Standing up to the Soviets - Reb Levik Schneerson

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everything that he has promised you um health financial success um and um you will succeed on the land that Hashem has given you success with your children right those great wishes that a person has um the Torah goes on it mentions in this it mentions in the beginning um the various um foods that the land of Israel is blessed with. Seven um types of produce, um wheat, barley, um grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and grapes, figs, pomegranates, olives, and dates. Um it gives us a mitzvah that when we eat and are satisfied, we must thank Hashem. But Moshe then continues to tell the people that um when you will enter the promised land, you will become very successful and you will become wealthy. And what happens is that when you become wealthy, you forget where your wealth came from. And you start taking credit for that wealth and you think that it was all me. It was myself who created this. It was my I'm so smart. I worked so hard. I did this. And smart. I worked so hard. I did this. And you forget that it all comes from Hashem. Hashem is the one who made you wealthy, right? It doesn't come from it doesn't come from you. Um it comes from him. Of course, we need to do our part and we've done classes before. We've spoken about um our role versus Hashem's role in our wealth. Um and uh but recognizing that whatever successes we've had, it all ultimately comes from Hashem. There's a lot of people just as smart as you and just as hardworking as

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