#611: Amida: Modim (Part 7)

s s is generously respons by the Saka family and by we are still on the introduction to the of mod the 18th of the so Central that M says if we only concentrate on modm we can minimally fulfill the Mitzvah of concentrating for the entire amida we began last night speaking about the practice of bowing for modim and the there says if a person doesn't bow properly for mod their spine turns into a snake seven years after we die the spine turns into a snake we've been discussing what's the medida what does one thing have to do with the other and we mentioned the lose bone there's a bone underneath the brain and the stem cell in the in the spinal uh brain stem rather in the spine which was an indestructible bone the loose bone and the degree to which K tell us a person eats malav Mal the loose bone is preserved or if a person bows for mod lbone is preserved we mentioned the Resurrection The rebuilding reforming of a person happens from that lbone so several people contacted me it's nice to know people actually listen to s s snippits online as well several people contacted me and said what does that mean during the Holocaust those who were cremated God forbid somebody who's not educated doesn't have a strong Jewish Education today who makes the unfortunate tragic choice of cremation they won't be resurrected there is no lbone they're incinerated so of course of course certainly when it comes to kosim the martyrs of the Holocaust or more recently they're in the next to the we have no doubt will bring them back they are the highest highest they are the kados those who have no background those who didn't know better similarly We Believe pity someone's not held accountable if they didn't know better but the image should Inspire us that we want to preserve that L bone to be reformed to be reborn from it and Som tell us that this corresponds with whether we bow during mod so we mentioned last night says what is modm the snake what does one thing have to do with the other the whole idea of modm and the reason we bow to be mod is to admit and to be mod is to be grateful and the whole amida is a platform for turning to Hashem and surrendering and submitting and bowing and deferring and saying Hashem I make all my effort in the world I take all the initiative that I can I have big dreams and big goals but in the end of the day I surrender to you I submit to you in the end of the day I let go let God in the end of the day you're in charge and you're in control in the end of the day you are the senior partner of everything I do and that's why three times a day in between all the effort that I make where we start our day and then in the middle of the day and Mar at the end of the day three times during a day I stop and I say my day is filled with my initiative and my effort but I interrupt three times beginning middle and end to say with all my effort I depend on you I rely on you I defer to you I surrender to you I submit to you and the way we demonstrate that the way we articulate that the way we communicate that is not only with our lips but with our demeanor with our posture when we bow and the proper way to Bow is to bow at the waist and then with the head to first come up with the head and then the rest of the body to follow each of the vertebrae one by one to engage the entire spine to engage the entire back my entire being Hashem is communicating and demonstra in I defer I submit I surrender to you understood the why say if you don't bow properly from your spine turns into a snake the whole Essence the whole mission of the snake the original snake going back to ganen was to create distance between us andem the said eat this one thing we know it wasn't an apple eat the whatever it was an esog a fig wheat whatever it was eat this and you'll be like a god you'll be a deity you can compete with the with the King of Kings the whole effort the whole initiative of the snake the whole mission was to seduce and through and all of us to live a life where we feel I'm independent I don't need God I make my effort I take my initiative I'm in charge I'm in control I'm responsible I'm to credit with all my success the whole mission of that snake was to create a pero a distance a break a barrier between us and Hashem we know before that tragic error in ganen the snake stood upright walked upright and its punishment was to Slither on its belly so what does that mean to stand upright we can only stand upright when we believe and attach ourselves to what gives us that energy that that confidence to confront the world and stand upright when we defer when we surrender to Hashem that he is in charge but when a person thinks they're independent when a person arrogantly thinks they are in charge they in control they don't have to defer they don't have to bow to Hashem then Hashem sends them on their belly slithering around connected to the ground they don't have that capacity to stand upright indeed the says what was the punishment of the snake K suffers through child birth before the epidural buta suffered through child birth child birth they say in bokeh you know what natural child I'm going to get in trouble for this you know what natural child birth is in bokeh to give birth without your makeup on that's natural child birth okay anyway we'll find out we're about to find out how many women listen to S snet okay everybody relax so so I said I'm about to find out how many women listen to s so the women suffered and men had to eat by the sweat of their brow had to work the land we have to go to work there's no epidural for going to work we have to go to work and what was the punishment of the snake it ate from the dust of the ground and had all the food it would ever NE the Wonders that's a punishment someone hands you a credit card and says unlimited buy enjoy whatever you want you're good to go that's a punishment many would welcome such a punishment says the you know why it's a punishment because if Hashem says here's everything you'll ever need you have no reason to ever talk to me we don't need a relationship you don't have to talk to me you don't rely on me you don't depend on me you don't need me we give our kids when they go to the year in Israel here's a debit card not a credit card you know why a debit card because when it runs out you're guaranteed to get a phone call we need more could you put more on the card could you put more on the card a parent who loves a child and wants to hear from a child gives a debit card the parent who doesn't really care about the relationship says here's an unlimited amount enjoy see you next year so punish a snake by saying there's an unlimited whatever you want I don't need to hear from you we don't have to have a relationship at all that's the of the of the snake and when a person doesn't bow when a person doesn't defer when a person doesn't surrender when a person is not interested in a relationship then their spine comes back as a snake say and toos there so with that is the end of our introduction to modm will begin to get into the words themselves but modm is is huge it's huge bra number 18 it's huge minimally having kavana for mod says the Mish can cover us for the whole if we don't pay attention to any other part because it is the foundation is the essence to admit to be grateful to acknowledge that at all everything we need comes from him we say it with our words and we say it with our spine every vertebrae in it and bow will continue and pick up tomorrow night if I am still here and survive that joke