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Ari Goldwag - Beshalach - Perfect Dove
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Why is the Jewish people sometimes compared to a dove, and other times compared to other animals (Lion, wolf, snake)? Why does the Torah choose the singular form when speaking of the Egyptians chasing after the Jewish people? In what way is the challenge presented by the enemies of Israel greater for them than 100 fasts and prayers? Why does Hashem create a challenging situation after we have already been redeemed? Find out in this week's parsha podcast.
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wampum Israel 5778 2018 this week's
parsha is part is bacala and this week's
parsha is the culmination of the exodus
of the Jewish people's released from
bondage from slavery in Egypt and it's
the beginning of a march towards freedom
of a march towards receiving the Torah
at har Sinai the greatest revelation
that has ever occurred in the history of
mankind and I always like to look at the
sukham look at the verses at the moment
at the moment of challenge at the moment
of difficulty at that final moment
before the Jews are about to be saved at
yam soup to have the most amazing
miracle occur to them where they are
going to walk through the young safe
walk through the water on dry land
amazing miracle that all of us
experienced only three thousand three
hundred years ago but a miracle that
goes down in history as we're at the
greatest miracle walking through the
walking through the the water walking
through the 12 different channels that
were opened up for the twelve tribes of
the Jewish people and just before that
miracle occurs the Torah tells us that
the Jewish people called out they call
out to God they were crying to God on
one side they had the Egyptians the
Egyptians were racing after them trying
to destroy them yes there was an Amul ha
a nun there was a protective cloud that
stood between the Jewish people and the
Egyptians but the Egyptians were
menacing the Jewish people had been
slaves for so long and their captors
were there waiting in to destroy them on
the other side was the water seemed like
there was nowhere to go but as is the
case with with shemin's protection of
the Jewish people and the miracles that
ensue when it seems like there's nowhere
to go there's one one place to go and
that is up
it's toward soshim calling out to a Shem
calling out to God an amazing miracle
that occurs as a result of that I'd like
to focus in on that exact moment
Hashem says Mattie Tequila
Hashem says to moshe rabbeinu moses now
is the time to stop from calling out to
me now is the time to move the other
along with you so the Jewish people are
enjoined then commanded to move they're
commanded to go into the water rely on
miracles you can rely and you can
believe in the miracle that Hashem is
going to now save the Jewish people make
a final create a final salvation for
them bring them through the water
destroy their enemies destroy the
Egyptians I'd like to share with you an
amazing and beautiful beautiful Madras
that speaks about the relationship of
hashem with the Jewish people
very interesting terms it also speaks
about this salvation why not Shem place
the Jewish people he had already saved
them you know are we taking them out of
Egypt why was it necessary to have this
final showdown with the Egyptians
running after them one more time
destroying them once and for all what
was this about Haddad exceed the
measures tells us that this is what the
verse means when it says it's in she
Reshiram and the Song of Songs chapter 2
verse 14 the verse refers to the Jewish
people you know C Bukawai Acela my dove
who is in the crack of a rock
hi Alomar you know obvious hello Mouse
Omar you know see it should have just
said a dove that's in the crack of the
rock why does it say my dove and the
American on America lease well you know
see it's God speaking to the Jewish
people referring to them as his dove
Hashem calls the Jewish people his
beloved dove now there's an interesting
contrast between other places where we
find that the Jewish people are referred
to as other animals remax Eve see what
it says in Hosea chapter 7 verse 11 by
hear from Kiana paisa in life the Jewish
people became the Jewish people was
referred to as a frien that's when they
were in a state of sin so they were like
a you know like a dove foolish without
heart I'm Rocco - bro quits Lehane Kiana
voice aw Colma Shani guys are lame Ison
is Shamim Lee they're like a unthinking
dove they go forward without thinking
what does that mean
in this case the measure she's
understanding and it's a positive thing
