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Parshas Mishpatim - Can We Understand Mitzvos?
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What is the difference between Mishpatim-Laws and Chukim-Statutes? What is the idea of doing a mitzvah because Hashem commanded it, not just because we understand it? What is greater - a righteous person who does what's right because it's natural to him or someone who desires sin, but resolutely turns away from it despite the desire? How does one find the balance between fulfilling the mitzvos because it makes sense to us and fulfilling them because of Hashem's command? How does one strike a balance between emotions and intellect? Find out in this week's Parsha Podcast.
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Ramat beit shemesh is around fifty seven
seventy nine 2019 this exposures parshas
Mishpatim and I said you once again a
beautiful peaceful from crime free liner
we're going to talk about the mesh
cotton on Lois the concept of mesh
bottom what are these laws he says like
this Vale Amish part my shirt awesome if
name and these are the law is that you
should place before them Marashi he
quotes Rashi comic ocean mr la wherever
it says these are the these are the laws
or this puzzles three shining it's going
to say these as opposed to something
before it's not a continuation they Ella
what it says over here is and these mice
Valerie shining it's a continuation of
something that was previous Mari chamois
seen a half enemy seen just like last
week Varsha the Ten Commandments were
all given at Mount Sinai so to in our
parsha
the concepts that are being given here
as well are from Xena from Mount Sinai
Mishpatim what is the concept here he
says like this mister bottom in our
mister shahnameh of universe time there
are laws that we understand with our
intellect there are some laws that we
don't understand that are difficult for
us to understand come on DNA magic began
of academia for example when it comes
the laws of damages or stealing process
return that which thieves stole a person
has to replace the damaged items that
the person has caused that damage
Sher Shah was sorry Salem elastica SHANY
it makes sense to us that it's not
correct it's not correct it's
intellectually we understand it's not
correct to cause someone else damage can
links lost my money or to steal his
money mechanics your on moving him
down since our click I'm mom so because
we understand our our heritage our
emotions tell us that this is the
correct thing to do so we understand why
there's an obligation to fulfill these
Commandments Lumas koukin as opposed to
cook him the statutes shane on my VMS
time you don't understand the reason
follow my car my son fulfilled my IQ
Cochran stop enemy seen I because that's
what was command to us from Mount Sinai
oh no hazael darshan Mary show me see
now if enemy seen I our sages tell us
that just like the previous ones were
- OH - these Chicano mitzvahs a sickly
ice on a Mac I know my cell nomination
of a venomous time am an amazing thing
I'm feeling it tells us or not we're
gonna explore the the balance that we
need to find within this idea but he
says to us that there's an obligation to
fulfill the commandments not because we
understand them not because they make
sense to us but because Hashem commanded
them from Mount Sinai just like the
previous concepts were something were
things that we don't per se on a stand
and yet we do them why because God
commanded them to us at - all right so -
the laws that we fulfill which we do
understand intellectually also are to be
fulfilled because God commanded them
Kagami know how you need to know know
Havanna gal can I you know Mike I know
hunky carts on a chamois scene I even if
we wouldn't understand them we would
still do them because that's God's will
I don't know that I'm a skunk Shana
Medina me so much bottom we need to
understand however the truth is there
you only understand the laws come
welcome Cathy I never became a Gundam
climbing risk Sal as we find that it's
stated in the neighborhood climbed risk
low tearsa a night Oscar Kevin she's
ever good on one other circus of zoo lot
the reason that it's forbidden to kill
somebody it's not because it's
disgusting to us not because it doesn't
feel good to do it her reggae was
slightly safer that's guns in a vehicle
so it's yourself the fact that we feel
that way comes because of the fact that
it's prohibited Alicia tell us precisely
hi a lot of shoe many alert surfaces
ULA's if not for the fact that the Torah
prohibited it there will be no problem
Nym same can't yes Celia sir hija
Mitzvah comes out that the reason that
it's prohibited is because of the myths
for the commandment of God but Toto
that's leader madaba Zim is Sarah mayor
yes sir
the result which is that we feel it's
disgusting to do that prohibition it's a
result of the fact that it's prohibited
cow gamma mesh potential domain venomous
time search when it comes to other laws
which we understand the reasons for them
at Tom in a civil now I saw me Howie sir
the fact we understand it always feels
something emotional about it is
the reason why we don't do it assertion
is the venom ahem he hi vis aaron la
havana said tom the fact that we were
commanded not to do those prohibitions
is that which brings us to understand
the reason who kimchi Gershon is the
Vino them but of course there are other
commandments which we don't necessarily
understand come welcome concise time of
