Beshalach: Not a Reaction, But a Reflex

Welcome to Ashishi and thank you for joining us. The rashies in this week's paral are unusually long and unusually lyrical. They're very poetic. Rashi so to speak inspired by the sh lets himself go too. And the very first interesting rashi what's the word? What does even mean? Then saying then will sing I'll tell you the song sort of came out of him. It happened to him that at that moment came pouring out of him. She says he says the famous will this is a source that this is how we know that what's already saying you know the tells us that it's going to happen in the future when obviously because the people aren't here anymore so they will sink. Okay. What is the connection between dupatam and nashi? How do you understand some said something really very very powerful and very insightful in explaining the the flow of this rashi? He says what rashi is doing with is really setting up the medish and the two go hand in hand. A question why is this the source? Why is this the headquarters? It's fundamental to Jewish thought that the dead will come back to life. Why is this? Why is the Shira is broad and and vast and wide and rich. Why is this the headquarters form? So he said like this uh there's two ways you can understand Shira. Something good happens to Eid, he sings. That's one way a reaction. When something good happens gives praise to the and that's very nice. Then there's another way to understand it. It's not a reaction. It's a reflex. Aid is singing. Aid is a creature of song. The the says we're called Yehuden because our function is to give thanks. Like the Raan said at the last week that the the reason the goal the purpose of our existence is to say to acknowledge it. We're supposed to acknowledge everything that happens to us. Every ray of sun and the snow and more snow and even more snow and then when they clean the snow and if snow comes again we're supposed to be a constant I could walk I have a house I have a coat. You're supposed to be living with constant gratitude. We are creatures of gratitude. That's the way it's supposed to be. You know, like those little windup toys, they don't have any batteries. You don't need batteries. They just go by themselves. There's nothing you have to do. And if the windup toy stops moving back and forth, that means that it's gone. The song should be pouring out of you like like a wind toy keeps moving. It shouldn't need batteries in order to sing. That's the first rash. Rash saying means it was not a reaction. It was a reflex. He was singing. The song came pouring out of him even before he wasn't like he thought about it and made a decision to sing. The song came pouring out of him. It was an instinct. It was a reflex. It's explaining to you the the depth of and how we view giving thanks to now. How could that be? That means a person is here to take care of themselves, eat, sleep. Who are you singing to? Why is there something besides yourself in this world? What do you if you're thinking that means you're acknowledging the existence of something outside of yourself. How could that be? Oh, you know what the answer is? That you have an ashama that you understand that there's an existence of a whole spiritual dimension. So it's not just about do I have enough for lunch today. It's who gave me this lunch. That whole thought process is only by possible by somebody who has an oh that means that this is not the whole me. There's another part of me. If um my existence is to reflexively sing if a function is to acknowledge that something is happening outside of him that enables him and allows him and permits him to live and to enjoy life and then experience pleasure in life. And if he instinctively understands that he has to thank that being that means this is not the whole show. Okay. So with this idea you can sing