Pinchos - Power of Consistency

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with Ari goldwag recorded with hashem's never ending assistance in Israel 5784 20124 this week's paraa podcast is dedicated by Sarah kukin in honor of her daughter's birthday this week's para is Paras Pinas and once again I'd like to mention that it's 17 years barash I started with Paras Pinas 17 years ago and every single week we've been going strong sharing some insights thoughts on the paraa studying together I'd like to share with you something this is really quite a broad topic and I don't think we'll be able to get to every aspect of what's going on here but certainly it can give you some food for thought and you can explore some of this on your own the the paraa has two concepts that are placed right next to each other and the medish points out that there's a connection a very deep connection between these two ideas one is that the daughters of died and he left over five daughters he didn't have any sons and when Lo raenu was about to distribute the land we spoke about the distribution of the land of Israel amongst the schwat amongst the tribes so the daughters of T said why should we not have an opportunity to also have a portion in the land of Israel why should our family as it were be erased and in so asking and so requesting and in their love and showing their love for the land of Israel so the the Torah records for us and teaches us that indeed when a man has no Sons so his daughters take the nla they take the inheritance and the suim asked and it's not an our para but it's in a later para but the Torah requires or requests of them that they make sure to keep the nla that portion within their own tribe so that in theory they could bring that piece of land to a different tribe because they're inheriting it and they can marry somebody from a different tribe but there's a request of them to keep it within the same tribe that's the first point the daughters of immediately as as the Torah gives us the request of mosu it speaks of the fact that Moshe requests of hasem he's about to pass on from the world and he wants to make sure that there is an heir to his throne so to speak his leadership needs to pass on to the next Generation so he says Hashem please appoint someone in order to lead the Jewish people wisely with understanding of each and every individual hasem says it's going to be yua mosh's primary student Joshua who would indeed lead the Jewish people into the land of Israel and conquer the land distribute the land Etc so the med gives us some very interesting connections between these two stories the requesting their portion of land of Israel and Hashem appointing yosua the request of mosha for a new leader these two ideas have a connection and let's see them together so part of it I can't read inside there's just so much material here but I'd like to mention that in speaking about the daughters of so the the medes points out that with their request so the result was that the the sh of Masha which they were from from Joseph from yose their their sh was split in half half of the nakla of the of the tribe of manasha was received on the western side sorry the Eastern side of the Jordan River and half of it was received on the on the western side of the Jordan River in Israel proper okay so it's important to know that and the mag tells us something amazing which is that the daughters of tvod were able to actually receive a portion of both sides so they got a portion that moshu gave them on the Eastern side of the river and then later in sephra yua they received also a portion on the western side of the Jordan River in Israel and the mes points out that yak giving a blessing to Joseph so he said the words Ben Al that the daughters they they were able they marched by the wall or on top of the wall and the M says that this wall which was a demarcation line where mosha raain was not allowed to enter he was not allowed to pass the boundary pass the Jordan River he had to stay he was buried on the on the Eastern side of the Jordan River in what's today Jordan that boundary the daughters your great great granddaughters says the Mish yose's great great granddaughters would Merit to be able to climb that wall That's the implication of the P of the verse they would climb that wall and they would have a portion on both sides of the wall it's very interesting okay and the magish there finishes off and I will read this part the says that you will give over the the portion of their father to them so it's a different language than is usually used when it comes to a son it says you will give you will give the portion of the son you give the portion of the father to the son but when it comes to a daughter the verse says you will pass it over to the daughter because as we said the idea is that there's a passing over the woman serves as a conduit because whoever she marries ends up with that nla ends up with that portion so in theory it can be passed over to a different shave a different tribe in this case they they married people from their own tribe so it was passed on to those people from their own tribe but in theory there can it can be transferred to a different tribe that's why it uses a different language by the inheritance of a woman okay okay so that's the first point just an interesting point and we'll see we're going to see it actually has