Ari Goldwag - Mikeitz - Trust and Action

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari Gold Wegg recorded with the shrooms never-ending assistance and Roma finishes real 57 79 2018 this week's precious parshas me Cates and the Torah continues to detail the events of Yosef exotics life of Joseph the righteous one and how he finally after many years sitting incarcerated was released from jail came out and interpreted the dreams of Pharaoh and became the second-in-command second only to Paro as the leader of Minister I'm of Egypt and as the one who would provide for their physical sustenance throughout the years of famine and I'd like to focus in and share with you two different ideas one of which comes from a reclining Freelander and one of which comes from a receiver of my pair and I'd like to tie them together and understand an amazing depth which I think that we can each and every one of us incorporate into our own lives and understand how haschke practice how God's divine providence how we can view it how we can interact with it and how we can can use it in our lives sublime fear then there says like this he tell he he wants to understand something which is challenging in the story of Yosef at the end of last week's Varsha the Torah tells us that Yosef at Sadiq interprets the dreams of the Baker of Paro as well as the dream of the wine the cup bearer of Paro of Pharaoh one of whom is going to be reinstated in his position is going to be let out of jail one of whom is going to be killed and indeed exactly as he as he interprets the dreams that's exactly what happens and the the statement that Yosef makes to the cup bearer to the wine to the wine man of Paro is I was unjustly placed here into jail I was unjustly sold away from my family in the land of the Hebrews please redeem me from here at ELF our to take me out it's unfair that I'm here and he repeats that message and he says - he says it again and our sages tell us that there was something lacking in the betta home of Yosef at Sadiq Joseph was somebody who as we'll see had an awesome level of B talk on of trusting God and because of the fact that he was on such a high level in his trusting God the fact that he did too much history SH toddlers he put in too much efforts he asked too many times of the cupbearer of Pharaoh to remember him it constituted a lack of autonomous power a lack of trust lack of faith and therefore he was he was left to be in jail for an extra two years instead of being released immediately now the challenge that we have to that issue the child got the the problem in that explanation of the verses that Yosef did something wrong is that we see or maybe it's not such a great difficulty but but we see it to be a contrast to a Yosef does when he comes out of out of jail and perhaps it's because he learned his lesson but we see that when Yosef comes out of jail Joseph takes a particular tack and we'll also see that he changes his tactic first thing that he does he comes out of jail this at the beginning of our parsha pharaoh has his dreams the fat cows the skinny cows the fat wheat the skinny wheats etc so all of a sudden the sorrow muscum the cup beer remembers his his dream and what happened with Yosef and he says to Pharaoh because he sees Pharaoh is extremely disturbed excuse me by his dreams so he says there's a there was a young man there in jail with us and he was somebody who could interpret dreams he was spot-on he was on the money so Farrah takes him out you heard he says same initial model a holiday Morticia Macallan laughter I say Pharaoh says to Yosef I have heard that you have the ability to interpret dreams you can hear them you can understand them and yoseef says an amazing response he says an amazing thing Billa died it's not me le camion Ashland Poirot God leukemia an Olympic God will be the one who's going to answer you Hashem has Rashi explains Bella died in Hoffman Shelley the wisdom is not mine leukemia a attain on a nearby field schlump our God will put into my mouth something that will answer and give peace or bring peace to Pharaoh so so Yossi says something which is odd we've already seen that Yosef is somebody who knows how to take advantage of the moment and as well soon see he does do that Nahum shed in the continuation of the of the story so Joe safe we would think we would think that Yosef would respond in the affirmative yes I'm intuitive I have a gift God gave me a gift maybe even say it's God but God gave me a gift of being able to interpret dreams and I'm happy to take a listen to your dream as well that's not what he says he says it's not me if anyone's gonna answer you it's gonna be God but but it's not me I can't do I don't I can't take claim to my abilities that's the first thing that he says which you know it seems strange no safe is somebody who would seem should be able to take credit and say and in fact the next the next the continuation of the verses as the verses continue we see that he interprets the