Pinchas - Finding Peace

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with ari goldwag recorded with hashem's never-ending assistance in norma bishop machu 35781 2021. this week's purchase parties pinchas like i mentioned last week it's always exciting pinhouse is the 15th we're starting the 15th round of parsha podcasts on the torah i encourage you if you believe in the message go over to my website arigoldwag.com and click on the donate button so here we are continuing in the streak every single week every single week partial podcast with hashem's help pink has been always at the end of our last parsha we had the story of pinchas and how in the middle of a terrible terrible situation the jewish people was involved in the sin with the daughters of midian 24 000 people died as a result the jewish people are held to a very great standard of purity pinchas comes in with a spear and he kills one of the leaders of the jewish people who was involved in a public act of licentious behavior as a result of his ability to stand up for what's right to not give in to the culture around which is encouraging behavior which is unacceptable to the torah as a result of that the mageefa stops the plague ends and it's called shallow and he gets a special breeze he gets a covenant with a kadush baku with god of peace pin has been always through that act pinchas the grandson of aaron who also is somebody who was running after peace arnakayan there's different kinds of peace there's peace making peace between man and his wife making peace between people there's also making peace between the jewish people and god it's a very deep kind of peace and it seems like he did something which he killed somebody killed a man and a woman but he made peace between the jewish people and god and as a result in any nice and nice british shalom the verse tells us that god gave him a special covenant of peace the measure says that god said about that it makes sense it's appropriate that he received his reward that he also be counted as a priest as a cain why because he was the grandson of our own and although he wasn't included originally in kahuna in the priestly kadusha the holiness nevertheless because of this amazing act that he did he proved that he was a fitting messenger for the jewish people in their service of god in the mishkan al-qaeda hindu nice and nice beauty sean verse says therefore satan i'm giving him my covenant of peace now what is the idea of peace and that's what we're going to talk about in this podcast what is the concept of peace usually we think about peace says you know two people are fighting they have some kind of agreement they make shaolin they make peace they have a peace treaty you see you could have a peace treaty even without people who are fighting what is the idea of shaolin what is the idea of peace and why is it that pinchas receives this unique breezy shalom a covenant of peace with god he made peace between god and the jewish people he gets peace as well what is the idea of peace god allah measures tells us that shalom is something that is very great chanito pinchas it was given to pinchas the phineas as we say in english shane hi the mistake we see from a few instances and we're going to actually see in a different major as well back in pasha's nasa we're going to see more instances of peace because we need to understand what is the concept of peace because everybody wants peace we want peace in the middle east on peace between man and his spouse his wife one piece between between people we want peace in our synagogues in our in our social situations between parents and children what is peace it's something that's very great says the major shrap first of all the world the world can only if if you want the world to run smoothly if you want things to go on social situations to be good you need peace that's number one number two is that the torah itself it's all about peace the purpose of the torah is to bring about peace you need to understand this its ways our ways of pleasantness and all of its paths are peace somehow torah being involved in torah learning torah studying torah the will of god somehow that brings about peace all of its paths are peace what does that mean i mean person comes from the way shailen shalom they ask him you know did you have peace or do you have peace we say in hebrew you want to say hello to somebody who says shalom peace what's the idea behind that why do we say shalom the the lesson of the of the majority is we ask for peace we ask about peace how is your peace that's what we say in hebrew what is your peace what's the idea you see somebody in the morning who say how is your peace in the evening we ask him the same kind of question when we say the shema specifically talking about friday night which is by the way we say shabbat shalom right we say peaceful sabbath to you on the night of friday night we say we have a shalom zucker when a baby boy is born there's something about peace it's not a friday that's that's peaceful what is peace so on friday night when we say the the special blessings over the shema evening so the last blessing ends with the word shalom apparently it's it's god spreading out his canopy of peace he's talking about in the future when the messiah arrives there will be a special canopy of peace right it doesn't say this in the magisk but he's known as the sarasota and the prince of peace the