Ari Goldwag - Ki Savo - Commitment to Torah

in listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Gold Wegg recorded with oceans never-ending assistance in 5778 this week's purchase partials kosevo and in our parsha so we the Westerners the Western mind is used to thinking of our relationship with a Shem of our relationships with others why do we do things what motivates us in our relationship so often the thing that motivates us the most we'd like to believe that the thing that motivates us the most is the fact that we love the person who we're interacting with we love our child love our spouse love those around us and while of course it's true that love is an essential and really important part of any relationship the Torah in this week's part tells us that in in a few different ways it shows us that our relationship with Hashem it's not enough to be involved in that relationship out of love love is a powerful motivator but many times the human being in order to be motivated needs more than just love human being in order to be motivated needs da-da-da-dum it's not a bad word fear URIs Hashem the fear of God the respect for the relationship that is an essential part of any relationship it's not just enough to be in love with somebody what happens when somebody sometimes falls out of love what happens when a person doesn't have that feeling so there's something else it's called commitment it's called fear it's called recognition of our relationship and the importance and the power of the relationship and the Torah this expression part is Q sub o teaches us that in a number of different ways the simplest way the Torah tells us is the Torah tells us there are blessings our blessings that kind of come upon the Jewish people when we fulfill the Torah when we do that which we're supposed to do all the blessings come upon us but the Torah also warns us and tells us that this is not just a relationship oh when things are good so everything is good so we're good but if if you know if something goes wrong we don't like how God is treating us or we don't feel like doing God's commandments you know we're gonna just go on our way do whatever we want God says no no this is a this is a bris this is a to wait a pact this is a this is a relationship between two parties between God and the Jewish people between God and every individual so the Torah tells us that there are things that happen the tour is very clear very clear from the Torah that Europe the concept of the fear of Hashem the cons are the respect for the relationship this paramount the Torah goes on and on telling us about how important it is and how important it is to respect a relationship and what happens when we don't respect a relationship it's similar way to what happens when a person gets married the person gets married of course love everything is wonderful - people are just crazy about each other but there's a document the man gives to his wife as they're underneath the hope and the document says if I you know I first it says all of his commitments he's going to value her he's going to provide for her he's going there's so many things that he has to do for her right and if he doesn't if they're if they're gonna back out of the relationship at any point Suba says exactly what he has to pay because this is a relationship a relationship is bound with love and also with respect with fear now what I want to focus in on with it I'd like to share with you there I'm Vaughn beautiful piece in the Rabanne and it's specifically in the area where the the Torah tells us Moshe Rabbeinu says that when the Jewish people are going to enter into the land of Israel as they come in there so they're gonna find a place called hog reason and how evolve these two mountains which you can actually visit today which are not far from Schramm and half of the Jewish people is going to stand on one mountain and half the Jewish people is going to stand on the other mountain and each mountain represents a different aspect of our relationship the the sukham speak about you know I'd like to read it to you because it's pretty amazing this is in chapter 27 verse 11 by itself I should say who lay more Moses commanded the nation on that day and said as follows Allah Eagle yama navarchus are my hog reason every time in sardine these are the ones are gonna stand on hot grease him when the Jewish people pass over the Jordan River Shimon believe you hooda the suckers have been moving yeomen these are the six tribes the a lugar gothic Lullaby Hara AVO these are the six who stand on the other mountain which has to do with the curse is if we don't receive the Torah on heart Ava Roofing gosh was wound dumb enough Tully each of these six tribes were set up in order to affirm the fact that our commitment to God is stalwart our commitment to God is unwavering we will do whatever we are told and blessings will come upon the Jewish people if we do what we're supposed to do and heaven forbid the opposite could happen if we don't do what we're supposed to do under while Aviva called issue Sorrell Cora the Levites they stand and they make sure that the entire Jewish people will will speak in a in a loud voice and express the fact that we accept upon ourselves the Torah the blessings and heaven forbid the curses if we do not fulfill the Torah and I'm reminded I was once at a swearing-in ceremony for Fritz aha for the IDF and one of the things that they do I was at it for now haha ready so for the new population they say an in each bar I swear they swear their allegiance to the IDF for the freedom they say any much here I affirm but they're saying powerful when a group of people say I affirm the Jewish people affirm the Torah that's your session that's the fear of God that's the commitment come what may it I won't always feel like it when I wake up in the morning I always feel like getting up and dialing I always I won't always be like that with me now I won't always feel like 9 the Torah I won't always feel like doing