dream Farrell likes the interpretation of the dream yo save continues he senses this is the moment this is the moment to step up and he says to look to Paro he says if if if it's good in Pharaoh's eyes what you should do is fara should appoint somebody who's wise somebody who can take care of all of the financial things that are going on all of the crops that are coming in set aside the crops build it up for seven years and be able to give it out in the seven years to follow a famine so yo say basically sets him up and he's thinking in his head as them a fortune to explain I'm like I'm your man right I'm your guy he's he was saying that because he wanted to be chosen he's sawing up to natee he saw an opportunity so what's the idea why why is Yosef seems to be wavering between saying that it's all God as opposed to taking the opportunity to speak up to do something to to put himself out and to offer his services in a certain sense to Pharaoh what's the understanding of this so this is the basic question there I'm climbing through the under poses and and I'd like to read his answer before we get to another point from Irish uh Shiva and wrap them both together and an amazing understanding I think of the depth of what's going on in the story of Joseph he says like this he says that yo safe with with his statement of billa die it's not me God is going to answer you Joseph was doing something fundamental because Joseph is the ultimate when it comes to the me they'll be talking when it comes to the to the character trait of trusting God Yosef is the one who has that in a great measure so he says like this Ryan but say you saw by mass to be tough him we see an amazing foundational idea when it comes to the concept of trusting God shall I rock session name Sabbath sorrow yo-yo de ma I in Tov are you sure not just somebody who is in trouble and doesn't know where his his salvation is going to come from who started to Hashem says Randall now we think about it but when does a person trust in God when does a person turn to God often it's when a person is in trouble when a person is like they say there are no atheists in a foxhole when a person is in a difficult situation so then he turns to God and he says I God I trust in you please help me God please give me what I need bring me salvation says what I'm feeling in there it's not enough to show that one trusting God in the situation which is challenging the physician naysha a person who sees that he's about to be saved person who sees that he it's the the salvation is Here I am being saved gum circle of Turkish Rama - Akane my name is Bora he also needs to trust a sham yo safe in his statement Billa die it's not me leukemia and I'm very God is going to answer you he was making a clear statement to himself and to pyro that that God is own is going to be the goddess on who I trust and God is on who is saving me and God is the one who's going to save me and interestingly as he points out power responds and says power responds and says that that you're the man you're the man of God God has revealed this to you when Yosef speaks this way and we're first affect that it's God who's done it power himself recognizes that it's God who's done it the copmi fresh I grow so has her crying Freelander he quotes the grow etapa sook the verse that says i neva has the capacity the verse refers to King David King David speaks about the kindness of God that that he trusts in God's kindness yes be talking his faith you know Ganley be be sure settled our three statements here one is I have faith I trusted before the fact young gal maybe she was second my heart will rejoice when you are saving me in your salvation surely I should keep him on a lie and even after the fact I will sing to God for what he has done for me she's nervous about talkin says the grow what is the perfection what is the highest state of trusting God who Kashiram sub bishal he's my tomato when we're in three different times cashew bass sorry I love you Sinatra one person is in difficulties so he needs to turn to God number two cashier who yo voy a yo-yo you how you should leave a case you show me even a or don't rock me it's a shame when the salvation is coming when it's here you shouldn't turn to people but rather you should recognize even within the salvation even though maybe it's coming through people it's God who's doing it it's a sham who's doing it number three Kashia Sheila gosh am i AMA ho yo Sheila sham ishka has a veto Mishler miss believe after the fact when Hashem is already saved him shouldn't forget he has to return to God yes to give back to God so to speak and not remember that it was the fact that he trusted him with the whole heart okay no Marvin EB I'm sir rusty Mishima tough day love is lost that's why he's saying my name is in the time of my difficulty I trusted not Shimon nobody else Gambia me schwa see your gallery be sure sir when I'm being saved I recognized that it's you that saving me because of a costume you zoom less I'm