Unstoppable Pursuit: Harnessing the Power of Unyielding Will in Judaism and Torah Study

0:01 You've undoubtedly heard this famous axiom that continues to inspire people daily. Go something like this that if there is a will, well then there is a way. Or perhaps, in Hebrew, the way Revulba taught it the name of our Oymid Lefne HaRozzo nothing stands in the way of true desire, of the human will. It really taps into the DNA of people that when we really want something, we will stop at nothing until we either find a way or create a new way. And so, when we think about it, that there's a lot of things that we all want to accomplish and let's just take it as the main one and talk about fear of heaven, real Torah study following Halachah being a good Jew why is it and what is it that is standing in the way?

1:02 Why can't we just reach what we want in our spiritual endeavors, reach our real aspirations? Well then, perhaps, if we take this line, that face value, that aim of our Oymid Lefne HaRozzo, that nothing stands in the way of will, well then, maybe what's missing is a true, unbreakable will. And if we can foster that drive, cultivate that Rozzo and fertilize the desire for growth, well, maybe, just maybe, that will be it that will keep us from ever turning off that switch and we find in our parasha a remarkable example about just how powerful a person's Ruzzoan is Shchem, this horrible person, the son of Hamor, who was taken by Dina the Naira and when the only thing standing between him and marrying the daughter of Yakov Vino was giving a circumcision to an entire city, a world of power, and accomplished that.

2:13 And then you can marry this Dina. Well, the Pazic says that he did not refrain and he hurried to get the action done. It's remarkable that there really is nothing that stands in the way of somebody when he truly understands and he truly builds that desire to do something, al-avay, in a weird way, that we should be like this Shchem character in the form of goodness and chasing down our dreams. So the Khrish today is that if we can pivot and learn about the reasons why God-fearing lives are great and why Torah study is so precious and why it is the true panacea for this cancerous infection of the Satan, well then maybe we will be able to cultivate the Ruzzoan that we need.

3:06 That is unbreakable. So study why Torah is so great. You can find it in the fourth chapter of Ramchal's Derech Hashem. You can study Ibrahim al-Lajnar's Nefesh-e-Chayim to figure out just what Torah and Mitzvot's does in the heavens and down here. But above everything, process, think, be attentive to just how special it is to study Torah, do Hashem's Mitzvot, be Shai-mer Shabbos and be a God-fearing Jew, and when you meditate upon that, it will help us to fertilize, cultivate and bring out that burning desire to fulfill Hashem's will. And at that spot we are unstoppable.