Ari Goldwag - Reeh - Rest and Motion

you're listening to the weekly partial podcast with our Eagle drag recorder with uh shims never-ending assistance in rubbish mich Israel 5778 2018 this week's bar shows partial a at the end of our parsha the Torah gives us a listing of the shalosh we're gonna three times a year where we are enjoined we are asked by God to come to you shall on to Jerusalem the place that God will choose to the base I'm ENGLISH to the temple to bring certain carbonates bring certain sacrifices it's experience the amazing spirituality which was present in the temple and the base I'm English in those times and hopefully soon to be again in our times now there's a number of interesting things that as I was looking at the at the circum which described a shallow shrug on the three times it's interesting the the language that we talked about Shelley shred ghullam the three times that we come to the base some English Pesach Passover circus and show us so these three times are called shoulders for Gollum one understand what is a concept of the shoulder shrug Gollum why are they referred to as three regualr regualr mean feet what is the idea of the three feet also in in this context so they're actually called show leash poem three times three times a year we're supposed to come and the word pet almond also has the connotation of a step a foot step it's called a palm or or as live by M in Hebrew means the heartbeats so something about it we're gonna see soon what the idea is but there's something about it being consistent there's a hair go there's something the word hair go which also the root is Raguel which means a foot is something that we do consistently and the feet they step in a consistent manner and the heart beats in a consistent manner and shall assure ghullam are these three times where we consistently come and interact with God okay so that's just like an introduction to what I want to speak about but what is the idea generally of the shallow shrew Gollum we've already given little bit of a taste of it and what in this context it's very interesting that we find something unusual we find something unusual in the reference to yontiff in the reference to the three different holidays that we have so the first interesting point is women she has pointed out by the ROM ban knock monitors who says that in speaking about Pesa Passover so the verse tells us this is in chapter 16 verse 8 she sure seemed to comet says we are enjoying that for six days we eat matzah it's not to say that on the same thing we don't we eat we know whatever for whatever reason refers to the six days by MSV at Sara's hashem elokenu the seventh day of Pesach as opposed to Circus the seventh day is not yet if on circus it's the eighth day right but on the seventh day of pace of assembly a Passover it's a day of yontiff it's a day of festival of holiday Sarah's the word sayers means to stop let's our social the Catholics are similar huh today that we stop from doing any kind of conscious creative acts just like on Shabbos we stop right the word Shabbos means Shabbos means to stop so there's also not Sarah's the seventh day of pizza of Passover we also stopped we stopped doing Malacca that's the push-up shot the RAM bond points out that there are the places where we speak about at Sarah's at Sarah's means to stop and we have discussed in the past what is the difference between Shabbos and that Sarah's was the stopping of Shabbos of stopping about Sarah's it's a different character of stopping in this context that we find that even though it says usually refers to a stopping of the eighth day for example it's called SH meaning at Sarah's the eighth day of circus is called the eighth when we stop Schwartz is also referred to as at Sarah sits after we've counted for 49 days on the fiftieth day which by the way forty-nine is seven times seven so the 50th is really that which comes after seven times seven what comes after 1 7 the 8th 50 is after seven sets of seven so fifty and eight share a common aspect of a common concept that is also referred to as its eros it's also referred to as a stopping we stop counting we stop counting when it comes to the concept of 50 and we stop our movement that's what at Sarris means we stop movement we stop Malawi stop creating we stop conscious creative acts when it comes to our Terrace now it's highly interesting here as I'm reading the silken it's also something in the Ramban cursive Lea mentions but doesn't really focus on and I would like to focus on it is that we don't mention who is here as the 50th day we speak about the at saris of the seventh day of Pesach which is not usually referred to as the as attested service usually is the 8th aspect but here at saris is the seventh aspect very interestingly we don't even mention we don't even mention the 50th day listen to this the next verse verse 9 Shiva shwoo is T Spurlock count seven weeks meow hell hemorrhage mikuma to hell is Porsche whoosh whoosh start counting second their pace F we start counting the owner right seven weeks where is day fifty we find elsewhere does our for a day fifty Porsche commissioned me I'm verse elsewhere says we should count 50 days here it doesn't say anything about number 50 so how foolish are like aha just says make a holiday some octal mashaallah Kaka rejoice in front my shame your God doesn't mention the 50th day again in talking about Sookie's there's no mention of SH Minnie at Sarah's just says verse 13 Kyosuke estas el Ojo service yeoman make your seven-day holiday of circus Bosma coma agoraphobic Abajo be some October Tiger I'll rejoice on your holiday we don't refer to the 8th day we don't refer to day the day is very interesting why is the eighth day skipped here why is the eighth day skipped and just to finish off over here it says in verse 16 Pacific Design Shelley's poem by shauna your head cause the core cost me another cat ha makom ah sure you've heard we have here the obligation