadisha. About the eternity of the body. If you know anything about Moshe Rabbeinu, Moshe Rabbeinu it says like like that Moshe Rabbeinu his body became cool like this. Moshe Rabbeinu's body became holy. He was he was buried by Hashem means there's eternity to his body. And on Moshe Rabbeinu's yahrtzeit we call Yisrael thinks about the chevra kadisha, the importance of the body. The older I get, I get much more into money. Much more. See, money is a gift. The world is like mamish I I'm into khasidus pruta from a penny. Mamish, you take a pruta, you mekadesh anisha. Money is beautiful, is precious. Things are used. Things have eternal value lifnei Hashem. Use them. A gift from Hashem and meant to use in beautiful ways. The fact that the body of a Yid that the physical body af pesara yesh kein lavetach is treated with dignity to me is a big thing. It actually is like the most misnagid Amalek. Amalek takes the bris mila and throws it up. Amalek says, "Stop saying the physical can connect to God. Knock it off." Hashem is Hashem. They they're ma'aminim. There's a line from Rav Hutner about Amalek that it's Chazal say kol bidei shamayim chutz miyirei shamayim. And Amalek says a kol Amalek says a kol bidei shamayim afilu yirei shamayim. But there's Hashem. Hashem doesn't want help from a person. A person connect Hashem. Amalek throws the mila klappei malo. And what's What do you say? Ishbitzer says also? He says a kol bidei shamayim? Right. That There's a whole shtickel. Trust me. Trust me. Josh, there's a whole shtickel. Ishbitzer and Amalek are remarkably close. I I'm afraid to say this here. Never make fun of some The enemy does a darkest the Ishbitzer has a shtickel what the chiddush of Amalek. He like hears it cuz in Ishbitz but avada it's not the same. Avada it's the danger. Ishbitz gone wrong could be chas v'shalom terrible. People think it doesn't matter what we do. I promise it matters. Ishbitz gives people big chizuk not to be afraid. Not to be afraid. there's a certain courage and but it's a it's a Sugya Josh, a huge Sugya to the point that the Ishbitzer was like Mazbir Amalek to me cuz in Ishbitz they weren't like they didn't live with certain type of fears, you're going to hurt Hashem, not Hashem's he wants us there was a certain courage they promoted, they were much less afraid to do things, to be things and he was promoting something, so Josh is right, but the Maiseh Amalek's as a Kodesh Hashem Yirei Shamayim, we know that's not true to me Yirei Shamayim, it matters the activity of a human being matters tremendously, very significant, the physical of a human being matters and the Chevra Kadisha which takes care of the body of a Yid, the body of a Yid that was serving Hashem, that gave Tzedakah, that layed Tefillin, that ran a Bais Cain, the body of a Yid is Hashuv, that's all part of the Chevra Kadisha, the body of a Yid. It leads me this this Nekudah leads me to the third thing I wanted to say today, from my Rebbe and something very very important I think very important my Rebbe taught me. My Rebbe said the Chazal that Haman was very happy that the lottery came out to be to Chas Chas v'Shalom to kill Am Yisrael on to hurt Am Yisrael in Adar, he was happy because Moshe Rabbeinu died in in Adar. Now, if you learn the Gemara Kedushin you have to know that Moshe died in Zayin Adar, you have to know three Chazals, you have to know that the months that when the that we stopped having man on the second day Pesach, you have to know that they were that they had man b'Klalem for 40 days, there's like so many things you have to know to figure out that Moshe died Zayin Adar, to know he was born Zayin Adar is an open Pasuk. Moshe Rabbeinu on the last conversation with Am Yisrael said says Ben A of it's my birthday today. Remind on the day of his death said it's his birthday. We know that said I shall be demolished I say I'm shelter the king. Sad the king are nifter on the day they're born. It's uncanny a nice number of sad the king when nifter right around in a very close way. Says I shall be demolished I say I'm shelter the king. He fills out He fills out the lives of sad the king. And my sure I been who was was was was was nifter the day he was born. So to know my sure I been who was born Zion out of the day was nifter is an open possuk. To know we died Zion out of the Yom Kippur to be a London. Asked my rebbe and I loved he asked this about our rebbe and my sure I been who my rebbe asked how man knows he said others a great time my sure I been who was nifter Zion out of so that Haman's a great salandan. He