messiah will be somebody who brings peace give you peace there's no better vessel you want to know how you get blessings how do you get blessings you want blessings in your life you know what blessings are blessings is i get more than i deserve i don't really deserve these things i have so much for hashem i can put food on my table i have a roof over my head i have kids a wife i have so many blessings i make up songs people are inspired by them can save the var torah inspire people with such awesome blessings what did i do to deserve this i did nothing to deserve this i don't i don't deserve it but it's something called brachus hashem gives us more than we deserve and everyone needs to count their blessings right we all need to see we can if we look we'll find that we have more than we really deserve what do we really deserve hashem doesn't owe us anything how does a person get more than he deserves because we all want the blessings we all want the brachus says the madrish the cli the vessel that holds the blessings is shalom is peace somehow when there's shalom you have blessings like think about it if a person is in a marriage and the marriage is not a good marriage and they're always fighting there's no shalom in their house they don't have shalom bias they don't have a peaceful home they can't enjoy each other they can't support each other they can't that's that's not a life right they can't enjoy their blessings because they don't have peace peace is the climax of bracha peace is the vessel that holds the blessings but what is the idea behind peace what is peace what is peace so if we look back in pasha's nusso where it brings the torah commands the quran commands the priests to give a blessing to the jewish people and and that blessing ends with the words of hashem is your place for you peace what is the idea of this blessing are the priests giving a blessing what is that difficult of a blessing what happens when i give somebody a blessing i say to you i want to bless you i ask you to bless me what's this blessing what are we blessing each other it's very nice i wish you something good all right i wish you something good and please wish me something good i'm asking you for something maybe i don't deserve and i'm trying to give you something that maybe you don't deserve what is the idea of blessing we go to tsadik it says blessings and success what's this bracha what is he what is he blessing me with so in this in this section of the magish it's in parshas nasso prashu alef so smack in the middle talks about this verse god should grant you peace there's a whole lot of different things how great is peace is given to those who are humble shining about it those who are humble they inherit the land we sound hey what do you mean the ones who are humble get the land look look who the leaders are look who's the president look who's the roshallah whoever is the bigger balgaiva whoever is more uh tough and and running up in the front to get to get what he wants no the magic says it's not true those who are humble are the ones who ultimately inherit the land they inherit it from the balgaiver they inherited from the the the man with hubris imagine peace is awesome it's great so negative it's greater than everything or it's equal to everything added up unanimously the verse says god creates peace and he creates everything he makes peace and he creates everything because he shalom is equated with everything when you have peace you have everything and my baby used to say if you have your health you have everything right if you have your health you have everything it was my grammy i don't remember it was my grammy or my bubby maybe they both said it right when you have your health you have peace you have everything now listen carefully because here we're going to start to get into the crux the secret of what is peace how do you get peace and this is this is something that we can all do it's hard it's hard but we can all do it listen up rebel even if the jewish people are serving idols we are not we are not focused on where it really comes from we don't know that it's god we're not we're not recognizing that it's hashem behind everything the shaman even so but if there's peace between us if we are respectful to each other if we love each other even though we're different you don't understand me i don't understand you but we respect each other when there's peace even though the jewish people are not doing what they're supposed to do they're serving idols nevertheless god says if you have peace the sutton can't get you the satan has no power over you the side of evil has no power this khabra this group of people afraid which is a reference to the jewish people when we're not doing what we're supposed to do leave them because they are hibour they're attached to each other they are they are they love each other when we have shalom when we are respectful to each other and loving of each other nothing can touch us but when the jewish people are fighting with each other what does it say now that they have differences of opinion now that they have differences of heart doesn't just mean differences of opinion but we're fighting so then their sins will be will come out their their sins will be called as we see how great how beloved is peace to hashem and how hated is is an amazing thing you're going out to war the jewish people are going out to war what is the first