three times a year as we said three pomian a pom is a footstep oh yeah Papa Mecca by Nolan how beautiful are your footsteps there's a verse in share Hyrum some songs so three times a year we have to be seen we have to be we have to come before God no you're a Spanish on Raycom God can't be we can't leave God empty-handed so to speak God can't it needs me that we're seeing their humanity Derka Berka session acaba shown us enough that's the end of the partial each person according to the gifts that Hashem has given him there's an obligation so I want to understand what is the idea here as we said what is why is the seventh aspect here referred to as it's eros it's very unusual why is the eighth aspect completely left out why is day 15 on here why should me at Sarah's not here what is the concept here I want to understand that I would try to understand I was thinking about the concept of urgull and Shelly Shri Garland we have the three festivals we also have the call in the three feet we have three legs of a chair there are three feet but these aren't legs of a chair these are the feet that are moving right Shirley's poem in my Shona three times a year these are footsteps these are footstep one foot after another now if we think about to me can we envision the concept of a footstep you know we don't think about the fact that we step we walk all the time amazing cos - and the the kindness of God our feet work then we take these steps and we move one after another one foot and then another foot we put a foot down we lift up the other foot and move it forward put that foot down when we picked up the other foot and we move it forward what I was thinking about what's interesting is as Wiimote 8 as we move so only one of our feet is moving at a time meaning one foot goes down it stops the movement it pivots it's it's stuck in its place while the other foot is moved forward and then that foot is put down it stops in its place and the other foot moves forward again and that's what the regualr more that's what the feet - there is a constant motion each foot moves forward stops so that the other foot coming forward that foot moves forward stops each time when we want to move forward every time we move there's a movement forward and a stopping it's very interesting never thought about it before and that is something that we see with Shabbos we think about the days of the week think about we have six days of movement we're moving that foot through the air and Shabbos we stop we stop the movement we put that foot down and we step back that's not saris that's ash of us that's that's a resting from Malaka resting let me spoke about previously in recent weeks there's a stopping of movement and there's a collection very interestingly what is that saris and I and I can't say that I have a depth of understanding what the room bun talks about here but he but I but I must say it must point out because we're talking about movement and stopping there's a collection like we spoke about previously is a collection of all the six the six days of the week and then there's a stopping while Dara hi miss Ramon says on this posture could possibly pass and the the way that is explained according to Kabbalah at Sarah seekin sec through palolem Dana so tying the concept of at Sarah's is at Sarah's is a collection kanessa Israel which means the congregation of Israel it's the place where all the souls of the Jewish people are joined together it's a place where all a kanessa seized from is the congregation where we all congregate all of our souls are rooted you doesn't mention this but they're all rooted as an official Jaime speaks about in the key sack of it in the divine throne of glory God's divine throne okay so there's a coming together and a stopping there's a place where there's no no motion right god sends down these souls into the world and here we are all of us together and all of us apart and there's so much movement I'm running here I'm running there you're running here you're running there we come into the world the world is a place of movement and motion finesses you swell at saris the place where all of our souls come together we stop to stop we stop the motion we step back from motion that's Shabbos that's not saris it's a yontiff it's a day the seventh day of Pesach specifically the seventh day but what's interesting is in this context we're talking there's another hint here we're talking about one second before I I have a lot of thoughts going on as I'm speaking so you know there's there's a hint here to the fact that we have the the motion we're in this world we have the movement the stopping is really to continue and this is the asite I think what's going on here when we think about Aliyah luego we're coming up to the base I'm English we're coming up to the foot we're coming up to move our feet we're coming up to stop but why are we stopping just like the feet move and they stop in order for more movement to occur so - when it comes to the regulan and when it comes to Shabbos there's a movement that's going on that's and a stopping that's happening in order for continued motion we are still in this world the base hamikdash the temple is a place of stopping place where we all gather and stop it's a place where we all come with our feet we walk up to the tohara bias we take off our shoes we walk into the Hara bias our feet touch the earth it's a place where we stop and we recognize how we're all coming together all the pieces are coming together but why do we do that why do we come to the base some English is it solely for the purpose of being there as part of the stopping or is it a stepping stone is it the the point of stopping in order to continue our motion and I believe that the sukham here are speaking of specifically the shalosh parmigiana we're coming here for a footstep we're coming here to stop coming to the base I'm English to stop the pause in order to be able to continue the movement we come