Lehallel
Getting it ready…

Torah · 5:39

If Only We Knew Hashem's Love - Rabbi David Ashear (Emunah) Story

1.1K views · Sep 10, 2021

Rabbi David Ashear

A story about Hashem's love and the importance of emunah.

Ask this shiur

Ask in your own words — the answer is the exact moment this shiur speaks to it.

What’s said in this shiur

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

after he prayed of course and he noticed a ticket on his front windshield he looks at the ticket 500 shekhalim what's going on 500 shikalim i parked illegally he sees his car is about an inch over the line and he's so angry how could they do that to me that's a whole day's salary okay i can't think about it now i have to get to my meeting he goes and he's driving to work down a one-lane highway for a long time and the man in front of him was going so slow i'd have to get to work and he's trying to brighten them in and go faster and the man's not budging he's so angry he pulls around him through the oncoming traffic lane and goes across and of course the police catch him they pull him over and give him another ticket this time for a thousand shekhalim now he's burning fifteen hundred sheikh ali might even start the day but i have to get to work he goes to work he's still on time he settles down in the office i have to get my bearings his boss comes in yourself today's the day if you are successful with this meeting you're going to get a promotion and i'm going to raise your salary 20 minutes before the meeting he gets a phone call you're set from the nursing home that his aging father is staying at the nursing home says yourself you have to get here right now your father's not

Jump to a moment

  1. 0:30after he prayed of course and he noticed a ticket on his front windshield he looks…
  2. 1:02for a long time and the man in front of him was going so slow i'd…
  3. 1:32but i have to get to work he goes to work he's still on time he…
  4. 2:04eating it's danger you're the only one who can get him to eat you have to…
  5. 2:34just put the food in your mouth you make me come all the way over here…
  6. 3:04till you eat just eat his father comes back a couple of minutes later and he's…
  7. 3:35little yossi woke up with ear pain and he was crying daddy my ears are hurting…
  8. 4:06making stories whatever it took just to get a few bites into his mouth and that…
  9. 4:36of all the love that his father poured into him and cared for him and did…

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

More from Rabbi David Ashear

Get the week’s best, by email

One email a week — a handful of shiurim and music. No account needed.

Know a family who would use this? Give a Lehallel membership.