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0:02 Fortunate are you, Israel; fortunate are you, Israel; fortunate are you, Israel "Fortunate is the people for whom it is so; fortunate is the people whose G-d is Hashem" "Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all who hope to Hashem" Fortunate is everyone who is in the Holy Land, in the Land of Israel Fortunate are all who dwell on its soil Fortunate are all the holy ones who died sanctifying His Name, blessed be He Fortunate are all who gave their lives for the Holy Land Fortunate are all who help and support the Holy Land, the holy people Fortunate are you, Israel "It is a time of trouble for Yaakov, and from it he will be saved" The Sages teach in Tractate Sotah, page 42a "Hear, O Israel, you are drawing near today to battle against your enemies"
1:01 Against your enemies, and not against your brothers Not Yehudah against Shimon, and not Shimon against Binyamin for if you fall into their hands, they will have mercy on you Against your enemies you are going for if you fall into their hands, they do not have mercy on you And so the Sages give us to understand that the enemy is cruel He wants only to do the very worst and wants to wipe out, to nullify and to destroy, as we have seen throughout all the generations But the Sages teach us that you are drawing near today to battle So the Gemara continues and says "Let your heart not be faint" because of the neighing of the horses and the flashing of swords that you should have no fear in the heart, and some such hard dread
1:59 that would tell you: you hear the sound of your horses the sound of the swords, you hear the sound of their war you see their strength, you see them you will have some fear in the heart - no Let your heart not be faint; do not fear because of the clashing of the shields that you should have no fear when you see all their shields and all their uniforms and their tanks and their strength and their soldiers and their troopers all the soldiers, all the army, the multitude of soldiers in the army, and the strength, and all that they are And do not panic at the sound of the horns you hear the sound of the shofars, the sound of their tumult do not be terrified at the sound of the shrieking you see the voices, how they shout and roar
2:46 and make the noise of war, and try to frighten and to cause fear like with Goliath, who used to do so precisely at the time the Jewish people say, morning and evening, 'Shema Yisrael' he would try to frighten them and to taunt them and he would speak defiance against Hashem, blessed be He And in the end, King David was the one who defeated him The small one is the victor We had the miracle of Chanukah, we had the miracle of Purim When we see all the miracles, all the wonders how we survived throughout all the generations a whole and unique nation, surviving and contending throughout all the years and it is the only one they want to extinguish Today there are no descendants of any nation that handed down a tradition over so very many years
3:37 In the whole world there is no such thing The Jewish people is the symbol of the Torah, of beauty, of wonders of unity, of love, throughout all the generations of love without reason, of kindness for these are the signs of the Jewish people bashful, merciful In Tractate Yevamos, page 79, the Gemara says bashful, merciful, doers of kindness Look at the bashful, who are merciful who do kindness, who help one another these are the signs of the Jewish people Throughout all the generations we have passed on this message and our fathers told us of the greatness of Hashem, of the deeds of Hashem of the works of His hands When you open the book of Tehillim, you see King David what he contends with with so many enemies, with so many wars He was not afraid of anything; he had no fear at all
4:43 King Chizkiyahu, about whom they say that legions surrounded Jerusalem some say eighty million legions some say tens of thousands there is no measure to the number that surrounded Jerusalem in order to destroy it, on Erev Pesach And Chizkiyahu goes to sleep, sure of his victory until angels come down and strike them from Heaven And the whole army of Sancheriv was among the cruelest there have been in history There were many cruel ones but the army of Sancheriv would wear uniforms and garments of animals of stuffed hides, of lions, of bears, of wolves to frighten, to put dread and fear all the time, upon all their enemies so that whoever sees them will have fear and terror in his heart Nevuchadnetzar, who would ride on a lion, with a snake like a horse's bridle - that is how he rides on a lion
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5:54 Pharaoh, king of Egypt and so many more, beyond measure Yehoshua - in Tractate Sheviis in the Yerushalmi, in chapter six, halachah 2 where the Yerushalmi says that Yehoshua came to the Land of Israel Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said that he sent three letters Yehoshua - before they entered the Land, he said to them Whoever wants to leave, let him leave; to make peace, let him make peace to make war, let him make war And of course, thirty-one kings made war with him and fell before Yehoshua And then came Shovach, king of Armenia, and he came to Yehoshua bin Nun and he said to him: we have come to take revenge, with 45 kings to make war on you, revenge for all that you did This was on the day of Shavuos and Yehoshua bin Nun sits and learns and teaches the Jewish people
6:55 and they bring him a letter, and he writes in it 'All... we have heard what you did...' and he starts to tell him that in another thirty days they will come to war with sixty thousand warriors for each king and at their head are warriors, terrible and mighty - Yefes the mighty... And so he tried to put dread and fear into him and to frighten him Yehoshua says to him, to the messenger: sit here and he sends him a letter and says to him: Don't trouble yourself to come to me in another thirty days I will come to you in another week And of course, after a week, Yehoshua bin Nun went and made war on them, and brought down Shovach, king of Armenia and all the walls, and all the sorcerers and all the sorcery that was done there
7:41 and all the iron walls that were there - and he nullified them altogether The Jewish people go out of Egypt; they come in factions... In the Mechilta of Rabbi Shimon that all four factions sit... they say to go back to Egypt... to die in the wilderness... we have nowhere to go And then comes self-sacrifice, as the Jewish people decide and at their head Nachshon ben Aminadav, who jumps into the sea And a miracle happens, and the sea splits, and the water is a wall for them on their right and on their left We see that even in Egypt, when the Jewish people were in Egypt there were some who already said: well...
