A Woman by Herself Will Always be God-Fearing – Daily Chizzuk with Rabbi Eliezer Berland Shlit”a

THE DAILY CHIZZUK OF MOREINU HARAV ELIEZER BERLAND SHLIT”A – WHY DO YOU NEED TO MARRY A RIGHTEOUS WOMAN?  WHAT IS THE DANGER IN JOINING THE ARMY? “FROM HASHEM IS AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN” (MISHLEI 19:14) “WHO GUIDED ME ON THE PATH OF TRUTH” (BEREISHIT 24:48) FRIDAY, 14 MARCHESHVAN 5785 These are his holy words: NINETY PERCENT COMES FROM THE MOTHER, BECAUSE FOR NINE MONTHS, THE CHILD IS INSIDE HIS MOTHER, AND HE NURSES FOR AT LEAST TWELVE MONTHS.  THROUGH THE MILK, THE CHILD RECEIVES ALL THE CONSCIOUSNESS FROM HIS MOTHER.  THEREFORE, IF THE MOTHER IS RIGHTEOUS, ALSO THE CHILD WILL BE RIGHTEOUS.  HERE, THE CHILD NURSES FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS AND HE IS IN HIS MOTHER’S BELLY FOR NINE MONTHS.  THEREFORE, EVERYTHING IS DEPENDENT ON THE MOTHER.  IF THE MOTHER IS RIGHTEOUS, THE CHILDREN WILL BE RIGHTEOUS. Therefore, you need to take [marry] a righteous mother, “From Hashem is an intelligent woman” (Mishlei 19:14).  The Rebbe says [Likutey Moharan II, 2) “Who guided me on the path of truth” (Bereishit 24:48). Eliezer, Avraham’s servant, came to Rivka and saw Esav.  What, the first son of Yitzchak will be Esav?  How is such a thing possible?  It’s impossible to understand this.  To this day, I don’t understand it.  The first son of Yitzchak is Esav – this is the firstborn son?  This is the result that came from Avraham Avinu?  From Sarah?  A son came [to Avraham], and his [Yitzchak’s] firstborn son is Esav? It is written that Eliezer saw that it was Esav.  Eliezer saw until the end of the world.  He saw everything.  It is written “Damascus Eliezer” (Bereishit 15:2).  What is the meaning of “Damascus Eliezer”?  That he was the face of Avraham, he saw until the end of the world.  He saw the shattering of the Tablets.  Therefore, Eliezer gave to Rivka two bracelets in order to join together the Tablets which Moshe was destined to break!  All the work of a person is to join together the Tablets, the two Tablets of the covenant.  Now we will receive the Tablets. AFTER FORTY DAYS, THE TABLETS WERE BROKEN.  RABBI NATAN SAYS TO BE CAREFUL THAT THE TABLETS DON’T BREAK.  ON SHAVUOT NIGHT, THE NIGHT OF THE GIVING OF THE TORAH, A PERSON IS AWAKE ALL NIGHT AND RECEIVES THE TABLETS, AND IN THE END HIS TABLETS ARE BROKEN.  WHAT ANGUISH THIS IS!  THE JEWISH PEOPLE WERE UTTERLY SHATTERED. WHY IS THE HALF-SHEKEL ONLY ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF MEN AND NOT THE WOMEN? It is written that the women threw the men out of the house.  Rashi writes that Moshe came down on Yom Kippur with the Second Tablets and brought them back then.  Therefore, it’s written that the Half-Shekel [donation] was according to the [number of] men and not according to the women.  The Alshich brings this, asking why the Half-Shekel is brought.  It’s written in “Ki Tisa” why they brought the Half-Shekel – because the women didn’t sin with the golden calf. A WOMAN DOESN’T SIN EXCEPT IN WHAT OTHERS CAUSE HER TO SIN, WHAT THEY TEMPT HER TO DO.  A WOMAN, BY HERSELF, WHEREVER YOU PUT HER, WILL ALWAYS BE GOD-FEARING, ALWAYS PRAY.  A WOMAN WILL ALWAYS GET UP IN THE MORNING.  SHE WON’T START THE DAY WITHOUT PRAYER.  A WOMAN DOESN’T UNDERSTAND SCHEMING.  THEREFORE, SHE SAYS THE BLESSING “SHE’ASANI KIRTZONO – WHO MADE ME ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.”  HASHEM CREATED HER INNOCENT, AND SHE STAYS INNOCENT – ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.  IN CONTRAST, A MAN IS COMPLICATED.  RAV CHISDA SAYS: DAUGHTERS ARE BETTER FOR ME THAN SONS. Now, you need to inform a person about the birth [of his child] while he is abroad.  He is in Uman, he is in Haifa, he is in Johannesburg, and there is no telephone, and a messenger arrives to inform him that [a child] was born to him.  They tell him, “A son was born to you.”  For a son, he’ll receive 100 zuz; for a daughter, he’ll receive 200.  The Gemara asks, “What, is a daughter more important than a son?” Yes, a daughter is innocent.  A daughter listens to what is said to her.  A girl is not like a boy.  She doesn’t run around in the streets.  A boy runs around in the streets until three in the morning.  If he can’t learn Gemara, he is lost.  But a girl, no!  A daughter helps at home, takes care of the babies, gets married, has children.  Everything is defined and in order with her. With a son, it isn’t in order.  If you send him to a carpentry shop, he’ll become hiloni (non-religious).  Are you sending him to learn carpentry now?  Then he’ll wander the streets until three in the morning, and then he’ll become hiloni.  This is what the hilonim claim all the time, that half the bachurim [young men from yeshiva] wander the streets, [so] they ask why they don’t enlist in the army. BUT IF THEY ENLIST, THEY WILL BECOME HILONIM.  BY THE MIZRAHI [THE EARLY RELIGIOUS ZIONIST PARTY AND MOVEMENT], EVERYONE IS HILONI.  THERE’S NO MORE MIZRAHI.  MIZRAHI IS FINISHED.  THERE IS HATZIONUT HADATIT [THE NEWER RELIGIOUS ZIONIST PARTY], THERE IS ITAMAR BEN GVIR [OF] OTZMA YEHUDIT [THE “JEWISH STRENGTH” PARTY], BUT MIZRAHI ALREADY DOESN’T EXIST.  THEY ARE ALL ALREADY HILONIM. NOTHING REMAINS OF MIZRAHI.  ALL DAY IN THE ARMY AND YOU IMMEDIATELY BECOME CORRUPTED.  ON THAT VERY DAY, YOU ALREADY BECOME CORRUPTED, DO TRANSGRESSIONS! https://vimeo.com/1029854802