Cigarettes From Paris - R. Don Jarashow - TorahAnytime.com

Unbelievable. I just heard this morning from one of the tremendous incredible in the mirror. He said it on a video with the Imrs lived in Poland and one of his were going to travel. They had to go to Paris. The Im tells his he says, "Listen, I heard you going to Paris. They have these very, very expensive, unique, exclusive cigarettes that they only that they sell in Paris and you're going to be in the duty-free over there and you can get them for a very discounted price. When you're there, please have me a mine and buy me the cigarettes. Says the Reb, for the Reb, of course. A week passes and the the goes and he comes back and the the Reb says, "No." He says, "You have the cigarettes?" And the looks at the Reb and says, "I'll be very honest with you." He says, "Let me tell you what happened." He says, "I was traveling. I was very focused on business. I was very focused on the deal was about to close. I got to Paris and I I I remembered I was supposed to go, but then I got busy and I got called here and there and I totally forgot." But he said, "Rabbi, rest assured." He said, "I have your cigarettes. Don't worry." He said, "What do you mean you're going to get them in Paris? I'm duty-free. So, where do you get the cigarettes?" He said, "Well, on the way back to Poland, I had to stop in Warsaw." And in Warsaw, I made that for the Reb, even though they were much more expensive and they didn't have the duty free, but at least they had the cigarettes available over there. So, I made sure that I'll come I'm not going to come back empty-handed to the Reb. So, here are my cigarettes. And the looked at the hustle and he said, "Man, he said, "You got it all wrong." He said, "I don't need the cigarettes. I don't need the cigarettes from Paris. I don't need them from Warso." He said, "And you missed the boat. I needed that when you were in Paris you remember that you have a reb I needed that the first thing you do in the duty free is have the cigarettes that you always remember you're on back to the as a as a safeguard as protection once you left Paris I didn't need the cigarettes you can go return them to Warso I don't need them from Warso I don't need the cigarettes and the lesson is for all of us, wherever we're going. Hashem gives us mitzvah. Hashem gives us commandments. Hashem gives us gdar. But it's ultimately for one thing. Hashem knows the truth. You can't fool Hashem. Hashem always wants us on his mind. When we do mitus, when we look at our titus, it's not just to be wearing tits on us. It's to remember to the yam and the does Hashem need it for us actually be think no. Hashem just needs Hashem needs us to have Hashem on our minds at all times wherever we're looking. Whenever we're driving, whenever we're in the airport, we're dabbling, we're thinking about mitzvah, we have always, what's the point? What does Hashem need it for? Does Hashem need that? We should always be in a constant situation of connection, in a situation of responsibility, of accountability. And we have that. That's what keeps us safe. That's what keeps us protected. And that's what keeps us holy and pure.