{"id":4064147,"date":"2023-10-22T17:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T14:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breslev.co.il\/?p=4064147"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:00:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T11:00:56","slug":"why-is-god-doing-this-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breslev.com\/4064147\/","title":{"rendered":"WHY is Hashem Doing This to Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><i>Excerpted from Rabbi Arush\u2019s weekly class in Holon from Thursday night 5 Cheshvan 5784 \u2013 Oct. 19, 2023.<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today I am going to focus on self-strengthening (<i>hitchazkut)<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I had prepared a different class, but on the way here there was a siren. My driver pulled over to the side of the road, and we stood there thanking Hashem that He protected us until now with outright miracles and is protecting us now too. I saw how terrified people were, so Hashem put into my heart a different lesson on how to be strong right now, and what we need to do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hashem, the King of Kings, God Almighty \u2013 He loves us so much! He is protecting us with outright miracles! \u201cBehold, the Guardian of Israel neither slumbers nor sleeps.\u201d God is guarding us!\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, what exactly is Hashem doing right now? <b>He is showing us how much He loves us.<\/b> Eye to eye, we are seeing how much He loves us!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Look \u2013 thousands of rockets, missiles, bombs, whatever they are called \u2013 are falling on the Land of Israel and almost zero have been killed! Statistically, the percentage is called zero, the number of people dying is essentially zero.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hashem sends one of their missiles, but He turns it around and makes it land on <em>them<\/em>, killing a lot more people. (Editor\u2019s note: This is the missile fired by Hamas toward Tel Aviv. Instead, the missile misfired and landed next to a hospital in Gaza.) You see what just one bomb can do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>So, Hashem is showing us eye to eye \u2013 I love you! I am guarding you!<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They have sent so many missiles and zero have died! Every missile is another miracle! This one falls in between buildings, that one Hashem made sure no one was there.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So, what does Hashem want?\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Hashem wants the Jewish people to return in repentance and do <\/b><b><i>teshuva.<\/i><\/b><b> This is what Hashem wants!!!<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hashem is making us scared in order to make us do <i>teshuva. <\/i>All these sirens, everything that is going on, all of it is to scare us and get us to repent and change our ways. That\u2019s the general message.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What exactly are we supposed to work on? Where do we need improvement? A few things:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b><i>Hitbodedut <\/i><\/b><\/span><b><span style=\"color: #000080;\">\u2013 Personal Prayer<\/span>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Someone who does personal prayer every day including 30-60 minutes <i>cheshbon nefesh, <\/i>doing an accounting of everything he did from the last <i>hitbodedut<\/i> until now \u2013 is totally fine. Such a person isn\u2019t scared at all! He\u2019s totally fine, every day he repents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>Shabbat<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Shabbat guards us!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The two communities around Gaza that keep Shabbat &#8211; they were both saved! The families were saved! Shabbat guarded them! &#8220;The one who guards Shabbat, God guards him.&#8221; What miracles there were!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">One story: A boy at the party (the Rave) saw the terrorists shooting and felt guilty for being there. He said to Hashem, &#8220;If You will save me, I promise to keep Shabbat!&#8221; He managed to grab a gun, kill some terrorists. Hashem guarded him until he was able to run away.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another story \u2013 one of my students who is going to the IDF bases told me about a soldier who was given my booklet <b><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/breslev.com\/product\/the-source-of-salvation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source of Salvation<\/a><\/span>, <\/b>about bringing in Shabbat earlier<b>. <\/b>This soldier never kept Shabbat, but he told my student that last week he kept Shabbat and even brought in Shabbat early!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Hashem wants that people should see eye to eye how He wants us to return in <\/b><b><i>teshuva.<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>Modesty<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The first story \u2013 My daughter told me this story, she knows the girl personally and the girl told her this story: This girl was at that party on Simchat Torah but she was dressed modestly. The terrorists surprised the party and started shooting. The terrorist saw her covered properly, STOPS SHOOTING and yelled &#8211; &#8220;Get out of here! You don&#8217;t belong here!&#8221; He stopped shooting!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\" https:\/\/breslev.com\/video\/the-terrorist-stopped-shooting-rabbi-shalom-arush\/?display=video&amp;autoplay=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>Editor\u2019s Note \u2013 This girl not only saved her life with her modest dress, but she surely saved the lives of others, since the terrorist stopped shootin<span style=\"color: #000000;\">g, giving others time to run away.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I also heard the story of another girl from the party not dressed properly. She was forced to walk two hours to the border of Gaza to be a hostage. As she saw the wall and understood what was about to become of her, she said to God, &#8220;If You will save me, I promise to start dressing modestly!&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Suddenly the terrorist turns towards her and says, &#8220;Get out of here!&#8221; She started running, afraid he would shoot her. She made it all the way home safely.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Girls, you must know \u2013 when you dress modestly, you are guarding our soldiers. And if you don\u2019t dress modestly, I don\u2019t want to say what will happen, G-d forbid.\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It\u2019s against all reason! <b>There is no terrorist, no nothing \u2013 there is only God in the world! Only Hashem!