Defeating Amalek with Simchah Instead of Despair

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This Torah class is brought to you by TorahAnytime.com. We all have situations, and we're in difficult sometimes, and we cry out to the Ribono Shel Olam. We ask, just please, this, this. And what ends up happening when the yeshuah comes? It's so much better, and it's so much more, and it's much greater than what we even asked for. Right? All of a sudden, wow, Ribono Shel Olam, You're so kind. Look how You helped me. All I asked was for something small. Reb Yankev Galinsky got up at a bris of a great-grandchild, and he said, I was in the Holocaust. And what did I ask? I asked I should be buried, kevuras Yisrael. That's all I asked for, kevuras Yisrael. I sit now by the bris of a great-grandchild. Who would have ever dreamt? Who would have ever fathomed that this would be the outcome? All I asked was a little bit, rachok miyeshuasi. Says Reb Yankev, the way you have to translate is rachok miyeshuasi divrei shagasi, how far the yeshuah, which means Esther only asked for a small thing, Ilu la'avadim u'shfachos nimkarnu, if we were sold as slaves, I'd be happy. And what turned out? The yeshuah. The yeshuah turned out much greater than what he... Rachok, kama miyeshuasi divrei shagasi. But the Chasam Sofer says a different pshat. You ready? You know why רָחֵק מִשּׁוּעָתִי? You know why the yeshuah was far away? Because דברי שגגתי. I was crying for it, and the way to get it was through simcha. Hazeh zokt the Chasam Sofer. You listening, rabosai? Chiddush. רָחֵק מִשּׁוּעָתִי. You know why the yeshuah was far away? Because דברי שגגתי. I didn't combat it right. I didn't tackle it right. The way to tackle it is simcha. The way to tackle Haman. Now why? Why is the only way to tackle Haman Esav and the nachash? You know what? I'll tell you. Sefardim love a beautiful gematria. The Chasam Sofer says something interesting. Nachash, nun, ches, shin. Chasam Sofer, the chash! Nun, ches, shin. What are the letters before nun, ches, shin? Nun, nun, mem, ches, zayin, shin, zemer. Zokt the Chasam Sofer, the way to... I know them. I know my chevra. I've been teaching in your community for years. I know my chevra. But I tell you, even for me, this... Nachash, the Chasam Sofer, zemer, with song and happy, song and happy. Why? Why is the way to fight? And the answer is, nu, because that's where the depression—chet, he gets you. That's how he gets you. And where does it come from? Understand the nachash. Tell me, Adam Harishon had everything. He had everything. Couldn't ask for more. And what happened? The nachash came and showed him, You're missing one thing. You're missing one. This tree you need to eat from, this eitz hadaas. You know when someone thinks he's missing something, and therefore what he has, he doesn't have, he's not shalem, what happens? He becomes unhappy. When the ben Torah in the yeshiva realizes what he has, and then all of a sudden the Satan says, Yeah, but there's an outside world. There's this type of phone and that type of phone and this yetzer hara and that yetzer hara. You don't have it here. Well, I hope you don't have it, right? You don't have. How come everyone's smiling? You don't have it, right? Just say you don't have. At least you say, I don't have it, right? Yeah? He makes you unhappy. I'm missing something out there. I'm missing. I'm missing something out there, right? And then you become unhappy. You hear?

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