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Noach - Spiritual Cycles
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What is the idea behind the Medrash's statement that before the flood, 'they would plant but not harvest?' What is the depth behind the fact that previous to the flood there were no distinct seasons, that people could travel long distances in a moment, and that there was no fear of wild animals? Why did this all change after the flood? Why did the world become a world of cycles and challenges? Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.
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you're listening to the weekly partial
podcast with ari goldwag
recorded with ashram's neverending
assistance in ramadan she's real 57 81
2020. this week's parishes parties noah
and we have the story
the difficult story of noah in his
generation he was at sadiq
the people of his generation were not
destroyed
with the flood the entire generation
saving noah
and the animals knocking his wife his
three sons their wives
and they came out of the ship after a
year and they
brought carbonis here's the puzzle
para cress pastor
all the different animals that were pure
all of the different birds that were
pure
he brought them as eyeless
sacrifices
smelled this good smell
that came from the sacrifices god said
to his heart
i will not continue to bring about this
curse on the earth
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but for adam because of the person
of the way of a person inclination of a
person is evil from his youth
i'm not going to destroy all of the
living creatures as i have done
and the passage in uh verse 22 says i
call yamaha zara the katsuya record
this is a verse i want to focus in on
and on the mesus that speaks about this
verse
all of the days of the earth there are
qatar that shall be planting and
harvesting
the core of a climb there shall be cold
and heat
there shall be summer and winter if you
have a lila day and night loyal
su they will not rest meaning there will
always be
cycles there will always be cycles in
the earth in the world
hashem promised that even though
according to one explanation the measure
even though the cycle stopped during the
mobile during the flood
but the cycles would forever continue
that was the promise hashem made and he
wouldn't destroy the world he wouldn't
stop
all the cycles he wouldn't allow such
great destruction to occur again
now i'd like to share with you a magist
which is really profound
unbelievable magis
a few very interesting points and
the depth of what we can learn from
these points
certainly applies to all of us it brings
the pasta
because all days of the earth
should be planting harvesting etc
says what was this statement of
akushboku why did hashem
speak about the cycles what was he
talking about
hashem said you know what was it that
caused
the people of the world to to defy me to
rebel against me
it's because they would plant and they
wouldn't harvest we'll see soon what
that means
the old invalid cavern they would have
children they would never bury their
children
from now on we're going to have planting
and harvesting and we're going to have
people who christmas from heaven forbid
bury their children
this idea of of this what is the idea
here
so i'm actually going to read the
measure shot of water because the second
part of the madrish
i'll come back to something in the
middle soon the second part of the magic
she explains the first part it says here
all right it's the same same statement
all you day shaheen zaryville kaiser
it's because they would plant and they
would not
harvest what does that mean
amazing thing it used to be before the
flood
something awesome you would plant once
every 40 years
the harvest of that planting wouldn't be
necessary why do we harvest because we
need to take in a lot because we need
we need to before before the rains come
before the crops are ruined
that wasn't the case before the marble
before the flood
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they would plant and the
crops would remain in the field
accessible undamaged
for 40 years it wasn't necessary to
plant more than once in 40 years
something very interesting
i think this is what it means i'm i may
be mistaken but i believe this is what
it means
they had the ability in a moment to
traverse the entire earth to go from one
side of the earth to another outside of
the earth
not like today where you actually have
to take a plane
now like 100 years to 200 years ago
where you had to actually walk or take a
boat
they could instantly perhaps this is the
shot i believe it is
they could instantly transport from one
side of the earth to another side
some kind of spiritual technology
they had such awesome power that they
could
when they were walking along they could
kick a a cedar tree and it would just
be knocked down like a piece of wood
like a little splinter
and when they would see lions or tigers
they would be just like having a
little hair on their skin according to a
different gear so like having
a uh a uh
a bug they're like bugs
what's the idea they had good air the
same air that we have what's the best
time of the year from pesach until
schweiz which is very interesting we've
spoken about in the past in past
podcasts
i don't think i'm going to get into it
