Living with Emunah (#394)

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

before we dive in, I'll tell you for me, we're flying back yesterday, baruch Hashem. Had to go to New York for a simcha. Coming back yesterday and at the airport, always airport. You're going to get sick of my airport stories, but the airport is ripe. It's like the ultimate place for Emunah stories. Going through security, flying through, no line, everything good. And of course, it beeps. Now, I I think since Pesach I've had to travel every week but one, and it never beeps. I'm a seasoned traveler. It's not amateur hour. I know how to empty my pockets, no liquids. I know what I'm doing. So, why did the thing beep? So, I asked, "Why did it beep?" So, they said, "You've been randomly selected." I said, "Excuse me, nothing is random. I am where I'm meant to be." They said, "Yeah, whatever." >> [laughter] >> So, I guess the JFK TSA is not listening to Living with Emunah. But, I just thought how we use that word. At an airport, everything's random. Randomly selected, randomly looking at your luggage, randomly seat assignment, random never randomly upgraded, random random random random. But, we know we live with Emunah, nothing is random, everything is by design, of course, from above. So, again, rather than get frustrated, truth is we had plenty of time, so there was nothing frustrated about it. But, rather than get frustrated, "What do you mean random? I'm seasoned. You know who I am, how often I travel. I was flying right through. Why do I have to go again and take off my belt and be patted down? Need to get a restraining order against you. Why do I need to go through this?"

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