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Ari Goldwag - Pesach - Seder-Order
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Why is the entire body of customs we perform on the first night of Pesach referred to as the Seder (Order)? Why does the goat (that Abba bought for two coins) die and never come back to life if it represents the Jewish people? Why is the building of the Beis Hamikdash (temple) mentioned in Dayeinu if it was not built until 480 years after the exodus? What is the core concept of Pesach and how does it relate to the concept of Moshiach ben Dovid? Find out in this week's parsha podcast.
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you're listening to the weekly partial
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with Hashem is never-ending assistance
in Roma vision which is real 5778
2018 this week is the holiday of
Passover
Pesach is here and we have no parsha
this week nor next week but I would like
to share with you a thought about the
about Pesach of a Passover generally and
also specifically some thoughts about
the Haggadah the Seder which we are all
going to find ourselves enjoying this
evening with our families God willing
and a few insights from Irish
yahshimabet pear and an insight of my
own first is the concept of the Seder we
call it the Seder what is the idea of
the Seder why is it called a seder the
word Seder means order so we have Cod a
sure hot car pass yeah hots we have a
whole order of things that we do we have
the kiddush that we start off with we
have the four cups we have the questions
we have a voting Ino we have the whole
description and we have the magician
that the Haggadah brings and we have the
Shana all right if we eat the mud so we
have everything has its place everything
has its order why is it that why is this
night different from all of the Nights
why is it that on this night we have a
special concept of doing things in a
specific order and that the entire
evening is called the Seder which means
the order what is the idea of the order
in regards to Pesach in regards the
Passover so memory shiva said a
beautiful concept very deep idea and
that is that when we think about Pesach
when you think about gula we think about
redemption so we think about it as
something unusual we think about it as
miraculous we think about it as
something which is out of the ordinary
or out of the normal order but Russia
Shiva said that the truth is that the
whole idea of Pesach the whole idea of
Passover
the whole idea of redemption the whole
idea of the Jewish people throughout
history is that there is an order a true
order it's an order that we don't per se
perceive or see very clearly we look at
things on the surface but there is a
true order the true order is gula
Redemption the Jewish people in its
proper state the Jewish people in exile
the Jewish people in in slavery the
Jewish people beholden to the nations of
the world all of these are lack of order
those are all things that are the way
things are excuse me
the way Andy that things are however
they are out of order we look at
ourselves we if a person lives in United
States or in Europe or outside of Israel
where whatever we look at or even in
Israel we look at ourselves as being
where we're supposed to be the Jew in
exile is not where they're supposed to
be even today the Jewish people within
Israel we're not in the ideal situation
we don't have a base HaMikdash right he
also points out my master Shiva
very interesting thing we speak Indian
oh we say if I should have taken us out
of Egypt it would have been enough if a
sham would have given us a Torah I would
have been enough etc etc and we end off
with base of adhira
a sham brought us to Israel and he built
us the temple the temple was not built
for 480 years after he'd say Smith
shrine after the exodus from Egypt so so
what is the concept what is the idea
that we refer to India no the building
of the base hamikdash the base of athira
and he explained that that is the way
it's supposed to be that is the order
that is the ultimate culmination of the
Exodus and it's the way things are
supposed to be redemption is the state
that we are supposed to be in redemption
as I said that we've been waiting for
but it's the the true order it's a true
order okay so that's one concept a
second concept that you shared had to do
with HUD God yeah and I'd like to
actually connect
to the to the first idea and I like to
bring into a third idea which is thought
of my own hat gaya is a very unusual
piece of literature and the Jewish
liturgy we have the description we have
a story we have this very interesting
type of song where we keep coming back
to fat guy do one goat
there's a banana betrayed zeusie that
father bought for to zoos him for two
coins and different things happen in
goat kids eat in the the cat gets chased
by the dog et cetera it sounds like this
childish fairytale rhyme like like I
