Chapters 39, 41 , 42 (all 3 are very good)
Chapter 39 - We have to do things we find interesting… but to repent?
FC with Binyamin Aug. 21.2007
I want to tell you all again and again, there is nothing new.
You are all waiting to hear 'real news', like you said, that the banks will fall apart, that money will be worthless, that a war is going to break out on such and such a day, etc.
But no one can give a definite time for these things. Yes, a war will break out and Hashem will have mercy. Yes, the banks will fall apart and Hashem will have mercy. When will all this happen? That we leave to Hashem.
Putting the focus on these matters only takes us away from our main goal, which is to come close to the truth and to Hashem and attach ourselves to Him and His will.
This is not what everyone wants to hear; they want things to be interesting. They want action.
They want us to say, "On this day Moshiach is coming. Get ready!"
"Good," everyone will say. "Let's get ready." They'll get the materials they need, build a gate, fix up the busses, maybe take down the immodest pictures, make all kinds of arrangements, but the most important thing they will forget and that is teshuva [repentance].
They can build a gate and lay out a red carpet from the Western Wall all the way to
This is what we are doing: we are constantly dealing with materialistic things and materialism in general; we have to do things we find interesting… but to repent?
'Must we speak about that again… what more can we do?
We've already joined Tehillim (Psalms) groups; we attend lectures on guarding one's tongue, we even spend an hour a day making sure not to speak slander. We recite the entire Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs), we say all sorts of special verses from the Torah, we go and pray at the Western Wall… what more do you want from us? What else can we do?'
All these actions lack substance since we're not prepared to do the most important thing and that is to leave the gashmius - the materialism.
And it really is not enough to say Perek Shira and all sorts of special prayers or to go to the Kosel [the Western Wall] once a week.
We must open our hearts, our mind, our kishkes [literally: intestines] and remove the Yetzer Hara - the Evil Inclination.
Whoever sits in the house of G-d must extract the Evil Inclination from within himself and that is a most difficult and painful surgery.
There is no greater pain, no greater difficulty.
It is pain mixed with pleasure.
We must look inside ourselves and try to understand the reason behind every single thing we do. We must stop dealing with superficial things that keep us busy and arouse the connection between our bodies and our holy souls and then use this connection to come close to Hashem.
What else is there to say to the Jewish people?
Serving Hashem is the only thing that will save us.
The banks will fall and so will money.
We have a house but Hashem can make our house fall.
We have objects but Hashem can destroy those as well.
So what do we have left?
Only our relationship with Hashem.
That is the entire purpose of this world and the World to Come.
When we reach the stage that follows Moshiach's arrival, what will remain is Shleimus - completeness and dveikus - strong attachment to Hashem. The strong attachment we will have is that we will truly become a part of Hashem with nothing coming between us and that will be the completeness.
It's really not a simple matter and getting there is not easy. It is very painful and agonizing.
But it will also bring everlasting pleasure.
And that is what we are striving to reach - that is the main goal.
Whoever cannot handle such a goal; it is obvious that there will be no place for him.
If he is not suitable he cannot withstand.
When you have a jigsaw puzzle and you have a piece that does not fit, it cannot become a part of the puzzle; all of the pieces have to fit together.
Therefore, my recommendation to the Jewish people is:
Try and minimize all the dealings and business matters as much as possible,
eliminate as many materialistic desires as you can
and do whatever you can to minimize the materialism that constantly surrounds you.
To the wealthy people who have an abundance of objects and to the poor people who have very little, get rid of any unnecessary materialistic things; get it out of your heart and your desire as much as possible.
A day will come, and not in the distant future, when all those objects will either disappear or be destroyed and we will be left naked: not naked of clothes, I hope, but of all the different objects that we love so much and then all we will need is to grab hold of Hashem and He and only He will save us.
Chapter 41 - This world is nothing
FC with Binyamin Sep.01.2007
May you all have a good week.
But this is not going to be a regular week at all.
Although, maybe an irregular week is considered regular. As we have said before things will now start happening one right after the next; like last week with that big fire in Greece which has yet to resume, and all sorts of other rough situations going on throughout the world such as floods in America, etc.