all that I decree Hashem says they do it
and they listen to me
IVA late selected kocoum caution in
Cahiers the Jewish people are compared
to a dove because it dove is a beautiful
animal it's a light animal it just you
know you can chase after the dove and it
flies away but when it comes to other
animals other animals are more brazen
they are more difficult to challenge so
the nations of the world like a coven
those who serve idolatry they're
difficult they're tough like animals
Shalimar Guru Arjan Hooda in Yemen's
evia trough very interesting the possib
sukham verses that refer to the jewish
people as animals but the managers
understanding that the character traits
of the jewish people where you Hooters
referred to as a lion
Benjamin is referred to as a wolf he
done now officially Dara Dan is
considered like a like a snake the FEHA
concussion can I get a vehicle haben the
Jewish people the way that we relate to
Hashem the way that our relationship is
with God is like a dove we relate to God
we do God's will we we whatever our Shem
says we just listen as well soon see
from the beautiful Pacific never refer
to it but when it comes to the way that
we interact with the nations of the
world the blessings it seems that that
Yaakov Avena that Jacob gave to the
tribes of Israel has to do it the way
that they interact with the world and so
because the nations of the world act
with us in a brazen way like animals so
we have to have a meat that we have to
have the character trait of brazenness
in order to be able to conquer the meat
of the character trade of the nations of
the world so we have to interact with
them in this way we they have to be like
a line we have to be like a wolf we have
to be like a snake llama sure are you
taking a club and why is this true
because the nations of the world I mean
like a MASH my time of action in a
Shabbos has a time Shimon the nations of
the world turned to the Jewish people
and they say why are you keeping the
Sabbath what do you expect from Sabbath
what is the Sabbath give to you that
you're keeping the Sabbath minami law
has a shot mo Mowlam the nations of the
world challenge us why you made why are
you doing the circumcision
it's dangerous for the baby the mavs
action of a dilemma
mitzvos throughout history until this
very day in Europe
there have been nations who want to stop
us from fulfilling the commandments they
Nasim Koenig and cosmic ayahs and so the
Jewish people have to be as tough as an
animal when it comes to facing off with
those who challenge us to fulfill the
commandments so it's very interesting in
our relationship with a sham we are soft
we do whatever our M says in our
relationship where the nations of the
world where they challenge us we have to
be tough we have to face off with them
because they are tough a light socket or
tofu Keanu Tama when it comes - M we
won't listen to the nations of the world
when they try to stop us from our
relationship with Hashem but when it
comes to God so we're like a dove
we're like a perfect about dove shining
like a mushroom Glazer lame Shem makes a
decree upon us we do whatever God says
she never value I'm a naam the verse
tells us in Exodus chapter 4 verse 31
the Jewish people believed they did
whatever God said with him to a more
costly rational now sevenish ma the
Jewish people said whatever God says we
will listen we will do and we will
listen the nemuru a Nazi hog VSOs
hammer force us as his dove we are his
beloved dove just a beautiful magic I
remember Eliza been with us Kevon she
also meets Ryan so now here's where we
get to our story our description of
events where the Jewish people are
standing there there there there they
left Egypt are you nice to me a.m. they
lifted up their eyes are you on
midstream right from a harem so here we
have the Egyptians coming out to
challenge us to fight against us to
destroy us to stop us from finally
entering into that true relationship
with God she never went far ahead Crieff
verse says para was getting close nice
and may not Maryland I saya interesting
the measures tells us that it doesn't
say that they were going doesn't say
that the Egyptians were going it says he
went he was traveling singular what does
it mean came and she got separa by
midstream Lord if a harem when Pharaoh
and the Egyptians went out to run after
the Jewish people Halloween a mushroom
I'm they looked up the Jewish
people looked up and they saw a
frightful sight they saw something
spiritual spiritual power sir and
shamans from Iraq behavior the spiritual
power of Egypt the the angel which
protects Egypt an angel which represents
Egypt in the heavenly spheres was flying
in the air kevandsian you're a churro or
