Ari Goldwag - Behar Bechukosai - God's Guarantee

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Gold wag recorded with a gems never-ending assistance in a room operation which is rail 5777 2017 this week's far show we have two partials Bihar and baku cosig before we speak out the partial I want to remind you all about my new save for my new book perfectly imperfect breaking out of the ordinary and striving for greatness available in Judaica stores throughout the world topics in personal growth about our relationship with God our relationship with ourselves our relationships with others and our party this week we have the concept of shemitah the Torah tells us very dumb rational Moshe - anymore God spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai he told him the following concept nebera beneath Telemark Elam speak to the children of Israel and say to them Kisa valuing Loretha Charlene I say no hem when you come to the land which I'm giving you the show saw or it's Shabbat /m you're obligated to let the land lie fallow there's going to be a year every 7 years and then every group of seven years on the fiftieth year as well there's going to be a year where we are enjoined obligated to let the land lie fallow not to work the land at all Shea named Ezra sadaqa for six years plant your fields vishesha name is Mark O'Meara six years be involved in pruning your vineyards to esata to a son gather in all of your crops rosh hashanah she is torah tells us but in the seventh year Shabbos Shama Sonia Lawrence it is a time of resting for the land shabbat /m arresting for God circlex Israel the chemical dose is more you are not to plant your fields and you're not to prune your vineyards now this concept is a massive idea it's unbelievable idea can you imagine an entire country we're not talking about where some places in the country they're doing the the letting Alliant lie fallow one year everyone is doing it the same exact year everyone is doing it together an entire country basically shuts down all of their produce and this is speaking about a society and in a time when that was it everything came from their own production and the Torah tells us and God obligates us to stop for one year just like every single week we work for six days Shabbos we rest we don't work on Shabbos not involved in our income rather where everything is ready for us on Shabbos the seventh year as well everything is ready for us in the seventh year the Torah tells us that if you're going to wonder what are we going to eat in that seventh year don't worry in the sixth year you'll have triple blessings there'll be so much in the sixth year that they'll be enough to last for three years amazing thing and it very much parallels what we see in regards to the way that the Jewish people experienced their sustenance in the mid bar in the wilderness the Jewish people would collect the manna every single day would rain down from heaven they would receive it they would pick it up every day on Shabbos on the Sabbath they would not get any mana but what would happen was that they would get a double portion on the sixth day and in a similar way that we see over here now what's interesting as I was thinking about this idea as I was thinking about this parallel why is it indeed that a Shem set it up in such a way that we would receive triple in the sixth year enough for three years and double on the sixth day when we were in the wilderness enough for Friday and Chavez why didn't I just let us have on the seventh day whatever we needed for the seventh day or in the seventh year why couldn't the crops just continue to grow why was it necessary that we would have a tripling effect this this overabundance in the sixth year which would last us all the way through the seventh and then the eighth year as well now before we get to that idea the answer to that question need to understand what's going on is just a foundational idea the concept of be Tahoe the concepts of trusting in God and to illustrate this I want to share with you a question which was posed by the author of navarre deck in his book my tragus Adam which speaks to the concept of Batak home in the chapter dark head we talk on the ways of trusting God the verse tells us this is farther along chapter 25 verse 20 the Torah tells us Vicki Tamra if you will say man I hope I shall not reach what will I eat in the seventh year Haman is over loan estimates will say no we won't be able to sew anything we won't be able to plant any seeds we won't be able to gather in our produce Hashem promises on in plastic in verse 21 the TVCs Makati Lechem I will command my blessings upon you Rasha Najeh shits in the sixth year a sauce esse - Lucia Lucia on them like we mentioned before it's going to be a triple crop so the alternative Artic asks a very important question we need to understand at which point is somebody asking this question and if you will say what will we eat in the seventh year if it's if the person is standing in the sixth year so he already sees the triple blessing if you standing at the beginning of the shmita cycle exhale in the first year what is you worry about it so that's something that's going to happen in the future why is he worried at this time the alternative Artic tells us an amazing idea and she says look a person might be very willing not just willing but excited to do the midst of a sham to fulfill the commandment of a sham or you could say it himself look when I get to that seventh year I need to make sure I have enough let me start in the first year putting away savings putting away a portion of my crops this year so that when it comes to the seventh year I'll have enough so he'll be mad Samson himself he'll constrict himself not use all that he's received in the first second third fourth fifth and sixth year and indeed he will have enough for the seventh year and he'll think that he's doing the right thing the Torah tells us don't make that mistake if a person does not trust in God that's the way he'll go they'll trust in himself and that's what's going to happen he'll just have exactly what he needs and this blessing the triple blessing is not going to come upon him the blessing only is received by someone who actually receives who's interested in receiving who is willing to receive who doesn't depend on his own actions in order to do that which he believes will be the only way you can survive the Torah is telling us if you wait if you have faith if you trust me trust me I promise you I will show you a triple blessing don't try to do things on your own don't try to do it your way if you do it your way Hashem feel quality I'm Aneta the verse tells us God is the shade by our right hand God will do whatever he's like our shadow if we behave a certain way with him God will respond in a similar way back to us so we don't trust him get that triple blessing heaven forbid but if we do sista