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0:02 the general theme of himesh devar ian is Moshe Rabbeinu 'z review of all that occurred throughout the 40-year sojourn in the desert remember at this point in time in college devar cloud we saw us standing right by the Jordan River 0:17 ready to go integrity strong those who were under the punishment of the sin of the spies have already died out and this is a brand new generation a generation most of whom were born in the desert did not necessarily know 0:31 the acute bitterness of Egyptian captivity and ready to go in to conquer the land to take possession of the land to seize their destiny and Moshe Rabbeinu uses this opportunity in his final address to the Jewish people to go over 0:45 all of the details that led us up to this point and the obvious question is why why go ahead and have to review all of these details these people could have heard these stories from their parents could have heard the 0:57 stories from their teachers that's most shopping it feels the need to review literally every single detail not just from the time is will see as host of arm goes on not just in the time that we were in the desert 1:07 but Egyptian servitude and even before that an entire review of Jewish history the question is why so of course the simple answer is terracotta Shapiro who wants Moshe Rabbeinu because for who excuse me that remotion wants the Jewish people to 1:22 be informed wants them to understand the circumstances that led up to this particular point but the truth is if we were to find this a bit more what's happening over here is something incredibly amazing cobby's was about to go in 1:33 and take possessions of the most sacred land on the face of the earth about to go in and claim their title to energy stone sometimes in life when we have the opportunity to do great things we forget that the opportunities 1:46 we have are only because of the work the effort and the sacrifices of those who came before us we sometimes make the mistake of thinking their opportunities just appear they just come out of nowhere good I was in the right 2:02 place the right time maybe sometimes things like that do happen but more often than not the opportunities we have in life are because those who came before us paved the way because those who came before us when I had leveled 2:14 mountains those who came before us sacrificed much in order that we could have the opportunities and we could have the options that we have in front of us Moshe Rabbeinu was telling cloudy slow you have the great privilege to about 2:28 to go into the land but that privilege didn't just appear poof out of nowhere that privilege didn't chest didn't just come into being right in front of you that privilege is the culmination of generations of work generations of sacrifice generations 2:45 of people who tried so hard dreamed it out there it is throw pint for arity syrup but yet we're never going to set their feet on this for you and this is a profound lesson in and of itself because the 3:06 Torah sensitizing us to is to make sure to have gratitude to those who came before us by their art because of the effort and this we put in decisions we make but also because of the selflessness and often the selfless 3:18 sacrifice of those who came before us Moshe Rabbeinu wanted to make sure that the generation going into the desert was acutely aware of although and right and all that went wrong and but more importantly of all the steps of all 3:33 of the different things that occurred to the previous generations to enable the present generation to be able to go in that's lesson number one there's another lesson in this exposure which I think there's just there or requires a few moments 3:47 of explanation in the beginning of the fifth Aliyah this is impaired acuity us a good base chapter 10 verse 12 Moshe Rabbeinu says something which at first glance is dramatically amazing the act is wrong and now new Jewish people Mohammed 4:02 Okaka show Nima what does God ask of you kimly recessional Jaffa to revere God the lettuce behold the rock off to walk in his ways we have also to love him Villa a vote SS shamanaka come to serve God with 4:18 all of your heart and with all of your soul so the commentaries the Gemara first them commentaries as well pick up on this pasta and they say kin emotion I mean who makes it sound so easy what does God ask 4:30 of you except what to revere him to follow in his ways to love him to serve him with all of your hearts and all of your soul so the Gemara already asks that he Iran knows as a trustee he I 4:42 don't understand most Rubino you're making it sound so easy but is it really so easy to do this is it really so easy to love to revere to commit myself it's an easy task to commit oneself to God or to 5:04 love God or to follow in his ways I don't think most revenue is minimizing view doing is telling us to take a step back and to ask ourselves one simple question what does God do for us or you know better 5:22 stated as people human beings very often the question we ask is what has God done from me lately or what has God done for me just now and my dear friends if you take a step back and ask that question 5:35 and ponder the answer it's quite overwhelming every moment there are heartbeats every moment that the blood courses through our bodies every moment that our eyes have sight that our ears have hearing every moment that our legs have the ability to 5:48 support our weight every moment that we have the opportunity to look at a beautiful family every moment that there's food in the refrigerator that there's at least hopefully some money in the bank every moment that my internal organs are working 6:01 every moment that my parents are okay every moment that my children are intact every moment even if I don't have all of those blessings most of us don't have all of those blessings but I ventured to say all of us 6:16 have some of those blessings and what much revenue is trying to teach us is that so often in life we become so hyper focused on what we lack and what we don't have and sometimes those things that we lack those 6:31 things that we do not possess are quite intense and quite important and sometimes those things are core and crucial to my my happiness to my well-being but sometimes when you focus only on what you lack you lose perspective on everything 6:48 that you have Moshe Rabbeinu is not trying to minimize the amount of effort involved in being a committed and pious Jew what he's just simply saying is if I take a moment to sit back and reflect on all that God 7:03 has given me what he asks in return is relatively minimal what he asks for all of the blessing in the form of my commitment my adherence my love my devotion is a very small ask in consideration of all of the 7:21 beautiful bountiful blessing that he showers upon each other too often in life we fall into the trap of becoming hyper focused on what we lack hyper focused on what is broken hyper focused on what is in a state of disrepair 7:36 enlightened we forget about all of the beautiful good our lives are not perfect our circumstances are not perfect and for many of us there are some serious things are in a state of disrepair but I venture to say that for 7:49 every item that's in a state of disrepair there are three other items that are perfect there are three other things that even if they're not perfect are wonderful it's important to take time every single day not just the catalogue that 8:03 which is wrong and that which is broken most of us can rattle that off just like that but it's important to take time every day to sit back to reflect on the blessings to reflect on that which is right and 8:15 to say thank you to a Shem for all of the beautiful Bracco's he showers upon us and to say to him to make the commitment that motion was asking us to make you give me so much I'm I'm gonna try 8:28 my best to reciprocate I'm gonna try my best to give to you you don't need what I have to give but out of a sense of gratitude I want to give it out of a sense of gratitude I want to 8:40 share myself with you if we engage in this exercise each and every day I think two things happen of course we become more committed Jews we become more committed Jews because we're actively giving back to our kodesh farah who but 8:54 more than that we become acutely aware of all we had a life those things that we take for granted those things that we overlook those things that we think are just coming to us when we take a step back and 9:04 we contemplate about contemplate we think about them we begin to see how incredibly rich we are we begin to see how incredibly blessed we are we begin to see how each of us are truly the beneficiaries of beautiful divine blessing 9:18 I wish all of you a wonderful day and a beautiful Shabbos
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