thing that we do we're going to extend an olive branch we have an obligation to reach out to the people that we're about to fight with and say i'm not interested in war i just want peace will you have peace with me so even as we're coming to war we say give us peace the verse says in deuteronomy chapter 24 10 when you shall come to a city etc talks about the fact that uh messengers were sent to ask for peace before going to war let me know shiva assam asham return to them with peace last point i think it's the last point oh two more points two more quick points go to the shenanigans and i don't know if you're starting to hear what's going on here it has to do with the mcclick it has to do with the argument how do you get out of an argument let him apologize to me and he says let him let him apologize to me that's my highest that's what my legacy looks like i can't admit that i'm wrong until he admits he's wrong that's my cliches i did something wrong i did a sin i sinned against god i can't admit that i've done something wrong this is this is really the key shalom is an amazing thing you who gets it those who repent those who return to god general blair and if islam shall show him god created the the beauty of the lips peace peace right the puzzling says to those who were far and came close those who were far and came close what does it mean it means i admitted i was wrong i admitted i was wrong i did something wrong and i admitted that but let him admit he was also wrong no i took my part in my relationship with kurdish boroku and with god i did something wrong i made myself far away from god shalom there is peace to those who are far and come close i admit that i was wrong and i admit that i was wrong that's peace those who are righteous have peace why because peace is not just about i was in a fight and now i'm admitting that i was wrong that's that's one way but there's also a peace there's something called a a peace between them uh you know israel and the uae they're not fighting they're not on borders they don't they don't have like brotherly fights it's just peace what does that look like that's it sadiq it's not like he's somebody who relates to god in subservience and this is really the core the core of what shalom is of what peace looks like i want to do my own thing come on you know god made me with this yetzara god give me my evil inclination roshiba says you know quotes i forget who it was that he quotes me it was the vatican's that uh the ets are month that's yiddish the eight zahara the evil inclination demands what do you mean i'm i want what i want and i want it now you know if i want it god may have gave me a desire i should have it i should have what i want i want it now look i didn't ask for this desire god gave it to me right that's what sadik is that's what it means someone who keeps the torah like we mentioned before he has peace why we think that peace this is an idea from the madregas adam an altar of the verdict we think that peace means that i get everything that i want and i feel peaceful because i have everything that i want the measure to tell telling something so much deeper because i also want him to admit that he was wrong but he also wants me to admit that i'm wrong which i'm not willing to do the person who has real peace i don't i'm a vata i give up i give up what i want i give up even what's right i give up my demand for righteousness i want him to he should apologize he should he really should i really should have what i want i should be rich i should be rich i give that up that's what shalom looks like it says the major shalom is great peace is great chenitus because it is given as reward for those who keep the torah missus i give up my desire you know i want to do whatever i want to do the torah says no no it's limited but you know god gave me this desire think about what what western society wants us to believe about relationships that are incur that are that are forbidden by the torah relationship between a man and a man heaven forbid right but that's how he's programmed the torah says give it up give it up [Music] for those who love the torah those who love god's will they give it up for god should never show him great peace comes upon says the verse in psalms chapter 119 verse 165 great peace comes upon those who love the torah recognize that they need to subdue their own will to surrender their will to god's will that's what peace looks like those who learn the torah they have real peace those who give charity it's hard to give away the money that i earned i earn this money let him get a job no that's not where you get peace when you give to when you give charity you help somebody else out that's where you get peace remember the actions of charity produce peace god allah god is called peace hashem think about god god is there god created everything the most unbelievable intricate world unbelievable ecosystem just in our physical world just in the on the earth forget about the planets and the stars and the nebulae and the 13.8 billion light years across of the universe and god allows us to there to be atheists people who don't believe in him as i breathe in is god breathing into me as i breathe out as god breathing out and people don't believe hashem continues to give them life is there any great greater vitor is there any greater giving up that is who god is god is peace when i give up what i want that is