Sonia see are Wahabi
they are extremely fearful when they saw
that spiritual power of the Egyptians
Chennai marvyra my verse says they were
very fearful Malviya name is Ryan s a
forum so why is it singular Egypt
singular he was travelling after them
saaransh l Mitzrayim
Hashem it's Ryan the name of this angel
the name of the angel which protected
and represented the people of Egypt
within the heavenly spheres it's name
was mitzrayim Egypt
Shana cutter from Apple uma assumed a
pulsar Aquila the way that Hashem works
is that first he destroys the angel of
that country before he destroys that
country with Hannah Tom I didn't even
answer we find that this is true Naboo
in regards to Nebuchadnezzar I'm gonna
skip this book him but you've seen
regards another place in Tana the first
Hashem destroys the angel of that place
before he destroys the place itself as
Irish a parameter I'm sure my by a
period ever for him the the angel was
running after the Jewish people came in
shaky I coulda spoke with some dream
biome the Sheik Attila Sauron when
Hashem was going to drown the Egyptians
in the sea first Hashem
drowned the spiritual power of the
Egyptians in the station mr uh you know
arashiyama smith shrine be safe I am the
verse tells us a sham shook Egypt
mitzrayim it's a reference singular to
the to the angel of mitzraim the angel
of Egypt yes Sarge from South Africa and
Europe our Haley first session destroyed
that spiritual power and then a sham
shook Pharaoh and all of his mighty
warriors machines Hussein regime
ramavaram you know mr ellis's verily it
says singular his horse and he
Ryder is SR Sheila had that's referring
to their spiritual power have a V name
it certainly say aha RAM and it's also
the singular reference the spiritual
power is running after them very
interesting because it's the power which
is coil it includes all of them it's the
spiritual power which we've spoken about
the Kyllo before it that's why it's
singular Malfoy Rohit crave measures
tells us another point first point we
have is the love of a Shem the way that
the Jews act as a dove as opposed to
when it comes to the nations of the
world they act like they act like a lion
or they act like they have a spiritual
brazenness when it comes to the nations
of the world that's the first point the
second point is that there was a
spiritual power of the Egyptians that
was running after the Jewish people shun
destroyed it third point Omalu farah
hick rev no she compared to see Stella
true which also amazing beautiful thing
that what is idea that power the verse
says power was getting closer but the
way that he the language that he uses is
hickory which means it's actually a
language of saying that he brought close
doesn't mean that he literally means not
that he came close but that he brought
close who did he bring close and less
sure he could be Sarah chuvash I assume
Pharaoh by chasing after the Jewish
people cause the Jewish people cause
someone else to come close because the
Jewish people took him close to God
because they did jouvert they repented
omer of bravia rebecca says yahveh is a
crevice partly around we met Simon
syphilis the the coming closer Pharaoh
to the Jewish people was better for the
Jewish people than a hundred fasts and
prayers meaning it's possible to do tube
is possible to repent come close to God
through fasting and prayer but the enemy
of the Jewish people chasing after the
Jewish people was more powerful than a
hundred fasts and 100 prayers Lama shake
Haven she wrote to a harem why is this
that since they they ran after the
Jewish people ROI son the Jewish people
saw their enemies coming and CRO might
they were extremely fearful metonymy
name la Mara and they looked up to the
heavens and he said god help us Vasu
chuva they repented with his Palo Duro
and they prayed Shan Emma as
says in Exodus chapter 14 verse 10
fights a coup venice' Hashem the Jewish
people called out to God our youths
relevation
the people of Israel said to Moses merci
Solano what have you done to us actually
aim but very similar to commercials you
know em I am now the Egyptians are gonna
get back at us for all that we've done
to them so raghu-bhai ran we killed
their firstborn we're not on my mind I'm
in Rocklin we took all of their money
and we ran away they were afraid Lynette
saw Martin mashaallah ich mich enter
didn't you tell us that we should borrow
his stuff from there now they're gonna
come and take everything back but so
sure how you earned them below how you
ride analysis they were standing there
they didn't know what to do well haha
I'm sucker so I can you imagine this
amazing scene it was unbelievable it was
