Ari Goldwag - Acharei-Kedoshim - Holy Extremes

listening to the weekly partial podcast with already gold leg recorded with us shams never-ending assistance and Robin she's no 5778 2018 this week's parsha outside of Israel is a hurry Moses and Kadosh iam two partials together and the theme of the parsha after we get past the I vote of the Kohen Gadol after the service of the high priests on Yom Kippur so it speaks about the nature of the Jewish people condition to you to be holy and this in comparison to Egypt and Kanaan the nations in which the Jewish people would find themselves first in Egypt then in Kanaan who are unholy who had extremely sensuous behavior and they had extreme impurity in regards this the area of sexuality and I'd like to speak about and try to understand the depth of the concept which the prime Friedlander speaks about this is a calm and it's very interesting it's very deep why did the Jewish people and up in these places in mitzrayim and Egypt which was the place of the greatest decadence in regards to kedusha matters of holiness back into the land of Canaan which was also a place which was filled with people who had the ultimate decadence in this area as we're going to see in the verses what is the idea behind this what's the reason for it and interestingly how does the Jewish people affect the nations that surround her as she travels through their exile and how does this apply to us in our times in the direct list of the Messiah in the generation which are our great sages have told us are the footsteps of the Messiah the final final days before Messiah comes so remember free Leonard quotes the pastas commissariat Smith's Rama Sri shopton Melissa su in regards to illicit sexual behavior the Torah tells us do not do like the actions of the land of Egypt that you have lived in Kumasi ours keen on astronomy vom Shama Lisa sue the people of the land of Canaan those actions that they do don't do what they do cuckoo seamlessly who don't go in their ways Rashi brings kazoo Kumasi is my time Maggie Chima sensuous rhyme we shall canonical call me call illumise now she tells us an amazing thing the people of Egypt and the people of Canaan were the most destruct the they had the most destructive behavior of all of the nations they were the worst of all of the nation's well I used to say Malcolm everybody is from a coup Coleman our coil the place that the Jewish people lived in was the most decadent of all okay so it's very interesting he points out that it's the it has something to do with the fact that the Jewish people were living there show your shaft him bum she shot him buck okay and Rashi Oh Susannah Munez maybe it's mama Maggie is an Amish echo she's from a Colonia semicolon also the the nation's that they were coming to destroy the Jewish people coming into Canaan and had an obligation to kill out all of the people who lived there why we're not discussing really why but but Rashi points out that those nations were the worst in regards to decadence and immorality of all of the nations of the world now he brings his or the source is an amazing thing Takas II met the Czar says come and see Rosa de Milla the Avram lion who since rival a start time and become ISA the Tsar tells us a secret of the matter if Abraham had not gone down to Egypt first that we find there's a concept of my cell obviously on the bottom that whatever happens or whatever occurs in the lives of the forebears of the Jewish people in regards to Abraham and Isaac Sarah Rebecca etcetera so whatever happens in their lives is it sets down a precedent or it's a reflection of what's going to happen in the lives of their children so the the Czar tells us that if if Abram and Sarah had not gone down to Egypt lo yeah whoo look at available Kubrick ooh they wouldn't have become if not for their descent to Egypt it was essential that they go down there in order to become the chosen nation of Russian Uganda Lebanon and it's in regards to their children in the grandchildren book which should bring clamed line imma Kodama Schliemann a sham wanted to make them into a complete nation well carve along like a man to bring them close to him so easily knock them Academy Salamis Ryan let's start from time on if they had not gone down to Egypt and and gone into the melting pot of Egypt and become purified their beautiful language very interesting low hobble Amaya Phaedo delay they would not have become the chosen nation of Hashem Keegan and oh Allah you see I have is Eric initial economic at Mitsubishi labor in a similar way the Land of Israel was purified how is it purified by the fact that the evil people of Canaan came there Lee Havas era who gave a the Kucha Brit who the reason the Land of Israel was chosen was because it was first desecrated by the people of Canaan the cool arose Okada is all one secret one concept at its core and ok Freelander points out that this is connected somehow to the fact that we find out what monsieur before Messiah comes which is the tiny we live in right now there's a concept that he