8:24 we have no salvation But there are always those people who can always be stronger and braver and they have more hope who believe that it is possible to go from one extreme to its opposite Emunah - its meaning is that when one sees that the mind, that reality, no longer allows it there is no more hope - there emunah begins From here the gates begin to open From here, when one begins to understand that the impossible can be possible Everything is possible with Hashem, blessed be He, and truly in the blink of an eye by the power of Hashem, His strength and His might And we must be full of hope and strength and courage of heart and not be afraid of anything in the world and be united and be strong and not try to look for people to blame, and to blame one another
9:22 and to blame everything in the world but rather be united and be strong and make peace, and be mighty warriors, men of war trusting in Hashem, blessed be He not afraid, not dismayed, and not fearing anything in the world only Hashem, blessed be He, the G-d of Israel We raise our eyes to Heaven we ask for His mercy and pray before Him There is no better counsel than prayer Hashem, blessed be He, wants everyone, from small to great, to pray to Him to raise their eyes to Heaven, and each one to ask simply with his own mouth - even the farthest of the far, even the poorest of the poor even a person who is very far from emunah and very far from Him, blessed be He just a small silent prayer, with a look to Heaven
10:14 Please, Hashem, blessed be He, G-d of Israel "Hashem of Hosts is with us; a stronghold for us is the G-d of Yaakov, Selah" "Hashem of Hosts, fortunate is the man who trusts in You" "Hashem, save! May the King answer us on the day we call" to ask for the help of the Creator, blessed be He and the power and strength and might of Hashem are beyond measure Hashem, blessed be He One needs to close the eyes and then open them and see Hashem - "and behold, Hashem stood over him" to see that Hashem is before us, He is here To think that Hashem is only up above - that is not the way The way is that we say, "the whole earth is full of His glory" Its meaning is: He is here, He is right here, He is with us
11:04 He hears us, He understands us He sees us, He knows us Our connection to Him must be so strong without fear and without dread to share with Him and to ask of Him We are fighting in order to win, for the sake of the Holy Land for the Land of Israel a land that "the eyes of Hashem your G-d are upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year" Flesh and blood come with the victory of flesh and blood for honor, for arrogance, for pride for money, for wars, for bloodshed The Jewish people come with the victory of the Omnipresent This is the might of the Jewish people We want to win for the sake of the holiness of the Land for the settling of the Land the land of our fathers, the land of our desire
11:58 all the holy places that are in the Land of Israel Only a person who lives in the Land of Israel The Sages teach in Tractate Kesubos, page 110, page 111 that a person dwells free of sin, is like one who has a G-d all the mitzvos, all the holiness, all the influences, forgiveness of sins a holy person, a pure person, a righteous person a person breathes the air of the Land of Israel just what it is to live in the Land of Israel just one moment of being in the Land of Israel a step that a person steps, a light step in the Land of Israel whoever walks four cubits in it - he is a son of the World to Come So precious and holy is the Land of Israel nothing can compare to it
12:44 And fortunate is everyone who gives himself over for the holiness of the Land Fortunate are you who dwell in it, that you do not want to leave it and stay in it, and give yourselves over for the holiness of the Land Fortunate are we, how good is our portion that we think about the Land of Israel and cleave to the Land of Israel This merit and this thought is holy and awesome for all generations it will bring influence upon us, upon the Jewish people This is the virtue of settling the Land of Israel: to understand its importance and one need not be afraid of it, nor run away from it but rather stay, and rejoice, and cleave, and think about the Land of Israel "And I am prayer" - let us pray to Hashem, blessed be He, that He save us
13:29 It is very important that everyone be calm settled in his mind, not panicking at anything Whoever has a difficulty in the soul - everyone it is also worthwhile - take spices with you; it is very important to make the blessing on spices The blessing on spices has a great and very, very, very awesome secret in it And many know that there were quite a number of people whom I advised and as I always instruct them some, who need some particular matter or who went through a great difficulty in the soul I instruct them to smell spices and there are great and very, very awesome matters in this But now that everyone is in great difficulty, and everyone is in this situation everyone needs to smell spices One must be careful to make the blessing on spices