to do with m as well in his request for a new leader for the Jewish people so the next section after this after speaking about the daughters of it says so so mosenu is told to go up on this great Mountain Aro and he's going to see the entire land of Israel so the Meer says why does the Torah tell us this after the record recording of the story of the and the whole story with splitting up the land so the first point here is M heard the words you shall give it to them so hasem instructed mosha to give to the Jewish people that it would be given to them or you shall give to them thought oh Hashem is telling me to give it to them I perhaps have been forgiven and I'm going to be the one to be able to bring them into into the land of Israel I'm going to be the one to serve to give out their inheritances in the land of Israel their respective portions in the land he thought that he was forgiven says no it's not true you're going to go up on on and you're not going to be the one who gives them over the land what happens next so he says the mag tells us an amazing thing very important thing this is so deep and so important we're going to see the the there's a great depth here and a tremendous personal lesson for each and every one of us in this regard so mosu says to hem please don't even say the word please as the is going to point out please appoint for the Jewish people someone who will take care of them who will lead them who will guide them who will serve in my place says the if you ask if any individual cares about that seber he cares about the Jewish people generally and as a request to make for their welfare for their good you can make a demand it's an interesting thing you know we don't demand from Hashem anything we ask we we are M we supplicate we we desire we we ask for ra and for compassion for kindness but when it comes to something that the SE where the entire Jewish people needs we we are allowed to demand maybe we're even enjoined to demand why did he request this okay that's the next Point already but it's very interesting so moshu when he speaks to God and says the Jewish people need a new lead leader he he says it forcefully says hem we need a new leader the Jewish people must have a new leader it doesn't say please a point he says a point he says it's very interesting it's good to know but here's the main point that I want to talk about and what happened was like thises that's the connection between the two pares that the daughters of requested that they should receive the portion that was given a portioned to their father not only that but they were they were they were found to be correct hem said to mosha that their request is Justified and they will receive that portion so says okay these girls receive their portion I would like my children to receive their portion I would like my children to also inherit my spiritual inheritance says I need to ask for my own needs my spiritual needs if it's true that these girls are going to get the physical inheritance of their father which really represents the spiritual inheritance it's the land of Israel The Inheritance the place where we are the place that we live is part of the things that hasm gives us in order for us to fulfill our purpose in life our spiritual purpose in life that's the power of having a portion of the land of Israel because ultimately the Jewish people's purpose is properly fulfilled in Israel so he says if they get what about my kids my sons should be the ones to take over from me m who had two sons gam and elazar or elazar I forget exactly the name he had two sons and he felt that they should be the ones to take over as the next leaders of the Jewish people but God says to him it's fair that you ask that I'm adding in it's fair that you ask that but that's not how it works when it comes to spiritual matters when it comes to the leadership of the Jewish people it doesn't go to the child it doesn't go to the son because his father is great that that's just not how it goes says to him the one who protects the Fig the one who is the Watchman over the figs to make sure that nothing happens to them that the bugs don't eat them the birds don't come and take them away that no robbers come and steal from the orchard if you want to eat the sweet fruit you have to watch over the fruit the one watches over the fruit ultimately is the one who eats the fruit and the end of the p is which means that somebody who respects and shows honor to his master to his teacher he's the one who is honored says the tough truth to to Moses he says them your sons they sat idly and they didn't put in their all when he came to studying the Torah yua exerted every effort not just to study but also to serve you he served you he came he took care of you he came to learn from you he gave you honor like the end of thez says who is honor the one who who takes care of his master he used to come early and leave late from the place where you study Torah he would get the benches in order he would spread out the rugs upon which people would sit we're going to see shortly another M which speaks about this very verse and tells us what was it that yua did in order to Merit being the next leader of the Jewish people so since he was so involved personally with him he took he took every pain and every effort to serve mosha to serve the students of Moshe he was involved in setting up the Bas magish