not asking of anyone else to help me Sherlock Shen I will sing to God cut short ish Jeeva shali shreya harmony meaning when he when he helps me out when he gives me power I'll surely like you Kamala I will sing to God for he has helped me out okay so we see that Yosef had Sonic when it comes to in his interaction with Pharoah we see that he he's inside he sees he senses he knows that this is his moment this is his moment of salvation the moment is coming the moment is here and he says but I'm not gonna make a mistake about who is saving me I'm not gonna make a mistake that it's God who's doing this for me okay that's what's going on here but we still have to understand what happened in the previous situation two years before when he when he spoke to to the to the to the cupbearer of Pharaoh the Sarma who indeed was going to in the future two years later going to be the one to mention his name to Pharaoh what happened there what was the mistake that he made okay so that's that's basically what I'm for the other sister behind Freelander points out and explains this isn't the last point I want to I want to bring bring out over time Friedlander said if he explains that yo see ya I'll read this inside because it's very very interesting and the way that he phrases it is very important Muraki she a severe motion will be talkin since Yosef was someone who's had really perfected his trust in God like a neat Valpo gum coffee Babbitt I know there was something missing in his trust when it came to the story where he was still in jail and asking the Sarah mushed him to help him get out of there Oh Silas we put him about Kyle sorry mushrooms Honest Abe either he asked for this arm ask him to speak on his behalf ela cockneys our little you shouldn't sign me I'm a bassist earn therefore it was decreed upon him that we would stay another two years in jail with John Cazale ashigaru-sha son of Shem Tov praises the one who places God as his trust is a Yosef as I'll say it's a magician vicious Rama this is Joseph it gives you kind of smile occidental shall yes if they were they are emphasizing the great the high level that Joseph had should come with Fatah hey about Shem all this trust was in God the panella of him but there was a mistake that he did he shouldn't have turned to Rahab and whatever of him oh yes all right let's our mash music heart on Eve is cart on EC said it twice remember me don't forget me fossilisation him he had an extra two years in jail yes official eyes but tonight the violet how your point on her honeymoon mr. muscies really Joseph should not have turned to rob me Rahab him the word Robbie means those who are full of ego those who are self driven those who think that their that it's not God right you shouldn't have turned to them to ask for his salvation you shouldn't have turned to the saramakan us Shekinah I said Latos mushy Cola dots he made a mistake in his evaluation of the situation future his bar as we will explain locking Lord Liu Roma dragged us ago serious on such a high level National choice B basis erogenous aiming at this he was punished it's a cleanse himself in a certain sense and was in jail for another two years okay proves that the idea of robbing is reference to to to the table Allah gave it to those who are you go testicle which is the Tsar muskan visa master accattone ish sister can feel endure the focus on is based on this explains it's not the gonna be talkin surely I see between yourself sir I'm asking what was missing for Yosef when he turned to the saramakan vaclav havel be a sheen sky vada me police cause any strikes that since people yes there is an obligation for a person to take action the Lotus Melanie so not to depend on on a on an ace on a miracle here be a service on the charges down says the vacation mr. Amash Kim Yosef therefore had an obligation not to depend on a miracle and to therefore make some effort now here's where he says that the main pole what I want to bring out of climb Freelander you guys've rubbish - was my Royce mission I'm yo safe had an incredible level of be talkin of trusting God but he also had an incredible level of intuition understanding the messages that God was sending him chuckle - were Lucas sorry i'm mocchi maui from the basis are Yahud ito hashem placed the wine bare and the cupbearer of Pharaoh and the Baker of Pharaoh there into the jail with him and uh some illegal columnist and gave him these dreams they're serving us another patron on aqua and someplace in his heart the correct interpretation of the dreams you see Ramiz oh so he saw this as a sign from heaven that his salvation was meant to come from them furthermore come practical em rums wala Google I see that we find that our sages say that the the actual details of the dream of the Sarah Mishima of the cupbearer of Pharaoh hinted to certain aspects of the future redemption of the Jewish people okay mr. Marquez Allah so you say me can cover hakama are becau so surely lately Pesa why did our sages establish