14:26 the blessing on fragrant trees, on kinds of spices, on fragrant herbs to understand that at the moment we smell the spices and say the verse, "a pleasing fragrance, a fire-offering to Hashem" there are awesome, supernal secrets in this, great and very, very awesome and wondrous rectifications of the soul and it also weakens the power of the Samech-Mem that same Satan, that same Angel of Death And spices are "a pleasing fragrance, a fire-offering to Hashem" it is very, very awesome holiness And there are things in this that cannot be explained and lengthened and expanded upon now but one must know that whoever can do this it is a very easy thing - just remember: one makes the blessing on it on the spot and at every change of place - whoever is in that shelter or that room, that place - then he makes the blessing once
15:25 and it will serve him for the whole time of his stay there is no need to make the blessing every half hour It is not like drinking water or eating, where a person drinks after he finishes eating because it has a time of digestion, and he must make an after-blessing but on a fragrance, because it is a slight pleasure there is no need to make an after-blessing on it And therefore, because of this, there is also no distraction of the mind with it So Rashi learns in Tractate Niddah, page 52a that it is a slight pleasure and therefore one does not make an after-blessing on it And one must think: as much as we could explain and expound the secrets hidden in this thing, and the great power it has the time would run out, and they would not be exhausted
16:18 So I suggest to everyone to smell spices as much as possible and to pray to Hashem, blessed be He, who dwells in Heaven that He have mercy on us and save us, and that we merit the complete geulah And I would like us to pray a prayer in honor of Hashem, blessed be He that we read it And this is it Please, Almighty, G-d, Hashem, pardon my iniquity, Please, and atone for my guilt, and cover over my hidden deeds, and bring me back to You, and I will return in repose and calm, and return, Hashem, and do not pour out wrath and sorrow upon me, and do not let the fire of Your anger burn within me.
17:16 For what am I, and what is my life, and what is the delight of my desires. What is my transgression, and what is my wickedness. What profit has a man in all his toil, and what are his delights in the days of his vanity. Man born of woman, short of days, full of disgrace and shame, most of them agitation and fear and dread, a poor man and a man of deceit, who has walked in darkness.
17:48 Please, do not turn to my wickedness and my guilt; let me be, for my days are vanity. Please, Let me be, that I may recover a little; do not kick at the work of Your hands. Will You seek out a passing wind, which is driven off like smoke; will You pursue the dry straw. If my transgressions against You have grown mighty, which Your servant knows, Your mercy and Your kindness have grown mightier than them.
18:15 Revealed and known before You are my lowliness, my lack and my poverty, and if I have sinned, and transgressed, and done wickedly, and done wrong against the height of Your glory, how can my guilt harm the greatness of Your precious might; what can my iniquities show. With all the kindnesses that You do with all flesh, what is lacking from the splendor of Your greatness.
18:42 Therefore, living G-d, pardon my iniquities, for they have no power to harm Your glory; do kindness with me, from that which will not be lacking with You. G-d of Avraham, G-d of Yitzchak and G-d of Yaakov, the great, mighty and awesome G-d, G-d Most High, Master, in His mercy, of heaven and earth.
19:07 You are the King of the kings of kings; blessed be Your Name, magnified be Your Name, adorned be Your Name, everlasting be Your Name, victorious be Your Name, praised be Your Name, exalted be Your Name and Your remembrance, forever and to all eternity. Your seat is upon the Throne of Glory, and the Chayos ascend in the Throne of Glory.
19:31 You are fire, and Your throne is fire, and the holy Chayos are fire, and Your ministers are blazing fire. You are a fire consuming fire, Prince over all princes, and Your chariots are over all the Ofanim. In You they are justified, Selah; Your righteous deeds they exalt; to You they open their mouths, and answer and say: "Hashem our Master, how mighty is Your Name in all the earth, Who sets Your majesty upon the heavens."
20:05 You are holy and Your Name is holy; You are majestic and Your Name is majestic; You are valiant and Your Name is valiant; You are truth and Your Name is truth; You are blessed and Your Name is blessed; You are great and Your Name is great; You are mighty and Your Name is mighty; You are exalted and Your Name is exalted; You are distinguished and Your Name is distinguished; You are glorious and Your Name is glorious; You are steadfast and Your Name is steadfast; You are eternal and Your Name is eternal; You are clear and Your Name is clear; You are powerful and Your Name is powerful; You are living and Your Name is living; You are pure and Your Name is pure; You are One and Your Name is One; You are most high and Your Name is most high; You are awesome and Your Name is awesome;
20:51 You are revered and Your Name is revered; You are the support and Your Name is the support; You are strong and Your Name is strong; You are ancient and Your Name is ancient; You are splendor and Your Name is splendor; You are righteous and Your Name is righteous; You are radiant and Your Name is radiant; You are holy and Your Name is holy; You are merciful and Your Name is merciful; You are Shaddai and Your Name is Shaddai; You are perfect and Your Name is perfect. Blessed are You, the holy G-d.
