Was Moshe Rabbeinu's Prayer Rejected? - R. Aharon Pessin - TorahAnytime.com

the big he's in a young sitting in comes to sh with his fing and he's about to put on his fing so runs over to him and he says can I ask you a question sure would you be willing I want to offer you something I want to give you $50 don't put your filling on says, "Rabbi, what are you saying? Of course, I'm going to put my Wait a second. $200 cash I have on me, Rabbi. Of course, I'm going to put my What are you suggesting? $10,000 I have in the car. Cash. Would you be willing? I'm giving you $10,000 cash. Don't put your filling on only today. Tomorrow you go back at it." Told him, "Rabbi, of course, I'm going to put them on. So Bellat look says him, "Listen, I'm not joking with you. I do have $2 million in the bank and I'm willing to take them out. If you're saying I don't put fit in on today, I'm going to give you $2 million cash by this afternoon. Are you in?" This guy gets a little upset. He says to him, "Rabbi, if you offer me $20 million, I'LL PUT THEM ON. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?" Theata looks at him and says, "Listen to what you're saying. You know, I've been following you the last few days. You come here every single morning. You put a tin on. You just told me you value the fitting at least as $20 million. So, how is it that when you hold that bag and when you open the bag and you take that fitting out and you kiss it, I DON'T SEE AN UNBELIEVABLE SMILE ON YOUR FACE, IF YOU WOULD HAVE WON $20 MILLION RIGHT NOW OF THE LOTTERY, YOU WOULD BE ELATED. You'll be jumping WITH JOY. I JUST WON $20 MILLION. YOU JUST DID. YOU JUST TOLD ME IT'S VALUED MORE THAN $20 MILLION AND THAT'S YESTERDAY and that's today AND THAT'S TOMORROW. WHERE IS THAT JOY? [screaming] WHY ARE YOU JUMPING OUT OF JOY? This is not just true to that young and it's not just true to the mitzvah of this should be true to all the mitzvah that we perform all day every day. When gives us a mitzvah, he's giving you much more than $20 million. He has given you an opportunity to bond to cling to him and to find a nice good padded seat for the world to come right with him. So he'll be able to teach you to be to feel this unbelievable pleasure in performing mitzvah. We will be the ones that says are