Cusimano the concept or the reason my
name is concealed from us cafe ever
sunny as much as a hukum nakai am i some
guy a non-venomous hamid one we need to
fulfill them even if we don't understand
now he says that this is an idea which
we find in in our partial also the idea
of gnosis emanation by the jewish people
when they were commanded to keep the
Torah God said he's gonna give them the
Torah so they said we will do whatever
you say we're gonna hear about it
afterwards chuckle Wireless he says what
I really AM is rel when God comes to
give the Torah to the Jewish people he
like English I'll assume asylum it's not
on the kalos entire first ciass all the
nations of the world do you want to
receive the Torah shall cost about each
nation said what does it say there
kumamon cemeteries at Easter should have
come as a Haim how you puts him each
nation found that very Mitzvah which
they were not very good at keeping in
stimulus attire and as a result they
said not interested in receiving the
Torah
hakushi salut Messiah shikaku Hashanah
Mikasa by the difficulty when it came
for the nations of the world where they
asked what does it say there that what
happens you should surely invited to my
conversion like I am the person asks
what it says there they're gonna find
something that they're not gonna be so
interested in fulfilling our minim got
loose specialist rola - rock musician my
shoulder Mayakoba
the greatness of the jewish people
wasn't just that they didn't ask what it
says there hello shall run a sevenish
where they said we will we will do
whatever it says and we'll hear about it
afterwards clever Makaha thomas an
Auslan eeschema gamma carry on eeschema
anyway since a Swedish movie knows Tom
at the farm they said we will do
whatever you say and we will listen we
will listen to it what they were saying
system kind free there is that even if
we don't understand that we're going to
do it a khaki missus is a huge masseur
macaca was of
NASA the reason that we do it is because
we said we will do whatever you say my
mashup my god Enoshima will rock
together Lima at a time I'm sure she'll
give Alana make our answer we're going
to hear about we're gonna try to
understand it in places where it's
appropriate but it's going to as we said
be as a result of the fact that you said
that it's prohibited and that's how
we're going to try to understand the
reason you're coming Mira's al-ahmar Tom
Malaysian team oh you're home lavabit
said that what is the idea the word time
which means a reason it's also the same
word means to taste
why should call a cotton-picking emits a
female jogger so each person has a
different taste when I taste food
different people have different tastes a
person has a different level of
understanding depending on his level
well at some chemo mrs. Hancock what's
not shown is what became the reason that
we fulfill the missus is only because
God says to okay and he brings them I'm
not gonna read this part inside it means
out of the random says that that it's
also true in regards to the to the oom
asylum the nations of the world they
have sheva mitzvos they have seven
commandments which God commanded the
sons of Noah and when they fulfill them
it can't just be because some Isis a
makes sense to them we can't kill we
can't steal we have to have dhinam we
have to have laws fulfill the laws you
have to have courts etc those cannot
just be fulfilled if they fulfill it
because it makes sense to them that's
not called they fulfill the seven misses
they have to fulfill it because God says
to fulfill it
same idea now he brings a rambha Ron
says something amazing alright maybe as
dasu philosophy the round brings the
opinion of the philosopher chanel cuckoo
a sum a drag racer gorillas the
Philosopher's question which is a higher
level ie not hostage and where to
Colossus is on various meats at sea by
ownership of Taif a person let's say who
is a righteous he's a saint
someone who's righteous who does things
just because it's not his nature to do
those things is that a greater level
he's drawn to doing good
I have Marshall she should time on the
fairest of all who kinda she's used to
minute safely say perhaps somebody who
he has a desire to do the sin but he
overcomes his desire and he doesn't do
it anyway which is a greater level
with a higher inertia my dragisa custody
my drag racer good I'll surely get sir
we could say then what's better would
seem on the surface somebody who doesn't
do the same because that's his nature
sure a circle so chuckle or ah youth who
naraba nephesh when a person has desire
to do evil that's a negative personality
traits a negative character lamella of a
sham nefesh rah
I saw wrong then a person who's who has
a bad spirit so along with that comes
evil I feel sure a nice raw alamos Avila
Rio Negro sure you doesn't actually do
it the fact that he wants to do it
there's something in him that's that's
negative because I'm around around says
Akasha karna padega common bazarian when
we look through the words of the sages
in this regard
names Tommy Avila Vera's tunics of alum
who yards across refuse to show him
surely Saladin released our banner
Hassan interestingly our sages tell us
that a person who has the desire to do
evil and doesn't do evil that's a higher
level a charmer should call a surely
Adam II I saw her she is so showing to
the point that our sages tell us that
the greater person is the more he's
perfecting himself the more that he's