I'm supposed to do but I have firm I commit except upon myself that this tour is not just for good times this relationship is not just for when I feel like it this relationship is always so I affirm that with a powerful commitment and Taurus goes through the different affirmations are you should show yeah it's a pestle curse it is the one is going to make an idol curse it curse it and of course it's the opposite it's all true bless it as somebody who keeps the Torah okay excuse me so now in the end of this section plus a cup of this is a where I'd like to focus in on and this is what I like to share with you but if the Rambam beautiful thing in the Rambam verse says are asurela yaki mystery terrazas curse it is someone who does not uphold this Torah lastly sigh some to fulfill them fulfill the commandments to uphold to affirm the commitment to keeping the Torah of honor Kalama main the entire nation answers are main the word our main means I agree I affirm I agree Rashi says the Rabanne Costa Rashi surely welcome can't call his cultura cooler the kablooey allium but a lavash or this this verse includes the entire Torah and this verse is where the entire Torah was affirmed with a with an oath by the Jewish people I'd like to read to you from the room bottom Rompin says like this listen carefully to this is just beautiful powerful well feed IT my man says that my opinion is yeah Kabbalah has ice that this acceptance this affirmation should have been mrs. Billy Boy a person needs this is true of course at the time when when the Jewish people came into the Land of Israel and of course this is true in regards to each and every individual Jew throughout the generations cabela's as she did with mrs. Billy Boy a person needs to admit and to affirm within his heart the he's committed to the commandments to doing that which it says in the Torah the hew bane of MS he needs to view the Torah as true yeah Mitch I sighs I knew you liked soccer person needs to believe and know that a person who fulfills the Torah will have reward will receive goodness well I'll a mere Amish person does not transgress the Torah will be punished in the apartment as man the person will deny even one commandment but see a bit aina but la la eylem you are or if anything will be will be nullified in his mind if he thinks that there's any part of the Torah which has some heaven forbid will not last so he's cursed well I'm of our life has man but if a person transgressed even one of them keegan chocolat has ear shek it's the table so interesting he says the puss except the verse tells us you have to uphold the Torah let's say person transgressed let's say person for whatever reason had a tremendous Tiger he had a tremendous desire to eat something which was forbidden the pork the bugs so he says but she lasts a couple of lot so let's say he was lazy and he did not build Masuka in ain't about her Meza so such a person of course these transgressions are something wrong he has broken the Torah but he's not included in this particular verse the verse is telling us that we need to uphold the tour was idea of upholding Kela Amara Kosovar oh yeah says the rhetorics it doesn't say that a person who doesn't do the Torah is cursed person who doesn't do the Torah doesn't say that Ella Omar surely your chemistry at Tara's eyes lassos rather the verse tells us that it's important for us to uphold the Torah to do it what does that mean because I'm teaming with Qi yuwu them just like it says in regards to the Jewish people when it came to poem so the Jewish people they they were Mac I'm they fulfilled it that really they stood it up they stood the tour back up be accepted upon us as they affirmed the power of the Torah you-know-who clear my mind about - so this is a reference to the fact that there's a harem there's a curse upon those who are rebelling against God who deny the tour's veracity deny that all parts of the Torah true okay so Torah is telling us the obligation to affirm the Torah michali besides or easy their own man tells us that he saw near Shami and so did says asurela Yocum now which the verse says that they that that the person does not uphold the Torah is cursed creation turn I fellas what does it mean to uphold it or what does the Torah fall down what his idea and Torah is falling down it has to be held up what does it mean maybe Shimon Ben yaki my mare Russian many elements his name he says Zach Azam it's a reference to the congregational leader cousin can be the guy by the shul could be the rabbi of the show it's a person who has who has a sway over the tea brew as a sway over the the Jewish people over that congregation he has an obligation to make sure to perhaps be an example himself of someone who is upholding the Torah to encourage others to a pull the Torah interesting his name is to be shown been Yocum we find in a number of different places the Torah gives us the name of etana it could be it's because of what he said it could be it's because of something special about that person but he's referred to as Ben York and the person who upholds remember gnocchi ritual after a mere said Best in Show motto she Mahuta says that this is a reference to who is the Torah telling us that they must keep it they must uphold it the curse if they don't of hold it is a reference to the best-in-show matter to the court system the Jewish court system Tamara V who de una became schwa Hodari Z so I'm sorry probably Amara be hooda or Unum ashaming small review Hooda and and Ramona said never has a Qureshi Omar al Ilah Hakim in regards to this this verse it was josiya Yoshii Yoshii ax yo the king of the Jewish people who said he opened up the Torah Torah had been left in a corner the Jews feel I forgot no Torah he got up and he said I have to be the one I have to be the one to uphold the Torah what does it mean that the Torah had fallen in his time the Torah had fallen the Jewish people were not fulfilling the tour in this time Yoshio got up and he reestablished the tour