Matos-Masei - Valuing Life Over Economy

you're listening to the weekly Parcher podcast with Ari Gold wag recorded with the shrooms never-ending assistance in rubbish in which Israel 5780 2020 this week's parshas partials Matos and masse and I'd like to read to you am a Jewish and amazing measures from the end of precious Matos and we have the story that when a god an event been a moving there were two tribes who they had a lot of McNair out they had a tremendous amount of cattle and before the Jewish people had entered into the Land of Israel so there was an opportunity for them to say we would like to take this the the section the area which is on the other side of the Jordan River from the Land of Israel and we would like to bring our families our children our cattle to that's that place there was a tremendous amount of Mira cattle grazing area so they said we would like to have that space and now the way that our cuz I'll approach this thinking of an egg on the mini removing the children of God and roofing is with the negative outlook as we'll see and I think there's a very powerful lesson to that we can take for ourselves in our times measure cells like this we McNair out how you looking to move in volute need God there was a tremendous amount of cattle who've been a Reuben Abednego halakha the measure says an amazing thing very interesting thing a lava Sushma Tony's never Luba Island there are three gifts that a Shan gives into the world za cabacas Minako natal hand a scholar oil never person receives the gift from Hashem a person receives these one of these three gifts so then he will get all the desires of the world Zaha become a Sahaba call the first of the three gifts his wisdom a person has wisdom he has so much she has everything is Arabic vu Razak Ibaka person has physical strength person is strong yes ability with each of these things person wields the power of these things and they can have a tremendous effect on the world the person who has physical strength can accomplish things acaba issues acaba call if a person has wealth so then he's merited everything each of these things in and of itself is such an amazing powerful thing that cause I'll tell us if a person gets it from a spiritual Mukesh Barton from God so then I can have an amazing effect Amos I said the major issue when is this true biz man Shane madness from I'm voice Makaha Tyra when there are gifts of the heavens have gifts to mash em and they come from the strength of the Torah our veracity of ice tree shall boss of a dumb in a clone but her person just has physical strength person has physical wealth person has any of these three thing from his own power not because of God he didn't receive it as a gift from a Shem he's grabbed the gift so to speak so then it's not a good thing it's nothing she can't Romo Omer King Solomon says shaft Eber le Taha'a a shemesh he says I have sat and I've seen beneath the Sun in this world kilala Callum her merits those who are light-footed they don't have the speed look I'm a hub of those who are strong they're not the winners at war come on look how common laughing those who are wise they don't necessarily have their needs provided for download on vine emotion those who are wise they don't have wealth the Galileo didn't paint cane those who have have you dia knowledge they're not the ones who have pain they don't have grace case with figure egressed Coulomb it doesn't come from I Sherman can be lost comes back other schmuck who is a gift from a Shem this person receives it and they hopefully will use it properly but they won't lose it if he near me i'ma the bus success also regards to a verse in Jeremiah Clare mash em I'll use he'll come back of masu this is what God says this is in chapter 9 verses 22 and 23 a person who is wise should not praise himself for his wisdom values how a giver a guru Sai person who's strong shouldn't praise himself for his strength is hollow sure Bashr a person who is rich he has wealth you shouldn't praise him suffers wealth kimba's I see Solomon's Hollow she says who is the one who can praise himself Hoss kill your dad I see those who know God those have a relationship with a color sparkle an implication of that verse is that when I call - well who is in a person's life on a God when God is in a person's life so then the results are the person gets all that he needs he has strength he has wisdom he has wealth he won't lose them Matt unassailable is munch a number Minako - Berg who certainly passed like me a man who says the magic as we've seen that when a person has these gifts but he didn't get from God meaning he's grabbed it for himself so then he loses it in the end where do we see this on shutter I was saying um mm mm you serve after maybe the kebab and we see this in regards to the nations of the world and we also see this in regards to some Jews there were two wise people one was from the Jewish people one was from the nation's he typhoon Minister Oh bill Omega mu Salem witch named never doom in Harlem Akito fell and bill um they both had wisdom and they both were lost from the world why because they didn't get it from God so to speak perhaps they misused their wisdom or they didn't properly developed a relationship with who with God pinched Nicky Barnes about Elam F&E isothermal miss Ireland there were two mighty powerful people who one was from the Jewish people and one was from the nations of the world she showed me Israel the girl's name Asylum Samson was among the people of Israel who had this great strength but abused the strength he doesn't properly