worked on himself
th true customer Vera suits Tyra in
panic awesome yes sir god oh the result
is that a person becomes greater his
desire to do a varus his desire to sin
is greater and therefore he's going to
have to work on himself to a greater
extent in order to overcome his desire
favi was a harem I will call gone with
hilarious forgot my men on the gomora
says in suka
whoever is greater than his friend his
gates are Harrah's evil inclination
excuse me as greater dimes say how much
mascara much Monash a girl of you writes
I rush live in our show you where the
food Syrah grassy just tell us the court
how difficult it is so is the reward the
yes music shame see Willie I saw Adam
miss Avila virus Hsu Li Mirage and he bt
bewdley Avila so how they're very
interestingly cuz I'll say to us we're
not supposed to say I don't want to do
it I have no desire to eat pig not
supposed to say that obviously I saw
Tyra you are boo even if the Taiwan tips
wouldn't want any Pig no why would I be
sure McKinley Lima it's a magician in
partial connection which says no you're
not I mean yes you the whole Buster
b'hala person should not say I don't
want to eat I don't want need a
cheeseburger he if she little boy shot
knows I'm not interested in wearing wool
and linen together if she love Allah if
I'm not interested in having relations
with an inappropriate person LA if she
persons will say I would like to do
those things I would like to eat a
cheeseburger I would like to have
illicit relations Ella message of you
bish mushroom Gazzara ly amazing thing I
supposed to the normal the tire is
telling us a normal thing it's normal to
have a desire for something that's wrong
it's a normal to have a desire to eat a
delicious cheeseburger but what can I do
I'm said it's forbidden I'm not going to
do because God said not to do it
that's why name's Owen Cain what comes
out of this either I'm cured seneschal a
British economist at Simon la fuerza
where's Daphne sure she has a chuckle
Isis is a virus person needs to stop
himself I'm doing it because he has a
desire to do it
the fear move on shoot the Shimomura
meticulous my shelving systems SZ that
seems to be a contradiction we're gonna
try to understand the idea here but it's
an amazing thing it comes out that that
you know the the Western mind thinks
well if I if I have a desire to do it we
can unlock on list off the the concepts
that the liberal mind says that it's if
it's if I have a desire to do it that
I'm supposed to do it but the fact that
I have a desire to do it it's not the
reason that I that I should do it or
shouldn't do it the tyrant says what is
morality the Torah defines morality the
Torah defines what is permitted and what
is forbidden the fact that a man is not
that relations and and marry his sister
is because the Torah says it no other
reason now let's continue here it's an
amazing thing I Robyn meri Aashiqui look
busy Kwame my drinking some mushroom
Audrina accosted mrs. Rashmi as he adds
another layer to this theorem and he
says that when it comes to to these two
concerts who is greater somebody who
doesn't have any desire to do it or
somebody who has a desire but doesn't do
it because the Torah says not to do it
so there's there's a difference in when
it comes to the two different types of
mitzvahs
mrs. are sick leus when it comes to a
mr. which we understand we have a
certain level of understanding that this
is something which is this is disgusting
it's wrong it's wrong to steal from
somebody else it's another it's how can
I do such a thing
when it comes to that kind of it sir
dragisa cross it here so you're done
we'll be doing some my show so a person
who has a problem is a klepto is a
kleptomaniac he can't haul himself back
from stealing that is something which we
see as negative so even though that
person overcomes himself or becomes his
nature he doesn't steal because the
tourist is not to steal that person is
not on the same level if it's something
that's amid sicilius if it's something
which we understand the reason so the
greater level is a person who doesn't
have that desire at all how missus
should say : oh my Venus at circle he
became human so this one triggered
application a my true colossi son is
better when a person doesn't have that
desire i thought me a shoe shoe class so
he's a million not sure sir lettuce
ma'am but if he has a desire rack -
that's lemon chemistry king mercenaries
bark and then he prevents himself from
doing it because that's the will of God
that's exactly sir my mouth's not shy
the fact that he has a desire is he has
there's something spiritually missing
kukuku load of rosette rah Zephie
sermonette fish desiring something evil
is it's a soul sickness I admit Cesare
schmear is my drinking so much yes we
don't know triggers across it but now
when it comes excuse me when it comes to
the to the mitzvahs that we do because
God says to do not because we understand
it so there it's a greater level to do
it not because I don't have a desire for
it but I saw mr. structure matter but -
I mean I mean I say son let Hannah came
in Chicago buried there it's not just
because they're supposed to not do it
because God said not to do it
LSU Manus who writes law says it's a yes
sir I want to do it but I'm not supposed
to a - a year she shall be be special
mind goes are like Shaw sir I can't do
it because God says not to do it that's
why so when it comes to those who insist
the higher level is to want to do it and
