Naso-Behaaloscha - Letting Hashem's Light Shine

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with us shows never ending assistance in the room up picture Israel visit the 783 2023 this week so if you're on kutzalar it's your reading practice not so if you're an Arts Israel we're reading project and I'd like to share with you avoid an idea that connects the two parshyas connecting the end of parches below it's going to be getting a partials not so measure says maximum the message points out that at the end of partial it says Israel the end of parches naso famously has the recurring corbones the Coronas that were brought by each of the leaders of the 12 tribes over a period of 12 Days in the mishkan during the Michigan during the dedication of the Tabernacle and then immediately after the beginning of parsh is not so speak about that speak about the fact there was a command by Hashem for Aaron hakain to to light the candles to light the candles of the menorah in the basement we need to understand what is the concept of the carbonus these 12 Coronas that were brought and what is the concept of the Nay rice the the candles that were lit by ironic and what is the connection why are they connected so measures tells us a famous concept especially around says the madrush we have a composite says those who are holy those who are God's holy ones fear Him and they see that there's nothing missing to those who fear Hashem those who fear Hashem those who do God's will they don't miss out they don't lose anything we find that when it comes to the impartious NASA when it comes to the Carbones that were brought by the Nasim by the princes the sacrifices that they brought so 12 tribes were represented but the tribe of Yosef was split in two so Menasha and Ephraim both had Representatives now whenever we have 12 tribes and two of them are Yosef so Levy's left out so who is the prince the the highest the representative let's say of of the tribe of Levis we find later on and it's a certain in another context that Aaron is referred to as the tribe of labia the prince of the tribe of Lamy he could have gonna see him so Aaron didn't have an opportunity as did the otherness in the other princes the other Representatives he didn't have an opportunity to bring a sacrifice in the dedication of the mishkan o is now if you're the representative of Olivia and you're not asked to if you're representative of a certain group of people and you're not asked to represent them everyone else is represented but your group so then Aaron says perhaps my shape of lady will not be accepted by God as a result of the fact that I don't represent them I didn't bring any core bonus so interestingly the magic makes it sound like it wasn't like a personal issue that Aaron had which is actually quite nice with the idea that we're going to share foreign [Music] so Aaron was concerned about his tribe what's going to be how's his tribe going to be represented how's his tribe going to uh have this offering or somehow have a replacement for this offering oh my God tell Aaron go tell Aaron that he doesn't need to be afraid look it doesn't mean you actually are going to have a greater opportunity to represent your tribe nearest so that's why over here the replacement so to speak or the power perhaps you can say the parallel opportunity that Aaron had to represent his tribe was in the lighting of the menorah somehow lighting the menorah represents or corresponds to the sacrifices that the other 12 tribes brought that were brought on behalf of their that were brought by their representatives on behalf of the other 12 tribes so the measures points out that there's an even greater advantage that Ironhide has and we need to understand this Advantage what's the advantage as long as the base of English was around so the Nissan the the princes of the tribes they had dedicated they had been the first to dedicate something which would last the Coronas would be brought in the mishkan and then subsequently in the base of English for the next 850 years they would continue to be brought and then once again in the second base some English for another 400 years or so so for 12 over 1200 years we had the carbonus we had the sacrifices that were brought in the temple so they dedicated it it means that was the idea means that they were the ones who did the first time they're the ones who got the ball rolling all right so that's a certain power in getting the ball rolling on this is the measure something which is difficult to understand but the measure says two things first it says that that uh these candles the candles that he was instructed to light they would be lit they will always be lit which means the explanation because in a simple understanding so these these uh the menorah is only lit when there's a base humming Dash beforesham explained it's not just referring to the candles of the base time English but it's also referring to the candles of Hanukkah which would continue to be lit on throughout the 2000 years of Godless the 2000 years that we've been in Exile and until the third base amendus is built um which of course were lit by the by the kahanim where The Offspring of arunachine but the message adds something also which is very interesting the message adds another point which is also in the parshus here in the in the parsha's Nassau which is the concept of the