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Breishis - Starting Right
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What is the idea that the first verse of the Torah contains the entire Torah, and that the first word and the first letter do the same? Why does the Torah start with the letter 'Beis' and not 'Alef?' What is hinted to in the seven words of the first verse? What is hinted to in the twenty eight letters of the verse? How do we begin the year right? Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.
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precious and we have the beginning of
the terror abridges brother Kim mr. Shah
- or it's in the beginning Hashem
created the heavens and the earth and
you know fortune go at length to explain
the beginning of the tire of course the
first pus of the first word the first
letter of the parsha and i just share
with you a few thoughts from the BA -
rim because often about - and it's a
saber which has to do with the gamut
areas and has to do with deeper ideas
and often it's a tum seat it's a
concentrated version of what them of
Fortune we're speaking about and I'd
like to understand what it is that them
unfortunately after what is the ballot
Orem after what are we supposed to
understand as we learn partial
spaciousness we learn the first word of
the Taira it's well in the first
possibility the first part of the Taira
what is the idea that we're supposed to
learn so he started so he says yeshiva
measures Chillicothe post-up Abby's
villa by olive why is it try to start
with the letter base we would think when
I says be raesha s' in the beginning we
would think of the Turk should begin
butter olive the first letter of the
alphabet so what's the ideal if he
should base our election Bravo I love
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the Torah specifically chose Hashem when
he wrote the Torah he specifically chose
to begin a tour with a letter base why
because the letter B's represents the
concept of Braja of blessings as opposed
to the olive interestingly which he said
represents the concepts of curses
amariah - were clifftop obeys blush and
Bravo will eventually Youkilis cam said
of Shem I'm creating this world and I
want to start it with the cause of the
bracha of blessing and hopefully the
world will exist it will work it will
work out double off hair this is another
shot Chum snail I love mice I'll shame
sorry I'll shame Schnee ulema shibaura
what's the letter BAE's letter base
besides sir I'm making a Bayes sound
also ever since the number two and so I
represent
the fact that I could have spoken when
God created the world didn't create just
one world and just create the physical
realm but rather Alma's a mile above God
created this physical world and the
spiritual worlds as well or really
literally it's this world in the next
world you created the world in its
potential State which is the world that
we experience today
and he created a world which is to come
the world to come which is also here in
this earth but it's a more spiritual
version of our world
Dabra ashame State Terrace sent about to
another possibility is we have the
number two base is - why because of the
fact that there are two different Tyra's
where the tutor is terrific sad
intership I'll pass the written Torah
and the Oral Torah the Torah as we have
it the five books of Moses the turneth
etcetera that's the written Torah
now internship at shovel pad which was
also given on Hart sinaia Mount Sinai
which is all of the it's subsequently
been written down but it's the the
Talmud the Gemara the Madras the they
are the others for my condition the holy
books of the Torah la Mettrie Hibiscus
cetera
villain dara Nero Harlem this isn't
about an amazing thing what is the idea
why is the letter base what is the
letter bays why is it represent the two
tires the Taira the terrible pad is
Tasha pick salve the oral torah written
Torah because it teaches us that it was
for those who learn Torah for those who
study God's Word who are interested in
God's will it is for them that the world
was created can I'd like to try to
understand before we see a few more of
the beautiful ideas of all term says but
I want understand what is the idea
I'm the fact that we have so many if you
look at them of course you look around
so there's a lot of discussion was the
idea the first letter base what is the
idea that we're braces will hopefully
see some more of that or his idea of the
entire the entire path up the bottom
says in the continuation he says that
there are seven words you know in the in
the positive braces braces bara elokim
as a shaman Vanessa are at seven words
and it's
twenty-eight letters and he gives a
whole concept of what's the idea of
seven what's the idea of twenty-eight
what does this represent we have he
tantalizes us with information that is
omaha mela king solomon in in co helis
which we just read recently in
Ecclesiastes so there are seven circle
of Isla ho it's the snow we have all the
times the time to love a time to hate a
time for war a time for peace etc all
those times so there are seven verses
there are 28 different times and they're
hinted to over AB strong ml King
Solomon's great wisdom was trying to
hint to this post like this verse of
ratios for what is the idea what is the
concept what is the cash Evo's what is
the significance of the first post the
first verse there the first word
embraces the first letter the base and