quotes like a more insight enough time task hoots but yeah as gay there will be in the times before Messiah a tremendous amount of foot spa brazenness promised a from this rock people will will hold in low regard those who those who are wise those who are wise and Torah those who are fearing god-fearing and the truth will be hidden so there's an aspect that's going on here on air times as well which is similar to what went on in Egypt and what went on in cannot somehow in some way it seems that the Jewish people need to be in a place which is decadent and not only that we're going to see soon as we said that somehow the Jewish people being there first of all purifies them and second of all actually brings down it causes greater Touma causes greater impurity and those who are impure let's see what that means it brings them around this is just unbelievable it's so so beautiful so deep these ideas it's it's stuff that we don't typically hear and I think it's it's essential and understanding the Jewish people and and exiles and what's going on throughout history morale says like this if Nikki a duffer miss pile maja Floyd meets a true awkward low pile boy the way that things work in the world is when you have two things that are opposites so they affect each other they play on each other they spout government at smiling when something is by itself it doesn't change it doesn't it doesn't grow the caca sherbert sashimi's fraction where the Chi magazine should go zero zero Abram when a sham therefore wanted to bring about the decree which have been decreed upon the children of Abraham that ki Gary is Erika what do mean you know I said my dream is Shawna that they were going to be in there were gonna be strangers in a strange land and they would be worked for four hundred years no hi is Ella but she my lamb it had to be in a nation that was opposite to them came it's a - ah ahem since they are opposite it's Kylie's from that vodyanoy some aramaic Shana we needed that to be the place where they're going to be worked and it seems he's saying that in the there's not just the void as part of the the slavery of the Jewish people but there's the the work of the Jewish people growing and becoming who they're meant to be becoming greater people um Shama lehem yeah special numbers do Kim business amazing stuff here the idea what's the opposite of the Jewish people the opposite of the Jewish people is Egyptians who are completely mired in illicit sexual behavior the cult divert of Mohammed Eva Mijares knows their nature was to be drawn after this kind of behavior who might Smasher him to of him and despicable acts we starlets a nutshell ahem amazing the essence of the Jewish people what is it Zahra MS true seed true children of Abraham you do remember arias careful not to be involved in illicit behaviors Luke additional moved on a glorious their holy and they're separated from all of the illicit sexual behaviors commercial americo Civ shift acre a dose leaves throughout the verse says in Psalm chapter 122 that the the there's a testimony that said about the people of Israel by God as it were she hates my Elena shame bunnelby saying God declares about the Jewish people testifies about them that they are the children and the grandchildren of their forefathers a high C diminishes on so here's my cost of the he brings him Ryan the morale shows us that this is true because there was only one person who against her will ended up having illicit relations that was Flemish bus bus bus livery if I'm not mistaken if that's that's her second part of her name and he brings a bunch of proofs that this is indeed true that there was not a single person besides for her who had been involved in illicit sexual relations so we see the power of the Jewish people in in as the opposite of what was happening in regards to the Egyptians the power of the Jewish people was holiness staying pure staying focused and committed committed in regards to the merit the area of marriage and the Egyptians being the opposite of that commitment the opposite of that ability being the ones who could not stay committed who could not who would be involved in acts that were despicable and abominable so an amazing thing comes out of this well I'd like to read it again inside from the from the from the confident of the sister time I wanna tell Sasha Pisani Goutham Z or Z the way that things work is the way that things affect each other is that when there are things that are powers that are opposite powers should satatam amish be outside a kedusha the side of evil infects the side of holiness the sh morris that's my motto ma that the the net result is that if i'm holy I'm a Jew and I'm holy and I need to protect myself I need to put up extra walls to protect myself from the tumor from the impurity Yashiro mrs. Costas attuma when I see how terrible the impurity is the Rocca Cheryl Dukakis quemic doram aesthetic do show is as santa lucia miss Kazue be a sir so the way that the sign holiness becomes more powerful is by recognizing on my goodness see