levium I'm sorry the kohanim were commanded to give broadcast the blessings to the Jewish people which includes Arts happens every single yantif every single Festival the kohanan get up and they give the Priestly blessing and in arts Israel we get this blessing every single day but this blessing is something which clearly continues throughout all time right down to this very day there were communities that would bless every single day the Persian Community I believe this maybe the other communities but at least a few times a year the kohanim the priests get up and they Bless the people now what is the significance of the blessings in this context it almost seems to be thrown in here like in a just like slipped in the blessings how did the blessings of the kohanim correspond we're talking about we're talking about the candles how do all of these things um Jive what is the the let us say the the underlying theme that runs through the core bonus that they brought and that runs through the menorah and that runs through the concept of the blessings so in order to understand this I'd like to share with you the next piece in the madrish which brings sukim from zacharya perchdale which are absolutely stunning you must see these circular verses I'll give you a little bit of a a background what's going on in the Silicon there but you must see the beginning of of Zakaria of the safer and treasar Zachariah from the beginning if you read it's not a it's not a hard read it's not a long read the prophecy of zakariah and the prophecy involves the menorah which is why our measure brings it but if we understand what's going on in that prophecy we understand the essence of what Zakaria is being told by Hashem by the malach who is instructing him and giving him the vision that he has it has to do with the manaira and it has to do with us it has very much to do with what is the concept of the carbonus of the niseum what is the concept of the brachas excuse me the brachis that the kohanu give us and what is the concept that is essence of the menorah if we think about it you know why does Hashem need a menorah why do we need a menorah in the mishkan in the taranaka why do we need a menorah as the magician is going to say does Hashem need any light Hashem doesn't need any light there's a famous Rashi that tells us that it's like a blind person that uh it's a whole Hashem doesn't need the light Hashem is the pique who's able to see where the blind people and we're turning on the light for him it's like a little weird Hashem doesn't need any light and even more so I'll point out that the menorah is lit inside of a space which is completely closed there's nobody there I'm saying that the Kohan will go in there in order to bring the guitarists the the incense they go in there to put once a week to put the upon him a special showbread for for a week it's in there who's the light for what is the concept of this light ER and and once we understand the concept of this life we will understand really what is the concept of the carbonus what is the concept of the the Mitzvah of the menorah and how does it parallel the concept of the carbonus and the brachis that are in a coin gave that the Gohan give to this day is that the the candles the they're not exactly candles as we think of them candles but the lights of the menorah are to light in a fashion where they're facing towards the center of a menorah right the Wicks on this on on each side of the three there were three on each side three candelabra on each side and one in the center so the ones on the side face towards the middle on each side they face towards the middle and the one in the middle faced forward naira says the manjush what does it mean it means that are the words need explanation we'll see what they mean shortly but literally it means should not embarrass it shouldn't be an embarrassment of the menorah foreign [Music] in his vision and the golden Menorah above the menorah there was a pail there was a some kind of collective device which was full of oil and the oil was dripping down from the from this upper device into the menorah into the seven candelabra of the menorah into the cups that were there in order to be lit and on either side of this pail there were two trees it was the the trees extended up from the menorah on either side up to the pale and the trees were olive trees that's the the vision that he saw now what is the idea of this vision so the posic describes that there's an embarrassment who's was this embarrassment is there's an embarrassment there's a sense of something is something feels off and wrong now we need to understand zacharya Zakaria was in the time the the very beginning of the second base I mean there's the temple was being built or it's about to be built and there had been 18 years there had been 18 years before the temple was actually built 18 years before before the time of akashvarosh before the time of Esther nakash so the king there were two kings there was uh dariovesh and there was kyrish Cyrus Darius one of them gave permission to build the base of English 18 years before but then he rescinded the permission he took back that permission and so the the base of English stood unbuilt a a Binion that had they had started building but they didn't complete and so there was a great embarrassment to the Jewish people it seemed like they had permission