Shovavim #3 Finding Refuge With Hashem

Welcome back to Toration. This week is the third week of Shim Pares and we're going to continue our series with the topic finding refuge with Hashem. The Bashem will connect it back to this week's para as well. So I saw in the book around the year with Riley Beerman from Thrill Basser. He brings out a very interesting idea. He says from that the six weeks of correspond to the six ariklot each week corresponds to an air mikla to a city of refuge that somebody who killed somebody accidentally would run to one of those cities but he didn't explain how it compares what the comparison is what one has to do with the other I found a very a very interesting piece in the shar which I think based Bas on that we'll be able to explain what have to do with so he writes like this he says that the sixlot correspond to the six words sixl what's the how do they correspond one to the other so brings down from the bra and from the he writes like this he says that if somebody has ine if somebody's if somebody believes in Hashem that amuna acts as an ear mikl to protect the person from the that's running after him the amuna in acts as an mikl that's the connection between and the six mikl Not brings down many many times and we've spoken about this before. He says there's two parts to there's that I am your God. That's the first part of amuna. But then there's a second part of not just that I am your god but that I am hashem your god that took you out of that when you were in a low state in the land of mitim I took you out of mitsam. And the sham says that just like a person has to believe in the hashem, we also have to believe that hashem takes us out of our low state of mit. I think this can help us understand the connection between the six weeks of and the six mikl. We have to remember what about return way children. But when did call us bunn when were we called a ben a child to hashem? That was when told me began to go to par to introduce the first of the mak says my son my firstborn it's all the bring down that when did say it was not when we got out of our low state of it's not by when we said that's not when said you know when a kesh who called us. It was when we were at our lowest point before the mock had even started called us. In fact, brings down his exact words. Someone who doesn't believe that I am Hashem who dwells among you amongst your impurities amongst your tuma. He's an apicar. Somebody that doesn't believe that Hashem is with us impurity in the midst of all the impurity at our lowest levels. If somebody doesn't believe that he is an aikur he's a heretic and I think now maybe we can understand the connection right between the miklot the sixlot the six and the six weeks of if we believe in but not just in says a second part of as But if we believe that will redeem us in our state of impurity that when did call us that was when we were at our lowest levels that that amuna itself will protect us in the we no matter what level we're holding on we could seek refuge in believing in Hashem that he desires us as Sham says and we spoken about this previously as well that it says that the yidden were niggle from and we're going to have our own gula also that it was bis the fact that the yidden believed that despite the fact that they were such a low level is going to take them out of his triumph if we can believe that despite the fact that we're at such a low level that Hashem can redeem us that acts as an irika that acts as a city of refuge itself is our protection believing that is with us at this point that we could still come back and turn to Hashem and I think this theme could be found in this week's par also the par starts off tellsu come to par and everybody asks why say it should say go to par what's come to par and the swarm almost all them bring down that was telling par come I am being come with me to par don't you're not going alone I'm not sending you come with me to par and all the swarm bring down par it's not just about the par that the gospel we all have a par in our own lives as well comes from the lotion of mar the root word mar constriction we all have in our own lives our own constrictions, our own par that we're subservient to, our own par that we feel we are to our own, our own low points, our own darkness, our own go in our own lives that we want to get out of. And was saying, you're not alone. You don't have to do this alone. Come with me. Come to me. Come seek refuge by me. But why now? Most of the mockers already happened in last week's para. Why now? Why now? When the makers are almost over is now when come to par. Why didn't he say it already by the earlier makers? The writes even though you went so many times to par and it seems like nothing registered like nothing happened now is saying and I think that this is really the message that we have to take out. Especially when we feel this isn't our first rodeo. We've been through the months of so many times and look look every year we're doing it again. Every year we're doing it again. Why should this year be any different? We're already a few weeks in. Maybe we feel nothing happened the first couple of weeks. Why is this week be any different? Paros will say no. That even though until now there were so many times that it seems like nothing happened to make a difference. Come with me to par come seek refuge by me. Don't do this alone. You don't have to go through this alone. What we have to do is is we have to be in we have to believe in not just that there is a that's not enough but we have to believe that was saying come to me come to me that I am with you I am with you in your says that itself acts as an mikl as a city of refuge to help protect us from the is chasing after us that is being roy after us that we're struggling with day in and day out.