#605: Amida: Modim (Part 1)

respons s family by and this evening we begin the 18th of the attempted to say is the last because after all it's called but we know there are really 19 bras so 18 is the penultimate bra of the amid the second bra of the last section called and it's interesting because often people associate mod more with but really that's a new is and then is so much so in fact that people make a mistake and think goes right into mod that is part of but that's a mistake is the 17th it's are the 18th the of the of gratitude person has to be careful the it's brought down in that people make a mistake they go right into mod and they don't give an opportunity to answer a m to the bra they cut that BR short there's another BR that people cut short and said the that's onab so the vill said that's hinted to in the and so for the sake of meaning person has to be careful to allow others to answer to the pause and now mod is the next mod the only we'll get to in a moment the only bra in the amid that that has a a response to it none of the other that the says in the in thees that respond with something else the exception is the that has a which we will get to as well this 18th bra as we've seen with every bra of theid it is in order there is a chronology there's a Jos there's a theme the explains the order of theas the says they're the same thing they're identical what does that mean and the same thing are identical the simple understanding of the gar that flows into service of Hashem sacrifice service and gratitude are synonymous it means it's unacceptable it's Unthinkable to thank Hashem and not be committed to serve him if you're really grateful to Hashem if you acknowledge Hashem if you surrender to Hashem if you submit with gratitude that everything comes from hasem how can that not translate and transform into service of hasem if you're not willing to serve Hashem are you really grateful are you really grateful to him so goes into because if one is really grateful then they are of service to Hashem part of our service is to be grateful indeed this is our very name Jews are called yehudim yid yid is the yish from yehudim it means Yehuda from the name of Yehuda one of the tribes Yehuda got his name from his mother correct Leia and Leia named him Yehuda yehuda's name itself is an expression of an expression of gratitude so our very name our very essence our very identity our core aod part of our core service of Hashem is to live a life of H to live a life of gratitude and we saw others explain when medish tells us Leia was the first to Express gratitude to hasem what does that mean others who came before offered sacrifices they communicated to hm they thanked hem how could the G how be so bold as to say Leia was the first to thank hasem so say what it means is Leia is not the first to thank hasem Le is the first to not offer gratitude in paying a debt a debt of gratitude she she didn't say thank you only once and she was done but she never stopped thanking Hashem she was never finished in fact the very name yehud she embedded in her son's very name that gratitude every single time she called him Yehuda did you do your homework Yuda it's time for bed Yuda did you brush your teeth Yuda come for dinner every time she called his name she was implicitly saying thank you Hashem for this child thank you for giving me more than what I expected more than I think I deserved implicit in every time she used his name was an expression of gratitude she didn't just say thank you once she understood that gratitude is something which is endless and boundless and which you say over and over again we are yid we are Yim we are a people who are filled with gratitude this 18th of the a our aod our mission our mandate part of the way we serve Hashem is to be filled with gratitude the says in the future all carbonos all sacrifices will be unnecessary and discontinued with the exception of one which carbon do you think that is excellent the corbon TOA the corbon TOA the corbon of gratitude and similarly the mes continues all prayers in the future will be discontinued will be unnecessary with the exception of one which braa will we still say the BR of you can't ever stop being thankful you can't ever stop saying thank you can't never stop having an attitude of gratitude it is synonymous with who we are it is our identity it is our mission it is our aod aod it's really a it's one of the same it is identical and that's why after the the next is because the of but maybe there's a deeper meaning what it means we'll pick up next time the deeper meaning can best be understood based on the historical precedent with every the sh has told us what was the historical event in tanak that precipitated that led to the authorship of that didn't compose them out of thin air there was a historical precedent we've seen it 17 times it's true for the 18th one as well and we'll start with the next