don't know why she swallowed a fly
perhaps she'll die kind of story but
that's not the shot at all of course
everything in the in the Hagaddah is
very deep and beautiful and has great
depth the hot Gallo is speaking about
the Jewish people Jewish people is this
goat that God bought for two so to speak
for two father bought which is Hashem
Hashem is our Father he bought for two
coins the two coins are presented to
Luke lice the two the ten commandments
which aren't two tablets and the the so
that's what the story is about but the
question that we can ask if we look at
this this story is Yakka the schmuck who
comes in at the end God comes in at the
end and he slaughters the model how mob
is he kills the the Angel of Death right
check out that check out that poem that
story but the hot Gallo which represents
the Jewish people the one goat dies at
the beginning so what's the concept what
is the idea the Jewish people died at
the beginning only it's not like they
are resurrected at the end the Jewish
people do not come back to the hot
Gaggia the goat which was bought does
not come back to life at the end of the
story because the schmuck who comes in
at the end and he does his thing and
kills the obvious the angel of death
that needs to be killed
what is the idea what is the idea here
when it comes to the hot Gaggia which
represents the Jewish people and he said
a marvelous Lord he said a marvelous
idea and that is like this that the
Jewish people for all intents and
purposes I have died long ago the Jewish
people have died long long ago what does
that mean that means that our esteem in
the nations of the world you know it
used to be that the Jewish people were
very very highly esteemed stuff has
changed and you know it's it's we've
lost that esteem for 2,000 years we've
gained it back to a certain extent
because we're heading into the times of
googler where she was said you have to
be blind not to see that we're very very
close to the redemption but the idea
here is that the Jewish people for 2,000
years have been dead what does that mean
in in when the this in the destruction
of the second temple the Romans minted a
coin celebrating the capture or the
destruction of the Jewish people of
Judea they didn't do that for any of the
other places that they destroyed or
captured only the Jewish people you see
that the Jewish people there's a certain
she was to them that was true as long as
the Jewish people lived in Israel they
had a temple they had a identity that
was very strong for 2,000 years we
haven't had an identity we've we've been
dead so to speak so what's going on so
we don't we're not resurrected we don't
come back to life at the end the Hat
Gaddy does not come back to life at the
end I could the super colossal douche
borrow who God Himself comes and he said
an amazing beautiful word and this is
the true state this is the Seder this is
the the way it's supposed to be this is
what Redemption looks like well as a
coda should borrow who God Himself comes
when we see the Jewish people standing
up coming into the Land of Israel
six million strong in a very tough
neighborhood continuing to exist
living in the Land of Israel unafraid
only afraid of God only focused on what
we need to do well psycho - war whose
God himself
himself comes in and does the impossible
brings the Jewish people back to the
land of Israel himself does the
impossible brings of the Messiah brings
the Messiah God Himself does impossible
himself builds the base of bacteria the
ultimate the the temple which we've been
waiting for the 3rd temple which is the
final temple which God Himself will
built we're waiting and waiting for that
time but only I could walk who does it
the the hot Gotti does not get
resurrected the Jewish people is not
resurrected so to speak the Jewish
people has died when we come back we
only come back as perfect and clear
representatives of God we only come back
it's really a boss ha kodesh burro who
God Himself comes as it were and he
shows his existence and he shows that
he's the one doing everything the Jewish
people are just his representatives they
have nothing of their own they're there
they don't get they don't come back but
Haddad yeah the the one goat does not
return only God Himself returns
manifesting through the Jewish people
openly and clearly ok so that's the idea
that Myra she was shared that's the true
order that's the way it's supposed to be
that's what we're talking about tonight
without children we're showing them the
true order we have a master we have a
tradition we're going back to that
tradition we're reminding ourselves of
the way things were and the way things
are the way things were and the way
things are and the way things are
supposed to be ok so so here's where we
get to an idea which I want to share
with you a beautiful idea depth of what
Pesach is what Passover is what the
month of Nisan is you know on Pesach we
