Re'eh 5786 - Bechira, Foundation of Torah

And this parish we have the uh really the the one that sort of articulates clearly that and it says says that I am giving before you which implies obviously that we go in either two directions speaks about this point and you know the concept and it's something that there are many different angles to it and he's going to speak about two or three different angles. One angle that he discusses is that this is the the most important axiom for Torah. We could not have Torah if there would not be and therefore the Torah at the very beginning and at the end speaks about mentions and so on. Now where exactly is that? So in the beginning he says that is like one of us meaning the the uh malimas to now ladas to here um is a little vague. It sounds like they can distinguish you can distinguishing to and we'll try to explain what I think means with that. And at the end of the Torah here in you have the the again the explanation that I'm giving you once again explaining and so on. Now the the what exactly how exactly what do you understand and um now obviously the very very very essence of is not something we can understand but um gives us some insight into it and he says like this he says the alonim the the uh beings that are in shamayim the uh the the celestial or better said malim really is the right word for it angels and such likeos he says they are allim in other words means that is unique in that he knows to and it means as follows all the most spiritual beings in the world are allian roughly I guess would mean uh cerebral intellectual but governed by and uh animals are governed by he says which will let's call that physicality So the mechanism of a malik is and the mechanism of all physical beings is tivious. Those are two systems and each system is locked into itself in a way that there is no the the um the the means doing what um tells you is the right thing to do means automatically that you do the right thing do what's right. uh the animals have only an axius. So they will do physical things all the time but that's who they are. That's what they are. So that's they've been programmed and they don't have any real choice. The um the over here you have this the inom consists of a person one entity who has both dynamics within him. He is as physical as physical is and yet he is um a spiritual being a sickistic being. Those two cohost in Adam are what create the platform for. In other words, if a person would not be driven by any by any physical craving or tivious sticker craving or or desires or needs, then where would come in? Where would a come in? If a person had no stick mechanism in himself and it's he's governed solely by his drives, then there's no in there either. So these two systems the and the are systems that are self-contained and total and therefore it's not possible to have because he includes both in himself and that's the ya to means that he is He can sense good and bad. Something which the elon cannot sense ra andum cannot sense to. Each one feels and lives a world that is the that that has only one of those elements and therefore he has a feeling for both of them and that's is possible. This is not an explanation of how that mechanism works. Once we have a tug of war between two different worlds in us but it gives us an understanding of what is choosing between our physical self and ouristica self. Let's give it the the the let's give the simplest example. Um I have a very very tasty meal in front of me and an onion just knocked on the door that he needs something to eat. Do I fill my stomach or do I give stock? Do I give him the meal part of the meal or as maybe whatever that's that's the framework that's a platform for the platform for is that within the person there are two driving forces and he must choose either of them. He then adds aim who says it says whatever it is that Hashem wanted he he does and the Ram asks so if so is that not a contradiction to it's basically what wants and the answer that he gives is that that itself is what he wanted a world where there would be would choose and get. So it again it doesn't address the ram here is not addressing the c the issue of what do we do when the two things um when the two different uh and contradict each other that's bra in a different place but he's speaking a lot more about how can there be if everything is what hashem made it and his answer is that itself is what hashem wanted the mechanism of did not come about because Adam is in is intrinsically but rather because Hashem wants it. I would like to add to that that that was exactly what a kadesh paroo proved to parro that's exactly the whole that whole interaction between Mosh and parro was we are people that can choose and make and and and make decisions for ourselves. That's how we sense ourselves. That is something that is core to who we are and that's why people will you know give me liberty give me death people will will not want to be subjugated no matter how good the conditions are. So a person really wants to to to to feel that he is himself and we feel that innately that's who we are and that gives us a tremendous sense of arrogance because the the ability to decide what's going to happen with us is the root of being divine. And we may or may not have the power to do it, but the root is that we make the decisions. So parro when he strutdded about that he's the big man who showed him that I will bring a lot of grief to you and you will not have the free choice to make that decision to to send offra. So, just to review, here points out this importance of in that the Torah starts with a and that's one. It finishes our par with a declaration about that's that's how important it is. He explains that the mechanism is because we incorporate in us both a very strong sense of physicality and tear and a very strong sense of and therefore these are the two forces where takes place. We're choosing between this and this. That's where the choices are. He then explains that the um the the the concept of is not a contradiction to kareshu having wanted to um that everything is by keshu's will because that itself's will kesh wants that the world should have that people should have and that's the type of people that he wanted around so the itself how it works with Judea that's not displaced in Raama and so on but the idea itself had it happen the answers who wanted that's what he wanted and that's what is in the