he reaffirmed his commitment cetera reaffirm the Jewish people's commitment to tour and he was an awesome leader and he was able to bring back the Torah to the Jewish people oh yeah I see be sharing a time come back here yes sir Rebbe I said I never returned home Lama the limit he taught he learned and in thoughts the shimmer and he kept for also and and he did the entire Torah let's say a person did everything that was to do he learned and he taught others etc I see the classic Hicks ik miss mclaurel let's say he had the money he had the wherewithal to support others learning Torah where he had the ability to encourage people to learn Torah to keep the Torah but he didn't even though he himself did it that's not that's he hasn't done the proper thing he hasn't fulfilled the verse it has to make sure that it's not enough that he studied guitar it's not enough that he uphold the Torah it's important comment upon every single individual to make sure that others are keeping the Torah that others are studying the Torah neither shoe become as ice they dharshan in regards this hakama this standing up this encouragement this q miss fulfillments this commitment makes her mouth - u s-- she only wants to be on the bottom so let's say there's the house of the king or there are leaders of the Jewish people and they have the ability to stand the Torah back up those they can help people that could encourage people who are not properly fulfilling the Torah - indeed fulfill the Torah now feel all yet Sadek gonna be myself even if the king or the Nazi he himself was absolutely righteous in his deeds but y'all call a hot secretary you had her - I'm I'm a battler my sir and he could have but he did not encourage those who were nullifying - who were desecrating the Torah to keep the Torah to keep the Torah he could have helped them so such a person it's going to be cursed the current leadership irrational it's the idea that we said and so he's telling us is that it's not enough to keep the Torah it's it's incumbent upon each and every individual for us to make sure that everyone keeps the Torah to make sure that we are encouraging all the parts of Christ so the Jewish people is one soul it's one body it's one one group we need all of the individuals within the group everyone inside of the book to make sure the boot is not doesn't have any holes in it if I'm not Derek Acorah zach has a last point in the ramp on the the hazael tell us Zach hasn't you know make him sifrit allow me don't acknowledge blue that it says if there's an obligation to make sure that the Torah is upheld it may it makes it the Torah also means right included in the Torah many different facets many different aspects one aspect is when we put the taro away inside of the Armco - I'll put it inside of the ark so it's incumbent upon us to make sure that doesn't fall physically literally and of course when if the Torah falls literally if it falls so then it represents the fact that there's there's a possibility of the fact that the tour itself can fall we need to respect the tour itself part of the respect and making sure towards cat part of that is that we need to make sure that the tour itself the physical tour doesn't fall and we need to make sure that we understand it there are occasions of that which is that the tour itself stands up in our lives we need villain era hasn't she and make him safer Tyrell at zebra Harris panic sea Wasilla call the rim bond ends off and tells us another aspect of it which is which something that we do in the in the shul and the sit-in synagogue what we do is we after we read the Torah according Onegin eyes or before come to the min ago stardom we raise up the Torah in front of the entire congregation so everyone can see the letters inside of the Torah once idea of that it has to be picked up randomly sure yo yo King right curse this on you doesn't pick it up what does it mean it means that we need to see and value and and and give significance to the Torah the letters of the Torah every single thing that we see the scroll that could do shew the holiness of the Torah can wish him a four-ish sovereign strike be and I sell my panic you see my Salama I'm them you know the smile of a seal the front of the Ark love there's an obligation to place it in front of everybody that they see it to the right and to the left to turn mr. lacor national my nationally right psychosis everybody needs to see the letters that which is written inside of the Torah with a gray of a lemon this is a Sinatra submission and to bow and to say this is the Torah that motion have been with the Moses wrote came noggin that is the minute that is the custom the Jewish people and the ideas he said is that there's an obligation on us there's an obligation which every one of us to recognize the power of the Torah the significance of it or to rededicate ourselves to the Torah to bow to the Torah to to look at the letters and say I commit I affirm when I see something in writing right get it in writing right like they say when I see something in writing there's a powerful effect on me there's a powerful effect my commitment I write a document which says I can I'm committed to my wife write a document which says I'm committed to another person in a contractual relationship the tour is that contract between the Jewish people and God they cut the contract which which we promise to God we're going to do that which God has asked us to do it's it's an aspect of Guru we have custom which is the love but we also have Guevara which is the aspect of commitment of fear of respect so I want to bless you and ask you to bless me shrim should help us to respect and to love to have both of these aspects in our lives and a son should help us to be making mr. Tara should help us to uphold it or to recognize the significance and power of the Torah and to accept it into our lives and to remain committed to it and to help others to be committed as well thank you so much for listening our wonderful Shabbos