doesn't know an open possuk he was born Zion out of and Haman's mistake is granted he was nifter Zion out of but he was born Zion out of. That's Haman's mistake. And my rebbe said to us that a mole like denies denies the human beings connection to a sham denies the eternity of a person. As a matter of fact the ramban says bonna matan location means eternally in my book. That's the ramban says. He says laces do don't overly grieve to amaze for your children of a sham means we have eternity with children of a sham. We're shy out to nits key is don't grieve to amaze. We're shy out to eternity. Don't grieve too much. That's the ramban learns. Says my rebbe we're connected to the rabbinic shalom. We're connected to a sham. That my sure was born is eternally relevant. Haman who denies a connection to Hashem said, "It all ended in Adar. It ended in Adar." It all ended in Adar. That's what Haman says. So, he celebrates Adar is a bad time. They lost Moshe. Why does he care about that though? That's all that matters to Haman. There's no eternity. So, it ended. So, what was ended? Haman's mistake is he was born. We don't even care ended. He was born. He lived. He lived is eternal. So, Haman's mistake is the very mistake of Amalek that a Yid is not mikusher to Hashem. A kesher to Hashem means eternal. We're connected to the eternal one. It means what happened is important and remembered and scare for all eternity. So, because it's pasha that because of this as well, we celebrate the chevra kadisha. Those who are giving kavod to dignity to the Yid may have a expressing that there's more. There's more. It's not over. Respect the body when to others it looks like it's over. It's not over at all. There's there's Hashem and we're the guf of of a Yid represent meaning misunderstanding that's eternal what was done. I want to express to the chevra on the day on the day of On the day the chevra kadisha is remembered, I want to say that that I'm in my own experience and I miss my father terribly and I but I want to express that I'm connected to him in a certain way more than ever in my life. Mamash mamash and and I see him and I think about him and know that he's in my book. And I want to express on on this day of Moshe Rabbeinu's of Moshe Rabbeinu's yahrzeit but also the day he was born that that there's eternity. There's my a bird, there's a mason. And that which was stays. My was with us. And the the lessons of my shed what he created and he and he my my bird my he gets scared and he's connected to what was. I don't know why since I throw I don't know what happened to me after I don't I can't even explain it. And I throw I was with my I don't know why I was dominated. It was a weird thing. It came out of nowhere. It wasn't his yard site. I was very much think about my ready to the point I was going to tire. I said I'm talking about I don't know why I don't know what happened. I'm talking about my ready there and I spoke something that I felt connected very much to him. When I got to tire out of the blue this sad guy I admire a lot tells me that my ready was his principal and shared two nuggets two precious stories about my ready that I appreciated a lot. Both stories I appreciate it was like that it was on my mind my ready and I go meet at he says oh your ready was my principal and he tells me two beautiful stories about my ready was like a precious thing. So I want to express on Zion other that the goodness we do the good deeds we do the kindnesses that endures forever. The that that goodness endures it's forever it's for all eternity good deeds that people do. All of us are human and we sometimes are in a space of my the catness. Above will come to you. What's it worth? I do this I that's a normal thing. It's my the catness. Right now I'm my ready yard side I'm like feeling my the catness. A guy does something that's like eternally valuable that's like really big. I dive in once. I have in Yeshiva a whole mile of 11th grade and I want to incorporate it's the grade I feel I'm in emotionally and I want to [clears throat] incorporate this. Sometimes when a bocher is doing well, we make it like oh, better better like you're on the derech, like you're getting there. And there's a shtickel white to that. There's a mile of one time. Lifnei Hashem, somebody gave a dollar to tzedakah once. It's like it's not all in context of what somebody's becoming. It's a There's a sheker to that. There's a big lie to that. Now, there's something to becoming and there's a consistency and there's something to that. There is something There's