Ari Goldwag - Ki Savo- Power of Amen

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast recorded with FM's never-ending assistance in roma banished israel 5777 this week's parsha it's barcia's key salvo and before we get to the parsha I will remind you once again about my safer perfectly imperfect breaking out of the ordinary and striving for greatness can get that you know farm store near you you can go on felt I'm calm you can go on Amazon calm go out and get it okay so in this week's parsha we have a major major description the Tory gives us a major description of the good things that happen when we are committed to the Torah the good things that happen when we fulfill them it's this we fulfill the commandments and the negative things haven't forbid that occur if we do not fulfill the commandments we get the heaven for me we shouldn't get it but person who doesn't keep the commandments so there are negative consequences for that now there's a very interesting beginning of the concept of the brofist what happens if we keep the commandments so the verse starts off and this is two chapters into our parsha this is in chapter 28 verse 1 but how y'all a mission william ii schmoeville coalition lecithin it will be if you listen to the voice of a sham sham moiety Sh'ma so the language here is a double language if you here to here it's a lot of times the torah speaks in double language and we'll see very soon what is the depth of the idea of this double language but the simple shot is a simple understanding is that if you really make sure to hear mighty Sh'ma collection on the catholic to the voice of a Shamir condish more or less this is common to myself to keep to fulfill all of the commandments our nation itself I am that I'm commanding you today in South America Ali ein Shemer God will place you above a code go you are it's over all of the nations of the earth voila Hakka brought us ABC Google all of the blessings will come upon you kee serum kosher McAfee livers continues and tells us all the blessings that come when we keep the commandments we're doing what we're supposed to do when we fulfill the Torah so only good things occur all of the good things occur when we are in that space or in that commitment to Hashem now I want to share with you two things it's interesting I I was preparing the this podcast and I wanted to see if I've spoken about this before and interestingly two years ago I did speak about this I do have a completely different angle on this piece of the mesh but it's a beautiful piece of the matter it's really deep and it's also interesting for me to see that I can speak about it and see one idea one concept can come out of it and and there's a new idea that I have this year that I want to share with you based on the same Madras and it's it's also interesting remotion shapiro when when he would give she rim of blessed memory so he would he was seemingly say the same for you would say the same idea bring the same of course the same sources and say something that sounds very similar but you will always add a new dimension so here I think I have a little bit more to add and more a lot more to add beautiful ideas so this is the Pusser kasinski he saw by a moiety Sh'ma because i'm like kapha if you will here you will hear so it's a double language it's a double meaning so double is a double there's a depth here that's going on and the Gemara in suka suka takes this verse and teaches us I'd like to read to you a quote from the gomorian suka it says two different understandings of it I want to go the second understanding shamalia nehemiah Tishman if you have heard you will hear him live later Sh'ma what does it mean in Samoa be ocean if a person makes sure to learn when he's learning the Torah he's learning it in such a way that he should not forget it if a person is careful to learn his Torah in such a way that he doesn't forget his learning t'ish magev Kadosh so then they'll have a new understanding a new depth V Meath Navajo xiulet Ishmael but if a person is not focused and making sure that what he learns he remembers so he won't he won't be able to learn further to lose his learning it's an amazing thing the Torres sings double language to teach us that we need to have a commitment to learn and not to forget or to try our best obviously to learn it well and not to forget what we're learning that's it just learn it quickly and then move on to the next topic but rather learn it learn it well go over it cause they're like we say in your Shiva spar let's go over the learning that we do such that we shouldn't forget it so that's like a suka and just push it I want understand simply why is that the introduction of the Braavos when it comes to understanding or looking at it terms about to tell us all of the blessings that happen if we keep the Torah why is it that the Torah tells us that at that point when we're about to tell you what the blessings if you keep the Torah it tells us don't forget what you're learning make sure you do whatever it takes to remember it what's the what's the meaning was the idea behind it why is the Torah introduced the concept of the blessings with a with a statement that you need to be committed to remembering that what you learn okay so that's the Gomorrah and the measure says beautifully just beautiful measures unbelievable it to read it inside so first piece in our parsha Holika Holika is Adam means really over love me Ava so energy so we get to do it every single day we have beerhouse Cohanim the priestly blessings outside of Israel if you're an Aussie if you're an Ashkenazi Jew so many smaranam also I believe so we do not say the beer counter the Priestly Blessing everyday but it's only set on yontiff on the holidays but energy so we do it every day in either event you need to notice how long holiday is that if someone is Ashley F see where he's leading the prayer service maou ashiya Mutola Donna Samina Cara Connie so the priests they say the blessing okay mom should get a shot on me so it's too short so shall our I'm God commanded us with the holiness of Erin worth of some Easter