Chasing Luxuries - R. Elazar Meisels - TorahAnytime.com

[snorts] >> Chasing money in this world is in the in inimitable words of the former president of the United States, Saddam Hussein Obama, right? He used to say about everything, every time you asked him a question that was intended to slug him up, that was intended to make him think of it, "It's just a distraction." Everything is a dist- He had it right, but just not about the thing he was talking about. Everything the HR throws in front of you, the whole chasing money, chasing comforts, chasing luxuries, all of that is all a distraction. That's all it is. Why? Cuz what should a person Why were you put here? You were put here to chase money? You were put here to chase luxuries? You were put here to go to the Bahamas and sleep in an underwater, overwater, whatever it's called, overwater bungalows that you could see the fish below Mr. Taitel Sugar, that's why Hashem put you in this this world, so that you should sleep in an overwater bungalow? You out of your mind? What's the matter with you? That's why Hashem put you here? He gave us a Torah at Sinai. He made a Hashem Sinai. He was He was mevatel He overrode all the marachos hateva, everything, so that you should spend your days chasing the money to go buy a Lamborghini, chasing the money to go fly to all the remote corners of the world, since it's the only place you can get food is if you hack and you harass the Chabad shliach over there, neighbor, who's trying to do mitzvahs? That's the only way you're going to have any And that's that's what he put you in this world for? Dafshanen gantzen sugar Taitel Sugar, you have to be crazy to think such a thing. You really think your Ribono shel Olam brought you into this world? Listen, I'm asking you a question. I know it's not comfortable, so I just want to Please be mychel me. I know it's not comfortable. Do you think your Ribono shel Olam put you into this world? Gave us a Torah. A Torah which is shchora al gabei esh lavana, black fire on top of white fire. The [snorts] Torah is the template of the entire universe. Your Ribono shel Olam waited thousands of years. He had many 70 umos, 70 nations he could have given the whole Torah to. And he doesn't give it to any of them. He says, "No, I'm giving it to cloud Israel. I'M GIVING IT TO YOU." And he gives us a motion of been with the major says motion of been with a half mile of his a half person. Motion of been with barely even a been out of his barely a little issue. He's barely one of us and the motion of gives him to us and he teaches us terror and we have the man and we have the bear and we have the Nana have covered and he does all of this for what? So that we should get a fancy car? So that we should go on big long cruises on ships with in your day of riots is unfortunately rampant? So that we should spend our days fattening our bank accounts? That's not why he gave us the terror. That's not why. He didn't do it for that. And that's what the wrong one think. That's what the magic mission think. Royal home Moscow. A person has to think. What am I doing here? What am I doing here? You're you're a local him. A true year is a flame of persons a real year is a Mayan. You don't chase that. You're a session you're a second the only thing that's going to last you at the end. The only thing you're going to have is your session.