TeShuva Music REMEMBER YOUR PAST (Preparing for Yom Kippur)
Elul is the month of TeShuva when we prepare for Rosh Hashanah. Learn Torah and find out how to do teshuva by watching the mini-series TESHUVA MUSIC presented by BeEzrat HaShem Inc. Part 1: TeShuva Music REMEMBER YOUR PAST by Rabbi Yaron Reuven Rabbi Yaron Reuven emphasizes the importance of remembering the past to have a future. He explains that forgetting our mistakes as a nation prevents us from doing teshuvah (repentance) and rebuilding the Beit HaMikdash (Temple). He warns that a relationship with HaShem based solely on material gain leads to a lack of genuine belief and ultimately abandonment of Torah and mitzvot. He further emphasizes that HaShem tests those He loves, sometimes by withholding what we desire. This test reveals our true level of faith and dedication. Ultimately, Rabbi Reuven explains that HaShem's punishments are not direct acts of wrath but rather the withdrawal of His protective hand, allowing the consequences of our actions to unfold. To Donate and Support our Kiruv work please visit us at www.BeEzratHaShem.org. If you'd like to invite Rabbi Yaron Reuven or Rabbi Efraim Kachlon to give a lecture at your synagogue, home or office please email INFO@BeEzratHaShem.org to see availability and make arrangements. Rabbi Yaron Reuven is based out of South Florida, but travels around the world to give lectures to different groups. Rabbi Efraim is based our Jerusalem, Israel. Click here https://soundcloud.com/yaronreuven/sets/daily-chidush To Listen to our very popular "Daily Chidush" short audio series on soundcloud.com Join one of our interactive "Interesting Torah" Whatsapp groups to get daily messages of short Torah clips that can uplift your day by texting the number above. Please join our Facebook page Be'Ezrat HaShem page and join our group "Torah Lessons To Help Our Lives". This Group is solely about publicizing HaShem's holy Torah from my lectures as well as great Rabbi's such as Rabbi Efraim Kachlon, Rabbi Yosef Mizrachi, Rabbi Zamir Cohen, Rabbi Pinto, and anyone else that is teaching interesting and relevant Torah. We will also bring you some brand new lectures directly from a Kollel in Jerusalem you won't find anywhere else. Torah posts will be in Hebrew and English. There are plenty of places to find entertaining stories that sound great, but this group is about showing you Torah that can impact your life, hence the name Torah Lessons To Help Our Lives. If it's not impactful, then it won't fit in. I watch and read all that I personally post, so I promise to do my best to bring you only the best quality of Hashem's amazing Torah. The Torah is the only thing in the world that you can learn and have an outcome that makes you SMARTER, WISER, And a BETTER Human Being. If the Torah you're learning is no longer impacting your life in a positive way, than its time for a change. If you haven't learned Torah in a long time or ever, then its time to start friend. I guarantee you will enjoy the journey and life will never be the same, if you just give it a real chance. Kiruv and Kiddush Hashem is our #1 goal. So please feel free to contact me if you are interested in getting more FREE material. We would be have to send you Torach lecture DVDs, CD's and a Book for FREE to anyone that is serious about learning them. If you are far from Hashem and His Torah, our goal is to get help you get closer. Thank you for the opportunity and May Hashem bless you with a life full of Torah #Judaism #Jewish #RabbiYaronReuven #Torah #Jews #Movies #Movie #jewishmovie #KIRUV 00:00:00 Intoduction 00:00:23 The Importance of Remembering Our Past 00:01:58 Adam's Mistake and Modern Misconceptions 00:02:56 Relationships with God Based on 'Stuff' 00:03:53 Hashem Tests Those He Loves 00:04:20 Why HaKadosh Baruch Hu Withdraws His Hand 00:05:18 God Withdraws His Protection
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0:23If you stay and you're sinning by yourself, you'll stay sinning and you'll never improve. But if you do not remember the sin, if you do not remember the mistake that was made as a nation, you will never do teshuvah. You will never get out of your own way. You'll never rebuild the Beit HaMikdash. A nation that does not know its past certainly does not have a future. A nation that does not connect to its past certainly does not have a future. This is why Rabbi Talia Kaleem, it's our obligation to learn the details of our past, what happened 1,950 years ago, what happened 2,400 years ago,
1:30what happened seven years ago because that's the only way that we're gonna have an idea about who Hashem really is and that He's not our friend, He's not a puppy, He's not a, uh, some, uh, some, uh, thing that just is supposed to work for us. And this was the mistake that Adam made, the first sin, when the serpent came and said, "No, no, listen..." Hashem doesn't want you to eat, to touch the tree. Touch it. See, I touched it. At that moment, the serpent convinced Chava that Hashem is just there to give you stuff. Why? Tree, of course. Why? He's telling you not to touch the tree? No, look, I can touch the tree. Why? It's all about touching the tree, not touching the tree. Eat from the tree. Don't eat from the tree. It's just about that. It's not about Hashem said, therefore don't do it. Hashem said, therefore do it. He completely removed the reality from the situation. It all became about the fruit. It all became about getting stuff from Hashem. Unfortunately, this is what's happening today. We have a generation of people who believe that the relationship we’re supposed to have with Hashem is based on stuff – stuff we’re supposed to get from Hashem. I pray, so therefore Hashem will give me stuff.
2:56I do mitzvot, so therefore Hashem will give me stuff. If He doesn't give me stuff, then why should I pray? Why should I pray if He's not going to give me stuff? If your relationship with HaKadosh Baruch Hu is based on stuff, I do it, therefore He's going to give me stuff. And if He doesn't give me stuff, therefore I'm not really going to want to do it. That type of mentality... will ultimately lead to complete kefirah, complete heresy, and abandonment of Torah and mitzvot, because it was never real to begin with. It says in Sefer Tehillim, Hashem tests those He loves. One of the tests is by not giving them what they want. See how they react. Do you still love me? Do you still pray with kavanah? Oh, I gave you a lot of money. Now I took everything. Do you still believe in me? Do you still pray to me with kavanah? Are you still going to give a little bit of tzedakah? Are you proportional to what you have now? Or no, you're only going to give when you have a lot?
4:20to learn the details of our past, what happened 1,950 years ago, what happened 2,400 years ago, what happened 700 years ago. HaKadosh Baruch Hu does not want to punish us. How could it be? People say, where was God during the Holocaust? What do you mean? He's the one that did it. So what do you mean? You just said God doesn't want to punish. He doesn't want to punish. So what happens? How does this work? This is the verse that explains it. Hakadosh Baruch Hu does not want to punish us. But what happens is that He withdraws His hand that's blocking the enemy from eating us alive. When? When we distance ourselves from Him. It's not that He punishes us; it's that He is protecting us. When we distance ourselves from Him, He simply uncovers what's being covered right now. And that's what this verse says: "In fierce anger, all the dignity of Israel, He withdrew His right hand in the presence of the enemy. He burned through Yaakov like a flaming fire consuming all sides." As soon as He just withdrew His hand that's covering, that's protecting us, the fire of Esav started burning Yaakov.
5:37In fierce anger, all the dignity of Israel, He withdrew His right hand in the presence of the enemy. He burned through Yaakov like a flaming fire consuming all sides. As soon as He just withdrew His hand that's covering, that's protecting us, the fire of Esav started burning Yaakov. The minute that we forsake the Kadosh Baruch Hu, Hashem says, "Okay, so each time you do something, I'll uncover more, I'll uncover more, I'll uncover more." He doesn't do it all at once. He gives us warning signs, warning signs, warning signs, but if we don't get the warning signs, it gets worse.