something there. He's a ben Torah. He's a godol. There's something there, but there's also something mamash to the mitzvah. To us who don't believe in Amalek, we believe in connection to Hashem. So, I I mamash A guy learns and I was thinking sheer to for a day. I don't want it to be Oh, he's much better. He learns He learns for an hour. You know, whole guy comes in the afternoon and we learn. Not everything's on a derech towards and I want there to be an understanding of the value. We sat down and learned the pasuk together. But as he pushed me to learn more inside with the chevre rightfully, I already listened to my friend tells me I already listened last night. We learned another gemara. It could be I'm going to share with the chevre cuz it broke up with not everybody got a chance to hear that was going as that Reb Ezi taught us. Maybe I'll share with the chevre what Reb Ezi taught us. But I want to express to the chevre this nekuda that Moshe Rabbeinu was born in Adar. To us To us, Adar's an auspicious time. Beautiful time. You know why Moshe was born? Haman says, "But he died now." Nobody hears Haman. We We don't know what Haman's talking about. He lived now. Haman's But he died is Amalek. Is is can't connect to the eternal one. We believe that you'd connect to Hashem. We believe a human being connects to Hashem. What do you mean? What do you mean doesn't a neshama function with Hashem? That's eternal. Moshe Rabbeinu was born in Adar. That's what the yid remembers. Us chassidim, even on a yahrtzeit, we make a seudah, we celebrate. There are people that fast on a yahrtzeit. There's different minhogei Yisroel. I could explain the reason we fast. I want to explain chassidim and litvish both. Why do chassidim they're both saying the emes? Chassidim make a seudah on a yahrtzeit, they don't say tachnun, and some yidden fast on a yahrtzeit. Beautiful minhag Yisroel. Beautiful minhag Yisroel to fast. The reason to fast is the neshama is judged every year on the yahrtzeit. Now, why is it judged? It was judged already the descendants, the people they impact in this world. The neshama actually comes on the yahrtzeit and the three days before and after. The neshama is mamash here. People who who understand things, can sense it, can see it, can feel it, can understand it, the neshama comes here on the yahrtzeit. It's impact on this world on a yahrtzeit is very very strong. Very very strong the impact here, and the neshama is judged about its experience here. And it obviously changes yearly. New people doing more mitzvahs, impacted, encouraged, the zicharon, descendants. So, the neshama is judged on the yahrtzeit. Also, that inyan of being judged relative to the neshama fast that don't shul to give more schar to the departed. That's the inyan of the fasting on the yahrtzeit. The chassidim will make seudahs, are celebrating the mamash besimcha this neshama's eternity. It lived, it mamash made an impact. The very seudah is celebrating and giving more schar. That's their response to being judged. The The mamash is still getting s'char. They're like excited. They're actually on the yahrtzeit they're tasting the neshama's alive. Why is the neshama getting s'char? It's in olam haba. Oh, cuz the impact it had here. So, oh, mamish still impactful. They like taste eternity. They make a seudah. They celebrate. No tachlis. Yahrtzeit. Moshe Rabbeinu's yahrtzeit. He lived. He impacted. He mattered. Look at his people. Look at Am Yisrael. So, Hashem gave us this precious neshama that's still impacting. They're tasting eternity. They make a seudah. So, there's the minhagim of us Chassidim that make a seudah and the minhagim of us Litvaks who fast and both of our minhagim are beautiful. Us and us are beautiful. Two beautiful minhagim that each make sense and are rooted in in truthful things and in truthful ideas. Many people do Yeah, yeah. Many people do What many people do on the yahrtzeit is they put out especially amongst the Chassidim they put out tikkun and they want people to make a bracha. Like it should be an ilui for the neshama. Should be an ilui for the neshama. They make a bracha. It's a tikkun for the neshama and all the brachas. People make a bracha. So, you'll [clears throat] go to a shul. A guy will have a little bramfen, a little schnapps and have a little some cake and people make him a zaynes shuckle do it. You go to a shul, you see a little stuff out, get the name and leilui nishmas. Should be an ilui for the neshama. You make a zaynes. You make a shuckle. Very, very kedai. Amen. Amen. Amen. I think I want