Torah if you have that be taco if you have that face you'll access an amazing blessing a triple blessing now I want to share with you an amazing insight that I just read in the safer of remotion Shapiro reflections introspection which I mentioned previously and it very much relates to the idea of shemitah to the idea of the token of trusting in God completely and it relates to the concept of the fruits as opposed to the fruits the field versus the fruits of a tree you know we know that other Maori shun the first man in the gun in the Garden of Eden so he was given the opportunity to eat fruits of the tree after the sin after he didn't listen to God II ate from the forbidden fruit and Torah tells us that from that point on he would be eating from the fruit of the ground he would be eating it would be a difficult labor and an extended process to bring wheat to his completed States which is bread originally our hissarlik sages tell us originally when he was in the garden so the bread the the completed loaf actually grew on a tree but as a result of his sin everything was lower to level it went down from a fruit from a tree from a fruit tree and it became something which could only be produced from a plant something that comes out of the ground now what is the difference that's Ramona Shapiro what is the difference between a fruit tree versus a plant that grows on the ground shrubbery and he takes note of the fact that when it comes to a fruit tree when you pick a fruit so the tree remains the tree will continue to produce fruit and you'll be able to get this fruit again next year when it comes to season for the food again picking that fruit doesn't take away anything from the tree but when it comes to taking a plan with a wheat so the process of bringing that wheat from a state of growing in the ground to becoming a piece of bread that you can eat on your table that process destroys the original thing if to destroy the plant every single year you have to renew your effort you have to plant again the previous effort so to speak has died there's a disconnect from the from the source there's disconnect in such that each moment each new moment is disconnected from the previous moment that's how he explains it very interesting idea but he uses it to teach us an amazing thing that there are two different ways that we can exist in the world that we can exist in reality the original intent of God the original intention of Hashem was that the other my reason the first man and all humanity be connected in a way which was unceasing to life to the source of life which is God himself and so the original person the human being would never die he would never lose that life life would always be attached to the source of life and just as if one would take fruit the tree itself always remains so to the human being would always continue to remain and the the way that we exist now however is parallel to how the curse of our own came about which Express the fact that no longer would he be attached eternally or at least in this realm no longer would he be attached in this realm eternally to that source of life but rather each new moment would involve a new effort and that effort would die person will receive through his efforts in this day the person will receive only what he needs for this day and then the next day he'll have to work again and it won't be like it will just happen on its own it won't be passive income so to speak but rather it will be continuous to the person needs to put in extended efforts now what's amazing that occurs when a person has to be calm the person has absolute faith in God so what happens is that Hashem promises us action guarantees us that he will provide for us whatever we need God is there to provide us if we trust in God borås I give our show you've tapash and the verse tells us blessed is the person who trusts in God waha yah IMF Tahoe God will be the one who stands and his is trustworthy as a result of me trusting God when I trust and know that God is going to give me my needs Hashem responds in kind now there's another facet er which is important to know and that is that the whole this discussion here on the Torah this whole idea is prefaced with the words that when you shall come into the land of Israel this is an obligation the laws of shmita are only incumbent upon a Jew when he lives inside of the Land of Israel now what is the idea behind that was the depth behind that and I believe that part of what the tour is trying to teach us is that there's a special shikaka there's special divine providence when the jew lives in Eretz you throw in that you live in the Land of Israel there's a special connection there's a special tapping into that life source which is God which is a parent in Israel which can only be taught in Israel which of course it's true that a person is always connected to God no matter where they are but it's more openly a parent verse tells us that it's an area to share common a national calf about the eyes of God are upon this land specially narrations Hashanah that offers showing from the beginning of the year to the end of the year the Land of Israel is a place where we see a Chicago process we see divine providence in an unnatural manner and as a result of that from the from the fact that we have special Providence here this is what Hashem can promise us that there's going to be just like you had in the mid we're in the wilderness an unbelievable thing that went on which was the manna falling from heaven the sustenance for 40 years that hashgacha that special divine providence where I openly show my hand in your life continues in the Land of Israel continues a narrative throw because there to tour the Land of Israel is that place where we connect in we get you get higher we get to the place of the fruits it's a land which is known for its special through the shivoham' enum the seven types of fruits that are that are special tires Israel but what does it mean that roots represent our - through other seven meanings seven special types of fruits then and when the spies came back they brought these different special amazing fruits what is that idea I believe that the depth of that idea is very much connected to what we're speaking about actually sells the land of fruit it's a land where when you take the fruit you aren't destroying the Karen you're not destroying the the principle you're just taking the results the principle remains and it will again provide the connection is there with God that's a special character of special nature of air to travel the land of Israel now what's interesting what's amazing is that the the first man under my retial when he sinned he disconnected himself from God he caused himself to die he lost that connection to eternal life to something which lasts forever interestingly the Jewish people the Torah tells us that if we don't keep the shmita if we