Hashem who had promised that 70 years would pass and then they would be reinstated the Jewish people would return to land of Israel but it it started but it stopped there's 18 years it started and it stopped so it was an embarrassment to us it looked like Hashem for for had forsaken us then 18 years later they finally got the full permission from their yavish Darius the son of Esther finally they had the permission and they were able to build so now zerubaval was the the king of the Jewish people was named zerubaval and there was a kind goggle there his name was yahushua and they were all involved in the building the final building of the best of English and and when you read the silkim when you read the sukum you see that the idea behind the the embarrassment the idea behind the menorah is the what was represented by the menorah what the message that hashan was giving over to zacharya was a very simple a beautiful message the message was there's this Menorah that we like the human being lights it looks like we're lighting it looks like we're filling up the fluid the oil that that lights in the menorah but there was a central um pale Central vessel which held the oil and that vessel was allowing the oil to go into the seven canammon or the seven candelabra and this say the circum represents the fact that Hashem is the one it looks like we are doing it looks like that we're the ones trying to build obese we're the ones who and and it gets stalled it looks like the process of mashiach is happening it's it's it's on its way but it's not completed and Hashem assures us so beautiful it doesn't come from your power it doesn't come from your strength and your armies that's not how to be some English gets built the lighting of the minority does not occur through you direct it happens you are the one who are going to light but Hashem is saying I'm the one I'm the the power I'm the motor of the mashiach process this is talking about the second base of English that because that was a Messianic moment I am the motor behind it it's it's it looks stalled but it's not stalled it's gonna happen there's there's nothing to worry about now this message points out there are seven or there are seven candelabra Elizabeth the seven candelabra connected there are seven stars which are actually representative these Seven Stars the seven planets right so they move around in a different pattern than the rest of the stars in the sky and they represent hashems they represent God's eyes as it were looking Here There and Everywhere in the entire world Hashem sends out his I don't want to call them spies he sends out I don't want to call them video cameras but Hashem is looking so to speak at the entire Earth he is involved directly in every single thing that occurs in our lives personally nationally everything is the magic points out what we said earlier first of all there's the concept of which means that just as the menorah in the vision the light that comes the the oil that comes into it through which there's a light that light is lit that oil is placed into the menorah by Hashem himself as it were and in a similar way there are seven stars that represent hashems his Divine Providence every single thing that happens in your life in my life in the world events everything that we see going on it's all himself it looks like we are the players but really the seven the multiplicity it's all really one it's sourced in one root it's coming it's pouring down the shepherd comes down from one source which is Hashem himself so if you will think that Hashem needs my light if you will think that Hashem needs my action in order to bring about the result that he wants it's just not true is don't make a mistake and think that Hashem needs our light foreign we find that in regards which we speak about the third base so there are windows in the base of English what are these windows well we need light inside them is from outside now if you if you come to make sure I'll show you some old buildings that are in the hills around and you look at the windows the windows are wider on the out they're thick Windows meaning the there's a thick width of the window itself they're wider on the outside I'm sorry they're thinner on the inside let's get this straight they're thinner on the outside wider on the inside they open up to let the light in but in the basement is the opposite they're wider on the outside and they're thinner on the inside because we want to expand the light out like think of a think of those megaphones where it's thinner on it's it's the circle is smaller on the inside and it expands out to let the sound out the light of the base of English is meant to go out from the window so Hashem doesn't need the light from outside the light is coming the purpose of the light is to to to send light outwards Sean does not need our light doesn't the base of English the Tabernacle does not need light from outside Hashem does not need us to light the menorah some could light the menorah himself so to speak so what is the idea here what is the idea here so I'm skipping to the end because we're running out of time the end of the measure says that's so deep it's we'll have to it's too bad we can't read this whole message because it's so beautiful but hashem's way is to take from the darkness to make light regards to brought light out of Darkness uh reality out