lvova to bless the people of Israel with love okay so they get up there and they see that blessing and now right when they finish that blessing the whole kaha the entire congregation Amane confirmation of the blessing but the ashley FC bore one who's leading the prayers is not supposed to say on main and the reason is because he will be leading them they will repeat after him about the words of the blessing given Akash muh Morocco so he says it word by word and they repeat after him and so our hazael tell us that he should not say on main to their blessing because it might confuse him and he might forget or mess up with the words of the blessings he has to lead them so he's to be very clear and he shouldn't get confused so he doesn't say I'm a passionate haha so this is what I say just said I really at Ava someone who is literally I see where he's leading the services lo Jana or may not occur at that tariff you should not say Oh main after the priest complete that blessing because it won't confuse him I'm doing our vecino myoclonus she liked our data Jana procedures also said that if he was assured he knew that he's he's not going to get confused so he's allowed to say I mean and and how lovely even though we use the sitter it's interesting you know use a sitter and the words are right in front of us nevertheless because the Kazon should not say I mean to their blessing but but here never lets it's saying that it's preferable if he can make sure not to be confused he should say I mean well I'm initiating on love necklace apologized to me I mean she's throat lining and the reason is if you can if he's not gonna get confused it's better that he say I mean it's because there's nothing more special to rush em the word our main saying our main is incredibly powerful now what is the idea of a main why is it so powerful also we're gonna see how does it connect what does this have to do this as a whole introduction that has to our pisaq of a hi I'm chemin teach Matthew here you will hear what is a main have to do with hearing what is the concept of a main why don't you say I mean at the end of a blast saying what is the word our main mean I remember you the Parsee mine or just seemed him rather you who devour semen says o man has a especially shot spell use the word on main has three different connotations and we'll see that the three different connotations are interrelated very much one is an oath the word ahmein can mean I am making an oath the Kabala the second explanation of the word I mean is I accept what you have said I agree with what you have said and if there it is vemana the third the third type of a main is where a person says our main that holobyte should be so I pray that it should be I believe that what you're saying is going to be fulfilled that's what the word our main can also mean again and the measure Sprint's three different examples of where we see that this is true how do we see that then that it can be used as a firm oath because we see with the wayward wife with a SOTA that she says I mane and the word I mean has to do with the oath that she's making where do we see that it's an acceptance so that's actually in our parsha where it speaks about the fact that the the Jews except and whoever keeps the commandments so they get the blessings whoever does not keep the commandments gets curses after each time that that said the Jewish people respond with word Amane so it's an acceptance it's a confirmation and in the third place that we see it is that there's a puss up in regard to King David it's the beginning of Mahamaya at the beginning of first Kings that King David was affirming the Mohammed King Salman his son Solomon was going to be the next king and he said a whole whole list of things that needed to be done in order to appoint him to anoint him to be the next king and been a yobbo yoda who was his general was in charge of making sure it was done and when the king gave a list of commands sauvignon you're the respondent he said Kenyan Russia a main Kenya Hashem a main so should God say so it's a prayer it's a statement that I believe that this is going to be true let it be true let it be Hashem will let it be God's will okay so we see that our main has these three different meanings so I mean it's very powerful it's a statement of commitment it's a statement of an oath so statement that I agree with what's being said I receive it I commit to it it's a statement that I believe are hope I pray that that would you say that good thing that you're speaking about should be fulfilled that's what the word Almain means now here the continuation of the measure should says like this number out here I'm reviewed in another another concept reviewed and says call me show I know me my demise that wherever it says I mean in this world is a felon I mean lost it lovely he merits to be able to say a main in the next world what does this mean whoever says a main in this world in our world in our existence in our realm so when it comes to all of our bow the future world the world which lasts forever when we live forever that spiritual realm where we live forever you will be able to continue to say I mean you will continue to say I mean well this is me what is the idea you say I mean here stemming there so the eight states have gives us the beginning that's kala and he says they fell on ice law still of volume that he married to say in the future time keep poly bomb Isaiah who eylem ha ha no this world is the world of preparation i'm hozhet the world that we exist in the realm that we exist in right now is the world preparation light see me clap I'll see you ray hi I'm muna amita's this is where we have a chance to take the potential to have true a moon that have true belief in God and prove it this is where we can prove through our actions that we believe in God and that we're committed it's our service of God to Vegas Michelle this is where we get to a place of cleaving to God because we're in the darkness because we're in a place where we can't see clearly that God is here or it takes more effort to see it so this is the place