four cups of wine excuse me on the night of Passover where did they get it from what was one of the places where they saw it the hint to it can I get Arabic position and reckon it says four times the word coast the four the four times in the dream of the saramakan it says the word cup because para ble says though the cup of Pharaoh is in my hand etc piaf a like a fish McCallum Joshua Remy's al Ghul essence time we find that the grapes that were in the dream were also a hint the indicate is something about the redemption from Egypt in a Geffen lafon I alias rel are say just say the there was a grapevine in front of me this is a reference the people of Israel but Geffen SH lecherous Regan on the grape there were three clusters when shayana Miriam this is a reference to Moses Aaron and Miriam the three people who were the Redeemers of the people who live Israel to Paracas it was it was expanding it was budding and blossoming a preflight blessing to show you saw referencing the redemption of people of Israel so now the dream the dream itself represented redemption of the Jewish people okay in clash of Yosef jamesha my initial hue love my Silesia gear a suicide he understood the dream to not just be something that was for the saramakan that he was going to be let out of jail but he saw that it was a reference to the redemption of the Jewish people and therefore also reference to his own personal Redemption element Ellis arrival - Talib Akasha if not the sour mash game and yoseef saw the necessity to put in some kind of effort and to ask the Serra mask him to put him out to help now Russia is a tendency Rakesh Dalisay Gianni's says don't climb further than amazing you said first of all we see that Yossi was able to read the signs he was able to see the message that God was saying specifically to him that's number one number two is he saw the necessity it was correct that he should take some kind of action - for who wants us to take an action not depend on a miracle however it needed to be something which was an action which made sense baba - shameless sea Queen TV mats Lea he put God's meanness have you taught him there's something missing when he used trying too hard McNish Iwakuma Shamar babish thoughtless when he tries and he puts in an extra effort Marshall a shots lastly about blemish miss Bora he should have taken an action but not too much of an action because by by by overemphasizing but by asking him a second time please remember me get me out of here so he was over emphasizing his request to the Serra mask rooms of the cupbearer instead of depending on God retaining his dependence on God which he did do when he got out of the jail when he spoke to Pharaoh okay so there was it's such a fine thing especially for somebody on a high level like yo see if it's a very fine balance and in that moment in the moment with the sorrow muscum he was supposed to do something but he did too much he dropped he passed over the line drop the ball so to speak polish Salaskar eagle efficient Navarre as he explains okay so that's the the crux of what I want to get out of replying Freelander and the hezonia but what we see from Joseph what we see from this is that Yossi had an amazing ability to recognize the to see the signs to recognize that a Shem was helping him and guiding him and bringing him towards his personal salvation which would also ultimately really be a salvation for the Jewish people as well because he was to be their leader he was to be the Mahalo the one who was going to sustain them and guide them in their service of God now I want to share with you one more point which we found later in the parsha from the way that Yosef reads the signs he reads the sigh he sees things that are the opposite of the way that they should be and because they're the opposite of the way they should be they're outstandingly unusual Yosef understands he's supposed to use his Caiaphas he's supposed to use the situation in a certain way he's supposed to approach the situation in a certain way and that is later on the person and this is from my Russia Shiro a pair there's a child if achill T in that in the story of power of Yosef Yosef he sees his brothers the Torah tells us that they came in there and he recognizes them but they did not recognize him and no C remembers the dreams and he speaks tough to them he puts them through a very difficult situation they don't realize it's him these things are happening the the difficulties the challenges he talks tough to them he accuses them of being spies incarcerates them he lets them out he said says don't come back without your brother Benjamin they they come back he puts the money in their bags he accuses them Benji accuses Benjamin of having stolen his golden of his magic goblet etc why does he do that why does yo safe put them through this terrible challenge why is he so mean to them we find elsewhere in Cazale that other people did such things pnina with hana hana was unable to help to bear children pnina