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0:00 May Hashem, blessed be He, give you comfort from Heaven, may He give you strength and hope and comfort. 'I, I am He who comforts you.' There is, at the end of Parashas Balak in the Zohar — it is written there that there will be the resurrection of the dead, that the Holy One, blessed be He, in the redemption, will bring us the resurrection of the dead.
0:25 'I put to death and I bring to life; I have wounded and I will heal.' We see that from the holy Torah the Holy One, blessed be He, teaches us that anything can be, and it can be very quickly, that when the redemption comes, it is already 'He will swallow up death forever, and Hashem G-d will wipe away tears from every face.' There was a story in the time of our master the Ramban, Rabbeinu Moshe ben Nachman.
0:53 Everyone knows, also the Rambam, how much sorrow he had over the loss of his brother, who was his helper and supported him. And there was a very similar story with our master the Ramban, Rabbeinu Moshe ben Nachman, that he once came to visit a student of his. He had a student who was very attached to him and wrote many of his writings, and there was a bond and a love between them like nothing else in the world.
1:20 And before the student passed away, he was very gravely ill, and it pained the Ramban greatly. And he went to visit him. And the Ramban was the greatest of the Kabbalists. They say there was no one as expert in Kabbalah as our master the Ramban, for in the introduction to the book he writes that only one who received the Torah from mouth to mouth, the Torah as it should be, can understand his Torah, and if not, a person will not understand his Torah.
1:47 So he writes in his introduction to the book, to the commentary on the Torah. And the Ramban sat with that student of his who was ill, and he said to him: Now you are about to pass away. And he was very pained by it, he wept. He took a writing, wrote on it some secret matter, gave it to him with a handshake, into his hand, and said to him: As soon as you pass away, you will promise me with an oath that you will come to me from Heaven to give me answers to some questions that I want you to ask on behalf of the whole Jewish people, not on my behalf. That is what the Ramban said to him.
2:29 And our master the Ramban took the writing, this amulet, he gave it to him, and he told him that when he passes away he should instruct that they bury him with this letter on him, so that it will be with him in the grave. And that student passed away after some time. And indeed he had told him before that, the Ramban had told him to have it put with him when they bury him. He says: You will reach a place above where there is a chamber called 'Seats of Judgment', This place, for there is the judgment, before Hashem.
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3:02 You will enter this place with this amulet that I gave you. You will be able to come and open all the gates until you reach the chamber that is before Hashem. There you must ask all the questions I have, and about the Jewish people — hard questions the Ramban had about the Jewish people. And whoever knows — there was a reason for this, because at that time there were many pogroms and many troubles that befell the Jewish people, things that were left out so that the mind would not suffer the troubles the Jewish people went through at that time.
3:30 And our master the Ramban wanted Heaven to give him an answer about these things. And that tzaddik arrived there, the Ramban's student passed away and arrived above, and indeed, with this amulet they had given him, he went up and managed to reach all the chambers. But he still had not come to the Ramban while he was awake, as he had promised him. Once it happened that our master the Ramban sat down to learn, and suddenly this student appeared to him, that student appeared to him from Heaven once again, after he had passed away, and he says to him: Know that with what you brought me I managed to pass through all the gates above, all the gates opened before me, until I reached the chamber where you wanted me to ask.
4:15 And when I got there, I came to ask all the questions, but there I understood that it is 'the World of Truth', and no question applies there. And in fact, what we have here in this world as questions — in the place above, in the 'Seats of Judgment', in this chamber before Hashem, there no question exists. That is what the student said to our master the Ramban, and he (his student) departed from him. That is how it was.
4:39 And this was about those pogroms and things they went through at that time. - Both of them were there, and one more, one more was there. He stayed in the car... the father, and he was saved... - Were they really present for all of it? - He was standing with Lederman, who was murdered; he got a scratch on his ear. You can't see it. They tell that this boy sits in his place in cheder.
5:17 On Friday he said to his rebbe: 'I want to change places.' - Did he have some special reason? - No, he said explicitly, no. He could not explain. 'I want to change places.' 'He does not see, but his mazal sees.' He wanted to change places. The Holy One, blessed be He, heard this story; the Holy One, blessed be He, says: I will give you some stories so that you will be comforted, so that you know that what is about to happen is not chance, it is on a path, by Divine Providence.
5:53 Shloimi, bring the second picture of the two children. - How old is this tzaddik? - Five. - The important thing is to strengthen them as much as possible, to give them as much love as possible, and to be together, as much as possible — that is the most important thing, as much as possible to carry on and to shine their light in the world, the hope, the light, with the rest of the brothers, and to be strong, and to remember that throughout all the generations, throughout all the generations, our people has been bound upon the altar for so many years, for the very fact of our being the Jewish people, the very fact that we turn to Heaven and do not worship idols.
7:03 But we will always ask of Hashem that there be no sorrow in the world. That is what one must ask of Hashem: that always, 'Forever, Hashem, Your word stands firm in the heavens', that the attribute of judgment should always remain above and not come down below. That is what we must do, and prevent it as much as possible through love among everyone, that we all be together in love of friends, to honor one another, to honor the elders, the Sages.
7:33 Let us honor and love one another, and help and support one another. These are the things that can truly prevent all the problems from us. May the Holy One, blessed be He, give you comfort from Heaven, amen. 'I, I am He who comforts you.' May you have long and good lives and good abundance, and length of days and years. - Would the Rav pray for the father, Avraham Noach ben Yehudit, that he bless him.
8:01 Avraham Noach ben Yehudit, a complete recovery. - I will pray for Avraham Noach ben Yehudit, that the Holy One, blessed be He, send him a complete recovery from Heaven, amen, and give him strength and hope. - He still does not know anything. It is better, for now, also not to tell him. - May the Holy One, blessed be He, strengthen the mother too, the Rebbetzin, Chana Devorah.
8:31 May the Holy One, blessed be He, give her healing and health and strength, may you have hope and joy, amen. - Thank you for coming. Thank you very much for taking the trouble to come, you strengthened us very much. I was very embarrassed, I was very... but you strengthened us, you took the trouble to come from far away, you strengthened me. - I pray that you have no sorrow at all, and that you quickly have strength from Heaven. I will pray that you quickly have strength and hope, and that the father return to his health, amen.
9:04 Good tidings. Good tidings, a good life.
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Hakadosh Baruch Hu will grant you comfort from Heaven He will give you strength, hope, and comfort "I, only I, am He Who comforts you" The Zohar writes at the end of Parshat Balak It is written there that the resurrection of the dead will take place That Hakadosh Baruch Hu, at the time of the redemption, will bring us resurrection of the dead, "I put to death and I bring life, I struck down and I will heal" We see from the holy Torah Hakadosh Baruch Hu is teaching us That anything can happen It can be very quickly When the redemption comes, there will already be "He will eliminate death forever, and my L-rd Hashem/Elokim will erase tears from all faces" There was a story that took place during the time of the Ramban, Rabenu Moshe ben Nachman We all know how much pain the Rambam felt at the loss of his brother Who helped him and supported him There was a similar story with the Ramban, Rabenu Moshe ben Nachman That he once came to visit one of his students He had a student to whom he was very attached Who wrote many of his writings Their connection and love was a very rare sight in this world Before the student left [this world] He was very ill. The Ramban found this very difficult and was very pained by this. He went to visit him The Ramban was the greatest among Kabbalists They say there was no one with such expertise in kabbalah such as the Ramban In the introduction to his book
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