peace you know the jewish people say hey these daughters of minion these women they're beautiful they're here they're coming for us that licentious behavior it's free i could get whatever i want no princess comes in and says the eights are a month the eights are the evil inclination is saying give me give me what i want let me have what i want it's demanding give me give me give me and zimmery ben solo says look they're giving it anyway i might as well i'll be this is the madrush i'm saying i'll be you know i'll do something wrong but at least it won't look so bad for them benefits comes in with his spear and says no stop this stop this there's only one thing to do it's god's will stop this i gotta give it up i gotta give up what i want it's the hardest thing to do but you know read all the literature all the self-help literature all of the emotional uh emotional intelligence literature it's in the moment that i give up what i want that's where the peace comes i give what i want that's where the peace comes and that is power that is power now god is in my life i've thought about this and i've mentioned this previously but i found it to be helpful sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't the hr demands something from me and i say you know what you know there's there's a famous thing that a person gets insulted because i'll tell us when a person gets insulted he doesn't say anything back gives it up he doesn't demand anything he gives it up he's mavatar on it that person is forgiven of all his sins if i can forgive someone else even though they've done something wrong to me i'm forgiven of all my sins get a blessing from that person you see somebody who was insulted and didn't say a word run over to that person and get a blessing because now he's able to give blessing because he has peace he has power his spiritual power direct that spiritual power say you know what god i'm not going to do this thing that that my aides are heart my evil inclination wants me to it's demanding of me i want to take that blessing i want to take that revelation of you in my life and i want to direct it towards my rebbe that he should have a refusal i want to direct it towards a family that they don't have kids yet they should have kids i want to direct it to somebody else who i know that's not well let him have a refusal aimo let him have a complete recovery yes if israel ben mikhail ben mikhail take them take something that's hard and give it up [Music] that's what shalom looks like that's what peace looks like it's so easy it's so easy sorry it's so easy it's pleasant to keep the turret sometimes it's hard it's not all a breeze no but when you keep the torah you feel peace you feel peace you have peace in your life i don't have to give in to that i don't have to give into that demand [Music] of my lower self someone comes back from a trip and you say how's your peace how's your peace that means you know someone comes back from from a trip you want to know how it went did he succeed but the question really is did you have peace because that's the only way to succeed if i'm demanding trying to squeeze out of people what i want i might even get it i'm not going to have peace i'm not gonna really get what i want it's the anovim it's those who are humble who ultimately receive they inherit all that the those with hubris tried to build their hubris collapses and whatever they have is received by those who are humble who give it up give up their ego shema israel what happens in tremendous shema israel ends with peace on friday night there is peace shabbos is a day we give it all up we're not involved in our businesses there's so many surim oh so many laws that's so hard give it up no i can't even rip the toilet give it up that's peace shemaestrel listen up when you are listening you're passive just be quiet and listen shamai's israel foreign what happens when the messiah arrives we're all surrendered to god we just do god's will that's what peace looks like we're sick of the demands of our evil inclination that's the end of the tv sim shalom god after all that i've asked for i know that it's it's yours it's in your hands anything that i want it's only i can only get it if you give it to me that's the kalimaxi bracha that's the vessel that holds the blessings if i give it all up i get so much more than i deserve if i can give up what i think what my demands are i'm gonna get so much more than i deserve because then i'm in the place of god and god wants to give me so many blessings the quran and the priests what are they there for they're there to serve us that's why they can bestow on us blessings they're the ones who can say that god should give you blessings because they're just there to serve us to help us come close to god and that's who pinchas was he's like no we're not going to give in to the demands of the society the demands of our evil inclination we are going to do that which is god's will and in so doing we will have peace and we will have blessing i want to bless you and i ask you to bless me hashem should help us to be able to give it up to give it up to have peace and to take the blessings to receive the blessings excuse me ourselves and to pass on those blessings to all those around us thank you so much for listening have a wonderful show miss this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.ariegoldwag.com or search on itunes ari goldwag