Ki Sisa - Knowing and Doing

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with hashem's never running assistance in Roma bishomish Israel 5783 2023. this week's project and in our Parsha the Torah tells us that who informs Moshe Rabino who is it who is going to be the chosen one will oversee the construction of the mishkan of the Tabernacle for success in chapter 31 verses 1 and 2 God speaks and he says see that I have called in the name of bitsala now I want to point out from the onset or a the word a means the C now in the deeper sources we find the concept of seeing in relationship to which means wisdom which means general wisdom and we'll see what is the interplay between General wisdom and BINA bina's intuition which is related to hearing and which is related to speech difference between sight and speech we've spoken spoken about many times when you see something you see a great picture you see it all at once you see though and sight have to do with a general concept of wisdom Dina however intuition means Maven government you understand do you understand the ramifications you understand how this applies in a place that it wasn't stated explicitly seeing is believing right but intuiting intuiting understanding things through intuition is another type of wisdom it's not something that's stated explicitly something that you understand once you understand the concept you can understand how to apply the concept that's BINA so the verse uses both aspects where a means to C A corross the eye of cold be shame in the name karasi calling has to do with speech I've called it the name of bitsalo okay and we see that pizza is we'll see at the very end of this midrash let's learn this all together there's a few different concepts that are interrelated the Manchester uses the manjush teaches this concept azraeli brings a possum Eve in Job chapter 28 verse 27 the verse tells us that God saw and he spoke out he told a story he prepared he researched okay we have to know what these ideas mean what does it mean in regards to God that God researches that God tells stories that God prepares God sees there's a scene once again over here in this public we see there's a seeing asapra there's a seeing there's an a great a great wisdom a great picture and there's a seaportivarum there's a a relating of the matter with words and Concepts one word after another word and as a preparation we'll see what that means so the first idea that the measures teaches us before we get to anything to do with bitsal which is going to be towards the end of this podcast it's gonna be a while till we get there come back to mitzel soon but in the meantime we're going to see some very interesting and deep ideas the first idea the message says is that there's a seeing there's a an all-encompassing Vision that Hashem has but he saw that there was an ultimate result there's going to be something that comes out of this creation he saw that the people of Israel will receive the Torah she Islam he wouldn't have conceptualized with the creation of the world it's not for the fact that ultimately we would get to the Jewish people receiving the Torah Amar as the verse says God saw and he spoke out he he brought things he brought things out he he created the world through his speech through us the the not a serious through the ten not the Ten Commandments but the ten statements through which he created the world says after that in job in eof it says God spoke to man and he said this is the wisdom of man the wisdom of man I'm sorry this is the fear of Hashem the fear of Hashem is wisdom Israel so this is a reference to the fact that the Jewish people would receive the Torah generally speaking when we have the word autumnus reference to the people of Israel the Jewish people you are my sheep so in marisi the Sheep who I Shepherd are the matam you are man you are the Pinnacle of humanity the Jewish people is the Pinnacle of humanity so the Jewish people receive of the wisdom the fear of Hashem which we'll see more about the sphere of Hashem and what this means the fear of Hashem is wisdom so in order for Hashem to create the world so he has a big picture the big picture is his vision for reality his vision for creation and the Torah is his expression which through being received by the Jewish people it manifests it speaks out it's the it's the separate varum it's the it's the resulting words that come out of the vision that Hashem has that's why sham creates the world now we see a parallel concept the message is going to give us a few parallel Concepts another parallel concept is that there was an original seeing an original picture that hadn't yet been spoken out it was just a picture it was just wisdom that was that hard C9 Mount Sinai we received the Ten Commandments we receive the basic blueprint without all of the details and this is already touching on and we're still not getting it to butzalo we're gonna get him he's the one who has the khakma and nabina like we said he has the wisdom he has the big picture and he also has the means the maven government understanding one thing from another the intuition to bring about that wisdom to to have it come to full expression says the magic it starts off at C9 with a simple blueprint blueprint a series out there was ten commandments it manifests later in more detail with the mishkan with the Tabernacle that's where the Jewish people interact with God that's where we serve God [Music] there was an even deeper level and even more detailed uh unfolding I would say of the Torah revealed even other further Mitzvahs that hadn't yet been revealed in the first four books of the Torah there's an unfolding there's an unfolding of the terror that comes out there's a I would call it the DNA of the Torah the the contracted compacted wisdom of the Torah which is given at Sinai it unfolds and it further unfolds okay so there's again is that great picture that wisdom and then there's the unfolding of the wisdom which is Bina now the message teaches us some amazing things that parallel again parallel this concept isabra another explanation here is we need to learn from the way that Hashem teaches us the way that Hashem so to speak prepares the sheer God is giving