A Green Suit on Shabbos in Williamsburg

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The foreign ruler was officially addressed regarding the Jewish people.

And how are we introduced?

Not as a powerful nation. Not as an ethnic group.

Not as a political entity.

But as Ibrahim.

We are a nation of Ibrahim.

If that word sounds familiar, it's because the patriarch of Klai Israel, Abramovino, is famously called Abramov Ibrahim.

Abram was the quintessential Ibrahim.

Rahul said,

Al-Hezal say,

Kalla'ulam Kulu'oyba'a'i'v'rájaad,

Babram b'a'a'a'jaad,

the entire world stood on one side.

Nahram stood on the other side.

The whole world subscribed to pagan beliefs.

Nahram seer'em all down.

Alone unwavering,

he refused to compromise from his message.

But his power of influence and persuasion,

he transformed the world's steeped in power-theism

and introduced the concept of one god of malatheism.

Reversed and says something incredible.

When Mosheir Abaynou presents his demands to power on behalf of the Ibrahim, he's essentially

declaring that every single Jew possesses the courage and the capacity to be in Ibrahim.

Each and every one of us has the coyach to carry Avram's mantra, me against the world.

Anyone who takes a stand, anyone who goes against the tide and does what's right, embodies

the ideology of Avram's Ibrahim.

For example, during the pandemic, when the government sought to shut down our schools

in Ayeshivas, a group of courageous people went to court, they mounted a fierce fight and

refused the back down.

That's every.

We are nation comprised of Ibrahim.

There's latent potential hidden within every Jew.

The Gamar says in Sektas Khagiya, Zahah, if somebody Zoykhah, if somebody merits, not

all Khelka, Vechel Khaveir, Bhaganeidin.

If a person is Zoykhah, he receives his portion and the portion of his friends in Ghanedin.

What does that mean?

How does someone merit additional portions in Eulah Mahabhar?

So one saw a very powerful explanation.

In times of weakness, when people are complacent, they're apathetic, or they're lax regarding

a certain mitzvah, and one person takes a stand and goes against the consensus.

For example, if a group is sitting around, they're mocking somebody, they're ridiculing

a prominent rava, Rashishiva, and one person stands up and he says, he's one of our leaders,

he deserves respect, or in a neighborhood where people are permissive, delignant about

Sniyas, and one person knowing that she might be torn, that she might be mocked.

She goes against the group and she conducts herself with dignity and majesty, says the Gamara,

not all Khelka, Vechel Khaveir, that that person receives a reward commensurate with the

entire group.

If that 20 people present, that individual earns 20 portions of the reward.

The larger the group, the greater the courage required, and therefore, the greater the reward.

A person who's brave enough to stand up for quite your mind, and do what is right, embodies

the essence of a Ramavino, and is rightfully crowned with the title Ivery.

Speaking of me against the world, this reminds of a story that I once read.

In Ace Rabbi, related to the following story, told by Abal Chuvva, named Shloy Mazalman

Stofonsky.

When I was becoming from, he said, still very early in my journey, I was traveling one

air of Shabbos, was winter, the days were short, and it got dark quickly.

Now find myself of all places in Williamsburg.

I know at that stage of my life that I could not drive on Shabbos, so I quickly parked

my car in the first available spot.

A chassidyshean noticed me, he welcomed me, and he graciously invited me into his home

for Shabbos.

Shabbos morning, my host took me to a large, satmore shul on Rodney Street.

I walked in wearing my green suit, my blue shirt, and my purple tie, and I began to

dive.

I tried to concentrate, but after a few minutes, I sensed something unusual.

I looked up from my sitter, and I saw a big crowd was forming, a group of little chassidyshe

boys with curly payers were all staring at me.

One of them finally asked me, where are you from, and they expected me to say Mars, but

I answered, I'm from a place called Los Angeles.

Have you ever heard of Los Angeles?

After a few awkward moments, one of the boys pipes up.

We all need all three places, Williamsburg, Monroe, and Mitzrein, definitely a me against

the world moment.

We are a nation of Ibrahim.

It doesn't matter whether we are in Albany, we are in Los Angeles, we are in Williamsburg,

whether we're wearing a green suit or a black beck at you.

If we stand up for quite some time and do what is right, we will merit a measurable reward