what happens over in regards to the extreme impurity I must protect myself in that extreme impurity by making even stronger boundaries for myself right in the in the in the religious community in Israel so many people walk around with what's called a kosher phone it doesn't have internet it doesn't have SMS it doesn't have any texting and in this way the person protects themselves cuz they recognize through the advice and the and the wisdom of the good eylem of the great sages of the people of Israel they recognize the power of technology and they say I need to stay far away from that okay so this is how it works and now now he's can also talk about the other side of it which is that the Jewish people cause the Egyptians to become worse which is an amazing thing and and and if we think about the places where the Jewish people have been or where they concentrate even today where they're you see there's a lot of Jews in certain areas there's also equally in those places a tremendous amount of decadence mean I mean so so he brings like this from the accoutrement you mean I actually almost receive my Samir Samuel I'm in Surat midstream how do we know that there was no nation that had done abominable abominable deeds as much as Egyptian stamina McAmis I'm sure shopton but Luis who don't do like them mean an shadow harness you might see me as my Coulomb how do we know that the last generation the Egyptians the the Jewish people had been in Egypt for a long time how do we know that the the last generation of Egyptians were worse than ever I'm Larry Camus here sometime Lisa su don't do like their actions mean I'm a kosher Yeshua Israel not only was it the fact that they had been there long a long time and not only was the fact that that I'm sorry not only was it lived there a long time but also the fact that they were in a certain location those who were in that location like we saw I I believe earlier in Rashi you know I'm a coach - well yes well he's even my senior semi-cool long time and i'ma show you shaft in but let's assume the process was the place where you were don't do like them they were worse than anything I mean nine and the magic finishes off how do you know she was Michelle Israel he Gorman's called - mother how do we know that the Jewish people being their effect in this way affected the Egyptians then cause that they should become even worse how time of Lima show you shaft humble Isuzu because you live there the verses implying it's an amazing thing okay and and the measure says a similar thing in regards to the people of Kannada they were also the worst the worst of the worst and why was because of the fact that the Jewish people came there so that's the effect there's like this the the opposite powers it's like the opposite sides of a magnet the they bounce off each other the Jewish people become stronger in their kedusha they become even more holy and the nations the of the world they find themselves in who are epitomized by Tomo by impurity in this area they become even lower and lower and lower because that's just that's just the way it is that's how it works look I share how you sell your especially mas sure um let's see so here's the Kaaba Milano kiss morale explains in continuation that when the Jewish people were more perfected when they were at the point where they were ready to leave where they were going into freedom like hiya - Claire Hammond mr. a Neurology son the Egyptians were the exact opposite they were extremely evil they were extremely deficient with Nika I'm Malcolm assure you sure come on you guys I'm a kook on commercial Martin and that is why the place where they were was much worse than anywhere else which let me see swell garnish um it's from Haifa clam the perfection the Jewish people more the Jews become perfected the more the Egyptians become low like I'm sure you show me Sarah awesome Mizrahi a super cool calm I had America the place where the Jewish people were living the Egyptians there were worse than anyone oh well garnish you mister I'm half a clam now it's interesting is the the bad get batter so to speak they get worse and then good get better but there was also something that was going on a miss Ryan which is not he doesn't really speak about that was important to understand that the best of the Egyptians were getting better as well right and we find that there were many people who were converting to Judaism were becoming part of the Jewish people from the Egyptians or hazael tell us that when Bathsheba spiral bossy the daughter of Pharaoh picked up Moshe I mean picked up Moses from the water she was converting at that time so we see that it had infiltrated even the palace itself the desire to become part of the Jewish people so there was like the the best of the Egyptians was getting better the worst of the Egyptians was getting worse and the Jewish people also in contrast to the Egyptians the Jewish people were the best and they were getting better and the Egyptians in general were getting worse okay now in explaining this he brings