over a series giving over a lecture to the Jewish people right how does he do it how does he communicate his will to us how does he teach us the Torah so we need to learn from the way that he teaches how we should teach when we are teaching ideas person should not say look I know the material well I'm gonna just come out and say I'm just gonna let it flow foreign describes this right so and on a simple level it doesn't make any sense because does not need to review what he's teaching four times right but if the tire is telling us this concept it says right it says four different languages he saw the Torah he speaks it out he prepares it he researches it why does it say these four languages because it's teaching us that who's the master teacher and God as it were when he teaches he wants to give us an example of how we should teach Hashem goes over it four times between himself meaning he goes over it by himself as it were four times and then the verse says after that he speaks it over to man speaks it over to the human being so that means that there's a there's a understanding of it right the person what are we talking about here we're talking about somebody who understands the material but he has not yet he has not yet spoken it out and I've had this experience where I've had a sheer I've been giving some kind of lecture and I always felt like I was prepared but then I spoke it out before actually speaking out in front of the audience and I got a much clearer because I spoke it out for myself the message is telling us you have like three levels here right that's what we also saw when it came to Sinai arabismoyev there's three levels there's knowing the concept there's the big picture then there's the repetition of it going over it in the oil Maya means right think about what is the the tent of meeting is the the Tabernacle it's a place that Moshe hears Hashem speak it's like a it's like a private conversation and then at Iris moyav it's it's Moshe Rabin speaking over he is revealing it to the entire Jewish people right so we have the three levels of teaching and really it's the three levels of the manifestation of God's will of God's law in the world we learn something we understand it conceptually we review it and then we give it over to others Israel right when Hashem teaches it to myself first he says he says to to Mosher I mean all of these matters and then he says say this to the people of Israel so there's there's a review there's an uh an essential review that's necessary in order for me to understand a concept in order for me to give it over I need to conceptualize repeat get the get the way of speaking clear and then say to my audience [Music] tells us a story with a real commentator one time he came in front of rabiki we came to his synagogue he came to Schulz Yeshiva um foreign so he said look I I haven't gone over it I haven't reviewed it I don't I don't feel comfortable to get an Aaliyah when I haven't gone over the verses the sages praised him because he didn't want to give a share or he didn't want to speak publicly when he had not yet reviewed the subject matter you didn't want to read from the Torah without having reviewed it this was something that was praiseworthy yeah we we learned this out from this very verse in eife which is also an expression of what's happening in our Parsha with a bit Salah which we'll soon see you need to see you need to conceptualize you need to speak it out and then you can give it over um tells us another parallel concept which is very much related [Music] knowing wisdom is not enough to know something conceptually to know something intellectually to have the knowledge of ideas of spiritual ideas is not enough just knowing information is just not going to make a person into a great person what is the ingredient that makes a person great it's great it's fear of sin it's the importance the sense of Aquarius of commitment to the Torah not just as an intellectual Pursuit but as a way of life that is what that is what determines whether a person really has Torah without that without the usk without the sense of responsibility a person does not have Torah he has nothing at all right so you again you have concept the concept of Torah and you have the way that it expresses itself the way that it the way that it's told over so to speak the way that it's expressed it's manifest through my actions it has to be manifest through my actions I have to feel a commitment to the Torah and it has to manifest through my actions as a muscle think about it let's say you have a master Craftsman a master Carpenter if he doesn't have his saw a carpenter without his saw he's a great Carpenter he has the skill he has the knowledge he knows what to do with the soil but he doesn't have a saw in his hand he doesn't have his knowledge is worthless he doesn't have his he can't he can't make any he can't make any closets he can't make any tables he can't make any chairs can't make any standards right sorry the manifestation of the Torah the way that the Torah comes to expression in the world the way that it's spoken out the way that it manifests is through Ira Stratus through fear of sin it's through commitment responsibility when I learn something it's not just words on a page it's not just beautiful intellectual Concepts it has to have an impact on my life as to change who I am as to change the way that I interact with the world whoever knows the Torah he knows spiritual Concepts but he does not act in the way of the Torah is it would have been better that he not come into the world at all but rather than he'd be miscarried that's why the verse says it's the next verse in E of it says it is the fear of Heaven that is wisdom with Surya Rabino Turning Away From Evil is is Bina let's see how this applies as well is wisdom right it has to manifest in Turning Away From Evil it has to manifest in in a fear of Heaven that's the manifestation of the wisdom foreign just having wisdom is not enough to gain reward [Music] in order to gain reward you have to have my symptoms you have to have good deeds [Music] um what is the reward Tyra it's the tire itself right good begets good Mitzvah guerreroes Mitzvah when we do one when we do a Mitzvah when