of nothingness do I need your light I can make light out of nothingness is in order to raise you up the purpose of you lighting is not to give Hashem light it's for you to be lit up yourself through your action of light so the measure is saying something profound so deep is so beautiful it's saying that the idea of the menorah represents the fact that Hashem is the source of light Hashem is the source of the light the mikdash the the the mishkan the light shoots out from the mishkan the spiritual light it comes out of the Michigan the mishkan is like a a massive ball of of explosive spiritual light that expands out hashan doesn't need us to light that light but I can be I can have a merit by taking part in lighting the menorah I have an opportunity to recognize through the menorah this message is saying that I'm not the one I'm not the I look it looks like I'm the player but I'm not the player I'm just a I'm just somebody who's the light is coming through I might be Zerg that the light I can help Hashem as it were I can I can open a Patak like I'm I'm making a little hole in the wall so that the light can come through it's not my light I'm allowing the life room perhaps through my action but it's not my light it's very nice because we we start to understand here the parallel between the menorah and the brachas right we said why did the measure stick in the brachis the blessings which we do have right here in the parishes at the end of not so we have the the blessings that the kohanim give but it's so beautiful it's so profound the blessing I'm saying the kohanim they have a great schools they have a great Merit that what is their what is the special thing that we have from the cons to this day that they get up in front of everybody they stand they say we were commanded with the Holiness of iron to bless the people of Israel with love now you would ask you know what is the great job of the important Priests of the Jewish people no perhaps it's the serve in the temple perhaps it's to it's to make bring offerings on behalf of the Jewish people represent us the greatest thing that they do that remains to this day is that they bless us they act as a conduit to bring the blessing of Hashem into the world to the Jewish people they're just a conduit they're just a channel through which Hashem brings a blessing but there's no greater by being the ones that are lit up that that light others that send blessings bring blessings on the Jewish people they they receive blessings because of that and this is really what we're trying to to understand in regards to the menorah as well the menorah also the lighting of the menorah is something that's an unnecessary action some doesn't need the kohanim to light the menorah doesn't need us to do this but what it represents is that it's an opportunity for us to be raised up the kohana are raised up by being the instrument of Hashem by being the vessel through which Hashem brings blessing brings light spiritual light into the world and recognizing that the light itself is not us the oil itself doesn't come the light and the oil doesn't come from us it's flowing down from a higher source from a singular source from the upper source which is Hashem himself down to the seven candelabra which represent the seven days of the week which represent the 70 facets of of reality which is all of us partaking in the light of Hashem but nonetheless the light that we have is is just a reflection of his life that's the concept of malcol number seven it's Shabbos and that's really what the that's really what the niseum we're doing the necium were opening they were making an opening they were popping a hole in the wall of beginning dedicate I'm saying what because they brought carbon and so now all of the carbonics in the next 850 years and then subsequent 400 years and the second base are all because of them they just brought a carbon what is the Corbin the Corbin is me making an bringing an offering making myself less making myself subservient to Hashem saying that all that I have is yours Hashem I want to give it back to you that's what it's all about that's what this measure is teaching us the Naseem bringing the Quran it's the same exact hormone but it's all the same exact subservience it's all the same exact exact surrender everything I have is not mine everything that I have is yours Hashem the light that I shine is not my light it's your light that I'm shining if I'm sorry if I Merit to to step out step aside step out of the way the blessings that I'm giving if I'm a coin are are not mine the blessings are God's blessings that I'm just acting here here's the blessings I'm just wishing it upon you it's a very beautiful and Powerful deep idea and that's and I want to bless you and ask you to bless me Hashem should help us that we should recognize foreign we need to remember Hashem should help us remember it's not us if Hashem wants to use us as instruments so so be it but the the foundation which should help us to recognize that the foundation of all that happens in our lives all the blessings that we receive all of the success that we have all of the all of that which we give back to God even the foundation of that is Hashem is from Hashem or blessings should pour out those blessings upon us and help us realize clearly that it's all from him 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