was mean to her that she should pray but the Torah tells us huzzah our sages say that was wrong it was a terrible terrible sin that pnina committed but in the story of Yosef we don't find that they say that we found that Yosef put them through this difficulty put him through this challenge it seems that he did the right thing put him through it as nourish Eve explains because he needed them to to be redeemed they shouldn't be thrown out of the Jewish people they're interesting he says Benjamin had ten children you've had two children that would have been the 12 tribes you really like like ASA was thrown out and Shmuel was thrown out of the Jewish people because they sinned and they did wrong Yossi was coming to redeem his brothers so too they had to stand up for a daughter of Rahel in order that they come back to the Jewish people remain the 12 tribes not from from rock aluminum from Rachel but rather from from Leah as well yes it was doing an awesome thing he was redeeming them but how did he know to do that where did he see that this was his job number one for sure and this is nothing Lou Marsha she mentions but clearly he knew that he was the leader he was to be the one who would guide them that was his dreams there they're bowing down to him meant that that he was to be their leader and to guide them one dream was that one dream was that he was going to give them food and that was the sheaves of wheat bowing down to him that represented the flu but the other dream was the Stars and the Sun and the moon which represent the spiritual power spiritual power that God brings into the world from the Sun the star Anna moon stars in the moon so he saw that he was obligated to guide them they were to bow to him in spiritual matters as well how did he know to do this so mercy she explains that when they walked in and they didn't recognize him an amazing thing Yosef saw an amazing sign because he looked exactly as our cries I'll tell us he looked identical to his father he looked exactly like Yakka Vivino he looked like Jacob he looked he looked like them he was their brother he looked at for sure he looked like Benjamin he they were they were standing there and they didn't recognize him it was illogical that he shouldn't reckon and he did all these things indicating that he knew who they were and they still didn't recognize and they still didn't put the pieces together they didn't they didn't get it they didn't hop and you're safe you're safe recognized the fact that they didn't get it they didn't recognize him he himself was able to discern that this was a message from Hashem this was a sign from a Shem this is what you are to do you're safe your job is to redeem them they don't take this opportunity from the fact that they don't recognize you now you can do something because they don't recognize you that will bring them back in that they shouldn't be rejected like a 70 Shmuel were rejected amazing thing Yosef had this amazing ability he's an intuitive ability to understand and see from the things that are going on that are connect it atever against nature that don't sink they shouldn't be though the sour mash came the sound from shouldn't have come their power shouldn't have really taken him out he shouldn't have been able to interpret those dreams he shouldn't have been able to stand up but he was able to recognize what was going on what the signs were from God and to to take the proper action based on it of course to reinforce within himself the trust of God the reinforce within himself that it's God who's doing it sometimes he would lose the balance but for the most part Yosef was able to maintain the balance to recognize the signs from a Shem and to take the correct action reaffirming that God is the one who's doing everything for him so that's the bottom line and I want to take out of here and I want to bless you and ask you to bless me I um should help each and every one of us to see the signs in our lives to see that a Shem is placing things that our lives you know sometimes we hit up against a brick wall we're trying to accomplish something we're trying to do something and it seems like it's just not working it's not going and sometimes it's got to take time and sometimes it's just simply because we need to develop our trust in God Shem should help us to be able to recognize the signs should help us to be able to reaffirm our trust in God in our recognition that Hashem who does everything for us and ultimately our success at every level financially spiritually in every tomb in every area of our lives is dependent on him ashram should help us to recognize that and to also be able to take the correct actions and find the right balance between our faith and our trust in God and the delicate actions we need to take as we side by side hold God's hand and recognize that it's all from him thank you so much for listening our wonderful Shabbos and a Fralick and Hanukkah Happy Hanukkah 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]