to tell you Reb Ezi's raid from last night. Should I tell the chevre? Those Some got it. Some didn't. It's from Reb Kohn. It was actually very intelligent. Yehuda, should I tell the chevre first that you got the chevre You got it last night? >> Yeah, I was with him there. It was cool that it happened in real time. We had cashes and of Essie Kadarka saved the day. If guys can bear with me because I fell badly last night. We had guys in and out and it was hard to stay focused rightfully. It was a snow day. If I could quickly tell you what happened last night. Gersh, I want you to hear this. I think it's pretty cool. David, tell me. Chaim, tell me if you like this. But I want to quickly I'll say it very very Should I say it again? You know, I thought it was good. I thought it was good. I thought it was a michaya. But maybe it's too happy with Essie. A little happy. My tata wouldn't be mask I don't think but it was >> [clears throat] >> Maybe. It's and there's a reason for the name I assume because his birthday was a week before Purim. This was Purim. This was Purim. This was Purim. This is This is our Mordecai. This is our Mordecai Tzaddek and I want to express the story There's a lot that we we're going to study Mordecai Tzaddek and there's a lot to study. The nekuda The nekuda and I we speak about Avraham Ivri. The nekuda being an Ivri of being a yachid going against the tide is a metzius of the power of one. Mordecai Tzaddek the power of one like Kambaliza is unmoving and does what's right and that causes a whole revolution. And I want to express the power of one of our Mordecai. In the dorm, the care, the love. I was talking about the tish he was running Friday night. It's a scene that was very beautiful to me. I'm a very visual guy. My picture Mordecai sitting on that throne and like running that room on leil Shabbos. It was just warm in there. People felt seen. People felt respected. They felt understood. It was something that was nefle. I want to express that I discussed I started here that I'm into working on self and we're into being selfless. So what's going on in water way they're so into this therapy thing just give. When a person sensitive to their own I watch Mordechai who's incredibly attuned in his own understands his own stuff could be present to others. And I want to express that to an advertisement. Any work we do on our self we're born to give what has for Shalom we're not into being selfish and being self-absorbed has for Shalom look at Mordechai. Here's a person who's understanding himself very self-aware. What's it for it's the benefit he could listen to another Yid he can understand. He can connect he can relate he can be present to another. So I want to just appreciate you've made a massive impact on this Yeshiva Mordechai. I thank you. >> [applause] >> I want to express that this year I'm talking more about Mordechai's it's the last year he's going to be in Yeshiva. The whole Yeshiva is going to his chasunah. Single I'm able to as Sham will continue his career but as a bochur it's fun this year very important to speak. But because of the whole Yeshiva I'm like I can picture the scene of that past the Yeshiva at Mordechai's chasunah. It's going to be that you should you fly in to throw Mexico for Mordechai's chasunah. You come in maybe you'll bring even the prime minister or president of Mexico as a Yid. Shame Mrs. Mrs. Shamebound should come too. For Mordechai's chosson everybody should come. He told me she's not good to the Yidden I need to call her up I need to speak to her. She's one of us. She's one of us she has Tell her from me that she has to be nice to Yidden. Tell her she has she's a Yid she should be nice to Yidden. She should she should she should. I really I want to appreciate what Mordechai what you do what you mean there. Thank you very much, Mordechai. >> [applause] >> Very very few people in the in the history of this mesivta is baruch Hashem this is our 17th year. Very very very few people have more impact in these 17 years on what the mesivta is. And in in in real ways we've grown a lot. The yeshiva's grown a lot. The ribbeim, the the whole minhag of less forced, less more like in touch with the neshamos. Mordechai is allergic to that which is like forced. When you're forcing something you mamash are good. You don't have to like force something. That revolution, Mordechai, you're a big part of it and I appreciate all you've taught me and our friendship and the friendship you've given to the whole yeshiva. Thank you, Mordechai Sandler. God bless you. >> [applause]