Vayechei (5786) Yehuda; A Wounded Powerful Lion

Welcome back to our shares when giving the bra at the end of his life to all of the gives the to comparing Yuda to a lion not just in his physical strength but in his spiritual strength as well. Yehuda is like a lion. And then Yaku continues with interesting words that Yehuda goes ahead and acts like a lion like a lion who's sitting there and crouching on the ground and the fas and Rashi really deals with this and many deal with this is what is the mile of Yakabino comparing Yehuda to a lion that's crouching. We can understand Yakab comparing Yehuda to a lion that's attacking, a lion that's the middle of running after its prey, a lion that's able to show off its strength. That would make sense to us that that's a sign that's symbolism of real strength. But what does it mean that compares you to a lion that's lying there waiting to go ahead and attack its prey that you're like a lion that's going ahead and crouching a beautiful and the name of his grandfather the strength the spiritual strength of Yehuda even at the moment of shiftless even at the moment that he's been beaten down and is on the ground not just physically but spiritually you defines himself all the way in the bottom he nevertheless has the capability to act like a lion and like a lionist says this in the name of the you have to go ahead and read the p not in the typical way not to read it as like he's a he's a lion that is crouching but rather to read it is that even when he is crouching even when he's razitz even when he's on the ground crouching nevertheless he's able to go ahead and act like a lion and a lioness He's able to have the strength and the fortitude to go out and act like a lion even though he's been beaten down. Zakus, what did my grandfather mean? Where do you see that Yehuda has this special power that even when he's been beaten down, he can nevertheless act like a lion is able to stand up and do what's right. Zakus by the Misa of Yehuda and Tamar that after Yehuda had gone ahead and been involved in the seemingly scandalous story with Tamar's daughter-in-law not knowing it's his daughter-in-law thinking it's a Z but after this whole story takes place and T gets brought in front of a bezdon like this brings from the medish this wasn't just any bezen this was a bezdon ofu and shame the greatest sadikim Yehuda's grandfather sitting there in the bezdon and they take out and they're about to go ahead and and burn Tmer alive because of the fact that you went ahead and they thought she was mis and Yehuda sees at that moment that it wasn't tmer going at mazana to a stranger rather it was him and Yehuda has the fortitude and the strength and the ability to be able to stand up and say that me it came from me I was the one these are my myim this is my this is my my my signs that I sent to and therefore Yehuda is able to stand up and say me many it took place for me and Yehuda is able to admit that what he did was Zakasam is the real strength. And the real sign of strength is not how a person acts when a person's standing tall and strong. The real sign of acting like a lion is not acting like a lion when you're attacking your prey. The ability to really be like a lion is what happens when you get knocked down. What happens when you find yourself all the way in the floor? What happens when you recognize that you may have made the biggest mistake in your life? Are you still capable of standing up strong and proud and saying, "I can fix what I've done. I can go and admit that I did wrong and I'm not embarrassed and I'm not ashamed and I can get up and say that I'm ready to rectify whatever wrong that I whatever wrong I've done. If you can do that then you're a real lion tells Yehuda you're not just a lion when you're standing tall and proud. You're not just a lionber that you have the ability to be strong like a lion when things are going well. You're like a lion even when you're crouching that even when you find yourself beaten and pummeled down on the ground you're able to stand up without embarrassment and be able to go out and admit that many that is the ultimate the ultimate strength of Yehuda and from this moment the moment that was able to stand back up and say from that moment Mashiach was created because Mashiah is created when us is able to stand back up after having been beaten down and we're able to go ahead and do the right thing regardless of regardless of where we find ourselves spiritually regardless of how much we feel that we're shuffled and we've been beaten down. We can stand up like a lion not ashamed and be able to go ahead and be proud and be able to stand strong for what we truly believe in. This is why you find that the name Yehuda contains within it the name of VK and the letter Daledar Shabas tells us that the letter Dal represents poorness. Even the way you spell out the word daled has a dal in ital. Dal lid means to be poor. And the name daled represents a person who's all the way broken down on the ground. Not poor physically, not poor financially, but somebody who's poor spiritually, somebody's all the way down to the ground. I'll say the word that the latter dal represents somebody who's broken. Yehuda is the one who has the capability to be able to be connected to yud to the even when he's down at the bottom even when he's a dal even when he's shuffled even when he's been broken and is crouching like a wounded lion has the ability to be able to stand up and act like a lion even if he feels he's been wounded his name is together with the whole name of even at the moment that D nevertheless is with him adding on to what his grandfather said how does have that where does get the strength to go ahead and act like a lion even though he's been beaten down it comes as a direct result that when Yehud is not being beaten down when Yehud is in this stage of acting like a lion who's attacking his prey Yehuda nevertheless is able to have that the humility to recognize that it's not me says if you're able to recognize when things are going well that it's not me then and it's all theumm then you're able to go ahead and recognize when you're down on the ground that the same that was the one who created all of the good good moments in your life it's the same that's down there with you and the challenging most difficult moments of your life the way that Yehuda was able to have the strength of a lion even when he was beaten down was of humility as we've written in the name of his grandfather he's called because again he goes himself that even though the name of the is within him, nevertheless, Yehuda is able to go ahead and act humble and never takes any credit for himself. And since Yehuda knows that after everything he's done and all the mile that he has at the moment that he really feels like a lion, everything's that even when he fools is dear with him. This is the ofud this is the strength of the ability to be able to go ahead and when he's a lying attacking he's able to recognize it's not me everything is a gift from and then when he finds himself down and broken he's able to go ahead and stand up and recognize that no matter what I've done no matter where I've messed up no matter how bad my life may be spiritually right now I can nevertheless still act like a lion I can stand back up and be able to go ahead and act like a lion regardless of the fact that I feel like I'm crouching right now you saw Every is called aid because is in the name of this is the never goes ahead and takes credit for ourel and never says we're the ones ourselves we recognize that even at the moment that we feel like a line in terms of what we're doing it's not us it's only and then because of that is with us even in those moments those most embarrassing moments when we find ourselves crouching on the floor like a wounded lion nevertheless is with us this is the like this is saying this is the of to be a lion a lion means a lion regardless of where I am a lion means the recognition that everything's from the and is with me in the high moments and in the low moments this is a real lion a lion is not just somebody who acts like a lion when everything is going when everything is going well a lion is somebody has the capability to be able to stand up like did and to say when everything's falling apart and you don't know what's going to take place and the embarrassment that's going to happen and what's going to take place with the future generations. Nevertheless, a real lion is the one who's able to take responsibility to stand up not to be embarrassed and to recognize that regardless of what I've done is with me in the place that I am and therefore the strength and I have and the character trait of being a lion will remain with me wherever I am. Hashem should help that we should be like a lion obviously in guda obviously in great moments but the real way to show that we're really a lion is to show that we're a lion even when we're wounded. lying on the ground physically spiritually beaten. Nevertheless, we have the strength and the fortitude inside of us to know that theam is with us and to act like a proper light and by doing that will be the will reveal himself and's true strength will be revealed to the whole world. Have a great choice.