here but between pesach and voice is the
perfect season
from passover to shus to pentecost
it's the perfect season those 50 days
that's how it was all year
all year round it was an awesome time it
was an awesome time to live
before the flood everything was perfect
you don't have to do too much work
you could travel in a moment wherever
you wanted
nothing to be afraid of as far as wild
animals
and and that's what it means zurin the
anima cuts room it wasn't necessary to
harvest
you'd leave this stuff out in the field
you could take whatever you wanted
whenever you wanted because
the the seasons didn't change
the seasons were always the same it was
always beautiful weather the weather was
always perfect
the crops would never get ruined you
plants once every 40 years
and in a similar vein people would never
have a child who was born
that would die in their own lifetime
would never happen
just like the crops wouldn't get ruined
a person plants a seed as a child
so to speak that child lasts
throughout his lifetime doesn't die
before he dies
no such thing as premature death in
those times
but says the
me girl i'm majesty do be what caused
him to rebel it was too good
it was too good life was too easy for
them
you're back to the middle of the mage
it was a certain person one of the great
people of the generation
certain story happened
when he would
said look what's been done to us by the
generation of the flood
before the times of the flood before the
sinning of man
which causes destruction of the world
not just the destruction of the world
but the destruction of the world
as it was as they knew it
it was a perfect world people didn't get
sick people didn't die prematurely
no changes of seasons everything was
awesome you have what you need
yes it was not like being in the garden
of eden where you the garden of eden
you'd have to do any work all you did
was pray and the fruit would pop
out they had to do some work but not
very often
it wasn't there wasn't sickness no
headaches no problems
what caused the world that we see now
what caused the world of premature
deaths
of shortened lifespans and those times
they lived before the flood
eight nine hundred years what caused the
fact that man's life could
maximum be 120
it was the sin of the generation of the
flood
that's the message she says an
unbelievable thing
and uh the result was that now things
are not that way
so what's the shot what is the idea
behind this what is the measure coming
to teach us
what is the message i'm unfortunate say
something which is profound which of
course we can all take to heart
before him say that the depth of it is
that when things are good
when things are smooth when a person
doesn't have problems
so what's the result the result is that
this is what causes them to rebel
against hashem
this is what causes them to decon
disconnect
detach themselves from their
relationship with a kalish broker with
god
when a person detaches from hashem what
is the result
the result is a marble result is a flood
a destruction of the world
that world of perfection that world that
wonderful world
where it's always it's always the
springtime
it's always between spring and summer
not too hot not too cold
it creates problems having such a world
we end up in trouble we end up
being bullied to the boy
rebelling against our creator
rebelling against our creators so what
does hashem do hashem asthma fortunately
explain
hashem brings into the world a new
concept
this new concept is called
this new concept is called there's such
a thing as premature death
there's such a thing as sickness of
having a headache
there's such a thing as seasons changing
all right that's the shot on the passage
call you ma'am all right it's zero of
the cuts here of course
now i'll be planting and the harvesting
you can't leave your crops out there for
40 years you have to harvest it
otherwise the rain is going to ruin it
when it starts to rain it's not just
everything comes in it's time the rain
comes when it's supposed to rain
things grow and then it just stays there
in the field available for us to cut
whenever we want not so
there's cold there's heat there's summer
there's winter there's seasons there's
day there's night
there was day night before but there are
cycles
what is the purpose of the cycles the
purpose of the cycles is for us to
connect to hashem
when there's no cycles says the majors
says the sukkam really as the matrix
explains them
when there's no cycles when there's no
ups and downs
when is when life is perfect we
disconnect from hashem
we don't have that relationship we don't
have we
we just no everything's great
everything's perfect
i don't need to ask hashem for anything
oh that's all right hashem i found that
i found the parking spot you don't have
to help me
when everything's great that's where
we get in trouble hashem
brings the world brings about a world
which has
challenges difficulties on very
unpleasant situations
every single one of us has found
ourselves in situations which which are
unpleasant
but what's it about it's about a tikkun
it's about a tikkun it's about
recognizing that when things are good
we forget about who's really in charge
when the money is flowing
when when all the things are good when
everyone's healthy when everyone's happy
