The most FORGOTTEN thing about FAITH

What’s said in this shiur

The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Of course, a person is saved from a dangerous situation. You say, "Wow, Hashem, you orchestrated and curated circumstances that things worked out well for me. Thank you." But what you've heard me say countless times, and what I'm opposed to is basing amuna on those stories. If we only base our amuna on the one direction, then when something happens in the other direction, we're going to walk away. We're going to give it up. It won't make sense. We won't see his guiding hand, and we're going to be filled with questions and doubt. If you'd know that who you're sitting next to, God forbid, would be murdered in cold blood for being a Jew, this, would you not look at them differently? If you knew who you were sitting next to was going to be a hero and save Claw Israel, would you not look at them differently where you're sitting? So, look at who you're sitting next to. So, I got the following email. Dear Gober, hope the email finds you well. I'm a longtime listener. Blah blah blah. Thank you for the kind words, blah blah blah. Today was my first day back at work after maternity leave. So, I put on your most recent amir and began driving. Traffic started building up and the ways suggested an alternative route. You were talking about taking ownership and

Jump to a moment

1. 0:00Of course, a person is saved from a dangerous situation. You say, "Wow, Hashem, you orchestrated…
2. 0:30cold blood for being a Jew, this, would you not look at them differently? If you…
3. 1:00responsibility over our own lives. There have been many times in the past where I listened…
4. 1:30when my coworker told me there had been a terror attack at the remote junction, the…
5. 2:01into more traffic. Ignoring ways and following her instinct and embracing her place in that traffic…
6. 2:32not say it. Of course you say it. Of course a person is saved from a…
7. 3:03both entered the car. At an unexpected moment, a person appeared and asked to join the…
8. 3:34listening to ways is from Hashem, then you have to believe that the second story of…
9. 4:05Hashem for his providence and his love and guiding them towards salvation, towards recovery, towards good…
10. 4:36life? It's all Hashem, the good and the painful. That which we see his hand and…

Every second of this shiur plays inside Lehallel — a filtered YouTube library of Torah, music and shiurim. No ads, no comments, no autoplay.