he was the one who swept the floors he was the one who took care of the whole physical aspect of the students of Moshe so he's the one who is Kai she that he's going to be the one to serve the Jewish people doesn't lose his reward the one who exerts every effort the one who honors his teacher the one who does everything in order that the students should be able to study well he's the one who inherits the teacher's position the leadership position he's the one who has learned how to take care of the flock it's very interesting okay so yosua but she says my kids hasem says no now we're going to come back to more of what yua did but I'd like to point out that there's another piece in the m at the very end of this piece I'm not going to read everything because there's so much here like I said but at the end of the piece it says we find look we see that mosh was saying my kids my sons maybe should be the next leaders and hasm says no and I want to point out before I get to this I want to point out that the mes says that Hashem instructs Moshe to place his hand on yosua to give over his spiritual power to Yeshua and mosh places two hands on yahoshua because mosha Renu you know even though he wants his kids to be the next leaders but what hasem says it's going to be yua Moshe gives over his power with all with he has a good eye he doesn't doesn't feel bad or he doesn't express it at all that he has any negative sentiment towards yosua he gives over the full measure of leadership and Andes the divine inspiration he gives it to Yeshua that's important to know but but Hashem gives him a certain um a certain consolation MOS asked that it go to his kids and mosha told the daughters of which is where he realized hey they're getting a they're getting an inheritance what about my kids so just like says the it says by the daughters of that they should marry people from their own trib so that the the not leave The Inheritance not leave the natural tribe for whom it's given to whom it's given Hashem also consoles mosha and says don't worry even though yosua is going to be the next leader of the Jewish people it's not the leadership position is not just one leader there's not just one person who's in charge of the Jewish people we have Moshe and Aon right Moshe himself and his brother Aon the K and the priests they're the leaders but it will continue into the Next Generation the the honor will still remain with your family the Lite family the verse says that Joshua would still need to consult with and discuss matters of leadership of the Jewish people Etc with laar laar was aon's son he was from the tribe of Levi so hasem consult him and said even though it seems like yahushua who by the way is from Ephraim is also from y it seems like yosua is taking away the leadership from your tribe don't think that because it's staying by tribe why because the leader is still not going to make any decisions on his own he's going to consult with God himself as it were but also they're going to work on things together your nephew elazar is still going to be part of the leadership of the Jewish people so it's going to stay by you so it comes out something very interesting which is that the are from y they're from anasha they're the daughters there are certain aspect as said of a they could in theory transfer it over to a different tribe right the the Naka could end up if they marry someone from a different tribe it could end up by somebody else but they're instructed to make sure it stays by their tribe and Moshe has a leader who's appointing who yua is also from the tribe of YF he's from Ephraim right but he also is not going to really take away the leadership this is important to understand if you want to know you know I talked about in my Mash podcast about MH MH doesn't take the Mal for himself right think about Y in relationship to relation to far think of in relationship they were leaders they were second in command they didn't take away the power from the main leader and MH ultimately will also not take away power from the real leader of the Jewish people who is Mash David it's just a cool thing to know yosua doesn't take away the leadership from the original leader he still consults with the levite the the Coen God Alazar it's very interesting okay now I want to share with you one more point which I think is the most nog us the most you know something that we can learn from and that is found earlier in uh the the marzu brought me to this medish it's earlier in pares n in section it brings the verse that we quoted earlier which talks about the Fig if you want to be able to enjoy The Delectable delicious fig the Delicious Fruit so you need to protect it you need to watch over it the one who watches over it is the one who gets to enjoy the benefits of the fruit so he said how yosua because he respected his master and how he took care of the B medish because he cared about the other students so he ended up being the one who would serve the entire Jewish people but there's more to it the verse is talking about josua who was the one who served verse tells us that Yeshua was his masas he served Moshe he was there taking care of his needs and he didn't leave the tent the tent of learning the Bas medish and the Mish says something incredible you want to know why yosua was appointed and how we can become leaders and great people whether it's in our own saiva