focus he went after the sight of his eyes and Goliath from the nations of the world who she named never them in Ireland both of them were destroyed they were lost from the world and I think when we say generally speaking when our sages refer to this kind of lesson use this kind of language of they were lost for the world it means that they're lost their accomplishments were lost not just from the physical world but even from the spiritual world they don't missus it's I'm saying it's not myself but perhaps they don't have a place in the world to come I changed national Emmys from afternoon so I l'm also find two very wealthy individuals one from the Israel the nation of Israel from us from the Jewish people and one for the nations of the world correct me miserable Hemings or Cora was a member of the Jewish people he was very well in fact till this very day in Yiddish there's an expression a right Bakura so when his riches Cora how many asylum Haman the antagonist of the of the story of Esther so he was very rich name Neve the monoi oil um and they both were lost for the world now what does this have to do with us what does this have to do with our partial lemma should I hire Matt no Simon hakodesh more alacrity and Isola Hamm oh is the problem the problem was that it wasn't a gift from Michael - Burcu it didn't come out of their relationship with God his income out of a spiritual place and it it was from the fact that they grabbed it something that they tried to grab that which was not theirs and in the end they didn't retain their wealth they didn't retain their strength they didn't retain their wisdom they were lost from the world Panama Tom I see women Academy near roofing so here's what we get back to our partial the sons of God and moving the members of these two tribes so they had an improper focus show how you are shearing well ahem mechanical they were very rich and they had a tremendous amount of cattle if he was my mine in the other line who tonight she's wrong here's the thing they made their material wealth importance and they lived outside of Israel they chose not to enter can you imagine the Jewish people are coming to the Land of Israel it is a gula there's a Redemption going on this huge people have mishima no safe at their head Yahshua was from the tribe of a friend whose mushiya been asleep at that time and they're about to conquer the Land of Israel 14 years of kaboosh that's it we're gonna do it the Jewish people are reaching their the historic moment of the of coming the promise to Abraham which was of the Jewish people his children his progeny would receive the Land of Israel it's coming to fruition and they choose to stay outside of Israel they don't come back they're not interested in coming to Eretz Israel why because they were concerned about economic matters look we have a lot of cattle that those are and most times the cattle was the main indicator of economic success now what was the result of feel good feel McLeish fought him so therefore they were the first ones to end up in exile they were the first ones to go Shan Mei claimed la Rivini well I got a fancy she would have an Asha it says Indira her yeoman in chronicles 1st chronicles chapter 5 verse 26 that who were the first people to go into girls to be exiled it was these two swattin and the half shaven of Menasha what they'd outside of the Land of Israel so what's the result of being overly concerned about economic issues and therefore not coming to Eretz Israel the result is exile that which they were trying to get was lost they didn't have that proper connection to occurs for who they were missing the essence of life and so they were lost from the Jewish people for all time me garma pause this I'll share free show a Samina ham is Phil King on him it's because they separated themselves from their brothers they didn't follow after those were going to the Land of Israel they didn't follow their proper Destiny the destiny of the Jewish people which is to live in the Land of Israel and to be connected to a cold or flu in the place where he National Academy ratio sashawna darshan of the eyes of God are here there's a special Ashikaga practice divine providence the Land of Israel that exists nowhere else in the world they didn't follow after the brothers and instead they were more concerned about economic concerns uniting me my shrah customer Terah making a ravioli named woman so we see this from the idea that it says in the verse they had a tremendous amount of cattle that's why they asked for that section which was outside of line of Israel wasn't Israel proper okay that's the first message that I want to read to us that's so important to understand there's very many who would love to come to her to smell would love to live in the Land of Israel today but economic concerns I think this is a very powerful message where do we belong where what is the result of not recognizing that it's the time to return what is the result of not recognizing that the gula is imminent that the land has already been conquered by the Jewish people returning here is going on so over seven million strong almost half of Chloe's fellows here soon prophecy will return why are we not back in America why we I'm sorry why are we back at America why are we not coming back to our Teatro this is a question we need to ask ourselves and we need to seriously ask ourselves I'd like to share with you another piece in the magician another Madras it's also a beautiful piece on the story of of the the sons of Banega ebony roofing look at the rock are making a rap this