Special Series - Spreading Like Wildfire | Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

[Music] the wildfires in Los Angeles have completely altered the Southern California area we're talking tens of thousands of Acres of terrible destruction $250 billion of damage 12,000 structures so far have been destroyed in terms of the Acres that have been damaged in the Palisades area more than 23,000 Acres in the Eden area more than 14,000 acres in total tens of thousands of Acres of damage because of fire sometimes a person says what am I in this world can I really make an impact do my actions really change anything in my surroundings will I ever have an influence on the landscape of my community well let's think for a moment because our sages teach tell us that desire giving into desire desire is like a fire the tells us when there was a certain Sage who was tempted by something very alluring he wanted to shake himself so he cried out n there's a fire here and people came and people stopped him so desire is like a fire and if fire could be so destructive if fire has the capacity to destroy tens of thousands of Acres wipe out and an entire area then we know mid God's attribute of goodness of kindness the force of goodness is stronger than the force of Destruction that means then one act of self-control is not an isolated act this is something that will have an influence on your family on your block on your community on your city but in fact the teaches us that when a person chooses to make the correct decision this is something that re reverberates around the entire world it purifies the world it sanctifies the world it elevates the entire world even though yes it's just between you and your and your and the don't say this is an isolated incident because your one act of self-control can impact your entire area your entire city your entire State the whole country the entire world you can bring the Redemption to the Jewish people because if one fire can have such a devastating impact then one act of self-control can literally change the landscape of the world that you live in [Music]