take it for granted that's what the
measure is telling us we take it for
granted
but what does hashem do hashem wants us
to wake up and that's the purpose of the
challenges
that's the purpose of the sicknesses
that's the purpose of the viruses
the pandemics that's the purpose
of challenges of of cycles
it's important to remember it's very
interesting you know before the pandemic
so it's it's known that one of the
previous presidents
the one who was the president from the
year 2000 to 2008
so he he had his staff constantly alert
and aware
of the fact that there could be a
pandemic why because it's known that
every 100 years
this kind of thing that happens 100
years ago there was a pandemic
spanish flu and here we have it again
with corona there are cycles in the
world how could they know that
every hundred years something like this
happens hashem imbued into nature
there's planting and there's harvesting
there's cold there's heat you know
marash yeshiva
rabbi pear mentions often i've heard it
often because i've heard
some of this you were more than once but
it used to be and when he was young
they were afraid that there was going to
be an ice age that was approaching
the the the weather pattern seemed to be
heading towards cold
now we're talking now they're talking
about you know global warming
you know maybe it's getting cold maybe
it's getting hot maybe it's our fault
maybe it's not maybe it's a cycle
but the bottom line is that the cycle
what's the purpose of the cycle what's
the purpose of the up and down
what's the purpose of the challenges the
difficulties the sicknesses in the world
the purpose of it is for us to dive into
hashem
to reconnect to god to reconnect
to
why is it that the first thing that he
does is we saw the beginning of the
podcast
is that he brings a carbon he brings a
sacrifice
why does he do that
we could say this is i'm just thinking
about this as we speak
it could be that we could say why is he
bringing the sacrifices because he
recognized
that this destruction this destruction
was caused by a disconnect from akaddish
boroku
and as we step out into the new world
into a world
where we're starting anew we're starting
a new world we're starting anew
i need to recognize what was missing
previously
and establish for myself at the
beginning where i want to be and what i
want to do and i
and it has to do with connecting to aka
who has to do with recognizing i was
disconnected
and now i need to start a new world
with sacrifice with a sacrifice
with a pure animal with an animal that
has characteristics of purity of
spirituality of kadusa of holiness
that's where i go and hashem says you
know it's interesting
immediately after that says i can't he
smells the smell so to speak
with his idea hashem recognizes look
this is the way i gotta i gotta do
things
in order for man to wake up they have to
go through difficulties they have to go
through challenges
this is the way that things have to be
so hashem says
i'm not going to cause such massive
destruction i don't need to cause such
massive destruction of the whole world
i'm gonna make a system where there's
ups and downs where there's sowing
and reaping where there's summer and
there's winter
where there's hot and there's cold and
there's day and there's night and the
cycles go up and the cycles go down
that's how we experience life and our
relationships with others
sometimes we're in love sometimes we're
not in love sometimes we need to be
committed to our love in order to remain
in love
that's that's what this mesh is teaching
us that's the lesson i believe
that i take out of this parsha and i
think it's so deep and so powerful and
so important
and we look around and we have these
questions why is prachu doing this to
the world why is hashem making such
difficulties
why is he why does it seem to be that
the from communities the orthodox
communities are being singled out
not just by the governments but we're
the ones who are
who bore the brunt at the beginning in
the new york area orthodox jews in
europe and today
it seems to be in the kharadi areas etc
why is it what's the message it's a
message for us
it's a message for us because we're the
ones who are supposed to listen
we're the ones who have the relationship
and we have even fallen out of that
relationship
we have fallen out we've forgotten who's
the one in charge of our parnassa
so shem says hold on a second i'm gonna
pull back a little bit on that let's see
do you call out to me
i'm the one who's gonna help you with
your panasonic but i need you to ask for
it
who's the one in charge of our health
i'm gonna make things a little difficult
in the
health department i want you to ask for
it don't depend on a vaccine
don't depend on your governments don't
depend on the masks don't depend on
everything
depend on me hashem is saying to us call
out to me ask me for help
have a relationship with me that's the
purpose of these cycles
i want to bless you and ask you to bless
me hashem should help us
and we should be able to recognize
what's going on we should be able to
recognize and understand
that the challenges and the difficulties
that we face are all
awesome opportunities to re-enter into a
true
relationship with hashem thank you so
much for listening have a wonderful
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