room recursively - II mean I believe Cielo smiling with smiley the verse says that the heart of the wise is on the right the right side always represents a I said kindness strength right the left side represents a weakness so the weaker hand is the left hand it's the emotional part of the person in the right hand represents the intellectual part of the person needs our tithe Zig it's a type they pluck on the amine as he gets ur type show who mustn't be me not the the heart of the wise excuse me what is the aspect of the right side it's the heart the right heart is the heart the it's our type the good inclination leave cheerless - smile as a gates are harsh not some smiley what is the heart of the fool which is on the left that's the heart of the evil inclination of a person now the measures goes to a number of different things leave haha I mean I to the heart of the wise is on the right hey oh hey Matt tsadikim J nationally no matter sure he me I mean what is whiz what is the heart of the wise what's the right side what suppose we strong since life it's the heart of the of the wise those who learn Torah those who follow the spiritual tire of the spiritual advice of God Shin Mr Amina age does Lama the tire is referred to as something that's on the right side the fire the fiery law which is the right political is smile like a Lahaina shun chin nice and even lash here the heart of the of the fools is on the left what is this heart is the heart of the wicked what is their focus their focus is to get rich should never be smile Arabic avoid on the left side is wealth and honor the rocker live calmly amino another explanation is what is the heart of the wise that's on the right zem Masha this is a reference to Moses lucila smile I what is the heart of the foolish ones Allah Bonet moving a Bnei Noach also a secret office a tough liquor this is the sons of Reuben and God who the main thing to be secondary and the secondary thing to be main what is it sure he was my mining a sermon on the first race this is a famous kazow the very important idea also it goes in line with what we spoke about previously in the previous measures that what was the foolishness of the of the Banega diamond in roofing the sons of God and Reuben what was the what was the mistake that they made it was that they placed their economic concerns above the concerns of their children why shana I let my shaky right son leave another McNay topo a Bartlett up payment they said we want to build pens for our sheep and for our cattle and we want to build cities for our children so they put the their economic concerns before the children or let moisha a mcloon moses said to them it's not that what you just said is is foolishness and a suicide greater main thing the main thing Keela Peniel ahem are the top hem the first thing that he says is okay build cities for your children AHA Kahoot a race let Sun come and then afterwards he says to them build pens for your sheep and your cattle okay so it's so important what is the mistake the mistake of economic concerns of course a person needs to have economic concerns a person needs to be able to live person needs to of course be able to support his family but what comes first what's more important the lives of the children the homes for their children or the pens for the cattle they had it backwards and Moshe corrected them have you laid clock only Amina this is my show this is what it means that the heart of the wise is for the right this is Moses look see listen I live in a gotta been a moving this is the foolish heart the foolish heart is on the left that's a reference to the sons of God in roofing that they made a mistake about what's more important economy or life the life of the children as I was reading this I was thinking about you know what a mistake what a mistake that's being made in the world right now placing economy before life allowing economies to open that can cause heaven forbid the loss of life which is already going on anything what a foolishness but it's the same foolishness it's the same mistake of not coming to Eretz Israel why didn't they want to come into arts Israel because of economic concerns their focus was on their money what's the problem with that why we need to have money we need to be able to support our families if that's also pqf nefesh it's also a concern of the soul it's also concerned people can't leave if they don't have money but it says us the first concern is always the soul first concern is always life when economy is the first thing on a person's mind when the money is what's first on a person's mind instead of the spiritual life which is always so close I could s4 who is none others that Okemah high in the god of life right if life is first if peacock nefesh is first so then you have life you have connection to a crush for who if God is first economic concerns our second we'll figure out the economy the answers to all life is the altar of navarre ik always says call Sheila Sackheim all the answers to life can be answered with spiritual answers if I have a relationship with God then everything else falls in line Koshiro who provides for me if I'm more concerned about the first thing that my concern is of economic concerns I'm in trouble I'm in trouble so what is a shem samurai hamikdash worklight empty bottom is mechanically I'm an oyster man on the first choice you were more concerned about economy more than the souls we're in the souls of your children Calle cam aimed by Bravo the blessings don't come there you're just left with your own plans your own establish your