the deep idea that's brought down which
I've heard numerous times to remember
Cuba tats he says that whenever you come
to the beginning of something whenever
you have the beginning the very
beginning of something in that beginning
is rooted the entire thing right his
taco we find in stock about rice over
Allah we just mentioned the idea that
shun created the world for the London
tire what is the idea the ideas of sham
looked in the Turner and he created the
world from the Turner
the idea is that it's the blueprint it's
a blueprint just like somebody who's
who's building a building so first he
creates a blueprint he maps out the
entire building what it's going to look
like how deep the foundations need to be
in order to have a skyscraper you need
to have deeper foundations and you need
to be able to hold it up and all the
different details are all written in
that blueprint it's all massive Aquila
might save myself Sheila we see the end
of the creation we see the end of
everything but it's rooted in the
initial thought it's a noodle it's
rooted in that initial way of thinking
about things and the beginning contains
everything that just as a muscle you
know we find that a child a baby so in
the very moment of conception so the the
single cell contains within the DNA
which is all of the information for the
entire body to be built it's an amazing
thing a beautiful thing because we
created this awesome
idea that you have in the first moments
you have in the first moment of the
human beings creation you have all the
information for its entire life we also
find house I'll tell us that I could
borrow who showed autumn Irish in the
very beginning this is something we
mentioned before my show showed I don't
I reached in the first man at the very
beginning that the the sake for her
Ottomans in it's in our parsha there's a
safer there's a book in which she's
written the entire told us all of the
generations that would come from
adoration from from that very first day
from that very first moment of creation
of Adam and Eve throughout all the
generations each and every person who
would ever be born that person's special
awfully the personality what their
purpose in life is exactly what they're
supposed to accomplish of that exactly
what the effect that they're supposed to
have on the world every single person
from the greatest person to the lowliest
person is written there in that book of
the Seifert also although the idea is
again the same idea that whatever is in
the beginning whatever is in the very
moment of creation that remains for the
entire creation that's just the the
essence that some seat the the
concentrated essence of what's going to
happen later so now let's look at this
again in in this light because we need
to understand we have the first puzzle
which contains the the beginning of
everything we cherish - our session
created right it's gonna tell it's gonna
give us a whole list and the order of
how could who created the world the
verses are going to continue that way
but the very first pussing itself
contains the entire story race is rocky
mr. Schwarz in the beginning action
created heavens in the earth that
includes everything that includes all
the human beings and who's all the
animals that includes all the cosmos
this all the the the the billions of
light-years of space that entire
awesomeness unbelievable things from the
all the cosmos all this is all the
nebula all of the galaxies that's the
the shaman and the earth itself this
place that we live where human beings
where life exists that was all created
all of the all of the life of the plant
life all the animal life all human life
it was all in this pus it gets all in
this possible not only some of the
puzzle is in the word Boreas in the
beginning as well soon see when it's
created here I'll show you can forget
for example okay you find the bottom
says braces braces includes the concept
of he said the kamacho braces is the
same as the words brush Hashanah never
but the world was created all on
Shoshanna veracious the the letters of
braces aren't a trick on there they're
the first line basis bara rakia ashram
I'm um - I'm if you take the letters of
Britta's base race race I'll shine you
tough bara rakia got created the heavens
eros the earth shall I am the heavens
yam time the Seas the deaths okay so
each the very word itself up reaches
contains all that it's going to say in
the entire word and I'm sorry the entire
verse the very letter bays itself as we
said contains this as well it's the
cause of the blessing into our world in
order for it exists let's have blessings
entire world in order for it to exist
has to have the tyro it has to have the
the - tire shop excited terrible pair
and has to have this item has a and all
my boys have this world in the next
world
so the idea is an amazing idea that that
you have contained within the entire
Torah is the blueprint for the entire
world it's the it's the history of the
Jewish people it's the history really of
mankind and you're having to contain
within the first verse all of that which
will be created all that which was
created
yeah we contain within the first word
all of that which is contained in the
first verse and you have contained
within the first letter itself okay so
he had this amazing thing and that's the
way my cousin barcoo Nicotra who is his
Kyle how Carl himself God himself
includes everything I would say about
who he's a Nevada
there's nothing besides for God which