don't keep the sabbatical year so we also are exiled we are detached under my research and the first name was detached from the Garden of Eden detached from the source of life and the Jewish people also have them probably when we don't do a shovel and we don't keep the sabbatical year specifically we are detached from Hashem we don't have that Batak one we don't trust in God we lose that connection heaven forbid but the natural state of the human being the natural state of the Jew is one of connection to God is when where God is constantly providing him with his life and all that he needs in order to remain alive now as a result of Adam original sin the paradox is that he was told that because he disconnected himself from God because he didn't listen to God's will he ate from the forbidden fruit the result was that now he would have to work and that he would have to feel like it's come it's because of him when I when I'm working to six days when I'm involved in my parnassia so it feels that I'm the one doing it it feels like I'm the one who is bringing in my sustenance and that creates a mega challenge it creates an unbelievable difficulty how am I supposed to connect to God how am I supposed to get back into that relationship that fruit type relationship when Hashem has disconnected me so to speak he has sent me out he's taken me away where he sent me away what's the idea what's the depth here so what we see is an amazing thing when it comes to Shabbos and when it comes to Shamika we see that it doesn't just happen that oh I get what I need on Shabbos even though I didn't I didn't work it just shows up at my door on Shabbos it doesn't it comes on Friday and I don't get the produce in the sixth and the seventh year growing on its own even though I'm not working what happens is Hashem gives me a true proportion in the sixth year it's obvious the work that I did the results that came had nothing to do they didn't have to do with each other it was it's very clear last year the year before ye before that I do the same amount of work I got one portion I got one year's worth of crops but this year in the sixth year I get triple crops it becomes absolutely 100% undeniable that the work that I did has nothing to do with the results that which I have received is clearly openly and apparently from Hashem it's not me doing it it's all as I'm doing it and now after I've learned this lesson from all of my efforts I've been working for six years I've been working for six days of the week I get a double portion on Shabbos I don't do anything that's the ultimate and deepest recognition first I see that it's not me doing it comes from a Shem and then I set a step back and I completely recognize and I receive that which a Shem is giving me clearly and openly it's not me it's only Hashem on either doing any effort so on Shabbos and on shmita an amazing thing happens and the RAM bond talks about this in the context of what what is the idea of shmita what is idea of Shabbos how did a peril the seventh was the idea of the seventh concept and he explains that the seven concept also in the in the in the realm of the world itself are 'has Allah sages teach us that there are seven thousand years of the world exists or in a deeper sense there's seven rounds of seven thousand and the fiftieth thousand which we've spoken about previously but there are seven thousand years of the world exist six thousand years as we have it here the regular world as we know it and then from near 6000 to 7000 that last millennium that millennium is Shabbos its own hobbo it's the world to come and so we have this round every time you know we have the six days in the seventh day the seventh day is main on my book it's it's an inkling it's a microcosm of all I'm above the world to come now what is that world to come what is that I'm what is it like it's a return to the state of other my regional color my cape it's a return to that place where we're eating the fruits we receive the fruits and it doesn't take away from the Karen doesn't take away from the principle where we are receiving from a Shem we are living forever we live there's no death we're constantly connected to the source of life which is a Shem but the amazing thing is that the tour is not just speaking to the Jew in Israel it's not just speaking to the Jew in the times of the first and second temples when this was a door I so this was an obligation from the Torah it's speaking to me now whether I'm an Israel and I'm keeping the mitzvot neither are born from the sages or whether I'm outside of Israel I don't keep this particular Mitzvah but the message of the Mitzvah the depth of the Mitzvah the depth of the idea is that be talk on trusting in God is something which is an obligation it's incumbent upon me to know and to believe and to experience the fact that God is always taking care of me and now Shem will show me here and there you know just like it was no times on the 6th year they would see a triple crop Shem will show me in mind in my experience in my life if I look for a shell show me he will have there will be opportunities to see that something occurred something came through me which clearly had nothing to do with my actions I did the same thing I did every other time I did the same exact thing the other times I didn't make that much money the other times it didn't have such an effect such an impact but this time it did what's the difference it's just Hashem showing me that he is there in my life that he is taking care of me and that those it looks like those things other places where he is he's involved in my life but the truth is that he's involved in every single moment of my life and it's just for me to choose will I acknowledge and recognize that not just the places not only the places where it's openly apparent that Hashem is in my life will I be able to recognize that Hashem is openly involved in my life even in the places where it doesn't seem it seems like it's me doing it that is the lesson that is the depth of what it's possible to take out of this mess to take out of this idea of shmita an idea of Peeta home of trusting in God so I want to bless you and I ask you to please bless me a sham should help us to have those opportunities to see those places where there's abundance beyond what we could have expected from our own efforts Jim should help us recognize that it's not our efforts Jim should help us to see that it's him that he is involved on a personal level in each of our lives Shem should help us be able to take home that message perhaps even every Shabbos remind ourselves of that message and should help us to be able to let him into our lives so that that love and that trust that we can have for him that he will show for us continues in all of our lives thank you so much for listening have a wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.rkphotomagictrix.com [Music]