Falaam aleikum to everyone, leil shishi pashas re'ay, arkhais pasha, life lessons in pashas re'ay, start in the very beginning of the pasha, re'ay, anoichi noisim, lefsnei chel mayaim, brahu, klala. Seven little words, or actually seven big words. These seven words contain a roadmap for life as a Yidd. Tehilek ibn Nagayin desexed this passo for us, and he shows us the treasures buried in the words of this passo. Lesson number one, re'ay anoichi noisim. It should have said, anoichi noisati. I placed before you. Why does it say noisim, present tense? It says the group. If it would have said noisati, I would think that the behira that was given to a person, the ability to have free will, that's only at the beginning of the road. And when he has a choice, should I choose taev, should I choose ra, should I choose brahu, or should I choose klala, should I choose a negative path in life, should I choose a positive path in life? So we have behira, we can all choose. But once one, you know, is already, you know, he made his choice and he went down a certain path, you know, he would think that's game over. Now you already chose your path, you're stuck on that path. Now there's no turning back. So our Kodeshbar who said, re'e anoichi noisim, present tense, now, always. Your entire life, you can make a U-turn, anytime. Until a person is dying day, he can recalculate, he can reroute, he can choose to change lanes, to change directions, and to get on the right path, on the right road, anytime. It's not a one-time thing, you're not, you're never stuck. Shem says present tense, right now, I'm giving you the choice. Lesson number two, if a person will say, what hope is there for me? Who am I fooling? I've been living this way for years, for decades, doing avarice, and ignoring the Tyra. It's just too late for me. No, what can I do? No, to get rid of all the, all my thousands and thousands of sins, it's just, it's, I'm doomed. A person thinks that way, Kodeshbar who says, Rei nesati lefneikhem hayoym, hayoym. One who does chuvah is kakotten chanel domi. He's like a newborn baby, right? Yes, do chuvah, and head in the right direction. Hayoym, today, it's not, it's a new day. What you did in the past, the past is over. Now you don't live in the past, your life is hayoym. Yes, you have to do chuvah, chuvah is not that overwhelming, you know, it's hard, it makes it seem impossible, but it's really not. Chuvah, it's a very simple process. The main thing about chuvah is stop and make a U-turn, change directions. You'll do the things you have to do for chuvah, you'll do it, you know, with time. But the stopping and making a U-turn, you could do that hayoym. That's what the vulnerability says, Hashem is telling us. I'm giving you the choice, hayoym. Today, forget the past. Lesson number three, a person tries to do chuvah, and he finds it very difficult, and he finds it challenging to change, which of course, you know, in the beginning, it definitely is challenging. So a person will say, how can I do? My Yetzahara is simply too strong. I can't overpower him. No, I want to, but I can't. He says, I am here. Don't fear the Yetzahara. I'm stronger than the Yetzahara, says Hashem, and I will help you. Like the Amar and Sukhunan base tells us, gets stronger and stronger daily and tries to kill him. The Moliah could have worked with Israel and Yahweh, and if not for the fact that Hashem would help him, he wouldn't be able to overpower the Yetzahara. But if Hashem is with us, and he is, then you can beat the Yetzahara. Say it out loud. I can beat the Yetzahara, say it. Don't mean by words, say it. Look in the mirror and say it. Convince yourself, because it's true. The Yetzahara tries to convince you, he says, it's too late, you can't do it. Hashem tells us, Hashem is with you. When Hashem is with you, you can do anything, including beating the Yetzahara. Lesson number four, a person can rationalize his way through life, and he could convince himself that bad is good and good is bad. A person can say, how do I know that what the Torah tells me to do is bracha, who said it's really good? Maybe it's like a used car salesman, his suave, his sweet talks his way into selling you a car, that's really a lemon. So how do I know that it's good? Hashem says, it's right in front of you. Look for yourself. I'm not forcing you, I'm not deceiving you, it doesn't say, that I'm giving it to you. He says, it's an open book. Check it out. See for yourself. Look around at all the people who follow the Torah, how real they have, how content they have, what they have, lives of meaning, lives of purpose, and look around at the people who are not keeping the Torah. On the outside it's all glitz and glamour, but inside they're torn with turmoil, with guilt, etc, etc. Hashem is saying, I'm not forcing you. Look, the choice is open, lfnechem, it's right there. That's the lesson for networks as they're going. Lesson number five, a person can say, if the whole world was tzadikim, now it makes sense to me to follow suit, everyone's tzadikim, I'll also be tzadik, but if most of the world is wicked, what's the point of me being good? Who am I already? I'm going to stand that as the lone tzadik, what am I? Abramavino? The world is what it is. Everyone's doing it. We like to follow everyone, be it the Joneses, or be it just everyone's doing it, everyone in the shul, everyone in the community, they say what's done. People say, yeah, you're right, we should change, but listen, this is how it is. So a person will say, what can I do? I would be a tzadik if that's what's involved, that is in style, but today we do what we want, we're smart, we're smarter than Hashem, we know what's right, we're intelligent, we're sophisticated, and therefore he doesn't change, he doesn't do what's right, because Hashem says this is possible, re'ay, see, re'ay is l'shen yachet, it doesn't say re'u, l'shen rabbim, I'm talking to all of the people, why is he saying re'ay? So Hashem is telling us, says the Vilna Goyen, don't look at the world, it's just you and Hashem, that's all. Don't be influenced by the tzahara, and by the glitz, and the glamour of the world, of the media, of social media, of the old shmatsati, and all the glitz, and the glamour of the styles, and what the umesayelim are doing, stop, stop looking around. It doesn't matter how everyone else is living, your job is to live with Akkadosh Baruch Hu, doing what Akkadosh Baruch Hu wants, re'ay, Hashem is talking to you, the choice of Brahma and Kala is up to you, you have nothing to do with the people around you, Hashem is talking to you, you are the whole world to Akkadosh Baruch Hu, what you do matters, re'ay, l'shen yachet, see, right, have the proper perspective, not just re'ay, don't just look, but look means more than just a physical seeing, it's a perspective, it's an attitude, it's an outlook, and it's singular, it's my personal perspective, Hashem is telling me, you, look at the Torah, look at Akkadosh Baruch Hu, so these are the five powerful lessons that the Hilki-Villanagayan tells us are buried in this pothic, and we should all internalize these lessons, and this is an easy pothic to remember, now it's seven little words, which are really seven powerful big words, re'ay, anoichi, noise, l'shen yachet, hayeim, all of these five lessons bring us Brahma, and if we follow it correctly, if we don't follow correctly, then the opposite of Brahma is the result, now the opening line of this week's parasha tells us that if we didn't keep the Mitsus and the Torah, they will receive Brahma, they'll be blessed if they choose correctly, now the question is, how can we be rewarded in this world for doing Mitsus? Surely the greatest reward in this world is worthless in el-Mab'ah, I can't take my millions of dollars in el-Mab'ah, I can't take my fancy houses in el-Mab'ah, I can't take my restaurants and all my steaks, I can't do that in el-Mab'ah, so what is really the point that