21:24 And may Your mercy, Hashem, be upon us, and spare us and have mercy on us, and on all Your treasured ones, and on all Your people Israel, and let all say: Hashem, He is G-d, and You will cast down before You all our enemies. Please, Merciful and Gracious One, Who rides upon Aravos, Who sits in Zevul, Who dwells in Ma'on, Please, Who sits in Shechakim, Who sits upon the Throne of Mercy, and in the seventh firmament, all of it sevenfold light, from His light all the dwellings shine, and the Throne of Glory is set upon four Chayos, and in it are treasuries of life and treasuries of souls, and there is no searching, and no end, and from the abundance of its light the earth is lit, and angels grasp pillars of light, and their light is like a brilliant light, and it will not go out,
22:25 and their eyes like sparks of lightning, and their standing place is upon fire, glorifying in awe the G-d Who sits upon a high and lofty throne. For He is alone, and there is no stranger with Him, and there is nothing besides Him. At His voice the posts of the thresholds tremble, and their hosts stand before Him, and do not behold the likeness of His face.
22:55 For He is hidden from all, and they cannot see Him, and they tremble. And His likeness is concealed from all, and the likeness of all is not hidden from Him, He reveals deep things out of darkness, and brings the shadow of death out to light, and He knows what is in the hidden places of gloom, for light dwells with Him, and He wraps Himself in light as a garment, sits on a throne of light, and around Him are eyes of light.
23:27 And Chayos and Ofanim carry Him, and they fly, and they have six wings, and with their wings they cover their faces, and downward they set their faces, and to all four sides their faces turn, and they do not raise their faces upward, from His fear and His dread, and upon their backs they stand before Him, company after company, and they immerse in the river of purity, in the river of fire, wrapping themselves in white fire, and they answer with a strong and mighty voice: Holy, holy, holy is Hashem of Hosts, the whole earth is full of His glory.
24:00 Holy, And He is the place of all deeds, and He precedes the whole world, and He precedes the Garden of Eden, and He is majesty; heaven and earth are His witness, and He is alone, and there is no stranger with Him, and nothing besides Him.
24:29 Please, Hashem, G-d of the spirits, Master of mercy and forgiveness, turn to me and be gracious to me; before I call to You, answer me, and do not judge me according to my deeds, and do not make me a target for You, and from the roar of those who rise up, rescue me, and in the shadow of Your wings hide me from the plots of man, and from my enemies deliver me, and from the tumult of evildoers rescue me, from the pit of my poverty and my want, rush me out and raise me up, and desire me, and be pleased with me, and strengthen me for Your service and fortify me, and fulfill my wish, and do not ravage my resting place, and build up my breach, and widen my narrow straits, and heal my wound,
25:15 and bring me back to You before the time of my end, and do not hide Your face from me before I go and am no more. Please, Hashem, my G-d and G-d of my fathers, Who dwells in the highest heavens, Your abode. I am ashamed and humiliated to raise my face to You, my heart is broken to lift an eye toward Your greatness, for one despised and forsaken of men, like me - how can he stand before You.
25:39 But I have leaned on the greatness of Your kindnesses, and from You I fled, and I have returned to You, for I have nothing without You. Therefore my eyes are lifted, and my thoughts look toward Your holy heavens; open, my G-d, Your eyes, and incline Your ears to the song and to the prayer and to the supplication that Your servants pray before You with a bitter soul and a crushed spirit.
26:05 And now, my G-d, behold, I have come before You today, trembling before Your mighty deeds, to ask of You a request and strength, to open what is closed of Your gates. And I have not come to mention the Names, but to unify Your Oneness, and to hasten for Your servants that they act by the power of the holy Names.
26:35 And I have come as a servant before You, kneeling and bowing before You, and here I acknowledge that You, my G-d, created me for Your glory, and I am the work of Your hands, and from the dust You raised me, and with fire, wind, water and dust as foundations You founded me, and a soul from the place of Your eyes You placed in my limbs, to tell of Your wonders. High and exalted, You are my G-d, and I, Your servant who prays, have come before You today to make known the might of the oneness of Your powers, and the greatness of the wonders of Your hosts.
27:08 And I say, in praise of Your wonders: My G-d, in Your great greatness You have drawn me up today, and from the dust You have raised me up; to the light of Your wonders I have come, the height of hidden things, and at its splendor they stood astonished, His guardian angels, when they saw the works of Your hands, in their walking, their standing and their sitting - all in perfect order.
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