#610: Amida: Modim (Part 6)

s Snippets is generously sponsored by the Saka family and in the 18th the of mod and we've been giving an introduction to this bra which last left off that mod the Mish says even though the gar qualifies one has to minimally have kavana for one and we ordinarily think the says that is the m based on other even says maybe the is is such a foundational bra to be grateful and we explained why that word modm the word is both gratitude and an admission and the entire amida is founded is predicated on the admission that we need Hashem that we are dependent on him that we can't do or go anywhere get anything done without him each of the things that we're asking for in the amida presupposes that sense of dependence the humility to recognize we need him we rely on him and that's why others and modm are when we bow and that's why modm may be the where it's critical critical to have kavana and one can be just by having kavana at least minimally for that one when we mention bowing for the tells us that seven years after one dies their spine will turn into a snake if indeed they did not bow properly at modm and you might be wondering naturally why bowing at modm is so important if you don't bow at modm so a person's spine will turn into a snake why a snake and why there are other times of the that we bow and why is that the punishment so to there on it's a if a person refused to and didn't bow then it is considered to be indignant it's considered to be something embarrassing or shameful to turn into a but still what is the deeper connection to says it's mid mid but what is the connection between the two so toas yov in s kha writes that we know we have a tradition that in our spine there is a particular bone called the lose bone that when a person dies even though their body will disintegrate even though the body will disappear that bone the loose bone will remain it's a tradition if you ate Mal Mala then the lose bone will remain but that lose bone will never disintegrate will never dissolve will never disappear and fulfilling the it's from that bone that the even after their death draws the greatest pleasure and the is in that bone the punishment and the pain comes through that Lo bone to tradition kazal also told us the when will come back to life and there will be Resurrection will be reformed from that loose bone and if a person doesn't have that loose bone they can't be reformed because it reformed mean not reformed but re Dash formed because a person can't be reassembled and come back to life unless there isem doesn't create again is there has to be something to form the basis to build and rebuild the person from and that lbone is that BAS so what will make us preserve the lbone what enables us to continue to have it aside from eating malava Mal is bowing properly at modm why what is it about bowing properly at modm if you don't bow at modm then the spine turns into a snake if you do you preserve the L from which a person can be rebuilt what are these connections there are several beautiful insights and uh understandings of this connection we'll just share one to get us started tonight says the following the proper way to Bow is not just to give a nod it's not just to do something uh symbolic but a person has to properly bow and then when a person Rises first with your head and then your spine follows and the proper Bowing in the amida in modm in particular engages all of the vertebrae in the back all of the bones in the spine by engaging all the vertebrae all of the bones in our spine we are essentially declaring fulfilling my spine my skeleton the essence of who I am it's all directed it's all channeled it's all focused on your service I'm bowing I am surrendering I am submitting I am deferring to you the essence of what modm is all about as we mentioned the says minimally you can have kav from because the person has to feel make the admission I depend on you I rely on you when we bow we surrender we submit when we bow we defer when we bow we are essentially saying Hashem I depend I Rely I admit I entirely need you and the more I engage every vertebrae in my spine in my back the more my entire skeleton the essence of who I am suggests that it expresses that it it demonstrates that then the more that I'm connected to hashm says so when a person demonstrates calisthetics where the does not just recited with our mouth the amida is recited with our being we bow at different types of times of the amida and in modm in particular when we bow and we bow fully and we bow slowly and we engage every every vertebrae every bone in our back we are not only articulating mod and with our mouth we're demonstrating it with our being there's no one in nothing but you so why is it that the Spy turns into a snake if in fact you don't bow because everything we're trying to accomplish everything we're trying to communicate by bowing if we fail to Bow we are indulging We are following we are subscribing to the philosophy of the Nash we'll pick up with this more night tomorrow night that was the Nash the Nash tried to break us off from Hashem don't listen to him his rules who needs him we don't depend on him we don't rely on him so if you don't bow and you don't demonstrate that surrender that submission that deferring that acknowledging we are dependent then in fact we are living the philosophy of the and that's why the Spy turns into we'll pick up with it more tomorrow night