where we develop our relationship of Shem the word Almain also has the root of though is is the root of the word Emunah and what it means belief or trust or faith and we have a moon about lay lice King David says right we speak about the moon of the faithfulness that we have to God in the darkness and the night because in the daytime where we see God everything is clear it's not so difficult to have a moon the difficult to be committed to God but at night where we don't see God's lying we don't see God in our lives to remain faithful to that which we know that's deeper so he's telling us that whoever has developed his emunah in this world that's the concept of the word of man according to what he's saying whereas developed his faith in God his commitment to God despite not being able to see God here I still do what I'm supposed to do I still remain committed to the truth so in the world to come while you deiay is docking up she loves to lovely so it will cause then in the future time I will also have that aspect of Munna he'll have that connection to God I will have that to Vegas that cleave that cleaving touch them in the world to come even though it's more revealed I'll still be connected in a deep way Tasha that's what seems to be saying double here another explanation Arriva Shirin lady Sherman lady says Commission each master body canacee silver to me Troy choice boy Tom has a very interesting thing whoever goes in to the synagogue and to the study hall in this world if you're involved in learning Torah here for involved in prayer on a communal level here in this round safely connected but the connexxus vitamin-rich is listed Lavoie so he's also going to merit to be able to come into the study hall and into the place of prayer in the world to come very interesting idea you think about it like what do I need to pray for when I get to the world to come spiritual realms what's missing something missing that I need to pray for it is there information I don't have I need to keep studying Torah what is the idea mean I and how do we know that this is true shanem our server says ASHRAE yeshiva sefa oh yeah holla Lucas Ella prays really of those who sit in your house those who are studying those who are praying in the synagogue or the other Luca seller they will do it again and the word celanese Joseph says is one of three words that whenever you see that word you have LOD you have Nessa and you're selling those three words mean that it will be that way forever we'll be that way forever so Sela means forever oh yeah Lucas Ella they will forever praise you those who are praising you in this world those who go to the sending like to praise God in this world will praise God forever in the world to come there are a fair another explanation a few more lines here in the measures beautiful ideas we reviewed and Kamisha sure may be cultural Tyra but I said whoever listens to the voice of the Torah in this world thankfully showing boys a call sure Kosovo he will merit to hear that voice that sound calls us I'm accustomed Coca Hazama call kala the sound of the rejoicing that's going to be you know in what Michele comes when the Messiah arrives the Torah describes that rejoicing that happens as the rejoicing sussing and simcha different types of joy but the rejoicing the sounds of a hassan an ekala of a groom and a bride that in intense joy intense joy that a person experiences on his wedding day and she experiences on her wedding day that intends joy is what we will feel when the Messiah arrives that sound we will hear the sound of that intense joy whoever in this world is listening and hearing the sounds of the Torah so he's going to hear the sounds of joy of mushiya of the arrival of the Messiah ona initially throw now here's where we get back to our verse Moses says the people of Israel Hashem led by Tara kahu miss Ryman bushnell Loomis since it's true since it is true that whoever listens the words of Torah in this world he is not just getting this world he's not just going to enjoy and have a fulfilled life in this world but rather it's also going to be he's going to be raised up in this world and the next world it was a hellish Maya debris Tyra who says since this is true be so careful to hear the words of Torah be so careful to hear spiritual ideas he's so careful to listen to the Torah I mean not any much accustomed in how do we know that this is true because this is what the verse says oh honey mush mush mush on the cow this is our verse if you have heard you will hear to have heard you will hear whatever you do here in this world you listen to Torah if you have that commitment you will hear in the future world what is the idea what is the concept what is the depth of this metric and also again what do these teachings about this world in the next world what is that to do with the blessings this is an introduction to the blessings of the Jewish people will receive in this world for fulfilling the commandments the measure she's talking all about the next world what is the idea what is the concept here and I think that there's an amazing depth and and cuz I'll our sages are teaching us and just an amazing thing and that is the concept of our main our main is a schwa we said a main is an oath I mean as a Kabbalah it's an acceptance it's a receiving an domain is a prayer that it be true and really the depth of what we're saying here are the with the met I believe the measure is saying here and what the Gemara was saying here is that we're talking here about a commitment we're talking here about a vision a vision of the future when when I say I'm aim when I have a moon oh when I have faith I believe and I am committed to I wrote down five words confirmation I confirm that this is true dedication I am dedicated that that which I say I'm going to do I will do I'm and it creates a situation where I have the third word consistency I'm going to be consistent in my dedication I'm going to reaffirm it and recommit to it awareness I'm going to have awareness as a result when I say I'm committed to something it brings about awareness really I