<\/b> She took upon herself to dress modestly, and Hashem saved her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Ladies, this is critically important. David Hamelech says, \u201cThere is no breach, no going into captivity, and no cries on the streets. Praiseworthy is the nation that is like this, praiseworthy is the nation that Hashem is their God.\u201d<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If there is no <i>pritzut &#8211; <\/i>immodesty (\u201cbreach\u201d &#8211; <i>paretz), <\/i>if there is no lack of modesty (again Rabbi Arush plays on the word used in Psalms) &#8211; then there is no screaming on the streets! Praiseworthy is that nation, praiseworthy is the nation that Hashem is their God!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Ladies, now all together, be careful with modesty! Dress modestly, the pinnacle of modesty! Be a model of modesty! You are guarding our soldiers, and the entire Jewish people! And the opposite \u2013 you are endangering everyone.<\/b><strong> If you would like to take on some kabbalah in modesty as a merit for the captives, see <a href=\"http:\/\/JustOneInch.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">JustOneInch.com<\/span><\/a>.<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>Thanking Hashem<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Here is a story that needs to go into the next book \u201c<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/breslev.com\/product\/the-garden-of-miracles-say-thank-you-and-see-miracles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Say Thank You and See Miracles<\/a><\/span>.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A woman in the south has a safe room in her house, but the handle broke. Someone managed to get it working so that the door can lock from the inside, but it can still be opened from the outside. (The idea of the safe room is that it can also protect from terrorists in that it can be locked from the inside and then cannot be opened from the outside).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Now, in this war, the sirens went off and she went into the safe room. Twelve terrorists came into her home, and they were trying to get into the safe room. What did she do? She stood there thanking Hashem for every second He protected her. She didn\u2019t keep Shabbat or anything, but Hashem put into her heart to thank Him. She was saved \u2013 they didn\u2019t manage to open the door! <b>I said thank you, and my life was saved!<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>We also must thank Hashem for protecting us! Thank you, Hashem, for every missile that falls, and no one was killed!\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>God Fights Our Wars<\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The last thing we need to strengthen is staying far away from \u201cthe might of my right hand.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Read this section in <i>Tanach, <\/i>Chronicles II, Chapter 20. <i>The story is about King Yehoshafat, a mass of soldiers of Amalek, Moav, and Amnon come to Jerusalem. The King calls the people to the Holy Temple, and speaks to Hashem, \u201cBehold You are God and You rule all the nations! With any suffering that comes to us, You tell us to come to this House and cry out to You from our suffering, listen and save us!\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We need to scream to Hashem: \u201cListen and save us!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>There was a prophet there who received a prophesy at that time and said, \u201cHashem says, Do not be afraid!\u201d<\/i>\u00a0 (Chronicles II, Chapter 20:15)<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The prophet tells us not to be afraid! First thing, don\u2019t be afraid!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><i>\u201c&#8230;and do not sin before this mass&#8230; because this war is not for you, because Hashem will fight for you&#8230;\u201d<\/i> (Chronicles II, Chapter 20:15)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Do not let your spirits be broken! Do not sin, do not lose your emuna! Hashem will fight for you! We must pray and ask Hashem to fight for us!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">So what did King Yehoshafat do? He got a band! He got everyone singing \u201cThank you Hashem, because His mercy is eternal\u201d (<i>\u05d4\u05d5\u05d3\u05d5<\/i> <i>\u05dc\u05d4<\/i><i>\u2019 <\/i><i>\u05db\u05d9<\/i><i> \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1 \u05db\u05d9 <\/i><i>\u05dc\u05e2\u05d5\u05dc\u05dd<\/i> <i>\u05d7\u05e1\u05d3\u05d5<\/i>) <i>and at that time they starting singing and praising Hashem&#8230; Hashem smote them with a plague!<\/i> (Chronicles II, Chapter 20:21-22)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Everyone needs to sing and dance and thank Hashem! How many miracles, how much Hashem is protecting us! I know an elderly tzaddik, every night he dances with his community 2-3 hours after evening prayers. In my community we dance to <i>\u201cHodu l\u2019H\u2019 ki tov<\/i>\u201d for an hour or more!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>May it be Hashem\u2019s will that everyone should be scared and return in complete repentance!<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\" https:\/\/breslev.com\/video\/hashem-only-does-good\/?display=video&amp;autoplay=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Segulot for Protection<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please read the article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/breslev.com\/4067862\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Not Just Another War<\/span><\/b><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0which includes specific segulot for protection during this very dangerous time.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Don\u2019t forget \u2013 I want everyone to have a Likutei Moharan in their house. Recommended \u2013 Rabbi Arush\u2019s\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/breslev.com\/product\/likutei-moharan-the-one-million-edition-hardcover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Likutei Moharan-One Million Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>, or for the car, stroller and more, the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/breslev.com\/product\/%d7%9c%d7%99%d7%a7%d7%95%d7%98%d7%99-%d7%9e%d7%95%d7%94%d7%a8%d7%9f-%d7%9b%d7%99%d7%a1\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">pocket-sized edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0Distribute them to others! Distribute books of emuna to others!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Excerpted from Rabbi Arush\u2019s weekly class in Holon from Thursday night 5 Cheshvan 5784 \u2013 Oct. 19, 2023.\u00a0 \u00a0 Today I am going to focus on self-strengthening (hitchazkut).\u00a0 \u00a0 I had prepared a different class, but on the way here there was a siren. 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