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0:00 To our incredible YMC community, to our beloved, to our to our teachers, to our parents, want to take the opportunity to wish everyone aim. 0:13 We recite, our father, our king, return us in complete to you. 0:20 And the asks a simple question. 0:23 He says, how can we ask Hashem to return us in chuva? 0:27 After all, at the end of the day, like the Gimar says, Everything is in the hands of heaven except fear of heaven itself. 0:34 Meaning Hashem controls everything. 0:36 But at the end of the day, your spiritual medal, your spiritual identity, that is yours and yours alone. 0:42 So how could it be that I'm asking Hashem to return me back to him in cha after all isn't that my own decision to make? 0:50 And the Balatanya says something so beautiful, so dramatic, and so incredible. 0:54 says, "We often make a mistake and we think that when we sin, we distance ourselves from before I sinned, I was close to Hashem. 1:03 Now that I sinned, I'm distant from Hashem." 1:06 And the Balta says that's impossible because if we believe, which we do, that occupies every every inch of space in the universe. 1:14 It means there's no way to get away from him. 1:16 There's no way to be physically or emotionally or spiritually distant from him. 1:20 If he's everywhere then by definition I must be connected to him in some way. 1:26 So the balian says, "So what happens when we do sin?" 1:28 And the Reb says so beautifully when aid when a Jew commits an essentially I turn my back to and after enough time of me turning my back to him, he turns his back to me. 1:40 And the balatanya says something so beautiful. 1:42 If you could imagine for just a moment two people standing back to back. 1:46 Imagine Ruen and Shim are standing back to back. 1:49 They are literally right next to each other but they don't see each other because they're not facing one another. 1:55 So if you ask Ruvane, Ruvane, where's Shim? 1:57 He'll be like, no idea. 1:58 Shim, where's Ruvane? Absolutely no idea. 2:01 But the irony of ironies is that they're like literally next to each other. 2:06 They're literally standing back to back, shoulderto-shoulder, but they can't see each other, says the Batana. 2:12 That's what happens when we sin. 2:13 Unfortunately, inevitably, when we sin, we end up turning our back ones. 2:18 And just over time, Hashem says to us, "Well, if you're going to turn your back on me, then I'm going to turn away." 2:22 Also, like in any relationship, no one wants to get perpetually hurt or offended or ignored in a relationship. 2:29 So, Hashem says, "If you're going to turn away from me, turn your back to me. 2:32 I'll turn my back to you, but I'm right next to you. 2:34 Even when I have my back turned to and he has his back turned to me, as a result, we're still standing literally right next to each other. 2:42 There's never a distance." 2:44 The Balata says, "What's chuva?" 2:46 Chuva is the act where we simply turn around and face Hashem. 2:52 Chva is the act where I find the courage to stop giving God my back and instead as the balatanya says I desire and I yearn to live upon him upon him face to face that's the act of chuva what does 3:04 it mean to return to hashem to return means to turn around to turn and face him I don't want you to see my back anymore I want you to see my face the act of cha is when I find the 3:17 courage to turn around and face my loving father and the most incredible thing is that when we turn around to face him, he is there smiling at us. 3:25 He is there emoting a tremendous sense of love, acceptance and forgiveness to us. 3:30 All he requires of us is to find the courage to turn around and to face him says that's not asking Hashem to help me do is up to me. 3:44 What I'm asking is I just want to know that when I do I just want to know that when I turn around to face you that I will see you smiling back that I'll feel your love that I'll feel your 3:57 embrace that I'll feel your acceptance that I'll feel your forgiveness that says the balata is and that says the balata is so dear friends to our precious it is such a great to have you in our yeshiva and such a 4:11 great to see to grow and develop as bin Torah in your own way on your own path at your own pace and in your own trajectory but to see that growth each and every day to our dedicated rebim thank you 4:25 for instilling our children with a tremendous or I shouldn't say children our young men with a tremendous love of Torah a love of kite a love of a love of Israel to our general studies teachers thank you for making knowledge 4:40 come alive thank you for making our boys see that knowledge is relevant and that all knowledge all knowledge can be used as a conduit and a bridge towards a greater connection with our kadesh and appreciation of all that Hashem has 4:54 created to our parents to our parental partners. 4:58 First of all, thank you for entrusting us with your sons. 5:03 It is the greatest vote of confidence that you send your voice to school each and every day because you believe in our ability to partner with you and helping them to become the best version of themselves. 5:12 We appreciate your partnership. 5:14 It has been such a great sus for all of us to get to know our parent body and to forge a meaningful relationship with our parent body. 5:20 And we thank you for this beautiful and incredible partnership. 5:23 To our dedicated administrators, to Rabbi Gber, to Rabbi Atkin, to Mrs. 5:28 Fialoff, to to Mrs. 5:30 Kronthal, to thank you to everyone who just helps with selfless dedication to make the school run, to make the yeshiva run. 5:40 Thank you to our board of directors, to our chairman of the board, Mr. 5:43 Jason Ryberger, to all of the of the board members who really live and breathe YMC. 5:48 We cannot be doing all of this without you. 5:50 We've had Barash tremendous tremendous divine providence and assistance. 5:54 And together, we will continue to accomplish beautiful, incredible, and holy things. 6:00 But most of all, in this season of and in this season of forgiveness, Maybe to find the courage to turn around and face our creator. 6:14 Not face our creator in a negative way, but turn back around and look face to face upon him because one thing is for sure, we will see his beaming loving countenance facing back. 6:27 May to turn towards to turn back towards one another, to turn towards our people to figure out what we could do for our community and for our nation. 6:36 And may we be za together with all of foresh who seal us in the book of life together with our families our community and for all of who grant us a year of bisos to a year in which we see 6:50 the return of our hostages. 6:51 A year in which our holy soldiers are successful. 6:56 A year of shalom form for and for all humanity. 7:02 Wishing everyone a garba and a beautiful and uplifting yum kipper.
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