Matos-Masei - Respecting His Name

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with ari goldwag recording with hashem's neverending assistance in roma 1257 81 2021. this week's partial is parshasmatos and masay and at the very beginning of our parsha we have the concept of the dharam the dharm are vows and as we'll see in the medrash we have vows and we have oaths we have a neder and we have both of which involve using the name of hashem making a proclamation making a commitment and in so doing involving the name of hashem and we need to understand what is this proclamation what is this commitment what does it mean to involve the name of hashem and before we get to the which teaches us a very profound idea just on the simple shot and simple understanding the concept of a vowel the concept of an oath that involves the name of god is a statement that just says god is real just as god is true there's nothing more true and more real than the existence of hashemi is the compelling force of all reality is the life force of all reality his name yud kevke represents the fact that he brings everything into reality as we read about impartials gracious god brought everything into reality in genesis so too what i am saying is true just like god is true what i'm saying is true and i commit myself fully as god lives that's that's how the that's what the person says in the oath or in the nether he commits himself as god lives as god is this the soul the the force this the soul force the life force of reality so to the person makes a commitment now the message tells us something very important when it comes to using the name of god in this way and we need to think about it in other terms as well as what we'll soon see is spoke moses spoke to the heads of the tribes the government et cetera when a person shall make a vow to god okay so it involves the name of god or perhaps being said speaking to god the verse says in jeremiah and the mahazu points out that our peace in the madrish in its mccormick's original source also speaks about it mentions first in the dharma and it also elaborates and speaks about oaths which is going to be the main subject here vanish batter ms verse says in jeremiah chapter 4 verse 2 and you and you shall swear by the life of god the ms in truth in justice and in righteousness when it comes to making an oath so we need to have these three components the person who makes an oath can't just mention the name of god you can't just make a promise or swear that something is true right where do we find the concept of yeshua of an oath when a person let's say is brought to court and they one person says i owe the money the other person says i don't know the money etc so sometimes oaths are involved a person is able to get out of his cube get out of his obligation by making an oath by swearing in the name of god and what he's saying is true don't think that you can swear don't think that you can make an oath with my name even if you're saying something true enough the only way to say an oath to make an oath to swear in god's name is if you have these three medias these three character traits which are ms truth mishpa judgement with staka righteousness let's see what they are assassinated the first is truth what is the concept of truth truth means that we fear god what does it mean to fear god today in our society fearing fearing anyone is not is not called politically correct but that's not the ancient wisdom of the terror does not condone that type of thinking rather there's an obligation to fear god there's an obligation to fear our parents there's an obligation to fear those in authority to fear our teachers in order to to be able to make an oath with god's name the first thing that a person has to have the first attribute that a person must include within himself is idea of being called the giray elekim one who fears god you take it seriously life is serious it doesn't mean you can't have fun but it means that you take seriously the word of god avraham here of joseph who do we see that who do we see that had this attribute of fear of god these three individuals abraham job and joseph avraham the sev abraham the verse says i know that you feared god god saw in the actions of avraham of you know abraham's actions that he feared that he is someone who fears god who wants to do what's right because he has a respect profound respect for the word of god is referred to as a as a good person a straight person someone who fears god yosef dixie says joseph said about himself that he feared god and clearly he was someone who feared god he didn't fall into the trap of potiphar's wife he wasn't interested in being with another man's wife heaven forbid he fears god the concept of fear in god means that i don't want to sin i don't want to do something that's wrong i respect what's right i have a profound respect and commitment to what's right someone who has that first meet though that's the first attribute that a person has to have in order to be able to make a vow to use god's name to just to make an oath [Music] this is the concept of fearing god this verse in deuteronomy also speaks about the concept of an oath so we're quoting here the verse in deuteronomy chapter 10 verse 20. it refers to the fact that you need to fear god you need to serve god what is the idea of serving god it means that your focus is the study of torah what does it mean that my focus is the study of torah it means that what i care about is serving god my mind is not involved in all the other myriad involvements that a person could be involved in and could think about my mind is centered on how can i serve god in order to understand how to serve god i need to learn his torah and that's the main