we eat matzah Mott says left knee it's
the poor man's bread it has no taste
whereas very limited taste it hasn't
risen it's flat it's flat
pesach we we take all the hummus out of
our homes we we clean out certain since
we clean out our back meadows our
negative character traits and we enter
into pace off a very different holiday
then circus and I want to share with you
that suka s-- is associated with
misshapen yosef with the concept of the
Messiah the son of Joseph who comes
Joseph at Sadiq he's the one who as
Rashi says when you're safe is born she
tells us he's the one who is the sick
Michele Asaph he's the counterforce of
Esau who manifested today in the Western
world he's the one who destroys the
facade the facade of a beauty of the
world let's say Joseph himself was very
beautiful he's very handsome but all of
that aspect all of what circuses in a
certain sense we know we know that it's
associated with the OSI because that's
when we speak about the Armageddon
the war of Gog and Magog we read about
that after some circus and so Joseph
comes to destroy the order as we have it
today which is a world of hierarchy
which is a world where beauty rules
where all the things all of the things
the leavening the ego the the things
that we experience as having energy the
dross to them that's the key that's very
key here all of the things that have
energy that draw us to them beauty Tyva
the the desire for for relations the
desire for food the desire for honor all
these things are the leavening it's the
it's it's a lot of hot air it feels very
real once you get it once you achieve
that it feels very empty
that's all connected to sukhasana chef
ben Yosef
but what I want to focus on obviously is
pace off which is connected to mushiya
happened Ovid what is idea I'm a chef
when David what is the idea of Pesach
dominum Elif King David
his name denotes the idea of paisa the
idea of the leavening being completely
missing the idea of the matzah no
nothing of his own Leslie magar Mia Klum
is the language of our huzzah Lorrie
sages lesson your Grammy Comey has
nothing of his own dove it is dolla
dolla Dallas the Dallas Dallas means
which is the foundation of his name to
two-letter dollars the word Dallas the
letter dalet
represents complete poverty nothing he
has nothing of his own he's like the
moon there's no light of its own she has
no light of her own right she just
reflects the light of the Sun the matzah
has no leavening it has no energy around
it it's just very simple food it's
extremely simple it's just flour and
water
there's no leavening there's nothing to
cause it to grow we bread the bread is a
certain taste sugar sometimes it has
eggs sometimes it has it has shape it's
it's light it's easy to eat the matzah
the matzah is flat its flat two
ingredients flour and water that's it
gone through the fire very quickly comes
out matzah very simple the idea of
Pesach is simplicity i ago and I'd like
to mention again well what happened in
the garden an amazing thing
Ottoman cava Adam and Eve in the garden
they were unclothed
there was no embarrassment there why was
their own no embarrass embarrassment
from being unclothed the answer is
because there was no energy it was like
the matzah it wasn't like the bread
where you have this buildup of hot air
of desire this pole there's no pole yeah
I haven't even the garden they did what
was right because it was right there
wasn't there was no ulterior motives
there was no alt there was nothing else
pulling them the food in the garden had
no taste
had no taste so Gomorrah in cyka which I
mentioned previously the s rook is Tom
Ince they appear each other what's the
it's it the etrog that we have on soku's
interestingly the taste of the fruit and
the taste of the tree are the same what
does that mean and we're not talking
about the fruit the citrus part inside
which is very small we're talking about
the thick skin which has no taste excuse
me
well thick skin which has no taste
that's the taste of the fruit in the
garden what do you mean wasn't it the
most delicious exquisite fruits in the
garden no it wasn't that wasn't the
concept there was it taste was it that
I'm saying it was it was just was it
just was we in the garden Adam and Eve
they did their thing they ate the fruits
they just were they they had relations
it just was there was no energy around
it it wasn't this awesome crazy pole it
just was
that's the matzah the matzah is the way
it's supposed to be the seder is the way
it's supposed to be the way it's
supposed to be is a state of just is a
Shems name you'd keep of k the true name
of Hashem is just is that's what a shams
name means it means to be Shem what the
name you'd give up it means he was he
easy always will be but how ya over yet
but it also means that for God all times
are the same God just is right in our
true state we just are we get a taste of
that on Shabbos on Shabbos we just are