This week we will be receiving another reminder about the situation. Hashem is constantly sending us warnings and signs; He really wants to give us the chance to repent. Through all these different signs He is showing us the secret to survival and to life in the next world = the days of Moshiach and like a good father does, He is giving us all sorts of hints to help us. If a person does not understand the hint coming from a certain direction, Hashem sends Him another hint coming from a totally different direction and He just keeps sending more and more signals showing us that this world is nothing. It's nothing more than just a performance - a movie.
At the end of a performance, the curtain closes, the lights in the auditorium go on and people look at around at each other, reminded that they are not in the play; they are in a completely different world.
While people are watching the movie, they feel like they are watching real life, but then when the movie ends and the lights go on, they remember that real life is actually totally different.
That's how it is in life. Hashem gives us signs such as strange weather and all sorts of natural disasters, horrible illnesses, G-d Forbid, all kinds of strange things that happen to people and abnormal problems in order to make us realize that this world is all just an illusion and nothing more.
This world is just a place where the soul comes, dressed in skin, bones and veins, etc. to go through rectification, purification and cleansing; to prepare itself for a spiritual world, a world of truth, and a world of eternity.
It is very interesting that the signs we are receiving now are no weaker than the plagues of
Hashem is giving us tremendous signs in so many different ways. The only difference between what happened then and what is happening now is that the plagues then took place only in
If we would take the Tsunami and put it together with what happened in
It's truly amazing; Hashem created for our world things like the internet, the television, although we (in the Ultra-Orthodox community) don't have television, and radios - including radios for people's cars, radios you can walk around with, i.e. walkmans, so that within a matter of seconds everyone can hear what is going on throughout the world. With television, people can even see the images clearly, and those are signs, tremendous signs that no one wants to pay attention to, aside from the few people who seek the truth.
Regarding the digging at Har Habayit by the Arabs:
Binyamin: Regarding the tunnel at Har Habayit - for whoever is not aware of this, the Arabs have been using bulldozers and whatever tools they can get their hands on to try and destroy any remnants of Beis Hamikdash. They are building a tunnel under the Western Wall.
They want to bring down the Kotel!
They are trying to bring down the Western Wall!
They do this because they know that Hashem said this wall will stand until the Moshiach comes and even after that.
They think they will succeed in bringing down the wall but they won't manage because Hashem gave His word.
But the Jewish people, the Jewish people must return to Hashem, because if they don't…
Only those who remain…
It is a very simple calculation;
Whoever does not believe in Hashem,
Whoever has the appearance of an Ultra -Orthodox Jew,
Whoever whispers the words in the prayer books while thinking about his vacation,
Whoever dresses in a way that is obviously immodest,
Whoever steals, whoever lies,
Whoever does not truly believe in Hashem,
Whoever is not prepared to make sacrifices for Hashem,
Whoever is not prepared to live for the sake of Heaven…
All of these people have no place in a world of truth. They will not be able to live in a world of truth.
Just as every person needs air to breathe, these people will not be able to breathe the air of truth; only the air of the lies. But since the air we will be breathing is the air of pure truth, they will not be able to survive.
Time is short. I advise every Jew to do full repentance starting from this moment, if you haven't already begun.
There really is no time. It won't be long before the first shot is fired.
People should get to work now if they haven't yet.
There is no time. I'll say it again; there is no time.
Every person can identify and understand at least some of the signs. And there are so many signs every day, for the individual person and for the world as a whole. There really are many, many signs given all the time.
May Hashem help us understand, repent and merit receiving our righteous Moshiach.
Q. What do you have to say about the Labor Party going bankrupt?
A. Baruch Dayan Ha-emet (what you say when you hear of a Jew's death). Of course it is the end. Those who started are coming to an end and they are the big evil ones, the leaders of the Erev Rav (the Egyptians who became Jewish and exiled with the Jews) but they have second and third generations of Erev Rav and they have a mane of other political parties and this is all going to disappear.
Chapter 42 - The greatest Rosh Hashanah in history
FC with Binyamin Golden Sep.5.2007
Yes, I want to give a message today, even though it seems like everything has already been said and truthfully almost everything has been said but there is just one more thing to say this week, before Rosh Hashana.
This week the situation will worsen. It will get worse. On the face of things this may not appear to be the case but underneath the surface it can definitely be felt. The world is getting ready for some big changes. It is turning into a world of truth; one that will only accept people of truth, because nobody else can live in a world of truth.