have it in front of me always gbcm Lynette de Tom did I place God in front of me always because of my commitment when I'm committed to something I promise no matter what I'm going to do this thing I'm going to Phil the commandments of the Torah that's my commitment that I made the Jewish people all together as a nation accepted upon themselves for themselves in all generations we are committed to the total we fulfill and as a result we are constantly aware of our obligation that's the fifth word is commitment and so that's the idea of a main a main is a statement of commitments a statement of intent it's a statement of I know where I'm going I know what my vision is it's a mission statement I know where I'm going I know where I want to get to and I know what I want my life to look like now as a result of my vision for the future that's what this measure is teaching us this message is telling me if I see our main here in this world if I'm committed to God here in this world in this realm I'm going to and and I have that what is the commitment mean it means why do I need a commitment for what's this commitment about or the great the great the greatest example of this is a hustling in the college the brood the bride and the groom the groom in the bride right they calendar that that Kupa they come under that canopy and everyone's so happy they're so joyous and and he gives her a doctrine that says if I ever divorce you here's what I'm gonna pay you and I promise to value you and I promise to take care of you he says all these commitments that's what that document is the one everyone reads and not everybody knows what it means it's an Aramaic it's a little bit difficult to understand but it's a statement of of intent it's a statement that no matter what right now I'm so happy and excited and in love but no matter what I'm going to remain committed to this marriage you know what I'm thinking about divorce heaven forbid if it comes to that I'm gonna think twice because if I divorce you here's what I'm gonna have to pay you it's an amazing it's an amazing document that's the commitment that we're talking about here it's in all Maine it's an oath it's a it's a it's a statement that no matter what you know I can't always see God you know I always feel like doing that which I'm that which I'm supposed to do I'm committed to it I've made an oath I have accepted an upon myself I want got to help me that it should be true that which I'm saying so if I'm committed here connected to God here in the darkness I'm deeply committed to that I say I get to say I Mane in the next world - I get to have an amazing deep connection to God in the future world as well and and there's always deeper levels of Revelation that are going on even in the world to come even when Messiah Messiah arrives there's still there's still a certain level of but here afree will we still will have choices out of my reach on the first man had full awareness of God he still was able to make a mistake so let's not make a mistake and think that we won't have the Thira so at some level when Michelle and Messiah arrives and God's knowledge is revealed to everyone we still will have a choice and if we have committed here we will be able to commit there and as we commit there we will continue to be able to be connected in the world to come to a deeper level of awareness of a Shem that those who haven't developed it it'll be much harder for them to have that level of commitment whoever has gone in and prayed it to pray to God to ask God for something here in this will to study the Torah here in this world it's not an easy thing it requires commitment and whoever has developed that ability in this world will still have that ability in the next world and that's the voice that there that we're going to hear the sound the sound that we're going to hear in the end of the coil so cynical simcha we knew all along we were committed all along we've been in Gullah so we've been in exile for for 1,800 1,900 years I'm not coming on 2,000 years and we still knew all along that we were going to hear that voice that sound the sound of the bride and the groom that joy that they had then now we lost we lost that sound we lost that in that amazing feeling of connectedness and closeness but we knew that it's coming and we were committed to it we held it we held that that vision in front of us I'm sure Moya if you are committed to the Torah we're committed to remembering the Torah so then you will have another commitment the next time you learn the Torah have a deeper understanding of the Torah that's the depth of what's going on here and that is the introduction of the bras for the blessings what is it what is idea the idea is that when a person is committed to the Torah is committed in this world and connects to God even when it seems at first it seems like where is God I don't know where God is God makes a promise if you connect to me when you don't see me you will see me you will see me that's the promise the blessings are if you are committed to me you will see me if you're committed when you don't see me you will see me and the opposite is also true if a person is not committed doesn't have that vision in the darkness so then the darkness gets thicker the darkness gets darker and that's the other side of it I want to bless you and I bless and ask you to bless me - em should help us and Hashem should help us to have this awareness of a main this commitment the five or is the confirmation the dedication the consistency the awareness the commitment some should help us to be able to have that on main have that awareness of what a main means it means commitment in the darkness to Hashem to the Torah Jim should help us to be able to receive these blessings amazing blessings that are promised which I'm should help us merit to say Oh main in this world the same main in the next world and to be able to hear the voice called something called simcha Hosanna Kohala amazing rejoicing that will be when the Messiah arrives 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 [Music] www.netsupportdna.com [Music]