so difficult it was such a challenge the
enemy was coming closing them off
ahuyama Sager by signing right if a
heisman amid were animals had come in
from the wilderness and they they were
chasing after the Jewish people on one
side Egyptians on the other side the the
water was on the third side Jedi Master
girl am i Midler the verse tells us that
they were closed in by the wilderness
I'm arrived here may have been allows
there ain't cigar La Hoya's we find that
when it says closed in it's a reference
to animals that are closing in on you
as genevra's verses in Daniel chapter 6
verse 23 l ik e / male hey cigar poo
Marimo so there was a prayer that that
was said God please save me from the
animals that are closing in on me the
Lions Kevin Sharia strelsau human
coughing Michelle Ashoka's when the
Jewish people saw that they were
surrounded on three sides I am sorry
about sandy right about heisman I made
were the animals on one side the
Egyptians on the other side and the
water on the third side
it's Halloween am levine they were
trapped there was nowhere to go there
was nothing else to do just to look up
toffee mush mush a man called out
calling out to their father in heaven
but sock wholock of the ship or who they
call that to God she never made Tsukuba
nice Earl of Shem the verse says they
called out to God well I'm a sucker this
broken ahem very interesting and
beautiful just such a I mean this is the
way that we see when it comes to
personal
challenges this is the way we see when
it comes to national challenges look
throughout the history of the Jewish
people look at 1967 look throughout the
times Jewish people faced off with a
challenge it looks like we're okay new
challenge arises looks like we're we're
done for we pray miracles happen
why is it work this way metrics tells us
an amazing and interesting thing I'll
show hi-yah - for whom is Avila to feel
awesome
why not sham do this sham wanted their
prayer sham wants us in prayer what is
the idea this we need to understand so
she wants us to pray ashram wants us to
call out my sham wants us to ask for his
help and wants us to have a real
relationship with him so sometimes if we
forget about the relationship we don't
recognize it enough sham creates a
situation which seems intensely
difficult so that we will recognize that
it's God who is saving us who's taking
care of us who's watching over us
already Shubin levy Lamar double diamond
maybe Sherman lady gave us an analogy
lamella this is comparable to a king
show your Baba Dara a king was walking
along he was coming along on the path
voice of Osman Lakhan Sayaka slay and
there was a princess who saw the king
and he caught she called out to him a
vaca shaman car please that's elenimia
listing please save me from these
bandits Shama Mel feet Cielo the King
heard her and he saved the princess ah
her Yaman be cashless I saw the Isha he
decided after not too many days Not long
afterwards he said it I decided I want
to marry you
I'm establishing a dagger in my villa hi
sir right sir he was he was wishing that
she would speak them but he she wasn't
interested in speaking to him now I saw
Malik what did the King do gear
abolished him he took those bandits out
of jail and and he created a situation
where she again needed him Ganesha it's
like the Ishmael Mela
in order that she call out and that the
King would respond so the king created a
situation where they would need where he
would be needed again by the very
princess we wish to marry that's an
analogy
Akhilesh woohoo God he was ready to save
the Jewish
he had saved them already there was
something missing in the relationship
the Jews had not yet acknowledged they
hadn't sung that song yet as the
excessive explained they hadn't there
wasn't the completion of the salvation
of the Jewish people yet so Shem created
a new situation which was not a real
situation which was not a true danger it
seemed like a danger by a college
welcome created so that they would call
out to him so that they would
acknowledge God and God would save them
one final time and then they would come
and they would sing came in Chabot okay
Giro okay Cayman Chabot allow at least
him it's Felix agus lamella so she
called out again to the King back in the
analogy Oh Merle Harmon flick ah you
seem establishment relief this is what I
wanted I wanted to hear your voice I
wanted you to interact with me khaki
structure women's rhyme the Jewish
people when they were in Egypt very much
Ogden by him and they were enslaved his
skillet sock him they started to call
that touch him
they started asking a sham please save
us gentleman named Lakota Sparkle and
they lifted their eyes to God you never