thrust of a person's day that's the main point the main actions the main uh iska asec that he's involved in then above says voice book you need to attach yourself to god how do you attach yourself to god it sounds like it's something that's physical it's not possible furthermore even if you say maybe it's in a spiritual way but god is a consuming fire so what does it mean to attach oneself to god should curve china first like we said a person needs to fear god so even like we said a person needs to serve god be involved in the study of torah and third of all a person needs to attach yourself to god how does one do that by marrying off your daughter to a person who's a tourist scholar mr bergmatia a person benefits the torah scholar he does business with him he gives him stuff to sell social number level if you have these character traits if you have this ability you have these these things are your focus i'm focused on learning i'm focused on what does god want for me i'm focused on attaching myself to those to other people also who are interested in serving god so then you can make an oath you can use god's name love but if not you can't if not you can't you can't make an oath you can't make you can't take god's name in an oath all you care about as they assume says a person a person can make an oath because all he cares about is his money wants to get his money back he wants to not have to pay money that's a very poor reason to use god's name a person mentions god's name what is the idea of mentioning god's name what is this fear that we're talking about it's a recognition of what reality is what is my relationship to god if i'm mentioning god's name i recognize something about god i recognize who he is i recognize he's the life force of reality it's it obligates me it obligates me so if i'm using god's name to get money i'm just involved in my own asexual my my own poor pathetic needs it's not an appropriate way to use god's name however the measures tells us if the reason that i'm using god's name hold on a second before the reason if i'm a person who kokule is your ale kim fears god my whole life is about serving god the people who i involve myself with surround myself with are those who are interested in serving god then what's going to happen says explains the hcis if what happens is every time i use god's name it's going to be used in a proper way it's going to be a kid of hashem if i'm mentioning i'm saying hashem praise this god not just spitting out words not just it's not just another way of saying saying i'm well i'm good whenever i use the name of god i use it with profound respect why because my life is a life of profound respect for god the message finishes off with a with a chilling statement kate said i'm sorry there's a certain story with the king he had two thousand cities they were all destroyed because people swore to the truth they made an oath which was a true oath they swore things that they were planning to do and they did it however the cities were destroyed why case people would make an oath they would take god's name to say that they swear by god's name that they are going to eat pizza in a certain pizza shop i'm going to drink a certain beverage in a certain place they all kind of kind of awesome they will go and they will fulfill their vow they will fill their oath [Music] they were destroyed why were they destroyed well let's see the the finale if a person swears truthfully and the result is that they're destroyed certainly if a person swears falsely they'll be you know the results will be terrible what is the idea that what is the mattress coming to teach us it's coming to teach us that if a person just drops god's name whenever he feels like he swears he makes an oath we're in trouble we're in trouble but if a person uses hashem's name and they're and he's a person who everything that they do is called cool like serving god so then things are going to be good so i learned this together with my son as i've mentioned numerous times i've been learning together with my son the majority that we end up sharing with all of you and the question that i asked him the thought that i wanted to try to understand this message tells us that the name of god is not to be taken lightly we don't just say god's name whenever we want to we don't just say it in the context of something which is mundane and if we do we have to approach it with intense respect intense respect we need to have certain qualifications but the thing is like this every single day a hundred times a day we're enjoined ask to say blessings whenever we say a blessing we use god's name blessed are you o god our god king of the universe everything was created in your in your word with your word drink a cup of of water we have some breakfast we go to the bathroom we say ashi yatsar we use monastery we say the 19 blessings three times a day we're using god's name constantly do we have this respect do we have this profound respect when we say hashem's name and this is a this is a difficult thing to do this is a difficult thing to think about even because you know we say it all the time and when something is morgal when something is a habit it's very hard to think about it's very hard you know you say all the time thank god how are you hashem certain things that we say all the time it's hashem it's going to be good things are going to be good with god's help when we say words all the time they lose their meaning that's just the reality we're saying breakfast all the time and we don't necessarily think about god's name but you see from this magic the profound respect the profound importance of of having certain qualifications in order to be able to use hashem's name so how does it work with the