means that God Himself contains all of
reality within him so to speak but it
doesn't take away somehow from his
unique unity doesn't take away from his
oneness
goddess doesn't that parts God is not
like human beings somehow all of reality
is contained within and something we
can't possibly understand but it's true
and in the same way it's beautiful it's
a beautiful idea that the the very
sucking of themselves the very versus
the tire which is Hashem's will which is
God's communication to us as to how we
are to behave in his world how we are to
interact with him it also has that same
concept just as Hashem is one and he
contains everything and as you go back
further and further to oneness so you
you come closer so to speak Tosha so
it's when the tire itself the the entire
turn describes all of reality the first
verse describes all of reality
there's no closer closer to oneness
braces is oneness the word itself
contains everything and the letter base
contains everything as well and and I
want to mention you know it's not
exactly it's completely different
concept the fruit very first facet that
we spoke about the first qasida we
didn't we started off with you said the
base represents the causes of Bravo
blessings the olive we didn't want to
start with the olive but at the same
time or cause I'll tell it's an amazing
thing we have a serve a Mars liberal
island or say you tell us that the world
was created with ten statements if you
can of the statements of Vienna on the
Kim it says God said if you count them
up there are ten times that it says God
said but now there's an interesting
thing because the tenth time actually is
not a creative statement if you look at
it carefully the tenth time cetera so
it's not a creative statement if I a
meerschaum says so
huzzah won't understand what is the idea
where is the first one we're missing the
first world war were missing a tenth one
it does I say that the temple is hinted
to embraces breaches we're like a mrs.
Lambeosaurus it doesn't say that God
spoke and created and it doesn't say
that it's it's called then it's nella
it's hidden the first statement is a
hidden statement and the same way the
letter Aleph is also hidden letter and
I'll explain soon what that means but
our times I'll also tell us in you know
whatever cause I'll say whenever I say
to say something there's always a hint
to something very deep and they tell us
that the olive the first
of the tire which is not here it's found
in a different place what is the other
place it's at the beginning of that
search that difference is 10
commandments
I'd like a shamrock fi sure it's cc-come
here that's right I haven't shown you
God it took you Adam Egypt and that too
in a certain way is a hidden statement
because it's not a command all the other
Commandments are commanded by Sir it
says don't kill I see enough don't
commit adultery
oh I see Saul don't steal etc those are
Commandments and I can't shout like that
is a statement we understand for the
statement i'ma show me oh god I've took
you out of Egypt it we're supposed to
believe in God
tl aha he might hear my opponent and I
was it having the other gods you know to
worship idolatry right but the statement
190th shaman is also similarly in a
parallel way just like bridges Bora is
not a statement of God's creation by
younger God is saying I'm creating but
rather it's it's an implied statement of
creation mauritius Varla kim god created
we don't see that he's there any
statement that he said that the world
will be created yet it's a hidden
statement so too is true regardless and
I can show the katfoe it's a hidden
statements a hidden command I'm a sharer
god it's an implied command so as we get
farther back this is a very important
idea as we get farther back closer and
closer to the point of creation
closer closer to the oneness we can't
grasp anymore words can't contain it we
can't use words they can't even hear the
word barash I'm said we don't talk about
volume here there's no statement of you
shall do it's it's you need to
understand what's there need to
understand what's going on
it's not something you have to use your
your made and done any type of W enough
to understand what the concept of bina
with intuition
sometimes you can't necessarily put your
finger on you can't necessarily touch
you can't necessarily hear the word
volume there you can't necessarily hear
the the command to believe in God you
have to understand if I'm telling you
that I am your God obviously you are to
believe in me that's something you need
to understand with your intuition with
bina with with veena
that's how we get back through bina
which interestingly of course starts
with a letter base through bina
intuition we get back to the olive of
chakra of wisdom which precedes vena but
it's something we have to get to by
filling in the blanks because we live in
this world we live in a physical
world we live in a world where it's not
so easy to see a shell it's not like the
time of adoration or the first man where
God was openly a parent's guy openly
spoke to him etc you know what to
understand - and we need to read between
the lines we need to find that Aleph
which is not written which is implied
but it's not explicit we need to find
that initial statement that Hashem
created the world as Shem is the one who
took us out of Egypt he is our God and
we are to believe in him but that final
statement we are to believe in him is
something that's implied in you to
