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I want you to know, it says “Vayehi Bayom Hashmini.” It was on the eight day.
How does time work? Everybody knows there are seven days in a week, and then again seven days and again seven days. What’s the 8th day? And what is the holy of holiest all about?
You know friends, in a crazy way, we all want everything, but you know what we really want? We want something which we don’t know about. We have a feeling there is something in the world, which we don’t know of yet, and that’s the deepest in the world.
I want you to know; you know what’s happening to the world, they are looking for that special something in all the wrong places. And here I want you to know something, the deepest depths.



This parsha begins with Vayehi Bayom Hashmini. You know what the holiness of our children is? They are looking for the 8th day before they even know about the 7 days. They have this deep longing for something; they just don’t know what it is. But you know what the Torah says? The Ribbono Shel Olam has it for you. Don’t run to India. It's right here and this is the holy of Holies; Mamesh there for you.

You know friends, we are living in a world where there is so much longing for the eighth day. Take the whole generation of the 60's. They weren’t looking for the 7th day, they were looking for the 8th day. And then nebech, they lost faith in the world and they decided okay, let's drop out, there is no 8th day. Let’s be happy with the 7 days. Now it’s a little bit in the middle. You know why they were so angry at their parents? Because their parents never told them about the 8th day and if any of  those kids would have talked to their parents about the 8th day they would send them to a psychiatrist. It's true, not even joking.


You know when why your children were so angry at you? Because you didn’t tell them about the Kodesh Kodashim (holy of Holies) and you didn’t tell them Vayehi Bayom Hashmini, ( the 8th day) you didn’t tell them that a Jew can run into the holy of Holies) from the lowest place in the world. Always, always. Always welcome .And I want to bless you and me that this should be the first thing we are giving over to our children. 

Good Shabbos!