the morale the continuation Lamar also explains something very interesting there's a concept of called surah and comer surround Hara means you have a you have material let's say you have a piece of wood that's called the material and that's the comer so what is the piece of wood it's just raw materials but then there's a surah which is a form you bring the piece of wood you cut it up and you create a table out of it and now it has a youth it has a purpose the purpose which is kind of an intellectual thing like what is this for here's the direction this is what needs to look like this is the concept that's the coldest surah that's the the form and the Homer is the material that it's made out of okay now in regards to mankind so there's homeowners surah what is the home where the home air is the nations of the world the nations of the world all card are called the Homer they are more physical they are the physical aspect of the world the Jewish people is called it's surah it's called the form because the Jewish people have the yield they have the focus on what is the the raw materials of the of humankind what are we meant to do with our Koko's with our abilities with our humanity we're meant to direct it and focus it towards Akhilesh baku towards god towards becoming greater people towards becoming more spiritual and more godlike okay that's the understanding of the Jewish people that's who they are we are the surah of the world we are the focus and the purpose and the ones who guide the world toward the material taking form and the correct form which is a useful form which is serving God okay the ones who represented Homer the most once represented physicality the most were the Egyptians and Kanaan he says I don't want to get so far into how he describes Kanaan but there's a similar aspect to canal okay now the he brings he brings here and again I don't want to read this part inside but I do want to get to how it applies to us which is how he wraps up the whole piece we're coming to the end here when it came to a Verma V know when I came to my Shero Bainer when it comes to mushiya those three individuals who really we could call we could say that they encapsulate the entire Jewish people really Iver Medina was the one who was the forbear he had within him all the power of the Jewish people Moshe Rabbeinu was assault Mikael Ellis who included all of the Jewish people and mushiya the Messiah is going to come he also see me somebody who incorporates encapsulates the entire Jewish people within himself and we find that all three of them they were people who were it speaks about the fact that they rode on a donkey now the word for donkey is a hum or ham or it's the same letters as Wertheimer which means materiality or the material a firm Avena was somebody who violaceous Amira he saddled up his donkey the Torah describes the fact that he rode on his donkey he was somebody who had the ability to to ride on the material to focus and and serve God through the material he was instructed by Hashem to do a certain thing he rides on his donkey to accomplish that okay in regards to my chef we also find that he's that he's described as on e-rate eval jamon he is poor and he rides on a donkey when this idea of riding on a donkey it means he rides on his physicality he's able to be that surah he's able to focus and take his material essence and and form it into something which is focused has an amazing purpose just like a person who takes wood forms it into a table which is useful which has a purpose and we also find in regards to much obey no he speaks about that he didn't take a single one of the of the huh my room of the Jewish people okay we find in regards to all three of them they had the ability and this is something which the Jewish people have generally speaking which Hashem has given us the ability to have through the Torah this is our focus is that we have the bill to have that focus and that ability and that spiritual ideal now sometimes the lower echelons of the of the of the Jewish people so or echelons how you pronounce that the the it's brought its used in the wrong way there is a focus in on the negative side of the Jewish people they're great at accomplishing things that's why Jesus are found everywhere from science to you name it we're everywhere because we have the ability to focus and accomplish and and reach goals but the the ideal state of the Jewish people is the state of focus reaching the goal which is the true goal of spirituality of closeness to God okay now I'd like to read to the end here inside we have one page an essential there's a chronicles to the Machiko what are the challenges of our times the footsteps of a messiah the final days before Michelle comes lemay naman affluence Aggie Shana Heinicke share in semi thames ii o Sanna Sanna sahaja understand now we understand what's going on in the world there's so much darkness so much negativity so much destruction so much license be havior what's this about it's a claritin la casa casa rosada kedusha it needs to give