figure out on our own it's a very deep
idea let's see there's anything else
here in the in the bottom that I can
share with you so I would like to tell
you there's a few things here there's
just beautiful precious Bartlett Kimmi
points out say feet Amos m/s if you'd
look at the last letter braces it's a
soft Burroughs and olive and the Kim is
a mem the idea is the last three letters
are olive them tough MS hearings other
places I share barley Kim I share Barra
le Kim last says Baris an Aleph last
letter that came as a man my size tough
to the beginning and end of the creation
- one who places his his his high summer
cut as I refer to the fact that it's his
stamp God's stamp as it were is ms is
truth and again it's not something
that's explicit you have to know about
it you have to find it you have to see
it but it's there for what we're looking
at the very beginning the very end of
the account which comes creation ms is
there the truth is there this is the
truth this is the ultimate truth the
Turner's are feeling it okay so I just
like to wrap up and I'd like to say that
that what we see over here and the
foundational concept which I'd like to
bring across is that you know we're at
the beginning of the year were holding
the beginning of the tire up we have
gone through Shoshana
we've gone through Yom Kippur we've gone
through circus the time of simcha a time
of incredible joy we've had awesome
experiences we've had we've had we've
done chuva we've repented we come back
into our relationship with Hashem we
recommitted
sells we've rededicated ourselves to a
beautiful awesome new year and we need
to understand we need to know that what
we've gone through and it's still not
over tissue eight is we still of another
few days left of Tishrei but the
beginning I call a holic after a scallop
of course there's also a constant I call
her a gumar everything goes by the end
but whatever you find at the beginning
is what you're going to find at the end
or Vignan really says a beautiful thing
he says the very end of the year if we
look back right before Shoshanna if we
look back over the year we can see we
don't we don't know exactly as we pass
the Rosh Hashana you get through that
service maneuver we get to be mayadeen
we don't know exactly what the dinner
was what was it exam what did a Shem
decide for us for this coming year we
don't know but at the end of the year we
do know and we can look back and we can
see how much we've accomplished through
a year how many blessings Hashem has
brought to us throughout the year and
all of that was decided last verse
Hashanah and just now we had a dinner
and we everything was decided was going
to be in the coming year and we have to
have tremendous at cars to save
tremendous thankfulness tremendous
gratitude for all that Shem did for us
in the past year and we have to also
have beat up him we have to know with
with with a with a assuredness and a
coach Bob who has is going to bless us
with a beautiful year but we need to
know that it all goes by what's going on
right now at the very beginning of the
year encapsulated within the beginning
of the Taira is the entire Tyra and
capsular excuse me encapsulated within
the inside the beginning of this year is
the entire year all that's going to come
from now until the end of tough shinpei
is already decided and so right here
right now is the decisions that we make
the commitments that we make what are we
going to do this year what's going to be
important to us this year what is the
base for us that in Capulets that letter
base the beginning of the Tyra is it
blessings is it brockless is it Tyra is
it I realize that I love my bow this
world on the next row is that what our
focus is what will encapsulate our
entire year it's now that we make this
decision we look at the beginning of the
terror and turn spires us
to decide what is our beginning what
what will our entire year contain how
will we be dedicated and to the to the
to the extent and we make commitments I
say I'm going to make a decision I'm
going to learn every single day this
year I'm going to learn 10 minutes a day
an hour a day we're learning an emotive
Gemara Dafa adavi me I'm going to study
I'm gonna listen to a sheer every single
day I'm gonna learn for an hour a day to
our whatever a person can do but there's
a beginning now and the decisions that I
make today
the decisions the dedication the
commitments that I make now that has an
effect on the entire year the Beza
braces the braces my early chemists
enshrinement so are its 7 letters as
they're made of my five points out seven
is the concept of Malthus represents the
fact that Hashem is our King John
created the entire world why so that we
would acknowledge him as our king that's
the beginning if we go into the year
with that beginning with that beret
shoes with that letter basil the base of
breakfast the base of Tyrel the days of
spirituality if we go in so then our
Shem well certainly blesses with a
wonderful year so what I bless you and
ask you to bless me and should help us
that we should be able to start the year
right to make the right commitments to
make a decision that this is going to be
a year of rock aeneas a year of
spirituality we're gonna start off with
Tara as the main thing in our lives
working on ourselves working on our
meters working on all those things that
are truly important which will bring us
from I love my z-bo thank you so much
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