not to refrain from doing it okay and he
and he proves it the realm improves it
that we see like this
maybe Ryan Ludwick quila quina sickness
behind a common Hamas an emotional
memory machine loo shame liam room now
look at what they said when they were
talking about the case of where it's
where i'll other if she like a nephesh
we're saying a person should do it
because this is God's will if you didn't
say don't do it when it comes to saying
I'm not gonna kill somebody why even
though I really want to kill somebody if
she lignified yeah i I don't want to see
you she's like hasn't really yeah if she
right I should it's not that they say I
don't want to do it I'm doing it because
God commanded me to I really want to
kill somebody you really want to steal
from someone I really want to do all
these things that's not what they say
Ave Aviv arm Shmi I'm cool um it's all
things that we don't understand why
can't I eat a cheeseburger because God
says that's why there's no other reason
we don't understand why what's wrong
with the cheeseburger it's delicious
I've never tried it but so they say
right Buster McCullough we shoshanna's
arias relations with a forbidden people
you know me so hates man you know chakra
no show me smart who guys why why don't
we do all of the forbidden sexual
relationships it's because God says so
that's why and there's where they say
there's my house I'll say I don't do
because God says not to do it not not by
the other ones not by the ones they're
certainly it's not by the one so it's
it's very clear around on assignment
Suvorov he completes his concept and
says my name is Barlow ha become Hashem
are no we see from this entire concept a
seminar virus yet Misha leash like a
girl and yes our costume and I'm just
like you like every shoots from hand we
see where it's better to I have a desire
at all and where it's better to have a
desire but to overcome that desire okay
Peter sniffler how much name of Martin
will show them where Alamitos Mariana
this is an amazing novelty and with this
concept so we've clarified we've made it
made it all very clear okay so that's
the random but real time Friedlander
says that we still need to understand
something okay she'll have him surely
fee Masha Kassab new based on what we've
said it could rest on a bar became a
mesh bottom rukmi shekhar azad by ray we
said that why do we fulfill the mission
which are the laws that we understand we
do them because that's God's will
not because we understand it looking by
filming you could never make a much
better marriage and it's enough I only
said we said that the reason that it
says that these are also from sunrise to
teach us that we also do the mind in the
midst of sickliness the intellectual
wants once we understand not because we
understand them but because God says to
do them claw machines see this
commission I've shown so that is my hem
the reason that we do them is not
because we understand and it makes sense
that's it feels right and can I go mrs.
a cyclic human Kekaha Chevy spark so it
comes down when it comes down to what
we're saying is that the reason that we
do the Mishpatim the once we understand
is because that's God's will not because
we understand it Shamala chuckle our
sizes of era III would have a desire to
do that thing I would have a desire to
steal I would have a desire to kill
hello me Laurel I came to Chicago so I
said I know I don't do it why because
that's God's will so what's the what's
the idea here what's the bottom line in
we're having me time how are we to
understand what's going on so he expands
like this beyond foreign the the
explanation here is an amazing thing
this is an amazing foundational concepts
so important to understand vada in
retsina Terry became a magician Tommy
Shockley rocky must say how's Chicago
Savino boring it doesn't mean to say
that the reason that we do the missus is
only because we turn off our motions and
would just do what it says without
thinking that's not the nuts on a burger
that's not a Shems Ville you need car
it's called Koresh we dis turn off our
our emotions a sickly an attack on the
radiation no the intellect is not a
replacement for our emotions well after
she gets to missus ship polish it's Lena
clarify registry key Mon obviously the
Merlin once we see that there are missus
that we understand them to a certain
extent we we feel that it's correct
I shouldn't steal I shouldn't kill it
doesn't it doesn't it feels wrong to do
those things right vanish need a lot of
our luggage the Amish market can miss
youla but it's a sham it must be that
God gave us the emotions the
understanding in order to help us to
serve him a year sure I'm serious
atomistic lino Rakesh is saying no the
strain is that we have imbued into us
God gave us this we have a natural
sense of what's correct workers she'll
say no him Commission in addition I'm to
mr. Thomas tequila chemistry designer
God gave me these as as utensils to help
us in order to serve him to fulfill his
well we should Misha Caleb McCool column
she never was like share show us a to be
his cost-efficient Amos he misses a
person who doesn't have that he can't
control himself in doing what's wrong he
wants to do what's wrong he loves doing
what's wrong so there's something
missing there is no mrs. Kim it's a
sashimi ice shall in the common gum
village and anonymous Achilles I'm Akuma
but there are other Commandments we
don't understand them and we still have