we do a Mitzvah we get opportunities for Mormons because we internalize we develop we become intuitively connected to that which the Torah says through our actions foreign you can't compare learning something which is just a concept which is you're just learning conceptually so something that you learn and you actualize you do it you're saying a diamond you can't compare it should never mind said the message finally hears where we finally get back to Salah if you turn away from evil foreign if you are not just an intellectual Jew if you are not just someone who's interested in the spiritual intellectual Delights of the Torah but rather you are somebody who allows the Torah to change you to change your life to change your actions to be someone who actually takes action based on the words of the Torah you are going to have children who are mavina Matera who have since you have attached the Torah to your essence your heart through intuitive understanding your children you will have children who will understand the Torah why because they'll see it in action they'll see it in action and they will Merit Torah it says the manager's word we learn this from you're having a Miriam we learned this from your heaven and Miriam the verse tells us shifra and Pua were the mihaldis they were the midwives in Egypt who pyro had said Pharaoh had said to them to kill the children they didn't to kill the Jewish children they feared Heaven they fear Hashem meaning they had an intellectual understanding of what the Torah is and they brought it into action what was the result the reward for fear of Heaven which means the reward for taking action based for being committed to the Torah because of our intellectual understanding taking action allowing that to express itself and manifest itself in our lives the the reward for that is Tyra the reward for that is that the manifestation of God's will comes into the world feared God you have it allow the Jewish children to come into the world she didn't prevent their lives she didn't stop their life she allowed a manifestation of Jewish people of the Israelites in Egypt as a result her child was Moshe somebody who who would understand intellectually the the concepts of the Torah and lead the Jewish people in that manifestation of godliness in the world is did this great thing she defied the orders of Paro she had a child named Moshe who married it to write the Torah the tire is called by his name is remember the Torah of Moshe my servant received Maisha there was commanded To Us by Moshe it was Moshe it's Hashem who gave it to us Moshe is the one who man have helped us manifest taught it to us spoke it out to us taught it to us mayev she was the one who also provided an opportunity for Jewish children to be born what was what was her reward since she turned away from Evil she allowed the truth to manifest in her life she was she had a commitment she felt a responsibility foreign to his creation of a place where the Jewish people would serve Hashem would be able to interact with God would be able to do hashem's will without except see I've called in the name of it so it's interesting it keeps using the word shame right it uses the name of Maisha it's called on his name the terrorist called on his name is called by his name and in a deeper source is shimoy the word shemai which means his name is the same as the word makur which means the root the source it's also the single match is the word razon which means desire a person who allows the wisdom to manifest connects to the name or the essence of who he is which is really the essence of who we all are which is Will which is the root and the source of everything his name God's name is called upon this person over verse says about Bisal that he was that he was a manifestation he was a place where God filled God filled a human being can we imagine what those words mean God filled him that means that there was a manifestation of hashem's will in this person but Saul was someone who is he married it to bring into the world a place where where the Jewish people and God would meet where they would further not just hear conceptually what it means to servation but they would feeling a responsibility towards that connection they would have an opportunity to serve them through the carbonus an opportunity to atone for the sins that they've done that sense of Iris that's the fear of Heaven the fear of sin so what do we have from all of this we have that how do we get how do we get to a manifestation of hashem's will in the world how do we get to being filled like with Salah was filled with Godly light with with the spirit of Hashem how do we get to that we get to that first through intellectual wisdom first by understanding what is it that Hashem expects from us what is it that Torah wants from us what is it that Moshe communicated to the Jewish people and then it's a sense of responsibility it's a sense of U.S hate UK means fear of sin I don't want to do anything wrong I want to be able to do God's will I want to make sure I'm doing things right how does God's will manifest in my life how can I fulfill hashems well how can I come close to Hashem how can I create a sanctuary for God in my very world how can I create a sanctuary for Hashem in my home in my family in all of my daily interactions with people how can I use every opportunity I can use my talents how can I use my business how can I use Excuse me everything that I experience as a vehicle for godliness in the world that is a question that we need to ask ourselves and that is what this message is teaching us I'd like to bless you and ask you to bless me Hashem should help us that indeed we should be able to have this intellectual understanding we should be able to apply this intellectual understanding through the great Carpenter's saw Through The Years through the fear of Heaven through the fear of sin through the respect and the responsibility we should all have that sense of responsibility and commitment should be mizakas give us the Merit to be an expression and a vessel and a tabernacle for his Spirit to rest inside of this world 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.regoldwag.com or search on iTunes Ari goldwag foreign