own efforts the blessings God can give us so much more so much more so much more than what we think that we can accomplish with our efforts and I'm not saying that we don't have to have efforts I'm not saying we don't have to be concerned about economy but that's not first it's not first and it's not even something that we can ultimately control with all the best PR and all of the economic tips of the experts it's out of our control cuz it's ball who is in charge of it no matter what we do now the question is do we choose that at Kadesh Parker will say to us okay do it your way or do we ask him for blessings do we work our relationship with Akhilesh beaucoup and the economy second our relationship with our businesses second what's the first thing that I do in my life is that I sit down and I learn or is it I sit down with my work and I learned later what's the IKAR and what's the toughie what's the main thing and what's the secondary thing that's the mistake that the B'nai got a man a Reuben made and the result was Hashem says them there's no blessing here I'll aim them our Nakhla Mizo hell is very shy no very selective enough the verse in Proverbs says says a confused inheritance comes at first if a person is concerned with his inheritance with his economic concerns and that's the first thing on his mind in the end there's lacking my blessing so he no Armour LT galosh here maybe not sacado don't work so hard to be rich stop all of your intuitive understandings all the things that you think are going to succeed just quit it just stop just focus what is the main thing in life spirituality relationship whether Khadija Miroku Tyrel learning Aaron C straw this is the place this is where the real connection occurs this is where the real alpha practice is why because you must have it you must have it here it's not as good it's not as easy the the economic situation here has improved drastically from what it was years ago even ten years ago but it's not the same but it's specifically not the same because we need to depend on a Kodesh bahu not the government not the stimulus plans not the three thousand shekels that they're gonna put in my bank account I can't depend on them what happens when they collapse hospital heaven forbid what happens when the government stops borrowing from the future and says you know we got troubles I can only depend on a college bar who that's it hazel share says the majors who has true wealth as we as we started off who's the one with the true wealth who is the one who has true wisdom who is the one that has all of the true blessings he was Cheryl Samantha Jaco someone who is happy as if I already realized that I have everything that's a colors for who you know I've connected to God I realized that I already have everything I show me is always giving me everything that I need I've made it this far throughout my entire life I've always had what I need I'm trying so hard to get more to get more to guarantee that I will have what I need but I've already had more good I'm taking care of she was always taking care of me he always takes care of me he will always take care of me she never yuugi a capital case FL the the work of your palms when you will eat a Shrek of the type of law very interesting that it brings this Posse because possibly sounds like it's talking about my efforts talking about my affairs yeah Habakkuk e-cycle a chef with a blog I think what it's saying is exactly what the magistrate said when I have what I have I'm not trying to do too much you can cut back what just means the work of my hands it doesn't mean the work of the 10 PR agents doesn't mean the work of the of all of the efforts and all of the expert advice of all of the experts who have made millions you get Quebec ax simple the work of my hands what I was able to do with my two hands it's very simple it's not a lot it's just the right amount when I'm happy with what I have a shred of a type of law you're blessed and you have good and that's something unique about art see Stroh you see this here you see people are happy whether they're they don't need to have two cars so many people don't even have one car you don't need that there's probably transportation you can take a bus you know open the windows you're afraid of Khurana put on a mask open the windows you can take a bus we have everything that we need I already have it I don't live in a mansion I live in an apartment that's as well you can there are people who have nice houses also don't worry that's just standard doesn't have to be such a high standard that's the point the measure she's telling us the the mistake of the vinegar diamond a move in is they didn't return to Eretz Israel he didn't come here I say return because I don't know vino he's so can ya be living there it's Easter all day left they went at the gull is for 210 years they were returning they had a chance to return to the promised land they didn't follow their brothers to the promised land natal what was the result result was exile I want to bless you and ask you to bless me that we should be second to this blessing the focus what's what's the most important thing our children our lives our very lives spirituality connection to God Eretz Israel should bless us to recognize this truth and that we should be able to give up all the economic concerns and focus on spirituality and no we'd be talking cos øx strong powerful faith in Hashem confidence in Hashem the everything that we need Hashem will provide 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.carmensognonvi.com/newsletter [Music] you