invite he by him around my him buddies
aku first tells us in chapter 2 verse 23
of Exodus that they call out to Hashem
they needed that help me on violet Kim
it's been a thrill God saw immediately
discover who might see on me Sean God
started to take them out the al-khasaka
was going to go with an outstretched arm
amazing power
well Kaddish baklava kashish masculine
Palma Harris he wanted to hear the voice
again he wanted them to call that he
wanted them to speak to him
lawyer rights and they weren't
interested they didn't have that
relationship was missing man also return
a sham no gear Allah for Allah Deborah
me cause Pharaoh to run after them she
never on fire he crave
Pharaoh came close me alibi stuck when a
stylish I'm immediately the Jewish
people call that again but susharma
kaliesha protocol is an evocative
shmaaya call him I want to hear that
sound chinami
back to this first verse which recorded
from she Reshiram from the Song of Songs
Nassim ACOG me Acela my beloved dove
who's in the crack of the rock Hashimi
Nene Kyle in AHIMA diverse doesn't say
let me hear a voice Ella Hashmi Nia
skylake let me hear your voice I
here the voice I heard before your voice
the voice which I know you by which
voice I say a culture crush on my to be
mitzrayim that same sound that I heard
when you were in Egypt when you call
that to mean I said a sham please out me
a sham please save me I want to hear
that voice again that's the real voice
as the real connection instead of sham
wants Lacock Cibao me Nia Scylla that's
how the verse says let me hear your
voice I want to hear that same voice
when hear that same sound I want to have
that same deep connection Shimon saying
to the Jewish people if our code McPhee
lesson Shelbourne letv Laska she never
might eat sake lie Hashem was saying to
Moshe Rabbeinu why are you calling out
to me I want I want the original prayer
that same prayer that they already
called out to me I want that prayer
again and that's what I've been looking
for not a new prayer but the same prayer
that same connection that the Jewish
people had in their challenge and their
difficulty that's what I want now and
that creates the relationship with your
Nazi Tomasi of the beautiful dove the
beautiful dove the Jewish people slip
into the arms of God we just fly up into
the arms of God I just I think this is
such a beautiful beautiful meddra sh the
beauty of it the relationship with the
Jewish people this Dove this beloved of
to God and how God wants our prayers God
puts us through challenges you know we
think oh it's so hard it's so hard the
challenges it's so hard
Shem puts us through these things
because he wants to hear our voice he
wants to hear a depth of love he wants
to hear that voice that he said before
that yearning that need that connection
that's what's going on here and
sometimes it comes because we're in a
challenge sometimes it comes because we
have walked out of the challenges I'm a
saved us sometimes it comes because the
nations of the world are challenging us
with their brazenness and we need to
respond with our breeziness and
sometimes we see the spiritual power of
the nations of the world and it seems
like they're more powerful than us
neshama shows us that I'm coming to save
you I'm coming to destroyed their
spiritual power and I'm coming to
strengthen your spiritual power
show over and over again how the Jewish
people are the ones who reflect that
beautiful simple power that simple that
dove that just effortlessly flies up
doesn't have to have brazenness of the
lion doesn't have to have the brazenness
of a wolf of a snake all of these
animals which have brazenness we need
that power as well but ultimately it's
all about the love and the willingness
that we have to do a Shems will because
we see Shem is there for us in all of
our challenges so I want to bless you
please bless me because Shem should help
us in all of these different stages and
all of the different places where we
find ourselves whether it's in the
challenges of daily life or whether it's
in the moments of salvation whether it's
in the moments where we feel oppressed
challenged and we need to bring up the
spiritual power of the highest of the
different animals that are inside of us
Shem should help us to be able to have
that spiritual fortitude Asham should
fill us with a love with connection with
a deep connection we should be able to
pull forth those spiritual kiteless that
ability from with inside of us the voice
that we've used before
Shem should help us to use it again
Asham should bring us to that place of
unity Tomasi of the perfect dove a
perfect love thank you so much for
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