A person who is connected to the lie lives off of the lies; he breathes lies, eats lies, everything he does is a lie and whatever gives him life is a lie. For such a person, the world of truth is poisonous; the air is poison, the truth is poison, the food is poison for him. The food of truth is poison for the person connected to the lies. Everything in the world of truth will be poison for the person of lies and therefore, he won't be able to live in it.
What I'm saying now is not new, I have already said it several times, but not every person has understood the full meaning.
It means that most of the people in this world are connected to the lies;
It means that most of the Jews in the world are connected to the lies. This is very scary because it's not the minority, but the majority.
And that is very scary...
Hashem extracts from the impurity the sparks of holiness and the rest gets thrown out like the garbage.
That is the message.
It is true; there are going to be great wars soon. Every place on Earth will be at war.
If the people do not repent before Rosh Hashanah...
This is going to be the biggest Rosh Hashanah in history, the most significant in all of history. If the people do not repent this Rosh Hashanah, woe to everyone. Woe to all those who think this is a joke, woe to all those who don't want the extreme side of Judaism, woe to all those that think they can live in both worlds; in the materialistic world as well as the spiritual world. Woe to the Jewish people, the chosen nation, beloved to Hashem.
This is truly the Day of Judgment; the Day of Judgment for the whole world, as it is every year, but this year, we are coming upon the greatest change ever, since the exile from
This is why the stars, the weather, the sky, the earth, the sea, and all the living beings within are preparing and are ready for the big change. Only the humans are still stuck inside of their eggs and caught up with their lies. If real teshuva is not done - those who do not truly repent will disappear.
Those who do repent will live to see the days of Moshiach and will live in the Olam Haba - the World to Come. Every minute in Olam Haba is a life of pleasures, a life of completeness, a life of closeness to Hashem, a life of Torah and mitzvos, a life of happiness, a life of sitting and enjoying the holy LIGHT. This is the purpose of the whole world and the entire creation - to bring the Jew to completeness. It's a difficult concept to fully understand. But we do know that it is the best thing - the most pleasurable thing there is.
Question: What do we need to do in preparation for this great Rosh Hashana?
Answer: Teshuva! We must cleanse ourselves thoroughly from each and every sin - from the day of our birth until now, as much as we possibly can.
After Rosh Hashana, we should feel as though we just ran a marathon and walked hundreds of miles. This means that on Rosh Hashanah we must work so hard [repenting] that when it is over we will be totally exhausted from all the hard work.
While the person is praying all of his past sins go through his mind. He must reach a point where he is completely heart-broken over all his transgressions, heart broken! Because whoever truly repents will be protected and the Sitra Achra, [the Evil Inclination…] will do whatever it can to make it difficult for people to do full repentance. A Jew can actually come to the synagogue and feel as though his heart was made of stone and he would not be able to shed even one tear.
Question: If that's the case, what should we do?
Answer: You should start thinking about all the sins and feel deeply sorry. When the tears start coming, the rock in your heart will dissolve.
Question: Isn't Rosh Hashanah supposed to be devoted to the crowning of Hashem and not for the individual self?
Answer: Our 'individual selves' do not go together with repentance. It's true, a person examines himself and cries over his transgressions but this is only to open him up so he can have more love for the people as a whole, for the Jewish nation and for Hashem. True repentance always drives away the selfishness within a person. But this does not mean that a person should forget about Am Yisrael until he feels exactly the way he's supposed to feel, until he has true love for the Jewish nation and is completely selfless. He should still care for Am Yisrael even if it is only on a low level. He should still do kindness for the Jewish people, pray and open up his heart in order to become closer to Hashem and come to full repentance.
Without Hashem's help, one cannot repent.
From Rosh Hashanah till Hoshana Raba (last day of Succos), we must do special Teshuva. All year round we need to do Teshuva, people must do Teshuva but this is a special time for Teshuva.
Imagine to yourselves that we are standing by
Question: That is repenting out of fear.
Answer: Yes, this is repentance out of fear, but there are also enough people that don't need the mountain held above them. The majority of the people need the mountain. Very few repent out of pure love for Hashem and because of the agony they feel from the separation between them and Hashem.
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