He Believes You Can | Rabbi Pinchas Novoseller

The Sefarim tell us that the culture and society of עקבתא דמשיחא will be very similar to that of the culture of Mitzrayim, with one difference. Says the Or HaChaim HaKadosh, In Mitzrayim, Klal Yisroel went all the way down to the bottom, 49.9 levels of טומאה. בעקבתא דמשיחא, we will reach level 50 of טומאה. And perhaps we're already at 51, but the question becomes: How is that possible? We know level 50, שער נו”ן, is the point of no return. Says the Or HaChaim HaKadosh, In Mitzrayim, before Kabbolas HaTorah, they were only able to get to 49.9, but in our generation, in the zchus of the Torah, the level of טומאה, of the culture around us, will get even lower, will get even worse, but in the zchus of the Torah, we'll be able to get out of that טומאה, as well. How do we approach the טומאה around us, and how are we מחזק ourselves? There was a group of Jews, who were led into the gas chambers, in World War II, and the Akeidas Yitzchak, the Rebbe of Alexander, was among them. They knew that they only had a few moments until their Neshamas would be in Gan Eden, and they turned to the Rebbe and they said: Rebbe, give us words of Chizuk, words of encouragement. The Rebbe said: At a time like this, there is no Chizuk that I can give you, but I can ask you a simple question and give you a very simple answer. Dovid HaMelech says in Tehillim, We sing Your praise when it's light outside, when there’s Chesed. ואמונתך, and it’s Your Emunah, when it's בלילות, when it's a time of darkness, a time of Nisayon. Couldn't the pasuk have said, ואמונתנו בלילות? It's our Emunah in times of challenge and darkness. Why does it say ואמונתך? And he said: Now I'll tell you the answer. HaKadosh Baruch Hu sometimes puts a person in a שעת ניסיון, in a time that seems dark and challenging. But that shows us how much HaKadosh Baruch Hu believes in us. So yes, the society around us, it's difficult, and it was never this difficult. Wherever we go, wherever we turn, it's in front of us, it's in front of our eyes. Nevertheless, that teaches us that HaKadosh Baruch Hu trusts us and believes that we can stand up to the challenge. He has the Emunah, the אימון in us. אימון is the אותיות וימאן. The Vayimaen teaches us that HaKadosh Baruch Hu believes in us, and He knows that we’ll be there to stand up for the challenge. And surely it will be in that zchus that when we got out of that טומאה, now, as well,