us the the strength needs to we need some recognize look what's going on the world is destroying itself evil is destroying itself and that's that's how the world is created that's the the cycle that I call - Brock who created but what does it mean for us it means that we need to strengthen ourselves in kedusha in holiness the violets minish cushiony sign raka at the GAR to recognize inside of ourselves that when there's a difficult challenge it's just that it's a it's a challenge that needs to be overcome khilafat Africa's little horn egg guy it's in order for us to develop our abilities to fight against the pit circle in the hall I'm son of Shari I'm Shelby Dharma kazuki-sama Linnaean Muhammad Ouma meets Arash Lila we have to be so careful that we shouldn't be affected by any nation in a negative way this is my name of the crystal machine card form of Athena the Athena's halakha my son when it comes to our times the the final days before Messiah so we need to understand that this is something which we have to understand that this is how we have to approach our lives or MSI's there was a new russia lador we see how the world is getting worse and worse and this he's writing this he spoke about this probably in the late 70s or early 80s so I mean how much has the world the the decadence of the world has only increased mmm you know thousands of thousands of sometimes since that time it's a criteria sign it would be in a crush of her or be an item of a kedusha we need to see the difference between the light and the darkness between impurity and purity I'm ganking a cat to Maharis I mean I could do sure you see that impurity is afraid of holiness Arabs are afraid of the Jewish people and that's just on a physical level but that parallels how when it comes to the let's say the irreligious world within the Jewish people there's a certain fear of the religious world miss cabarrus vs mr. ace Bachmann IDO knocking Ramos Eric initiations when we see the emptiness that there is in a society around us visit circle javi ice analyst Alice Metallica do Shaw used to bring us to raise ourselves when it comes to the side of holiness a slight summoning of the zucchini wicked Aaron to make for ourselves things that strengthen our holiness and and and the proper boundaries for ourselves low man Musa we need to learn what's going on we look around us and you see people are falling like flies to the 8th Sahara to the evil inclination these are the shine and Schley you need avec monoi you should start you dove a bun and shemesh room at door please be careful that nothing should attach itself to us from our surrounding cultures hot sauce online novel heed anus units Traynham we should be brought to all kinds of different challenges and difficulties ok and that's ok one more point and that's the ending one of the he speaks about the fact that we're in this time everything is confused darkness and light are all confused they're all mixed up and he says AHA said drop me nuts on me tight I some caution Sheila Rubio one of the ways to get out of and to save oneself from all of the confusion boom action is her shoulder because the mushiya and the deaf difficult challenges of our generation well Amelia shell Tara learning Torah working hard as she was like a caduceus being involved going to yeshiva going to learn learning the Turkish Aurora's Allah's castle Artesia sages teach us questions je she was Lee ro Chevy leash my flesh Allah a shop in La oven will a a doing they were your Shiva's people were there they were studying the Word of God and as a result of that nothing negative occurred to them they were saved from the Greeks from the it seen ikkaku famous Rishon academic or MIOSHA line before us and mental Mouton they were learning before the herbin they were 12 years before the the temple was destroyed they got out of there you Sherita rest my bubble the days they had theirs their tour they continued to study it in Babylon nice a shard I am from then until today below show up ahead I really oven with Legos or LM Jamaat nothing miss my chef in Revelation lashya the our sages tells it's a message that when it comes to me she asked x also the those who are studying torah will not be affected by the heavily mushiya have to challenges and difficulties that occur in most times so what is our focus what does the focus to be the we need to understand it's an amazing thing you need to understand that the Jewish people have a power of kedusha and the power comes because we see how how much the nations of the world are brought down by the impurity and it and it is there to inspire us to strengthen ourselves in our commitment our Shemin our commitment to God so I want to bless you and please bless me ashram should help us to be able to get into the Torah to be able to get into kedusha holiness focus boundaries should help us to have that commitment to ourselves to those we love and to God thank you so much for listening have wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.carmensognonvi.com/newsletter [Music] you