HASHEM IS HERE

“Hashem is Here” by Uncle Moshie.

Hashem is here, Hashem is there, Hashem is truly everywhere.

Hashem is here, Hashem is there, Hashem is truly everywhere.

Up, up, down, down, right, left and all around, here, there and everywhere,

that’s where he can be found.

Most of us were raised singing the awesome song of uncle moshie, “hashem is here.”

For the past year I have been trying to make a correlation of two stories of the Kotzker rebbi (Rabbi Menachem Mendel Morgensztern of Kotzk,1787-1859. He is a talmud of Reb Simcha bunim.His major students were: Rabbi Mordechai Yosef Leiner of Izbict, author of the Mai Shaloach, Rabbi Avrohom Bornsztain, author of Avnei Nezer, The first Rebbe of Ger, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir Alter or the Chidushei Harim. )

Two great stories of The Kotzker.

    When the rebbi was a child, Rav Baruch of Mezibush came to visit the town. Rav menachem was known as a young Eloy (genius, don't know how to spell) and Rav Barach went to test the child. Rav Baruch said the the child, "I will give you a coin if you can tell me where Hashem is?" Rav Mecham answered sharply, "I will give you two coins if you can tell me when hashem is not." 

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n the rebbi's later years he was asked the same question. His response was different. He said to the talmud " Hashem is where ever you let him in."

As humans, we ignorantly think that we control the world. We selfishly forget our creator. We instill in our minds and illusionary concept, "I am in control."

Hashem is everywhere regardless, however when we destroy this imaginary notion of control and give control over to hashem. We can live in reality of being one with Hashem. This can only be done through gratitude and the realization that everything is a gift from Hashem.

"LET GO AND LET HASHEM"