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MAKING YOU AWARE OF THE LITTLE THINGS

What's the difference between a holy light and an unholy light?

Very simple. Imagine here I have can't psychedelic lights, the biggest lights in the world flashing like crazy. Then one person comes with a little flashlight. I say to him, “Are you crazy? I don't need it.”

Friends, if the great light is really holy, when someone comes with a little light, it adds so much because the great light makes you aware of the little things.

What is the difference between holy money and unholy money? Imagine if one millionaire gives two million and then Moishele the thief gives one quarter, I'll say “You're crazy, we already have two million dollars,” because it's not holy. But if it's holy, you say, “Unbelievable! Your quarter is the most precious thing we ever got.”

When King Solomon built the Holy Temple, he sent out messengers to collect money and jewelry for the Holy Temple. The messengers came back with gold and silver. But then King Solomon asked, “Where are the pennies of the poor?” So the messengers said, “When the poor people saw we are collecting gold and silver, they were ashamed to give their pennies.”

So King Solomon says, “Let's make another collection, a collection only of pennies, only pennies.” Everybody knows, three walls of the Holy Temple were built with the gold and the jewelry, but one wall was built with pennies. The Western Wall, the wall which cannot be destroyed, was built with pennies. On Rosh Hashanah it says “U’b’shofar gadol yitaka” – “When the great Trumpet will be blown,” “v’kol d’mama daka yishama” – “you will hear the voice of the most inside,” which can't ever be recorded (Mussaf High holiday prayers).

Listen to how deep this is.

The real holy trumpet is when you hear the sound of the great trumpet, suddenly you become aware of the sounds of the little voice inside you.

You see, friends, if your heart is really holy, I'm sure you can receive the little pennies, the little voices that make us most aware of what is truly important in life.
I bless you and me that we should always recognize the little lights, the little voices, that will bring us to the day of the big trumpet, the big light,
let it be now!

Good Shabbos!