to do them Ravi take about us all we
spotless camera we don't understand
someone who has a desire then they're
not supposed to do it why it's too hard
it feels the terrace that's not to do it
that's why we do it the one Dharma
system we understand them I suppose we
don't understand and we have to fulfill
them all Nielson king should IMS Gamez
has sick liaison it's three o'clock I am
Ketchum Savano alkyne when the truth is
that even though once that we understand
we have to fulfill those Commandments
because God said to do it as a goof
assertion or Solano's have on our
heritage the slide master cleaners but
that doesn't mean that we can't use our
emotions and our understanding to aid us
in fulfilling the commandments ok naval
parrot see from Adama stealing murdering
we understand a keyword scientist
services on all this remaining but I
lost his notice I can assure you learn a
lot a service to Minnehaha Varla
God gave us the ability to help
ourselves to fulfill these Commandments
ok so we have different things different
ideas we order also limits instead we
need to fulfill even though we don't
stand the mushroom wants us to do is
will when we understand it and also when
we don't and we need both of those
aspects and they're connected to Yura
and Alva serving God out of out of
respect and also serving God out of love
ok we need all of these
okay last point I'd like to share with
you and he says like this he brings us a
proof that we see that we need to use
our hair gish the the emotions that we
have the emotions our feelings are part
of our bodies have Shen we're not
supposed to just be like robots serving
God without any emotion we see that
there are other places that this concept
applies the v-2 become a clevis other
lachemann are geisha of Iloilo calculon
we see that there's an obligation for a
person to to protect his emotions and
not destroy them what does that mean
Shailaja Marcus are you shyness the
first excuse me of the three plagues
dance our decking in blood frogs and
lice measurable emotional hiko I saw I
saw Moses didn't do them he didn't
strike the river he didn't strike the
ground and I'm not Vali the arm it's
official my sure he was done by Aaron at
Moses command I am rational Misha
immoral Arrancar Matco vanity alcohol
made me miss Riley you dumb a sham
system Oh should tell Aaron to take his
staff and and and caused the plague to
begin because of racial division Hagen
our URL moisha since the Nile River
protected Moses conditional attack line
when he was thrown in there and the
fecal I'll uh call ya don't let me down
let's find him look Holly the iron so
there and also when I came to striking
the ground the ground covered up the
mystery of the Egyptian so Moses need to
show his hot car sat off his his
recognition of good his gratitude to the
to the river to the the ground they both
protected him was the idea that circle
of mush I click I've of course a type of
diamond
Caillou or before herzman striving what
does it mean how do I show gratitude to
the ground to the water
yeah day was the table autumn well the
mission Amish but diamond would get
cleaner sale about us especially okay do
me a favor
it's part of my invited serving serving
a Shems I so IKEA dime are you show me a
killin time what the the river
appreciates the gratitude that Moses is
showing him beer morena ravine
gunner of death sir of desser explains
communist a nephesh much boys fearfully
sorry there Gish there I call you there
say ho a person's emotions are affected
by his actions our geisha may Micallef
gillum's meanness hwadam and emotions of
a person are that which just spur us to
do that which we're supposed to do
Lelaina shall piace flying higher cars a
type of diamond so even though
intellectually we do not need to show
gratitude to an inanimate object ah
c'mon you accurate title of diamond I
read the Kaku much because it's Kyra
gosh Shivan aficionado
when we don't show the proper occurrence
at all the gratitude even to something
physical you know I live in a house and
you thank my house I live in there it's
you saw the Land of Israel he's just say
thank you to Land of Israel why because
that that I can't speak negatively about
the land of is for why because it it it
it affects my emotions it affects how I
feel it affects my me dices it affects
my character traits so I sneak a foul
elusive gravimeter Sodom because the
results can affect the meters of the
person the character traits of the human
being la Haine - oddish more asparagus a
brave little cockroach his'n filled with
vomit daca vs such allegation got cars
at eminem him so i need to even have
appreciation express my appreciation to
an inanimate object so we see that we
need to use our heritage our emotions in
our service of God so I need to use my
emotions in order to yes to understand
them and so I do them it's us I do the
commandments because God said to do them
no matter what even if I don't
understand them and there was this which
I can't understand I do them because God
says to but I still have to have that
balance of being able to use my emotions
through my understanding of the Mitsos
to serve God and he's used all aspects
of myself my intellect my emotions in
order to serve God with my entire being
what I bless you I ask you to bless me
ashram should help us to use this
recognition they have this recognition
to be able to serve Him properly with
our motions we don't intellect thank you
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