our own family or whether it's in relationship to others around us our synagogues our shs our our communities sh says why why do we use the mush why is the Torah yosua represents the one who studied Torah and therefore became the leader of the Jewish people why is he compared to a to a fig tree what's special about a fig tree the grape vine which is behind me and the Z the the the Olive Tree which is above me Ator the the date tree which I don't have one I do have a rone tree we planted recently here so when you take when you bring the fruits in so you gather them all at once but when it comes to picking the figs so they don't all the fruits don't all come out at the same time there's a number of the it it it rolls out so to speak over some time and therefore you'll take them smaller amounts of figs at a time and and you'll have it for a longer time so what also when it comes to Torah it's not something the the study of Torah is is a unique type of of lanwood of studying we study the Tor a little bit at a time those who learn Dai at a time those who listen to this part podcast listen to it one week at a time and it adds up it adds up you want to study Torah you want to understand the will of hasem you want to get to the depth you want to have an intuitive understanding of feeling of so you need to do it one day another day another day day after day year after year and it's not something that you acquire in just one day or just one year it takes many years never to that's why it says that such a person will be able to to it says ner TOA the one who watches over the fruits is the one who eats the fruits the one who comes consistently yosua was there every single day inside of the O inside of the tent she wouldn't leave the tent the one who is consistent constantly learning a little bit it doesn't have to be I wish that I could learn all day long I wish I could study Torah all day long but it's not it's not always possible for us but to have that consistency learning every day a daa day or day or day whatever it is that your heart or day try to learn magish every day whatever it is that you connect to in Torah make it consistent make it consistent that's what makes us into Torah people that's what gives it that sweet sweet taste of Torah in our lives it's that consistency it's that learning over and over again that's what makes leaders that's where it becomes I just said to one of my kids who's now my 15-year-old is is running a a small camp for 11 year olds and she had a tough few first days that I said you become more intuitive as it goes into your guts the more you do it the more you know what to do the more you get a feel for what to do that's true byra the more you learn the more you try to understand more of a depth you have in it every week and it adds up 17 years 17 years of partial podcasts PR what does it mean that you eat the fruits we're going to finish off shortly what does it mean that you eat the fruits the fruit of Torah the delicious fruit that you invest every single day and over and over for years the fruit that you get the result is you get kingship and you get leadership says in M through me through the Torah Kings become Kings a true king a a humble king a king David the Torah tells us the King has to have his filling on one side and a safer Torah on the other side Kings become through their humility through their subjugation to Tyra to's will they become leaders they become Kings this is exactly what happened to josu as we said moshe's Sons didn't inherit his place the one who who watches over his master word sh means two things it means to to protect it also can mean to to wait with anticipation it says when you heard the dreams of Y he was waiting with anticipation when they would be fulfilled so yosua Waits with anticipation he's studying the Torah every day he's also watching over his teacher he's learning from his teacher he was serving him day and night he stood up for his honor he said what was the result it ends off saying the same idea that that ultimately the leadership didn't leave the tribe of Le of Ley but elazer was mosh nephew also was part of the leadership of the Jewish people yosua would turn to Alazar would stand in front of elazar and together they would work together in order to lead the Jewish people so I want to bless you and I ask you to bless me should help us to understand what does it mean to become leaders how do we lead our families how do we lead in our communities is through the constant help us understand and have the ability to constantly study constantly learn his T grow our intuition of what is hashem's Will should help us to be able to recognize that the leader is a conduit just like yosua is the conduit but it doesn't take away the the leadership from the tribe of Ley he serves alongside and the daughters of sad wanted their portion in Israel they wanted their their purpose but it was just a conduit they they acted as a conduit for their children and their families for to remain there with their families you understand that's the purpose of a leader we should be those kinds of leaders who are able to help others facilitate others growth sh should help us to continue to grow and grow in our relationship with him thank you so much for listening have a wonderful shabas this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.wag.com or search on iTunes Ari goldwag [Music]