everything is prepared from a for we
just enjoy there's not so much energy
around it there's not so much energy
around it I'm pays off is that is the
deepest time when we come back to a
place to a state that just is we eat the
food the food that we eat on Pesach the
mat so that we eat is the taste of GaN
Eden it's the taste of what it's like in
the Garden of Eden we do it
just because we eat the matzah just
because and that's the way it's supposed
to be and it doesn't have a lot of taste
and it doesn't have a lot of pull and
and you know if you're if your home is
like mine so we've been we've been
cleaning and we've been running and
we've been preparing and getting ready
and we and now it's quiet now it's quiet
of course now it's gonna be quiet and
it's beautiful that pacer falls out on
Shabbos this year because both Pesach
and Shabbos have this aspect of course
the month of Nisan as I've mentioned is
the seventh just like Shabbos is the
seventh day the month of Nisan is this
seventh month starting from Russia Shona
Hashanah is Tishrei we count six months
and then the seventh is Nisan and that's
Shabbos this is the month of the
creation of the world the world was
created in concept in Tishrei and the
world was created actively by Hashem
whatever this means in Nisan this is the
month of creation God rested God rested
at the beginning of Nisan when he
created the whole world he started in
the end of either 25 the 25th day of
either he completed it the first day of
Nisan man was created and here we are
mean son is a time of a ship and of it
she has been dubbed the Messiah the son
of David returns us to the state of left
a mining which turns us to a state where
everything is shava yesh Davos
everything is equal everything is done
just because there's no excitement
there's no there it's not it's not this
running it's not this it's not this need
pole pole it's just doing because that's
what we do is just doing me because
that's what we do I don't need a reason
even that's them that's the matzah
that's the return to the garden that is
the aspect of of the fruits of GaN Eden
that's the aspect of just because that's
this and that's the Seder that's the way
it's supposed to be that's the way it's
supposed to be you know in in the play
Maka's McClure's so the tenth of the
plays the killing of the firstborn there
was this aspect because the the Jewish
people were no different than the
Egyptians the Egyptians served idolatry
did you serve the dollar tree the Jews
were you know they didn't have too much
they were slaves they had been there for
210 years in Egypt they had completely
become submerged and assimilated into
the Egyptian culture but what was
different what was different between
what was the difference between the Jew
and the Egyptian they looked the same
they dressed the same they sounded the
same at the same Gyptian accents the
difference was that the Jews were chosen
by God the Egyptians were the oppressors
it was just because the Jews were chosen
just because it's not it's not because
of a great merit of the Jewish people
that God chose us it's not because we're
smarter though that may be true it's not
because we're you know there's no reason
God chose us just because that is who we
are that is the foundation of what
Pesach is that's the foundation of the
mots of the months represents that
that's the foundation of what we're
sitting down to teach our children
tonight the true order who we are just
because we are chosen by God just
because we were slaves just because this
is all the Seder this is all truly this
is how we understand that even that
which is not Seder for three thousand
three hundred years that's how long it's
been since the Jewish people receive the
Torah the three thousand three hundred
years there's been a lot of times where
things are not the Sator we're not in
order but that's also God that's also
truly at the depth of it that's what
we're looking for and Pesach is that's
the truth of the way it's supposed to be
and we're waiting for the time when we
we see clearly that that what is the
true Seder when it's obvious to everyone
the world that the true Seder is Google
Redemption that the true Seder is the
Jewish people being in their homeland
being in Israel the Jewish people
keeping the Torah the Jewish people
fulfilling their mission and
representing God in the world nothing of
their own
well sabka the Chamorro who God coming
and manifesting clearly through us
because just because that is the true
order so I want to bless you and ask you
to bless me I should help us that we
should be able to be b'seder to get into
this place of true order to find the
true depth the place of no taste the
place of just because the place of
Hashem manifesting in our lives thank
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beautiful Shabbos and I thought it was a
math a kosher and enjoyable Passover
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