to the base some English we are inspired we have an awesome spiritual experience we feel like we're all part of our Michel we feel like we're all one nation but why what's the purpose of it the purpose of it is so that we can continue with our spiritual motion as the year progresses it's not a stopping for its own sake it's not a stopping where we've gotten to the end point and that's it we're done we're not at the end point we're not done we are at the point of stopping in order to continue to stop to take stock to stop - to be inspired and to bring that inspiration that's stopping with us into the next movement into the next footstep that's what's going on here and I believe that is the concept of what Sarris when it relates to the number 7 at Sarris when it relates to the number 8 or the number 50 is a different completely different type of stopping when we've counted 49 days and we stop on the fiftieth day and we receive the Torah we are at a place of completion and no further motion we're at a place where we have gotten to the end and it's not for an inspiration for later its tireless Sh'ma it's receiving the Torah for its own sake it's studying the Torah sometimes we need to study little mite on my last last lease and in order to do but sometimes we study the Torah for its own sake not because I'm going to do anything with it not because I'm going to to learn the challah who's learn the laws so that I'll be able to to perform the commandments yes that's an important aspect but that's the aspect of a series of seven the aspect of a series of eight is where I learn I study the laws of Kutch him I can't bring bring a Corbin right now I can't bring a sacrifice there's no temple unfortunately there's a there's an Arab mosque on top of the Temple Mount today it's not possible we're also impure it's not possible to bring a corpsman but when I learned the tire soccer bonus when I learned the laws are the sacrifices I'm learning the Sh'ma I'm learning for its own sake that is not saris of the 8th aspect that's what we celebrate on shores receiving the Torah studying it for its own sake staying up all night I'm not gonna be able to do anything the next day I'm gonna be sleeping all day doesn't matter the point of the learning is for its own sake jiminy iris is also the point of it is the completion we complete the Torah we come to the end yes we start again but the point of Shunyata saris is I come to the end I come to the eighth aspect which is at saris and I'm not continuing I'm just stopping here and that's the end I have reached the pinnacle I've reached the profound spiritual ecstatic experience the end the end all of all experiences that is the 50th aspect and that is the eighth aspect that's now what we're talking about here we are not talking about that concept in this context at the end of precious ray it's not mentioned we don't speak about the number of fifty we do not speak about the number eight we don't speak about shooting at saris we don't speak about shoe says number fifty because we're not talking about the aspect of stopping of complete stopping emotion we're talking about the unique aspect of it saris as it relates to the number seven and seven is not a stopping and no more emotion 7 @ saris of seven the stopping of Shabbos and the stopping of the seventh day of Pesach was purely to continue moving now I was thinking about what happened on the seventh day of Pesach what happens on the sri shall Pesa is we walk through the sea of reeds the yam soup the water is standing right the water is standing on either side of us it's a wall standing on either side of us and we are moving on right through that right through the water so there's an aspect about saris an aspect of stopping the water has stopped its motion even though the nature of is to move why is it stopping so that we can pass through so that we can move right on through and that is this aspect it's stopping in order to move it's the foot going down in order for the other foot to move forward it's a pausing in order to continue motion and that is the aspect which is being discussed here in our verses and what does it take home what is the concept here I think that the the powerful lesson that we see here is how are we to approach Shabbos how are we to approach any spiritual experience that we have any spiritual learning that we do we listen to a partial podcast we listen to any Torah study what are we meant to do with that and in this aspect that we're discussing here were meant to stop and listen because listening is also stopping and we're meant to take in collect the information bring it all together but the point of it is to keep moving with it the point of it is that the what we stopped and collected on Shabbos or listening to a she or whatever the we're taking that with us for the next week Shabbos is an inspiration it's the end of the previous week but it's also the beginning of the next week it's the beginning of the motion of the following week Shabbos is supposed to pour out the spirituality that we've collected there is to support out into the following week so want to bless you and ask you to please bless me shem should help us to be able to to follow these steps the footsteps in our lives the shoulder Shira ghullam the opportunities that we have for spirituality that come to us three times a year we should have those steps we should take those steps and recognize that there's continued movement that's required of us even though we're stopping now let us use a sham shut up was to use the Shabbos that we have each week in order to collect ourselves collect our thoughts collect that which we've collected to pause to take stock to enjoy our families and to use it as inspiration for the following week thank you so much for listening I have wonderful Shabbos this podcast was made possible through the gracious donations of listeners like you for more podcasts like this please visit www.gfi.com/webmonitor [Music]