blessings the blessings that we make the brackets that we make every single day a hundred blessings where's the respect and so my son answered mushudov answered which i think is very clearly the shot the measure says the fortune atisf explains that where is it a problem to use god's name in a flippant way so to speak where is it a problem when it's being used in the context of something which is just my money it's about my money i'm getting my money using god's name in that context requires extra respect extra qualifications but using hashem's name in a context which is by itself the context itself is a kid of hashem the context itself sanctifies god's name i might space out when i say bracha that might be true but the very words that i'm saying and hopefully i'm going to say them maybe a little slower from now on but the very words that i say bespeak the fact that this was created by god shakolin ashiyatsa god fashioned me with all of the different parts an amazing interplay between all the parts of my body all of my organs my internal organs in order for me to be able to use the bathroom what did it take what an amazing harmony hashem created all of this the very words themselves besp hashem a sanctification of god's name of course we should try to have kawan of course we should think about what we're saying of course we need to respect the name of hashem to the best of our ability but we also need to understand that what the message is saying at its core is that the context the context itself where god's name is mentioned the context is what matters it's the most important thing if a person is a tsadik if a person is righteous if a person is a ireland king he fears god if a person is his entire involvement is in trying to understand god's will to do god's will and to be connected to others around him who also do that then by definition whenever he mentions hashem's name even when he says barak hashem even perhaps without thinking about it it's a different bar hashem than the person whose life is not that whose mind and involvement is all about perhaps his financial matters survival whatever other physical involvements that he might have when a person when a person is a good person number one the context of him using the name of hashem as we just said is different and on a deeper level the person is called by who he is to approach god's name differently so it's it's deep and it's profound and on one hand it's almost we need to you know we say breakfast all the time and we space out a lot because it's something that we say all the time so it's important to know that our broccolis have value our blessings when we mention god's name when we when we say the tvilla we say hashem's name so many times when we bench we have bread we say the grace after meals we mention hashem's name a lot and yeah we need to say it carefully yeah we need to think about it and at the same time there's something powerful about what we're saying what we're saying itself is a kid of hashem the fact that we're pausing to thank god for the food the fact that we're praying to god and asking him for for our needs is a recognition that's that is his that he's the one who provides our needs and so the mentioning of god's name in that context is powerful no matter what because of what we're doing because of the context and maybe even because of who we are if we're striving to be somebody great if we're striving for your hashem if we're striving to be a proper servant of god and to fear god and surround ourselves with those who also fear god that's the push-up shot that's the first level on the deeper level of course is to ponder to ponder to look at what the measure says the measure says when a person uses hashem's name in a in a mundane context it causes destruction it causes destruction yes we need to draw god's name into even our mundane actions we need to be careful that it's not flippant we need to be careful that it's done in a way where we're really drawing spirituality into the mundane and not pulling down our spirituality with the mundane that's what this manuscript is saying and so we are given an opportunity to think about and to focus on who are we because one of the most powerful ways of changing the things that we do which seem to be hard to change the habits that we have is by changing our concept of how we think about ourselves who am i i want to be a yard hashem i want to be someone who fears god i want to be somebody who sits and learns torah whose focus is serving god i want to be somebody who's attached to others like that as well when i change who i am the context becomes different and the blessings that i say are going to mama they're going to automatically change when i mention god's name it's automatically going to be a different kind of mentioning and at a deeper level it's a michael if it needs to it needs to cause me it needs to cause me to make a commitment perhaps or just to be more cognizant of the fact that i'm using hashem's name i'm using hashem's name what's my what's the context i'm using hashem's name i'm talking about god i'm involving god in my life i'm drawing god into my life i'm admitting that god has created everything i'm recognizing that all that i have is his i want to bless you and i ask you to bless me hashem should help us that we should be able to have that shivers have that proper understanding and and significance in our minds for the name of god we should have the proper uras elokim the fear of god and our focus should indeed be on studying the torah of hashem serving god to the best of our ability thank you so much for listening a wonderful shot miss this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.ariegoldwag.com or search on itunes ari goldwag