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Find out how to solve all of your problems and difficulties by learning to thank Hashem for all the good He is doing for you in your life.
You are about to find out an amazing secret
remedy that is vey easy to do which I was taught by a Hidden Tzaddik here in
Yerushalayim. It works for any problems and difficulties in life. (It's free,
so you can relax and read on :)
A few days ago I was walking along deep in my
thoughts of some of the different worries and problems I have in life. Don't
worry, I wasn't sad or depressed, just deep in thought of what does Hashem want
from me, and what is the way out of these difficulties?
Just as I was asking Hashem to please send me
some kind of message, to please show me some kind of sign, to please give me
some kind of way out...
I hear "Shalom, how are you (in an old
Yiddish accent - but full of life)." It was Rav Brizel, a very special
Tzaddik that lives here in Yerushalayim. I looked at him and said, "Yeah
Baruch Hashem, I'm OK." He then gave me a blessing and I walked on.
Just then, I thought to myself, "Hey,
maybe this is the sign Hashem is sending me. Maybe he can give me some advice
or direction to help me with my problems." I quickly turned around and
walked right back to him and started telling him what was going on in my life.
I mentioned one problem, "I don't have..." and another one, "I
don't know..." and another one "I'm not able..." and then he
stopped me and asked me if I sing?
I was a bit taken aback. Do I sing - I thought
to myself? Yes, but not so much lately, and not as much as I probably should I
answered. He then asked me to sing him a song, so I thought for a while and
thought some more and finally some song of the past came to me that I have used
to help me out af a few tough times, "Say don't worry about a
thing, cause every little thing is gonna be allright..." I wasn't
singing it with full enthusiasm - I was a bit embarrassed as well. Then he
said, "Another one." I was a bit relieved, and I thought again, I said
come on Hashem help me find a good one. Then it hit me, this was a song I
really liked and it has really helped me tremendously out of several downs - it
was a real winner,
"Uman Rosh Hashana sheli oleh al hakol, Mah
omar lachem - ein davar gadol mizeh, lihyot etzli al Rosh Hashana. Umi shehaya
etzli, etzli al Rosh Hashana, rauy lismoach - lismoach kol hashana." (Translation: My Uman Rosh Hashana is
greater than everything. What shall I say to you, there is nothing greater than
to be by me on Rosh Hashana. And one who was by me - by me on Rosh Hashana, it
is fitting for him to rejoice - to rejoice the entire year.) Since I made it to
Uman this past Rosh Hashana, B"H, I remind myself by singing this song
that inspite of anything, I should be happy all year long just because of that.
OK, so back to our story. Rav Brizel picked up
on the song and started humming along the tune while I was singing it. He then
jumped into the tune with different words. He sang "Hodu l'A-donai
ki tov, ki leolam chasdo" (Translation: Acknowledge / thank
Hashem for He is good, forever is His kindness.) He went on singing it for a
while, and then he explained the following.
He said that this above verse contained the
winning formula that can solve any and all problems and difficulties in life.
It works like this.
Hodu l'A-donai: (Acknowledge / thank Hashem) - He
explained that we must always be thanking Hashem. If we truly believe that
everything Hashem does is for the good, so we need to be thanking Him all the
time for everything. He then stressed the importance of saying the Name of
Hashem A'D-onai when singing the song and not substituting it with the word
Hashem. He explained that when you want to call someone you see in the street
you need to use their name, otherwise they will not know you are calling them.
So too with Hashem, if we want to call Him to our assistance, we must use His
Name. When Hashem hears us call His Name, He right away pays attention - so to
speak and listens to what we have to say to Him.
He then stopped to tell me a story:
In a certain town there was a barber who did
not believe in G-d. When asked why, he responded, "Look at all the sick
people, look at all the problems people have, how can there be a G-d if such
things exist in the world!?" Upon hearing this, the man he was speaking to
turned around and began to shout out in the street, "I do not believe that
there is a barber in this town, there is no barber in this town!" The
barber then stopped him and said with surprise, "But I am a barber, I am
standing right in front of you. How can you say that you do not believe there
is a barber here?" To this the man responded, "I look around and see
people with long hair, with messy hair, with dirty hair, since all these people
have problems with their hair, it must mean that there is no barber in this
town. To this the barber responded, "But what can I do, I can only help
these people if they come to me." The man said, "Hashem too can only
help those who come to Him!"
Now back to explaining our song:
Ki Tov, Ki Leolam Chasdo: (for He is good, forever is His kindness) -
Aha, says Hashem, he is calling Me good and kind. My child below is calling Me
and praising Me for my goodness and My kindness. This draws Hashems' attention
to us and invokes His mercy on us and all our problems begin to dissappear. He
explained it like this, when you acknowledge someone for their goodness and
kindness, then you make them want to bestow more goodness and kindness. Same
thing with Hashem, if He hears us singing to Him and saying that He is good and
kind, then He will automatically start sending us more goodness and kindness,
and making sure that we can see His goodness and kindness, so we can thank Him
and acknowledge Him more.
(This by the way is a big secret in any
relationship, especially in a marriage and as parents. The more we acknowledge
the good in our spouse and in our children - the more good we will keep
bringing out of them.)
That is the secret of the above verse and the
Rav said I should sing it all the time. When I am walking, when I am sitting,
at home, on the road, just keep singing "Hodu l'A-donai ki tov, ki
leolam chasdo," and he said I would see miracles.
We sang it a bit more and he then explained to
me the other approach. What happens if we say all day long, "I have this
problem," "I have this difficulty," "I have no
strength," "I have no money," "My child always makes
trouble." He said that we should train ourselves not to speak like this
because our words make a decree on ourselves. When you say, "I have no money,"
you have just decreed upon yourself with your own words that you have no money.
If you say, "My child always makes trouble," you have just decreed
upon yourself to have a child who always makes trouble.
You see how it works. It's scary when we actually
begin to think about how many times we make such horrible negative decrees upon
ourselves with our very own mouth. Insted we need to just sing all the
time "Hodu l'A-donai ki tov, ki leolam chasdo." In
this way we are decreeing upon ourselves that our lives are filled with nothing
but good and kindness. We are thanking Hashem for filling our lives with only
good and kindness and this is the secret to positive thinking and positive
speaking and this will miraculously change everthing in our lives for the good,
G-d willing.
I realized myself this past Shabbat in the
Mizmor LeDavid Psalm we say before the Kiddush, that near the end it says,
"Only good and kindness has chased me all the days of my life." Then
I thought, David Hamelech was probably the most chased and downtrodden figure
we have in the whole Bible. He was an outcast from his family, Shaul Hamelech
tried to kill him, his own son Avshalom tried to kill him, he suffered shame
and humiliation from the incident with Batsheva, Doeg publicly cursed him, he
had enemies and wars all around him, it goes on and on. Yet what does he say,
"Only good and kindness has chased me all the days of my life." That
is what made him great and that is why he survived it all and in the end became
David Hamelech the father of the eventual Moshiach. In the merit of the
greatness of his tests and the fact that he still only praised Hashem for the
good and kindness and asked to dwell in the house of Hashem for all his days,
that is what made him truly great and that is why he merited what he merited.
Ribbono Shel Olam, may You have mercy on Your
beloved children. May we remember to call Your Name in all our times of
trouble. May we never forget that everything You may put us through or send our
way is nothing but good and kindness with the purpose of drawing us closer to
You. In the merit of David Hamelech may we be worthy of singing to you from
whatever place we may be and may Your kindess and mercy always be aroused upon
us to help us out with whatever we may need.
See the video clip
of Rav Brizel himself singing the song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZpnBJ1ja3g&feature=youtu.be
